Our Heroine

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. they're 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. ani difranco

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