Ani Difranco - Letters To A John
"Don't ask me why cryin'
I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong.
I'm just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a song.
I want you to
Pay me for my beauty,
I think its only right
Cause I have been paying for it
All of my life.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
Bearly have time to react in this world,
Let alone rehearse.
And I don't think that I'm better than you,
But I don't think that I'm worse.
So women learn to be women,
And men learn to be men,
And I don't blame it all on you,
But I don't want to be your friend.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
I was eleven years old,
He was as old as my dad,
And he took something from me
I didn't even know that I had,
So don't tell me about decency,
Don't tell me about pride,
Just give me something for my trouble,
Cause this time its not a free ride.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
Don't ask me why I'm cryin'
I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong.
Just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a song.
I want you to
Pay me for my beauty,
I think its only right.
I have been paying for it
All of my life.
I'm just gonna take,
I'm gonna take,
I'm gonna take,
And I'm gonna go away."
I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong.
I'm just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a song.
I want you to
Pay me for my beauty,
I think its only right
Cause I have been paying for it
All of my life.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
Bearly have time to react in this world,
Let alone rehearse.
And I don't think that I'm better than you,
But I don't think that I'm worse.
So women learn to be women,
And men learn to be men,
And I don't blame it all on you,
But I don't want to be your friend.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
I was eleven years old,
He was as old as my dad,
And he took something from me
I didn't even know that I had,
So don't tell me about decency,
Don't tell me about pride,
Just give me something for my trouble,
Cause this time its not a free ride.
I'm just gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
I'm gonna take the money I make,
And I'm gonna go away.
Don't ask me why I'm cryin'
I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong.
Just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a song.
I want you to
Pay me for my beauty,
I think its only right.
I have been paying for it
All of my life.
I'm just gonna take,
I'm gonna take,
I'm gonna take,
And I'm gonna go away."
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