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Not a Pretty Girl Lyrics
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 put me down punk
maybe you'd 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
and 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
i am not a maiden fair
and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have 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
i don't want to be a pretty girl
no i want to be more than 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 put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
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
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling
i am not a maiden fair
and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have 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 don't want to be a pretty girl
no i want to be more than a pretty girl
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this is one of ani's best songs..i listen to it all the time...this is oneof my favorite lines "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 "~ b/c its so true people fear what the dont understand/ and dont wanna believe
this song is kinda empowering. i love it to death.
i love this song its definetly an anthem for me ... i think it was one of my first ani songs. i love the liberation of wanting to get outside the normal gender roles of only being a "pretty girl" and not being allowed to be angry, always having to be rescued, and not being allowed to authentically be your own person. wah amazing.
Best feminist song ever. Well, at least it's certainly my favorite.
I adore this song. so much genius.
"Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down whether or not you ever show up." - i love this line too! its what u want to say to those macho men, but cant put into words, this is the perfect metaphor for it.
this song is about making life on your own, and not depending on others, being everything you can be without depending on others
i totally agree flick
"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 "
totally my song....ani's awesome.
she irritates me a lot of times, but this song I like and even sort of agree with and relate to.
I love the line "Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down whether or not you ever show up."