I'm No Heroine Lyrics - Imperfectly - Ani Difranco

You think I wouldn't have him 

Unless I could have him by the balls 

You think I just dish it out 

You don't think I take it at all 

You think I am stronger 

You think I walk taller than the rest 

You think I'm usually wearing the pants 

Just 'cause I rarely wear a dress 

Well 

When you look at me 

You see my purpose, 

See my pride 

You think I just saddle up my anger 

And ride and ride and ride 

You think I stand so firm 

You think I sit so high on my trusty steed 

Let me tell you 

I'm usually face down on the ground 

When there's a stampede 

I'm no heroine 

At least, not last time I checked 

I'm too easy to roll over 

I'm too easy to wreck 

I just write about 

What I should have done 

I just sing 

What I wish I could say 

And hope somewhere 

Some woman hears my music 

And it helps her through her day 

Cause some guy designed 

These shoes I use to walk around 

Some big man's business turns a profit 

Every time I lay my money down 

Some guy designed the room I'm standing in 

Another built it with his own tools 

Who says I like right angles? 

These are not my laws 

There are not my rules 

I'm no heroine 

I still answer to the other half of the race 

I don't fool myself 

Like I fool you 

I don't have the power 

We just don't run this place