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'''"Not A Pretty Girl"'''

<br>I am not a pretty girl
<br>that is not what I do
<br>I ain't no damsel in distess
<br>and I don't need to be rescued
<br>so put me down punk
<br>maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
<br>isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

<br>I am not an angry girl
<br>but it seems like I've got everyone fooled
<br>every time I say something they find hard to hear
<br>they chalk it up to my anger
<br>and never to their own fear
<br>and imagine you're a girl
<br>just trying to finally come clean
<br>knowing full well they'd prefer you
<br>were dirty and smiling

<br>and I am sorry
<br>I am not a maiden fair
<br>and I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

<br>and generally my generation
<br>wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
<br>and generally I agree with them
<br>trouble is you gotta have youself an alternate plan
<br>and I have earned my disillusionment
<br>I have been working all of my life
<br>and I am a patriot
<br>I have been fighting the good fight
<br>and what if there are no damsels in distress
<br>what if I knew that and I called your bluff?
<br>don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
<br>whether or not you ever show up

<br>I am not a pretty girl
<br>I don't want to be a pretty girl
<br>no I want to be more than a pretty girl