Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down
That"s just my cowgirl alter-ego
Riding on her bar room bull
Dripping with the sweat of irony
As the cowboys whoop and drool
Shooting glances at the mirror
To see if her scar is showing
She is truly going nowhere tonight
Lecherous old lady wanna-be
Much too young and shy
Flailing her whole life
Just thinking she can teach herself to fly
Vehement romantic
Frantic for forever right now
But forever"s going nowhere tonight
Sick of goading her self-loathing
She thinks, I think I"d better leave
"Course whiskey makes me smarter
And I"m happy as can be
But please excuse me darlin
It"s not you
It"s me
And there"s a dusty old dust storm on mars, they say
So tonight you can"t see it too clear
Still I stood in line to look through their telescope
Looked like a distant ship light
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