Album Cover King Of Intimidation

King Of Intimidation

Alanis Morissette

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(Spoken words taken from an old recording: "The women of the family seem to feel that they owe it to the men of the family to look relaxed, rested, and attractive at dinnertime.")

For you they live in a quiet monastery

For you they wear whatever you want them to as long as it is short

They count to ten when you tell them how to drive

And when they're afraid they let you speak for them

All hail the king of intimidation

Obeyer of Christian behavior

For you we'll wax; we skin, chicken our legs

For you we chew our nails if we had any but fake ones to do it

We contradict him temporarily

And it was somethin' about how you talk down to me

All hail the king of intimidation

Obeyer of Christian behavior

The role of compromises for the family you now want some

There's only so much we can do to make you rest assured

I am single

I am weary

You're just jealous

You're just confused

You're just hungry

You're in sin now

You're not happy

You like kidding

All hail the king of intimidation

Obeyer of Christian behavior

He knows not of what he has wrongly done

So forgive his ignorant behavior

You are tortured

You are captured

You are busted

We were silent

You were tested

You did better

You are lonely

Was it worth it?

La,la,la,la