Ani DiFranco ( ) (born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is a prolific artist, having released over twenty albums, and is widely celebrated as a feminist icon. [read more] - She Says
she says forget what you have to dopretend there is nothingoutside this roomand like an idea she came to mebut she came too lateor maybe too sooni said please try not to love meclose your eyes, i'm turning on the...
- The Whole Night
we can touchtouch our girl cheeksand we can hold handslike paper dollswe can trytry each other onin the privacywithin new york city's wallswe can kisskiss goodnightand we can go home wonderingwhat would it be like...
- The Slant
the slanta building settling around memy figure female framed crookedlyin the thresholdof the roomdoor scraping floorboardswith every openingcarving a rough historyof bedroom scenesthe plot hard to followthe text...
- Roll With It
she says my***hurtswhen i sit downshe says my feet hurtfrom just standing aroundi think my bodyis as restless as my mindand i don't know if i can roll with itthis timepacked his uniformsand drove him to the baseshe...
- Rockabye
tending the garden of noisewhen i grow the trafficand the church bellsand the neighborhood boyssinging to myselfas the solitude sets inin tune with the symphonyof south brooklyni singrockabye, rockabye babyrockabye,...
- Gratitude
thank youfor letting me stay herethank you for taking me inthank youfor the beer and the foodthank youfor loaning me bus farethank you for showing me aroundthat was a very kind thing to dothank youfor the use of the...
- Anticipate
you are subtle as a window panestanding in my viewbut i will wait for it to rainso that i can see youyou call me up at nightwhen there's no light passing throughand you think that i don't understandbut i dowe don't...
- Lost Woman Song
i opened a bank account when i was nine years oldi closed it when i was eighteeni gave them every penny that i'd saved and they gave my blood and my urine a numberand now i'm sitting in this waiting room playing with...
- Not So Soft
in a forest of stoneunderneath the corporate canopywhere the sunrarelyfiltersdownthe groundis not so softnot so softthey build buildings to house peoplemaking moneyor they build buildings to make moneyoff of housing...
- Work Your Way Out
lying on the floorfour stories highin the corridorbetween the asphalt and the skyi am caught like bottled waterthe light daughteri wonder what you look likeunder your t-shirti wonder what you sound likewhen you're not...
- Out Of Habit
the butter melts out of habitthe toast isn't even warmthe waitress and the man in the plaid shirtplay out a scene they've playedso many times beforei am watching the sun stumble home in the morningfrom a bar on the...
- Fire Door
i opened the fire doorto four lipsnone of which were minekissingtightened my belt around my hipswhere your hands were missingand stepped out into the coldcollar highunder the slate gray skythe air was smoking and the...
- In Or Out
guess there's something wrong with meguess i don't fit inno one wants to touch itno one knows where to begini've got more than one membershipto more than one cluband i owe my lifeto the people that i lovehe looks me...
- Fixing Her Hair
she's looking in the mirrorshe's fixing her hairand i touch my head to feelwhat isn't thereshe's humming a melodywe learned in grade schoolshe's so happyand i thinkthis is not cool'cause i know the guyshe's been...
- Imperfectly
i'm okayif you get me at a good angleand you're okayin the right sort of lightand we don't looklike pages from a magazinebut that's all rightthat's all righti crashed your pickup truckand then i had to drive it back...
- I'm No Heroine
you think i wouldn't have himunless i could have him by the ballsyou think i just dish it outyou don't think i take it at allyou think i am strongeryou think i walk taller than the restyou think i'm usually wearing...
- The Waiting Song
your basic average super staris singing about justiceand peaceand loveand i am glaring at the radio,swearingsaying that's just what i was afraid ofthe system gives you just enoughto make you think that you see...
- What If No One's Watching
if my life were a moviethere would be a sunsetand the camera would pan awaybut the sky is just a little sistertagging along behind the buildingstrying to imitate their graythe little boys are breaking bottlesagainst...
- Circle Of Light
standing just outsidethe circle of lightavoiding the pool cueswatching the gamewaiting for youhanging in the doorwaylike smokelike mistletoethis is where i'll bewhenever you come or goi'm gonna roll you overgonna peel...
- Served Faithfully
he caresses every bottlelike it's the first one he's hadsayingit ain't lovebut it ain't badit's the only rewardbestowed upon meand i have served faithfullyi can see he is scarredfrom doing some hard timebut i let...
- If It Isn't Her
standing like john wayneshe is full framedshe is center stageand my imagination israttling in its cagei didn't really noticewhen everything else disappearedbut as far as i'm concernedif it isn't herit isn't hereshe...
- Every State Line
i got pulled over in west texasso they could look inside my carhe said are you an american citizeni said yes sirso farthey made sure i wasn't smugglingsomeone in from mexicosomeone willing to settle for america'cause...
