not a pretty girl

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 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 -Ani Di Franco Smiliey for the Day: