Work Your Way Out Lyrics - Ani Difranco - Ani Difranco

Lying on the floor 

Four stories high 

In the corridor 

Between the asphalt and the sky 

I am caught like bottled water 

The light daughter 

I wonder what you look like 

Under your t-shirt 

I wonder what you sound like 

When you're not wearing words 

I wonder what we have 

When we're not pretending 

It's never-ending, haven't you heard? 

I don't need to tell you 

What this is about 

You just start on the inside 

And work your way out 

We are all poly-lingual 

But some of us pretend 

There's virtue in relying 

On not trying to understand 

We're all citizens of the womb 

Before we subdivide 

Into sexes and shades 

This side 

That side 

And I don't need to tell you 

What this is about 

You just start on the inside 

And work your way out 

Undressing for the fan 

Like it was a man 

Wondering about all the things 

That I'll never understand 

There are some things that you can't know 

Unless you've been there 

But oh how far we could go 

If we started to share 

I don't need to tell you 

What it is about 

You just start on the inside 

You just start on the inside 

And work your way out