- Make Them Apologize
my breast is cradledin the curve of my guitari'm breaking stringsand other thingsplaying hardno i'm not on the ragbut i'm not on the runi am matching the big boysone for oneand i must admit,i'm having myself some...
- Good, Bad, Ugly
it was goodgood to see you againgood to meet your girlfriendi'll try not to wonder where you arewhen you go outside to kiss herin the front seat of your carit is goodgood to be back homehow i missed this time...
- Coming Up
our father who art in a penthousesits in his 37th floor suiteand swivels to gaze downat the city he made me inhe allows me to stand andsolicit graffiti untilhe needs the land i stand onin my darkened thresholdam...
- Worthy
you think you're not worthyi'd have to say i agreei'm not worthy of youyou're not worthy of mewhich of us is deservinglook at the human racethe whole planet at arm's lengthand we don't deserve this placewhat good is a...
- Tiptoe
Tiptoeing through the used condomsstrewn on the piers of the westside highwaysunset behind the skyline of Jerseywalking toward the waterwith a fetus holding court in my gutmy body hijackedmy tits swolen and sorethe...
- Shy
the heat is so greatit plays tricks with the eyeit turns the road to water and then from water to skyand there's a crack in the concrete floorand it starts at the sinkthere's a bathroom in a gas station and i've...
- Hour Follows Hour
hour follows hourlike water follows watereverything is governed by the ruleof one thing leads to anotheryou can't really place blamecuz blame is much too messysome was bound to get on you while you were trying to put...
- Light Of Some Kind
i wish i didn't have this nervous laughi wish i didn't say half the stuff i sayi wish i could just learn to cover my tracksi guess i'm not concerned about getting away'cause every time i try to hold my tongueit slips...
- Not A Pretty Girl
I am not a pretty girl,that is not what I do.I ain't no damsel in distress,and I don't need to be rescued.So, so put me down punk.Wouldn't you prefer a maiden fair?Isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere?I am...
- This Bouquet
got a garden of songs where i grow all my thoughts wish i could harvest one or two for some small talk i'm always starving for words when you're around nothing on my tongue so much in my ground half the time i got my...
- Asking Too Much
i want somebody who sees the pointlessnessand still keeps their purpose in mindi want somebody who has a tortured soulsome of the timei want somebody who will either put out for meor put me out of miseryor maybe just...
- Cradle And All
fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cyclonethree o'clock in the afternoon and i am going homef-train is full of high school studentsso much shouting, so much laughterlast night's underwear in my back...
- Crime For Crime
the big day has comethe bell is soundingi run my hands through my hair one last timeoutside the prison walls the town is gatheringpeople are trading crime for crimeeveryone needs to see the prisonerthey need to make...
- Million You Never Made
the air comes off the oceanthe city smells fishythe air is full of fish and mysterywhispering who, what, wheni am warning you i am weightlessand the wind is always shiftingso don't hang anything on me if you ever want...
- Untouchable Face
Think I'm going for a walk nowI feel a little unsteadyI don't want noone to follow meexcept maybe youI could make you happy, you knowif you weren't alreadyI could do a lot of thingsand I doTell you the truth I prefer...
- Joyful Girl
i do it for the joy it bringsbecause i'm a joyful girlbecause the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the worldi do it because it's the least i can doi do it because i learned it from youand i do it just...
- Out Of Me
(soft instrumental intro, then rockin') no no no no no no no no no no no no no more it's gonna be sudden it's gonna be strange i'm gonna turn on a dime give you 5 cents change it's gonna be long overdue it's all...
- Done Wrong
the wind is ruthlessthe trees shake angry fingers at the skythe people hunch their shouldershold their collars over their ears and run byit's a cold rainit's a hard rainlike the kind you find in songsi guess that...
- Shameless
i cannot name thisi cannot explain thisand i really don't want tojust call me shamelessi can't even slow this downlet alone stop thisand i keep looking aroundbut i cannot top thisif i had any sensei guess i'd fear...
- Going Down
you can't get through ityou can't get over ityou can't get aroundjust like in a dreamyou'll open your mouth to screamand you won't make a soundyou can't believe your eyesyou can't believe your earsyou can't believe...
- Napoleon
they told you your music could reach millionsthe choice was up to youyou told me they always pay for lunchand they believe in what i doand i wonder if you'll miss your old friendsonce you've proven what you're...
- Suprehero
sleep walking through the all-nite drug storebaptized in fluorescent lighti found religion in the greeting card aislenow i know hallmark was rightand every pop song on the radiois suddenly speaking to meart may...
