I am not a pretty girl   that is not what I do   I ain't no damsel in distress   and I don't need to be rescued   so put me down punk   wouldn't you 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   but 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 really want to be a pretty girl   no I want to be more than a pretty girl.