Tytuł: Pale Purple

• Wykonawca: Ani Difranco
• Wyświetleń: 532

pale purple nipples
  goose pimpled
  she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot
  alone in the city
  infested with faces
  immune to new friendships
  interested in places she's never seen
  she says everything is grey here
  and nothing is green
  the girls from down the street
  sixteen, seventeen years old
  you can smell them getting pregnant
  you can hear their rock and roll
  that's america
  you have to be tough
  like a glad trash bag
  the government's an old nag
  with a good pedigree
  but pedigree's don't help you and me
  I see the precedent is grey here
  and nothing is green
  unless something unforseen happens
  I'm surrounded by the haves
  they say I can have some too
  just because of what I do
  do they think a lot
  about those who have not
  or does it just distract them
  from what they do
  most of us have grey
  except for those who can pay
  for green
  I'm torn
  I'm torn
  rejecting outfits offered me
  regretting things I've worn
  when I was still playing roles
  to fill holes
  in my conception of who I am
  you know, now I understand
  it's not important to be defined
  it's only important to use your time well
  well time is something nobody can buy
  and nobody can sell you
  so don't let anybody tell you
  they have the advantage
  because all the grey people can say every day
  doesn't mean anything
  if your mind is green
  
  pale purple nipples
  goose pimpled
  she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot
  alone in the city
  infested with faces
  immune to new friendships
  interested in places she's never seen
  she says everything is grey here
  otherwise I'd stay here
  but I'm looking for green
  just like every human being