Im No Heroine Lyrics by Ani DiFranco

Im No Heroine Lyrics

    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

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