By Ani di Franco
Submitted by Chances are
Date: 2002 Dec 13
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Not Angry Anymore

Growing up it was just me and my ma against the world
And all my sympathies were with her
When I was a little girl
Now I've seen both my parents play out the hands
That they were dealt
As each year goes by I know more about how my father must have felt

CHORUS
I just want you to understand
That I know what all the fighting was for
And I just want you to understand
That I'm not angry anymore
No I'm not angry anymore

She taught me how to wage a cold war with quiet charm
But I just want to walk through my life unarmed
To accept and just get by like my father learned to do
But with all the acceptance and getting by that got my father through

(Chorus)

Night falls like people into love
We generate our own light to compensate
For the lack light from above
And every time we fight a cold wind blows our way
But we can learn like the birds how to sing, and how to say

I, I think I understand
What all this fighting is for
And I just want you to understand
That I'm not angry anymore
No I'm not angry anymore