Knuckle Down Lyrics - Knuckledown - Ani Difranco

That's just my cowgirl alter-ego riding on her bar room bull 

Dripping with the sweat of irony as the cowboys whoop and drool 

Shooting glances at the mirror to see if her scar is showing 

She is truly going nowhere tonight 

Lecherous old lady wanna-be much too young and shy 

Flailing her whole life just thinking she can teach herself to fly 

Vehement romantic, frantic for forever right now 

But forevers going nowhere tonight 

Sick of goading her self-loathing, she thinks, I think I'd better leave 

'Course whiskey makes me smarter and I'm happy as can be 

But please excuse me, darlin' 

It's not you, it's me 

And there's a dusty old dust storm on Mars, they say 

So tonight you can't see it too clear 

Still I stood in line to look through their telescope 

Looked like a distant ship light as seen from a foggy pier 

And I know that I was warned 

Still it was not what I hoped 

Yes, I know that I was warned 

Still it was not what I hoped 

Well, I think I'm done gunnin' to get closer to some imagined bliss 

I gotta knuckle down, just be okay with this 

I'm gonna knuckle down, just be okay with this 

'Course that star struck girl is already someone I miss 

As I swear some stuff you just see better from further away 

And I think I communicate best now, the less I say 

And I can't dance if the band can't play 

And the vibe is going nowhere tonight 

'Cause somewhere between Hollywood and it's pretty happiness 

And an anguish so infinite, it's anybody's guess 

Is a place where people are all teachers and this just one long class 

And that ass will get you nowhere tonight 

And there's a dusty old dust storm on Mars they say 

So tonight you can't see it too clear 

Still I stood in line to look through their telescope 

Looked like a distant ship light as seen from a foggy pier 

And I know that I was warned 

Still it was not what I hoped 

Yeah, I know that I was warned 

Still it was not what I hoped 

I think I'm done gunnin' to get closer to some imagined bliss 

I gotta knuckle down, just be okay with this 

I gotta knuckle down, just be okay with this 

'Course that star struck girl is already someone I miss