32 Flavors

<br>Squint your eyes and look closer<br><br>Im not between you and your ambition<br><br>I am a poster girl with no poster<br><br>I am thirty-two flavors and then some<br><br>And Im beyond your peripheral vision<br><br>So you might want to turn your head<br><br>Cause someday youre going to get hungry<br><br>And eat most of the words you just said<br><br><br><br>Both my parents taught me about good will<br><br>And I have done well by their names<br><br>Just the kindness Ive lavished on strangers<br><br>Is more than I can explain<br><br>Still theres many whove turned out their porch lights<br><br>Just so I would think they were not home<br><br>And hid in the dark of their windows<br><br>Til Id passed and left them alone<br><br><br><br>And God help you if you are an ugly girl<br><br>Course too pretty is also your doom<br><br>Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred<br><br>For the prettiest girl in the room<br><br>And God help you if you are a pheonix<br><br>And you dare to rise up from the ash<br><br>A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy<br><br>While you are just flying back<br><br><br><br>Im not trying to give my life meaning<br><br>By demeaning you<br><br>And I would like to state for the record<br><br>I did everything that I could do<br><br>Im not saying that Im a saint<br><br>I just dont want to live that way<br><br>No, I will never be a saint<br><br>But I will always say<br><br><br><br>Squint your eyes and look closer<br><br>Im not between you and your ambition<br><br>I am a poster girl with no poster<br><br>I am thirty-two flavors and then some<br><br>And Im beyond your peripheral vision<br><br>So you might want to turn your head<br><br>Cause someday you might find youre starving<br><br>And eating all of the words you said