The Professional Lyrics by Sleater Kinney

The Professional Lyrics

    there is a sound they don' t want you to own

    arrest every word that escapes from your throat
    they hand you the world's smallest microphone
    it's still too loud and you're asked to go home

    she can stay as long as she swears
    that when she breathes it will be her own air
    she'll state her case and take up space
    and that suffocates...
    The Professional

    there is a sound that they want you to hear
    to drown out the voice that plays in your ear
    they hand you the world's biggest razorblade
    an amateur bleeds but she hardly gets paid

    she can be mad but they'll let her know
    the scorched earth allows nothing to grow
    and she'll be blamed but feel no shame
    'cause she'll have stopped...
    THE PROFESSIONAL

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