Lyrics - Letter to a John by Ani Difranco

Don’t ask me why
I’m crying
I’m not going to tell you what’s wrong
I’m just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a song
I want you to pay me for my beauty
I think it’s only right’cause
I have been paying for it
All of my life
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
And
I’m gonna go away...
We barely have time to react in this world
Let alone rehearse
And
I don’t think
I’m better than you
But
I don’t think that
I’m worse
Women learn to be women
And men learn to be men
And
I don’t blame it all on you
But
I don’t want to be your friend
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
And
I’m gonna go away...
I was eleven years old
He was as old as my dad
And he took something from me
I didn’t even know that
I had
So don’t tell me about decency
Don’t tell me about pride
Just give me something for my trouble’cause this time, it’s not a free ride
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
I’m gonna take the money
I make
And
I’m gonna go away...
Don’t ask me why
I’m crying
I’m not going to tell you what’s wrong
I’m just gonna sit on your lap
For five dollars a songs
I want you to pay me for my beauty
I think it’s only right’cause
I have been paying for it
All of my life
Now
I just wanna take
And
I’m just gonna take
I’m gonna take
And
I’m gonna go away

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