- Dilate
Life use to be lifelike. Now it's more like showbiz. I wake up in the night & I don't know where the bathroom is. And I don't know what town I'm in or what sky I am under. And I wake up in the darkness & I don't have...
- Rain Check
as dolls go i am brokenand you could just let that get us off the hookbut from under the umbrella of the unspokeni see you giving me that lookbaby, you're right as rain about the benefitsbut you might be wrong about...
- Bubble
i hated to pop the bubbleof me and youbut it only held enough oxygenfor a trip or twoto the moon and back againtell me, do you remember whenour love had such gracewe were floating above this whole placeit's dawn on...
- Akimbo
what dreams cause meto abandon my pillow each night?push away each of them, in factsince there always seem to be more than onethen wake to aching stiff neck twistedtits and face smashed against the mattresslegs and...
- Educated Guess
looks like my crazy family is down one crazy daughter cuzi'm shipwrecked in a desert thatonce was underwater just looking for a swift turn of phrasesome colors to flyas i float by in the paradeplus i dream in skin...
- Origami
i am an all powerful amazon warriornot just some sniveling girlso no matter what i think i needyou know i can't possiblyhave a need in this worldcome and come for that sweet sweetnessi'll be your never ending vending...
- Company
what's the pointof all this pointless proximityif you won't talktake me for a walkthrough a little storyall these yearshave made me sick to tearsof such mysterieswhy should i keep youif you won't keep mecompany?til i...
- Bodily
you broke me bodilythe heart ain't the half of itand i'll never learn to laugh at itin my good natured wayin fact i'm laughing less in generalbut i learned a lot at my own funeraland i knew you'd be the death of meso...
- Platforms
life knocked me off my platformsso i pulled out my first pair of bootsbought on the street at astor placebefore new york was run by suitsand i suited up for the long walk back to myselfcloser to the ground nowwith...
- The True Story OF What Was
the light blue flickering rhythmof the neighbor's big console t.v.is basking on the ceilingof another insomniac spreeand outside sleep's open windowbetween the drops of rainhistory is writing a recipe bookfor every...
- You Each Time
there you were day after daysix feet twenty feet two feet awayright in my pocket singin me a songmakin my heart race all day longand we talked it out and we talked it downbut your eyes were not listeningand my ears...
- Animal
more and more there is this animallooking out through my eyesat all the traffic on the road to nowhereat all the shiny stuff around to buyat all the wires in the airat all the people shoppingfor the same blank stareat...
- Swim
you keep telling me i'm beautifulbut i feel a little less so each timeyour love is so colorfulit flashes like a neon signbut i finally drove out wherethe sky is dark enuf to see starsand i found i missed no onejust...
- Bliss Like This
i said veniceyou heard vegasnow i say either waybaby let's goi get so shakyand i just can't shake iti bliss like thisi'm one of thosebut i don't wanna wear youwear you like a band-aidwave you like a ticketout of my...
- Grand Canyon
i love my countryby which i meani am indebted joyfullyto all the people throughout its historywho have fought the government to make rightwhere so many cunning sons and daughtersour foremothers and forefatherscame...
- Paradigm
i was born to two immigrantswho knew why they were herethey were happy to pay taxesfor the schools and roadshappy to be herethey took it seriouslyjust like a job of citizenrymy mother went campaigning door to doorand...
- Nicotine
i hate you sometimesbut i love to be your queenyou are my musegot me smoking nicotinei watch you sometimesfrom oh so far awaybut i can't forget youor anything you saidyou sang that song in my earand it tickled those...
- Anyday
i will lean into you you can be the windi will open my mouth and you can come rushing in you can rush in so hard and make it so i can't breatheyou know i breathe too much anyway i can do that anydayi just wish i knew...
- The Boys In Blue
i shut my mouthcause they are the lawand i am aloneohhh, the boys in bluehave decided i need a good talking tothough i've done nothing wronghe is less than politei guess i'm not his typeand while he has his funthe...
- Both Hands
i am walking out in the rain and i am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again and i am getting nowhere with you and i can't let it go and i can't get through and the old woman behind the pink curtains and the...
- 4th Of July
you gotta have the right toolsfor every jobso I invite myself inthrough a hole in the fenceI am tripping through the junkyardscanning over the pilesthe thin cats raise their skin in defenseI know he's watching meI can...
- Rush Hour
rush hour and the day's dawningthe rain came and pushed me under the awningthe puddles grew and threw themselves at mewith every passing car I'm sheilding my guitarand there were some things I did not tell himthere...
- Knuckle Down
it's just my cowgirl alter-ego riding on her barroom bulldripping with a sweat of irony as the cowboys woop and droolshooting glances at the mirror to see if her scar is showingshe is truly going nowhere...
