Lost Woman Song Lyrics - Ani Difranco - Ani Difranco

I opened a bank account when I was nine years old 

I closed it when I was eighteen 

I gave them every penny that I'd saved and they gave my blood and my urine a number 

And now I'm sitting in this waiting room playing with the toys 

And I am here to exercise my freedom of choice 

I passed their handheld signs 

I went through their picket lines 

They gathered when they saw me coming 

They shouted when they saw me cross 

I said, "why don't you go home? 

Just leave me alone 

I'm just another woman lost 

You are like fish in the water who don't know that they are wet 

But as far as I can tell the world isn't perfect yet" 

And his bored eyes were obscene 

On his denim thighs a magazine 

I wish he'd never come here with me 

In fact I wish he'd never come near me 

I wish his shoulder wasn't touching mine 

I am growing older waiting in this line 

But some of life's best lessons are learned at the worst times 

And under the fierce fluorescent she offered her hand for me to hold 

She offered stability and calm and I was crushing her palm 

Through the pinch-pull wincing 

My smile unconvincing 

On that sterile battlefield that sees only casualties 

Never heroes 

My heart hit absolute zero 

And lucille, your voice still sounds in me 

Yeah mine was a relatively easy tragedy 

The profile of our country looks a little less hard-nosed 

But you know that picket line persisted and that clinic's since been closed 

They keep pounding their fists on reality hoping it will break 

But you know I don't think there's one of them that leads a life free of mistakes 

Yes I'm not going to sacrifice my freedom of choice 

No you can't make me sacrifice my freedom of choice 

No you can't make us sacrifice our freedom of choice