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Lyrics for The Story by Ani Difranco:
| | | Artist: | Ani Difranco |
| | Album: | First Album | | Track: | The Story | | | | Date Added: | 24/10/2007 | | Views: | 62 | | | | Lyrics: | I would have returned your greeting
if it weren't for the way you were looking at me
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this street is not a market
and I am not a commodity
don't you find it sad that we
can't even say hello
'cause you're a man
and I'm a woman
and the sun is getting
low
there are some places that I can't go
as a woman I can't go there
and as a
person I don't care
I don't go for the hey baby what's your name
and I'd alone thank
you
just the same
I am up again against
the skin of my guitar
in
the window of my life
looking out through the bars
I am sounding out the silence
/>
avoiding all the words
I'm afraid I've said too much
I'm afraid of who has heard
me
my father, he told me the story
and it was true
for his time
/>
but now the story's different
maybe I should tell him mine
all the girls line up
here
all the boys on the other side
I see your ranks are advancing
I see mine
are left behind
I am up again against
the skin of my guitar
in the
window of my life
looking out through the bars
I am sounding out the silence
/>
avoiding all the words
I'm afraid I can never say enough
I'm afraid no one has
heard me
and despite all the balls that I've been thrown
and forced to drop
/>
on the social totem pole
I'm preciously close to the top
the put you in your
place
and they tell you to behave
but no one can be free
until we're all on
even grade
and I would have returned your greeting
if it weren't for the way
you were looking at me | | | |  Reddit | X / Twitter | Facebook | Copy link |
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