"emancipated minor" by Ani DiFranco

emancipated minor
well directed
and brilliantly casted
riding a greyhound
down to the city
with her fake id
and a hell of a little handbasket

little game of see-saw
and then he came to claim her
and then a sordid line
formed behind him
reproductive system
newly activated
she participated
in nature's plan
she participated

and i can't say i envy her
i don't think i miss it
wrought iron cobwebbing
over thin
window panes
in the city seducing her
on tip-toe to kiss it
don't think twice
just roll the dice roll the dice

so she attended the dance classes
and she learned the little dance
and she tried the high heels
but she couldn't bring herself to prance
and all the while a faint ticking
in the silence between the songs just south of her gut
two tiny time bombs
and love comes in many forms for for each she would yearn
hungry as a student
hungry to learn every flavor of person every species of intent with the body pushing at the center detent but all the good graffiti got painted over in time and she watched the last faceless chain replace the last five and dime and she wondered if the only noble thing ain't to just get a big gardent and plant it in the spring and kiss the city goodbye in some big graceful gesture and focus on the moon's groove and groove with the moon focus on the moon's groove and groove with the moon

and i can't say i envy her
i don't think i miss it
wrought iron cobwebbing
over thin
window panes
in the city seducing her
on tip-toe to kiss it
don't think twice
just roll the dice roll the dice

Ani DiFranco Lyrics brought to you by danah boyd since 1995