- Studying Stones
i am out here studying stonestrying to learn to be less aliveusing all of my willto keep very stillstill even on the insidei've cut all of the pertinent wiresso my eyes cant make that connectioni am holding my...
- Talk To Me Now
He said, "You've gotten tough"'Cause my tone was curt.Yeah and when I'm approached in a dark alley,I don't lift my skirt.In the city, self-preservation is a full time occupation.I'm determined to survive on this...
- Asked You First
Asked you FirstAni DiFrancoThings can't get much weirderThis can't get much worseI don't know why you wouldn't kiss me,But it's a good thing I asked you firstYou were a big strapping boy with a boner,Yeah, I felt it...
- Recoil
come home and my guitar has nothing to say to mei've recoiled from all my friendsand then i'm in miserybeen so long since i've been heldreally, since i was hisprobably just need to be heldthat probably all it iscourse...
- House Of Fashion
i had to leave the house of fashionand go forth *** from its doors'cause women should be alliesand not competitorsi had to leave the house of godbecause the cross replaced the wheeland the goddesses were all out in...
- Ballad Of Ani Difranco
come home and my guitar has nothing to say to mei've recoiled from all my friendsand then i'm in miserybeen so long since i've been heldreally, since i was hisprobably just need to be heldthat probably all it iscourse...
- Parameter
thirty three years go byand not once do you come hometo find a man sitting in your bedroomthat isa man you don't knowwho came a long way to deliver one very specific messagelock your back door, you idiot,however...
- Modulation
in order to say thank you to youi must do it intentionallybut tonight with every breathi can feel my deathas sure as i can feel my kneesyou are my modulationand that's what you will always bewe took each other...
- Silver Ingrid
i always escape where i have been. i leave you looking for my face,wondering what it was you've seen down the long dark hallway in flightheading back from which i've came. i am a creature of the night and silver...
- Dog Coffee
Perpetrating counter-culture she is walking through the parkFirst light ugly and more muscular than the darkPushing poems at the urban silenceDrawing portraits of the passers-bySitting on the curbCombining traffic...
- Manhole
I'm holding here a book Notable, but not the greatest Stolen for me by the latest in a long line of thieves And I'm just about to drop it down that man hole of memories But I realized it doesn't bother me like loves...
- Monopoly
there's something i have to sayi don't quite know why or howsomething about the way you treated me when you went out tonightit's like you can't stand unless you can stand next to melike, like you can throw your love's...
- Wishin' And Hopin'
Wishin'and hopin'and thinkin'and prayin'Planningand dreamin'His kisses will startThat won't get you into his heart.So if your're looking for loveyou can shareAll you gotta to is hold himand kiss himand love himAnd...
- Minerva
you wandered into the forestfollowinthat shiny red balland by the timeyou looked upyou were lostbut that's not allyou confused your journeywith my journeyyou tried to nailed melike minerva to your browbut my job...
- AIDS
everywhere she looksshe looks through the corner of her eyeevery time she leftshe never turned to say goodbyeswaying in the corner of the bar roomblown by the musicshe looked like a spiderweb?and picking orchids from...
- No Reason To Come Home
don't know what you are going to do with this timeon your own is the question on your mindain't it a funny thingto acceptthat you are the worst companythat you have ever kept.what are you gonna doyou are living all...
- Evolve
i walk in stride with peoplemuch taller than meand partly it's the boots butmostly it's my chiand i'm becoming transfixedwith nature and my part in itwhich i believe just signifiesi'm finally waking up and there's...
- Serpentine
pavlov hits me with more bad news every time i answer the phone so i play and i sing and i just let it ring all day when i'm at home a defacto choice of macro or microcosmic melancholy but, baby, any way you slice it...
- Welcome To
welcome to:no amount of stoned makes you feel okwelcome to:this year's alone - brought to you by christmas daywelcome to:the darkness into which prayin people pray it's quiet here except for this songnow that...
- Shrug
what's with that halo hoveringabove that thick skullspare meif i do say so - i think you're covering'course there was nothingcould've prepared me for the side effect of this dirty drugthe way you punish me and then...
- Icarus
it seems like you just started noticing how noticibly bad things really are and then you walk past this couple arguing in a rolled up window parked car and all that gesticulated bitterness and all of that muffled...
- Second Intermission
second intermission anticipation you know the third act small talk drops out of the play you're standing in the lobby tightening your tourniquet waiting for it and then the bell sounds and the lights flash and there's...
- Promised Land
you're taking up lots of space your shit is everywhere your breath is all up in my face your hands are swarming in the air you're the first one out of the car and then you're the loudest one in the bar tell me is...
- Phase
i'll be your biggest fan i will be your fool i'll be your exception to whatever the rule and i ain't the type to bitch i ain't the type to cry i'll sit at your red light and wait for your shit to go by and this vague...
