The Million You Never Made Lyrics - Not A Pretty Girl - Ani Difranco

The air comes off the ocean 

And the city smells fishy 

The air is full of fish and mystery 

Whispering who, what, when 

And I am warning you I am weightless 

And the wind is always shifting 

So don't hang anything on me 

If you ever want to see it again 

I am telling you I'm different than you 

Think I am 

And you can dangle your carrot 

But I ain't gonna reach for it 

'cause I need both my hands 

To play my guitar 

And life is a sleezy stranger 

Who looks vaguely familiar 

Flirting with a bimbo named disaster 

At the end of the bar 

And I am telling you I am different 

Than you are 

At night when you're asleep 

Self-hatred's going to creep in 

And try to blame it on the devil 

And the one who's bed you sleep in 

And don't tell me what they did to you 

As though you had no choice 

Tell me, isn't that your picture? 

Isn't that your voice? 

If you don't live what you sing about 

Your mirror is going to find out 

I'd like to go to all the pretty parties 

Where all the pretty people go 

And I ain't really all that pretty 

But nobody will know 

'cause everybody loves you 

When you're a star 

And nobody questions 

What it takes to go that far 

And life is a sleezy stranger 

And this is his favorite bar 

And no I don't prefer obscurity 

But I'm an idealistic girl 

And I wouldn't work for you 

No matter what you paid 

And I may not be able 

To change the whole fucking world 

But I could be the million that you never made 

Yeah, I could be the million that you'll never make 

I could be the million that you never made 

I could be the million that you'll never make 

I could be the million that you never made 

I could be the million that you'll never make 

I could be the million that you never made 

I could be the million that you'll never make 

I could be the million that you never made 

You're looking at the million that you'll never make 

You're looking at the million that you'll never make 

You're looking at the million that you'll never make