Until we're all on even grade
And I'd alone thank you
Maybe I should tell him mine
I'm afraid of who has heard me
In the window of my life
But no one can be free
The skin of my guitar
And it was true
There are some places that I can't go
Don't you find it sad that we can't even say hello
I see your ranks are advancing
And as a person I don't care
'Cause you're a man
All the girls line up here
And despite all the balls that I've been thrown
I am sounding out the silence
I'm afraid I've said too much
I am sounding out the silence
Looking out through the bars
As a woman I can't go there
I see mine are left behind
And I'm a woman
Avoiding all the words
Looking out through the bars
And they tell you to behave
I am up again against
My father, he told me the story
On the social totem pole
And the sun is getting low
I'm afraid no one has heard me
And I would have returned your greeting
I'm preciously close to the top
I'm afraid I can never say enough
I don't go for the hey baby what's your name
All the boys on the other side
Just the same
This street is not a market
But now the story's different
The put you in your place
The skin of my guitar
And I am not a commodity
In the window of my life
I am up again against
For his time
Avoiding all the words
And forced to drop
