Not A Pretty Girl Lyrics - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughing (live) - Ani Difranco

I am not a pretty girl, 

That is not what I do. 

I ain't no damsel in distress, 

And I don't need to be rescued. 

So, so put me down punk. 

Wouldn't you prefer a maiden fair? 

Isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere? 

I am not an angry girl, 

But it seems like I've got everyone fooled. 

Every time I say something they find hard to hear, 

They chalk it up to my anger, 

And never to their own fear. 

Imagine you're a girl, 

Just trying to finally come clean, 

Knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty... 

And smiling. 

And I am sorry, 

But I am not a maiden fair, 

And I am not a kitten, stuck up a tree somewhere. 

Generally my generation 

Would never be caught dead working for the man. 

And generally I agree with them, 

Trouble is you got to find yourself an alternate plan. 

And I have earned my disillusionment, 

I have been working 

All of my life. 

And I am a patriot. 

I have been fighting the good fight. 

And what if there are no damsels in distress? 

What if I knew that, and I called your bluff? 

Don't you think every kitten 

Figures out how to get down, 

Whether or not you ever show up? 

I am not a pretty girl. 

Don't really want to be a pretty girl.