I am not a pretty girl
that is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distess

and I don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair

isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

I am not an angry girl

but it seems like I've got everyone fooled
every time I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger

and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean

knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling


and I am sorry
I am not a maiden fair
and I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere


and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man

and generally I agree with them
trouble is you gotta have youself an alternate plan
and I have earned my disillusionment

I have been working all of my life
and I am a patriot
I have been fighting the good fight

and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if I knew that and I called your bluff?
don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down

whether or not you ever show up

I am not a pretty girl

I don't want to be a pretty girl
no I want to be more than a pretty girl