The Story
from Ani DiFranco by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
i would have returned your greeting
if it weren’t for the way you were looking at me
this street is not a market
and i am not a commodity
don’t you find it sad that we can’t even say hello
because you’re a man and i’m a woman
and the sun is getting low
there are some places that i can’t go
as a woman i can’t go there
and as a person i don’t care
i don’t go for the hey baby what’s your name
and i’d like to go alone
thank you just the same
i am up again against the skin of my guitar
in the window of my life
looking out through the bars
i am sounding out the silence
avoiding all the words
i’m afraid i’ve said too much
i’m afraid of who has heard me
my father, he told me the story
and it was true for his time
but now the story is different
maybe i should tell him mine
all the girls line up here
all the boys on the other side
i see your ranks are advancing
i see mine are left behind
i am up again against the skin of my guitar
in the window of my life
looking out through the bars
i am sounding out the silence
avoiding all the words
i’m afraid i can never say enough
i’m afraid no one has heard me
despite all the balls that i’ve been thrown
and forced to drop
on the social totem pole i’m preciously
close to the top
they put you in your place
and they tell you to behave
but no one can be free until we’re all on even
grade
and i would have returned your greeting
if it weren’t for the way you were looking at me
if it weren’t for the way you were looking at me
this street is not a market
and i am not a commodity
don’t you find it sad that we can’t even say hello
because you’re a man and i’m a woman
and the sun is getting low
there are some places that i can’t go
as a woman i can’t go there
and as a person i don’t care
i don’t go for the hey baby what’s your name
and i’d like to go alone
thank you just the same
i am up again against the skin of my guitar
in the window of my life
looking out through the bars
i am sounding out the silence
avoiding all the words
i’m afraid i’ve said too much
i’m afraid of who has heard me
my father, he told me the story
and it was true for his time
but now the story is different
maybe i should tell him mine
all the girls line up here
all the boys on the other side
i see your ranks are advancing
i see mine are left behind
i am up again against the skin of my guitar
in the window of my life
looking out through the bars
i am sounding out the silence
avoiding all the words
i’m afraid i can never say enough
i’m afraid no one has heard me
despite all the balls that i’ve been thrown
and forced to drop
on the social totem pole i’m preciously
close to the top
they put you in your place
and they tell you to behave
but no one can be free until we’re all on even
grade
and i would have returned your greeting
if it weren’t for the way you were looking at me
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from Ani DiFranco,
released November 1, 1990
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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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