Make Them Apologize
from Imperfectly by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
my breast is cradled
in the curve of my guitar
i’m breaking strings and other things
playing hard
no, i’m not on the rag
but i’m not on the run
i am matching the big boys
one for one
and i must admit i am
having myself some fun
because the music business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but i can sing like a sonofabitch
make them twitch around their eyes
make them apologize
he had a mean streak
three miles wide
it was a long walk
to the other side
she tried to get through it
holding on to her smile
but he wasn’t worth the time it takes
to make that mistake
he just wasn’t worthwhile
she’s been under command
of the wrong man
now she’ll give you anything
except the upper hand
she was his mother, and his lover
and his wife
now she wants the luxury
of her own life
‘cause the marriage business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but she can sing like a sonofabitch
make him twitch around his eyes
girl, make him apologize
they all want
to lead the fight
and they know what they know alright
but there’s so much
they just don’t understand
i mean what about the other sex
what about the other hand
they only know what they’ve been told
and they are well cast
but they don’t break the mold
and good sources are not enough
so she calls their bluff
yeah she calls their bluff
‘cause the revolution business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but we can sing like a sonofabitch
make them twitch around their eyes
until they realize
they just don’t realize
in the curve of my guitar
i’m breaking strings and other things
playing hard
no, i’m not on the rag
but i’m not on the run
i am matching the big boys
one for one
and i must admit i am
having myself some fun
because the music business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but i can sing like a sonofabitch
make them twitch around their eyes
make them apologize
he had a mean streak
three miles wide
it was a long walk
to the other side
she tried to get through it
holding on to her smile
but he wasn’t worth the time it takes
to make that mistake
he just wasn’t worthwhile
she’s been under command
of the wrong man
now she’ll give you anything
except the upper hand
she was his mother, and his lover
and his wife
now she wants the luxury
of her own life
‘cause the marriage business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but she can sing like a sonofabitch
make him twitch around his eyes
girl, make him apologize
they all want
to lead the fight
and they know what they know alright
but there’s so much
they just don’t understand
i mean what about the other sex
what about the other hand
they only know what they’ve been told
and they are well cast
but they don’t break the mold
and good sources are not enough
so she calls their bluff
yeah she calls their bluff
‘cause the revolution business
is still run by men
like every business and everything
but we can sing like a sonofabitch
make them twitch around their eyes
until they realize
they just don’t realize
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from Imperfectly,
released June 19, 1992
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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