Emancipated Minor Lyrics - Red Letter Year - Ani Difranco

Emancipated minor 

Well directed, brilliantly casted 

Riding a Greyhound down to the city 

With her fake I.D. and a hell of a little hand basket 

Little game of seesaw, then he came to claim her 

And then a sordid line formed behind him 

Reproductive system newly activated 

She participated in nature's plan, she participated 

And I can't say I envy her, I don't think I miss it 

Wrought iron cobwebbing over thin windowpanes 

The city seducing you on tiptoe to kiss it 

Don't think twice, just roll the dice, roll the dice 

So she attended the dance classes and she learned the little dance 

And she tried the high heels but she couldn't bring herself to prance 

All the while a faint ticking in the silence between the songs 

Just south of her gut two tiny time bombs 

And love comes in many forms and for each she would yearn 

Hungry as a student, hunger to learn 

Every flavor of person, every species of intent 

With the body pulsing at the center detente 

But all the good graffiti got painted over in time 

She watched the last faceless chain replace the last five and dime 

And she wondered if the only noble thing 

Ain't to just to get a big garden and plant it in the spring 

Kiss the city goodbye in some big graceful gesture 

And focus on the moon's groove, groove with the moon 

Focus on the moon's groove and groove with the moon 

Focus on the moon's groove, groove with the moon 

And I can't say I envy her, I don't think I miss it 

Wrought iron cob webbing over thin windowpanes 

The city seducing you on tiptoe to kiss it 

Don't think twice, just roll the dice, roll the dice 

Roll the dice, roll the dice