The Story歌詞

[00:00.00] 作詞 : Ani DiFranco
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Ani DiFranco
[00:17.01]I would have returned your greeting
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[00:20.64]If it weren't for the way you were looking at me
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[00:25.64]This street is not a market
[00:29.08]And I am not a commodity
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[00:35.07]Don't you find it sad that we can't even say hello
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[00:44.20]'Cause you're a man
[00:46.57]And I'm a woman
[00:47.32]And the sun is getting low
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[00:59.77]There are some places that I can't go
[01:03.95]As a woman I can't go there
[01:05.95]And as a person I don't care
[01:08.02]I don't go for the hey baby what's your name
[01:12.33]And I'd alone thank you
[01:14.71]Just the same
[01:16.77]I am up again against
[01:18.70]The skin of my guitar
[01:20.08]In the window of my life
[01:21.89]Looking out through the bars
[01:23.90]I am sounding out the silence
[01:26.02]Avoiding all the words
[01:27.57]I'm afraid I've said too much
[01:30.15]I'm afraid of who has heard me
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[01:48.65]My father he told me the story
[01:51.33]And it was true
[01:54.58]For his time
[01:56.65]But now the story's different
[01:59.96]Maybe I should tell him mine
[02:04.66]All the girls line up here
[02:06.53]All the boys on the other side
[02:08.98]I see your ranks are advancing
[02:10.79]I see mine are left behind
[02:13.35]I am up again against
[02:15.04]The skin of my guitar
[02:17.04]In the window of my life
[02:18.85]Looking out through the bars
[02:20.79]I am sounding out the silence
[02:23.61]Avoiding all the words
[02:24.61]I'm afraid I can never say enough
[02:26.85]I'm afraid no one has heard me
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[02:45.42]And despite all the balls that I've been thrown
[02:48.73]And forced to drop
[02:50.98]On the social totem pole
[02:52.85]I'm preciously close to the top
[02:55.54]The put you in your place
[02:57.73]And they tell you to behave
[02:59.85]But no one can be free
[03:02.29]Until we're all on even grade
[03:07.29]And I would have returned your greeting
[03:11.61]If it weren't for the way you were looking at me