Lyrics - The Million You Never Made by Difranco Ani

the air comes off the oceanthe city smells fishythe air is full of fish and mysterywhispering who, what, when
I am warning you
I am weightlessand the wind is always shiftingso don't hang anything on meif you ever want to see it again
I am telling you
I'm different than youthink
I amand you can dangle your carrotbut
I ain't gunna reach for itcuz
I need both my handsto play my guitarand life is a sleezy strangerwho looks vaguely familiarflirting with a bimbo named disasterat the end of the barand
I am telling you that
I am differentthan you areat night when you're asleepself-hatred's going to creep inand try to blame it on the devilthe one who's bed you sleep inand don't tell me what they did to youas though you had no choicetell me, isn't that your picture?isn't that your voice?if you don't live what you sing aboutyour mirror is going to find outoh yeah
I'd like to go to all the pretty partieswhere all the pretty people goand
I ain't really all that prettybut nobody will knowcuz everybody loves youwhen you're a starand nobody questionswhat it takes to go that farand life is a sleazy strangerand this is his favorite barno
I don't prefer obscuritybut
I'm an idealistic girland
I wouldn't work for youno matter what you paidand
I may not be ableto change the whole fucking worldbut
I could be the millionthat you never madeoh yeah
I could be the million that you never made
I could be the million that you'll never make
You're looking at the million that you'll never make

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