Imperfectly

Ani Difranco Imperfectly Album

8.I'm No Heroine

You think i wouldn't have him
Unless i could have him by the balls
You think i just dish it out
You don't think i take it at all
You think i am stronger
You think i walk taller than the rest
You think i'm usually wearing the pants
Just 'cause i rarely wear a dress

Well...

When you look at me
You see my purpose,
See my pride
You think i just saddle up my anger
And ride and ride and ride
You think i stand so firm
You think i sit so high on my trusty steed
Let me tell you
I'm usually face down on the ground
When there's a stampede

I'm no heroine
At least, not last time i checked
I'm too easy to roll over
I'm too easy to wreck
I just write about
What i should have done
I just sing
What i wish i could say
And hope somewhere
Some woman hears my music
And it helps her through her day

'cause some guy designed
These shoes i use to walk around
Some big man's business turns a profit
Every time i lay my money down
Some guy designed the room i'm standing in
Another built it with his own tools
Who says i like right angles?
These are not my laws
There are not my rules

I'm no heroine
I still answer to the other half of the race
I don't fool myself
Like i fool you
I don't have the power
We just don't run this place