Ani Dfranco 호소력있는 보컬, 탁월한 SongWriter로서의 능력뿐만이 아니라 Righteous Babe

라는 레이블을 운영하는 비지니스 마인드까지도 갖춘 다재다능한 뮤지션이다. 
 
그리고 Hybird한 자신의 음악에 걸맞는 기타리스트로서의 능력 또한 그녀를 빛나게 하는

요소다. 게다가 사회운동에 관심도 많아 몇 안되는 행동하는 뮤지션으로도 꼽힌다.


"Letter To A John"은 [Out Of Range(1994)]의 수록곡으로써 가사를 살펴보면

그녀가 노래의 소재로 삼는 것들중 하나인 "Rape"에 관한 이야기인데, 오늘은

1997년에 2CD로 발매된 라이브 음반 [Living in Clip]에서 선곡해보았다.


'때로는 불법복제도 유용하겠지만 원본이 더 좋습니다.' 라는 위트있는 말을 할 줄 아는

멋진 그녀가 바로 Ani Difranco다.

Don't ask me why I'm crying
I'm not going to tell you what's wrong
I'm just gonna sit on your lap
for five dollars a song
I want you to pay me for my beauty
I think it's only right
'cause I have been paying for it
all of my life

I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away...

We barely have time to react in this world
let alone rehearse
and I don't think I'm better than you
but I don't think that I'm worse
women learn to be women
and men learn to be men
and I don't blame it all on you
but I don't want to be your friend

I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away...

I was eleven years old
he was as old as my dad
and he took something from me
I didn't even know that I had
so don't tell me about decency
don't tell me about pride
just give me something for my trouble
'cause this time, it's not a free ride

I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
I'm gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away...

Don't ask me why I'm crying
I'm not going to tell you what's wrong
I'm just gonna sit on your lap
for five dollars a songs
I want you to pay me for my beauty
I think it's only right
'cause I have been paying for it
all of my life

Now I just wanna take
and I'm just gonna take
I'm gonna take
and I'm gonna go away