Pick Yer Nose Lyrics - Puddle Dive - Ani Difranco

How come I can pick my ears 

But not my nose 

Who made up that rule anyway 

How can you say that's the way it is 

That's just the way it goes 

Why don't you decide for yourself 

What you can do 

And what you can say 

How come I can pick my friends 

But not my enemies 

What is it about me that offends 

What is it about me 

'Cause you know I'm only five foot two 

And I'm giggly wiggly 

Tell me again, what did I do 

Why are you scared of me 

I fight with love 

And I laugh with rage 

You've gotta live light enough 

To see the humor 

And long enough to see some change 

I think shy is boring 

I think depressed is too 

I think pretty is nice 

But I'd rather see something new 

All these plastic people 

Got their plastic surgery 

But we got a big big beautiful 

We got it for free 

Who you gonna be 

If you can't be yourself 

You can't get it from t.v. 

You can't force it on 

Anybody else 

You know they come to clear cut 

They come to strip mine 

They come for some of my big butt 

My big brain 

Or just a little time 

They want to take me out to dinner 

Think I'm a bitch if I don't go 

Seems like the people who actually like me 

Won't allow me to say no 

Your idea of a conversation 

Is the third degree 

But I don't really know you 

And I don't really want to talk about me 

'Cause I'm not going to pretend 

That I don't pick my nose 

That's just the way it is, my friends 

That's just the way it goes 

This is who I am 

What I do 

And what I say 

If you like it, let it be 

If you don't, please do the same 

I fight with love 

I laugh with rage 

You gotta live light enough to see the humor 

And long enough to see some change