- In The Way
no you didn't just leave i actually kicked you out i couldn't hardly believe that the words came out my mouth you couldn't hardly believe what you heard yourself discuss as you packed up all your things and you said...
- Here For Now
i bet you're wondering if you woke up today just to learn why the caged bird sings i bet you're wondering if the godesses are all crazy or just keeping it interesting situated slightly outside society at odds with its...
- Slide
she was hungry so hungry and she was trying to think clear but she kept opening the fridge door and looking at the mustard and the beer and then finally she went out into the rain carrying her bicycle chain and her...
- Oh My My
your body forshortened below your shoulders your face so close it's out of focus way down the hallway comes the sound of your shoes that is what i what i think about when i think about you if we let our love off of...
- Subdivision
white people are so scared of black peoplethey bulldoze out to the countryand put up houses on little loop-dee-loop streetsand while america gets its heart cut right out of its chestthe berlin wall still runs down...
- Reckoning
you can doubt anythingif you think about it long enoughcuz what happened always adjusts to fitwhat happened after thatand it's hard to feel like you are freewhen all you seem to do is refereeremember when it was just...
- Old Old Song
i'll sing you a song that starts out descriptiveand locates a time and a placelike a dinner table where a whole familyis just sitting down to say gracean old old song that moves into actiontaking its sweet sweet...
- Imagine That
imagine that i am onstageunder a watchtower of punishing lightand in the haze is your face bathed in shadowand what's beyond you is hidden from sightand somebody right now is yawningand watching me like a tvand i've...
- School Night
she went over to his apartmentclutching her decisionand he said, did you come here to tell me goodbye?so she built a skyscraper of procrastinationand then she leaned out the twenty-fifth floor windowof her replyand...
- So What
who's gonna give a shitwho's gonna take the callwhen you find out that the road aheadis painted on a walland you're turned up to top volumeand you're just sitting there in pausewith your feral little secretscratching...
- Revelling
you were so in lovethat it was all you could talk aboutand i think i felt a little left outyou were on cloud 9 all the timewhile i was levellingi was wringing my hands and you were revellingbut then why shouldn't...
- Sick Of Me
how sick of memust you beby nowwhile you're standing just outsideof what your pride will allowalways reaching into yourselfto find a new way to understand mewhen i'm sure that there's no one elsein the worldwho could...
- In Here
even when i look right at youi always just see throughand i always just see new thingsto admire about you.am i what you thought you were getting?does this love we make-make you proud?does it look like it did on the...
- Grey
the sky is greythe sand is greyand the ocean is greyand i feel right at homein this stunning monochromealone in my wayi smoke and i drinkand every time i blinki have a tiny dreambut as bad as i ami'm proud of the...
- Your Next Bold Move
coming of age during the plagueof reagan and bushwatching capitalism gun down democracyit had this funny effect on mei guessi am canceri am HIVand i'm down at the blue jesusblue cross hospitaljust lookin' up from my...
- Little Plastic Castle
In a coffee shop in a city Which is every coffee shop in every city On a day which is every day I picked up a magazine Which is every magazine Read a story, and then forgot it right away They say goldfish have no...
- Independence Day
We drove the car To the top of the parking ramp 4th of July Sat out on the hood With a couple of warm beers And watched the fireworks Explode in the sky There was an exodus of birds from the trees Cuz they didn't...
- Pulse
you crawled into my bedlike some sort of giant insectand i found myself spellboundat the sight of you therecocooned in my room,beautiful and grotesque and all the rest of that bug stuffbluffing your way into my...
- Gravel
I heard the sound of your bike as your wheels hit the gravel and your engine in the driveway, cutting off I pushed through the screen door and I stood out on the porch thinking fight, fight, fight, at all costs But...
- Loom
you always got those dark sunglasses covering half your face but if you promise to take them off i promise i won't squander your gaze i will be picturesque i will be nice i won't do anything you can't tell your wife...
- As Is
you can't hide behind social graces so don't try to be all touchy feely cuz you lie in my face of all places but I got no problem with that really what bugs me is that you believe what you're saying what bothers me...
- Glass House
sitting in my glass house while your ghost is sleeping down the hall watching the little birds fly kamikaze missions into the walls think i'm going to stay in today sit on the couch and watch them fall life keeps...
- Fuel
They were digging a new foundation in Manhattan And they discovered a slave cemetery there May their souls rest easy now that lynching is frowned upon And we've moved on to the electric chair And I wonder who's gonna...
- Deep Dish
Cold and drizzly night in Chicago's deep dish Fluorescent light of the bathroom Shows my hands as they are See an eyelash on my cheek Pick it off and make a wish And walk back out into the bar Wind at the windows...
