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Work Your Way Out - Lyrics by Difranco Ani


Lyrics
lying on the floorfour stories highin the corridorbetween the asphalt and the sky
I am caught like bottled waterthe light daughter
I wonder what you look likeunder your t-shirt
I wonder what you sound likewhen you're not wearing words
I wonder what we havewhen we're not pretendingit's never-ending, haven't you heard?I don't need to tell youwhat this is aboutyou just start on the insideand work your way outwe are all polylingualbut some of us pretendthere's virtue in relyingon not trying to understandwe're all citizens of the wombbefore we subdivideinto sexes and shadesthis sidethat sideand I don't need to tell youwhat this is aboutyou just start on the insideand work your way outundressing for the fanlike it was a manwondering about all the thingsthat I'll never understandthere are some things that you can't knowunless you've been therebut oh how far we could goif we started to share
I don't need to tell youwhat it is aboutyou just start on the insideyou just start on the insideand work your way out

Book: Reflection on the Important Things