Gratitude Lyrics - Like I Said: Songs 1990-1991 - Ani Difranco

Thank you 

For letting me stay here 

Thank you for taking me in 

Thank you 

For the beer and the food 

Thank you 

For loaning me bus fare 

Thank you for showing me around 

That was a very kind thing to do 

Thank you 

For the use of the clean towel 

Thank you for half of your bed 

We can sleep here like brother and sister, 

You said 

But you changed the rules 

In an hour or two 

And I don't know what you 

And your sisters do 

But please don't 

Please stop 

This is not my obligation 

What does my body have to do 

With my gratitude? 

Look at you 

Little white lying 

For the purpose of justifying 

What you're trying to do 

I know that you feel my resistance 

I know that you heard what I said 

Otherwise you wouldn't need the excuse 

Thank you 

For letting me stay here 

Thank you for taking me in 

I don't know where else 

I would have turned 

But I don't come and go 

Like a pop song 

That you can play incessantly 

And then forget when it's gone 

You can't write me off 

And you don't turn me on