1974

Alanis Morissette

I was born in 1974 
on a calm meticulous street 
someplace in the sun 
oh the air was sweet 
and enough lights sprang sparks 
through the window of the room 
not as raw to a ridiculous tune 
slightly out of key in the mother hour 

So leave me alone 
So leave me alone 
So leave me alone 
I'm busy breaking bones 

I was born in 1974 
in a breached feet-first way 
my twin opened the door 
my very first dose of chivalry 
I was dawned princess potential potent 
with gold star and matching impression 
big between two doors 
small and loved and proud and unthreatened 

So leave me alone 
So leave me alone 
So leave me alone 
I'm busy breaking bones 

I bet you were strong 
when you should have been weak 
like a dam that wanted to break 
I wish I were the stones 
your river learned to roam 
in whispering gaze 

You were told in a kind North Carolinian way 
to slow down, back up, or be hated 
thank god you did not 
and thank god you did 
an angel either way 

So leave us alone 
So leave us alone 
So leave us alone 
We're busy being grown 

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