- Two Little Girls
you were fresh off the boat from virginia i had a year of new york city under my belt we met in a dream we were both nineteen i remember where we were standing i remember how it felt two little girls growing out of...
- Swan Dive
i'm cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hands feels like a little baby bird fallen from the nest i think that your body is something i understand i think that i'm happy i think that i'm blessed but i've...
- Pixie
i'm a pixie i'm a paper doll i'm a cartoon i'm a chipper cheerful free for all and i light up a room i'm the color me happy girl miss live and let live and when they're out for blood i always give the man behind the...
- Fierce Flawless
she was cuffed to the truth like the truth was a chairbright interrogation light in her eyesher conscience lit a cigarette and just stood therewaiting for her to crackwaiting for her to cryhis face scampered through...
- What How When Where (Why Who)
what what what what what did you think you were doing?how how how how how did you think this would go?when when when when when you showed up on my radarwhere where where where where did you think you would show?what...
- Heartbreak Even
it's a heartbreak even situationnothing lost and nothing gainedso i'm 10 years old againstanding in the backyard waving at a traini feel you make love to me slightlyevery time you let a little laugh slip too soonand...
- Ain't That The Way
i love youand you love meand ain't that the wayit's supposed to be?i swing my stick legs 'round at the rootand pile drive each foot into a platform bootand i'm up and i'm outcuz i'm bouncing off the wallsand i come...
- Tamburitza Lingua
a cold and porcelain lonelyin an old new york hotela stranger to a citythat she used to know so wellbathing in a bathroomthat is bathed in the first blue lightof the beginning of a centuryat the end of an endless...
- O.K.
if you ask mei'll sayyes pleaseto you todayso don't ask mecuz i'm weak that wayjust don't ask meo.k.i'm so glad we got thatstraightened awayif you see mewalk byyou better just let mewalk byyou better notbat your...
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Kazoointoit
i love us both but i don't feel goodso i keep pulling overand looking underthe hoodi love us both but i'm at wit's endwhere does your compromise beginand mine end?i love us both but whatworld's it gonna be?the one...
- Garden Of Simple
some crazy ***er carved a sculpture out of butterand propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast barand i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pocketsunder a sign that says grand openingwhile my dog is...
- Marrow
the answer camelike a shot in the backwhile you were running from your lessonwhich might explainwhy years later all you could rememberwas the terror of the questionplus, you weren't listeningyou were stockpiling...
- Whatall Is Nice
today we are only whatall is nice about ustoday we turned on in the blue light of dawnand made loveand you were not a dot dot dotwaiting for me to complete youand it was like i just forgotto measure everything that i...
- Callous
you cried and you cried and you cried wolfso it took me a minute to understandthat you really were hurt bad that day you deeply cut your handand then that look that you gave mesent me rushing through guilt's doori'd...
- Sunday Morning
sunday morningslow beats seethingthrough the screens in the open windowseggs fryinglegs shakingafter we stayed lying so long in bedsunday morningboth of us readingand looking up occasionallylooking up...
- Seeing Eye Dog
you're my seeing eye dog and i am blindyou take me there every timewith that winning combination of loyal and kindyour eyes like wells to the water of your mindi want to take a long, cool drink from your bucketto...
- Parameters
thirty-three years go byand not once do you come hometo find a man sitting in your bedroomthat isa man you don't knowwho came a long way to deliver one very specific message:lock your back door, you idiothowever...
- Lag Time
there's really no hope for me and that three second rulesomethin gets droppedand still i'm the slowest damn foolslow to realize what's really going onslow to know in a momentwho or what has gone wrongi wanna tighten...
- Out Of Range
just the thoughtof our bedmakes me crumble like the plasterwhere you punched the wall beside my headand i tryto draw the linebut it ends up running down the middle of memost of the timeboys get locked up in some...
- Hell Yeah
life is a b movieit's stupid and it's strangea directionless story and the dialogue is lamebut in the he said she saidsometimes there's some poetryif you turn your back long enoughand let it happen naturallyoh,...
- If He Tries Anything
i'm invincibleso are youwe do all the thingsthey say we can't dowe walk aroundin the middle of the nightand if it's too far to walkwe just hitch a ridewe got rings of dirtaround our neckswe talk like auctioneersand we...
- Building And Bridges
buildings and bridgesare made to bend in the windto withstand the world,that's what it takesall that steel and stoneis no match for the air, my friendwhat doesn't bend breakswhat doesn't bend breakswe are made to...
- Face Up And Sing
some guy tried to rub up against mein a crowded subway carsome guy tried to feed me some stupid linein some stupid bari see the same shit everydaythe landscape looks so bleaki think i'll take the first one of you's...
