Letter To A John Lyrics by Ani DiFranco

Letter To A John Lyrics

    don't ask me why I'm crying
    I'm not going to 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 it's only right
    'cause I have been paying for it
    all of my life

    I'm 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...

    we barely have time to react in this world
    let alone rehearse
    and I don't think I'm better than you
    but I don't think that I'm worse
    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 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, it's not a free ride

    I'm 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 crying
    I'm not going to tell you what's wrong
    I'm just gonna sit on your lap
    for five dollars a songs
    I want you to pay me for my beauty
    I think it's only right
    'cause I have been paying for it
    all of my life

    now I just wanna take
    and I'm just gonna take
    I'm gonna take
    and I'm gonna go away

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