Joyful Girl - Ani DiFranco

You do it for the joy it brings

Because you’re a joyful girl

Because the world owes me nothing

And we owe each other the world

I do it 'cuz it’s the least I can do

I do it 'cuz I learned it from you

I do it just because I want to

Because I want to

Everything I do is judged

And they mostly get it wrong

But oh well

The bathroom mirror has not budged

The woman who lives there can tell

The truth from the stuff that they say

She looks me in the eye

And says would you prefer the easy way

No, well o.k.

then

Don’t cry

I wonder if everything I do

I do instead

Of something I want to do more

Question fills my head

I know there’s no grand plan here

This is just the way it goes

When everything else seems unclear

I guess at least I know

You do it for the joy it brings

Because you’re a joyful girl

'cuz the world owes me nothing

And we owe each other the world

I do it, it’s the least I can do

I do it, i learned it from you

I do it just because I want to

Because I want to