- Overlap
search your profilefor a translationi study the conversationlike a map'cause i know there is strengthin the differences between usand i know there is comfortwhere we overlapcome herestand in front of the lightstand...
- You Had Time
you had timehow can i go homewith nothing to sayi know you're going to look at me that wayand say what did you do out thereand what did you decideyou said you needed timeand you had timeyou are a china shopand i am a...
- The Diner
i'm calling from the dinerthe diner on the corneri ordered two coffeesone is for youi was hoping you'd join me'cause i ain't go no moneyand i really miss youi should mention that tooyes i know what time it isin fact,...
- How Have You Been
you could always hear the rub squeakingof those two tree limbs'til one day one of them came downtaken down by the windbut on the one that's still thereyou can still see where the bark wasrubbed bareit's a metaphor if...
- Letter To A John
don't ask me why i'm cryingi'm not going to tell you what's wrongi'm just gonna sit on your lapfor five dollars a songi want you to pay me for my beautyi think it's only right'cause i have been paying for itall of my...
- Falling Is Like This
you give me that look that's like laughingwith liquid in your mouthlike you're choosing between chokingand spitting it all outlike you're trying to fight gravityon a planet that insiststhat love is like fallingand...
- Virtue
virtue is relative at bestthere's nothing worse than a sunsetwhen you're driving due west and i'm afraid that my loveis gonna come up shortthere is no there therei guess i'm scaredcuz i want to have good news to...
- Come Away From It
comecome awaycome away fromcome away from itnext to the glass ashtrayin a little plastic baggyis a bitter rock remedyreally good stuffbut i take offense to the factthat you're so hell bentare you trying to tell me...
- Everest
from the depth of the pacificto the height of everestand still the world is smoother than a shiny ball-bearingso i take a few steps back and put on a wider lensand it changes your skin, your ***, and what your...
- Angel Food
if the mattress was a table topand the bed sheet was a pagewe'd be written outlike a couple of question marksmy convex to your concaveand we'd be lying hereat the end of a sentenceand asks, are you ready now?are you...
- Angry Anymore
growing up it was just me and my momagainst the worldand all my sympathies were with herwhen i was a little girlbut now i've seen both my parentsplay out the hands they were dealtand as each year goes byi know more...
- Tis Of Thee
they caught the last poor manon a poor man's vacationthey cuffed him and confiscated his stuffthey dragged his black***down to the stationand said, ok, the streets are safe nowall your pretty white children can come...
- Soft Shoulder
i don't keep much stuff aroundi value my portabilitybut i will say that i have saved every letteryou ever wrote to methe one you left on my windsheildoutside of the motelis in the pocket of my old gigbagfrom back when...
- Providence
who knewat this party thati would walk in and i'd see youi guess nowwe could just get drunkyeah, and that would be our excuseyou could slipand outta nowherei could be there to catch your falland we could laugh at...
- I Know This Bar
i know this barwith a jukebox full of medicineand christmas lights blinkingaround a clouded mirrorit's not that farfrom old voelkers bowling alleyjust go up there and turn rightit's about four blocks from hereyou'll...
- Hello Birmingham
hold me downi am floating awayinto the overcast skiesover my home townon election daywhat is it about birmingham?what is it about buffalo?did the hate filled want to build bunkersin your beautiful red earththey want...
- Wish I May
I'm losing my love of adventure.I'm losing all respect for me and myself tonight.I wonder what happens if I get to the end of this tunnel and there isn't a light.I've worn down the treads on most of my tires.I've worn...
- Carry You Around
how pleased can onesun setting make youif you humble yourselfto it?how grateful can youreally say that you arejust to be here and livethrough it?and when beauty asks a questionhow often do you reply?how often do you...
- Swing
she came to and herwhole life was how she remembered itshe had a mouth full of furand she was laughingshe parked her hearse acrossthree spaces posted motorcycles onlyand jumped out shoutingwha the cus could make a...
- To The Teeth
the sun is setting on the centuryand we are armed to the teethwe're all working together nowto make our lives mercifully briefand school kids keep trying to teach uswhat guns are all aboutconfused liberty with...
- Freakshow
life in the circus ain't easybut the folks on the outside don't knowthe tent goes up and the tent comes downand all that they see is the showand the ladies on the horses look so prettyand the lions are lookin real...
- The Arrival's Gate
gonna go outto the arrivals gate at the airportand sit there all daywatch people reunitingpublic affection is so excitingit even makes airports okwatching children runwith their arms outstretchedjust to throw those...
- Cloud Blood
i've been wondering what you meantwhen you asked do you have a light?i've been wondering where you wentwhen you left that party that nightcloud blood smudge smeared on the skyits dawns roadkilli've been driving since...
