Alanis Morissette Lyrics

Album: Unknown

1974 Lyrics

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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