Pick Yer Nose — текст песни (Ani Difranco)

How come I can pick my ears
but not my nose
who made up that rule anyway
how can you say that`s the way it is
that`s just the way it goes
why don`t you decide for yourself
what you can do
and what you can say

how come I can pick my friends
but not my enemies
what is it about me that offends
what is it about me
`cause you know I`m only five foot two
and I`m giggly wiggly
tell me again, what did I do
why are you scared of me
I fight with love
and I laugh with rage
you`ve gotta live light enough
to see the humour
and long enough to see some change

I think shy is boring
I think depressed is too
I think pretty is nice
but I`d rather see something new
all these plastic people
got their plastic surgery
but we got a big big beautiful
we got it for free
who you gonna be
if you can`t be yourself
you can`t get it from t.v.
you can`t force it on
anybody else

you know they come to clear cut
they come to strip mine
they come for some of my big butt
my big brain
or just a little time
they wanna take me out to dinner
think I`m a bitch if I don`t go
seems like the people who actually like me
won`t allow me to say no
your idea of a conversation
is the third degree
but I don`t really know you
and I don`t really want to talk about me

`cause I`m not going to pretend
that I don`t pick my nose
that`s just the way it is, my friends
that`s just the way it goes
this is who I am
what I do
and what I say
if you like it, let it be
if you don`t, please do the same
I fight with love
I laugh with rage
you gotta live light enough to see the humour
and long enough to see some change