- Going Once
going once, going twicesold to the girlwho ignored all the adviceof all the people who knew her bettershe just stood thereon the front porchwaiting for her willto come and get hereshe was packedshe had a suitcasefull...
- Back Back Back
back back back in the back of your mindare you learning an angry languagetell me boy boy boy are you tending to your joyor are you just letting it vanquishback back back in the dark of your mindwhere the eyes of your...
- Back Around
my lipstickjumped shipto a styrofoam cupwith the coffee gonethe conversation strongall i got left to give baby, is upbut sentiments like shadows growoh so longguess i gotta godon't get updon't cryit's really very...
- God's Country
state trooper thinks i drive too fastpulled me over to tell me soi say out here on the prairieany speed is too slowi miss brooklyn i miss my crewlet's start overi missed my cueguess i just forgotwho i was talking toi...
- Willing To Fight
the windows of my soulare made of one way glassdon't bother looking into my eyesif there's something you want to know,just aski got a dead bolt strollwhere i'm going is cleari won't wait for you to wonderi'll just...
- Egos Like Hairdos
i saw on the postermy name was printedjust a little bit smalleri can tell you need to standjust a little bit tallerno one ever talks about itbut no one can disguisethe cloud of competitionthat's hanging behind their...
- Pick Yer Nose
how come i can pick my earsbut not my nosewho made up that rule anywayhow can you say that's the way it isthat's just the way it goeswhy don't you decide for yourselfwhat you can doand what you can sayhow come i can...
- My I.Q.
when i was four years oldthey tried to test my i.q.they showed me a pictureof 3 oranges and a pearthey said,which one is different?it does not belongthey taught me different is wrongbut when i was 13 years oldi woke...
- Born A Lion
i'm not hurting anyonei'm just telling my truthand if thereif there is something wrongthen maybethere's something wrong with youwhat's the big dealget over itrelaxjust 'cause i do up in your facewhat other people do...
- Name And Dates And Times
i know so many white peoplei mean, where do i start?the trouble with white peopleis you can't tell them aparti'm so bad with names and dates and timesbut i'm big on facesthat is, except for minei believe you when you...
- Blood In The Boardroom
sitting in the boardroomthe i'm-so-bored roomlistening to the suitstalk about their worldthey can make straight linesout of almost anythingexcept for the lineof my upper lip when it curlsdressed in my best greasy...
- Used To You
i'm still here becausei've got nothing else to doyou're an assholebut i'm getting used to youi like the fact thatyou talk incessantlyi got a thing for assholeswho tell good storiesi think that drinkingis the only...
- Brief Bus Stop
she sat there like a photographof someone much further awaywe shared a brief bus stopon one of those in-between daysshe gave me her smileand i looked underneathat the lipstick on her teethshe asked me for a lightand...
- Looking For The Holes
i am looking for the holesthe holes in your jeansbecause i want to knoware they worn out in the seator are they worn out in the kneesthere are so many ways to wearwhat we've got before it's goneto make use of what is...
- Itch
i am evening the scorei am cutting the umbilical cordcurled with my teeth against my kneesi am scratching at my consciousnesslike a bitch with fleasi think you'll be greatly pleasedto learn that yours was the...
- On Every Corner
deathhas been your loverhe has brought youthe edges of your lifeand now you are looking overand all we can say isit's gonna be all rightand i am looking forwardto looking back on these dayswhen on every cornersomeone...
- The Next Big Thing
helloit's mei'm returning your callit's monday wednesday fridaybetween noon and threehe says iusually just let the phone ringbut i've always got a minute of timefor the next big thingand i wonderhow can he see where...
- Hide And Seek
Me and all the kids from the neighboorhood--we'd play out in the street all summer long.Rule was we had to go home at night, when the street lights came on.We were oblivious to the rest of the world.And we'd hold up...
- 32 Flavors
squint your eyes and look closeri'm not between you and your ambitioni am a poster girl with no posteri am thirty-two flavors and then someand i'm beyond your peripheral visionso you might want to turn your headcause...
- Adam And Eve
Tonight you stoop to my level.I'm your mangy little whore.Now you're trying to find your underwear,and your socks,and then the door.And you're trying to find a reasonwhy you have to leave.I know it's cuz you think...
- Sorry I Am
I'm sorry I didn't sound more excited on the phone.I'm sorry that after all these years,I've left you feeling unrequited and alone...brought you to tears.I guess I never loved you quite as wellas the way you loved...
- Self Evident
yes, us people are just poems we're 90% metaphor with a leanness of meaning approaching hyper-distillation and once upon a time we were moonshine rushing down the throat of a giraffe yes, rushing down the long hallway...
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