Ani Difranco LYRICS

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Ani Difranco - 'tis Of Thee - lyrics

tis of thee
They caught the last poor man
On a poor mans vacation
They cuffed him and confiscated his stuff
They dragged his black ass down to the station
And said, ok, the streets are safe now
All your pretty white children can come out and see spot run
And they came out of their houses
And they looked around
But they didnt see no one
My country tis of thee
To take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
Why dont you just go ahead and turn off the sun
Cuz well never live long enough
To undo everything theyve done to you
Undo everything theyve done to you
Above 96th street
Theyre handing out smallpox blankets so people dont freeze
The old dogs have got a new trick
Its called criminalize the symptoms
While you spread the disease
And I hold on hard to something
Between my teeth when Im sleeping
I wake up and my jaw aches
And the earth is full of earthquakes
My country tis of thee
To take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
Why dont you just go ahead and turn off the sun
Cuz well never live long enough
To undo everything theyve done to you
Undo everything theyve done to you
They caught the last poor man
Flying away in a shiny red cape
They took him down to the station
And they said, boy, you shouldve known better
Than to try to escape
I ran away with the circus
Cuz theres still some honest work left for bearded ladies
Since they put everyone in jail
Exceot the cleavers and the bradys
My country tis of thee
To take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
Why dont you just go ahead and turn off the sun
Cuz well never live long enough
To undo everything theyve done to you
Undo everything theyve done to you

Ani Difranco - Adam & Eve - lyrics

Tonight you stooped to my level
I am your mangy little whore
You are trying to find your underwear
And then your socks and then the door
And youre trying to find a reason
Why you have to leave
I know its cuz you think youre adam
And you think Im eve
You rhapsodize about beauty
And my eyes glaze
Everything that I love is ugly
I mean really, you would be amazed
Just do me a favor
Its the least that you can do
Just dont treat me like I am
Something that happened to you
I am truly sorry about all this
You put a tiny pinprick
In my big red balloon
And as I slowly start to exhale
Thats when you leave the room
I did not design this game
I did not name the stakes
I just happen to like apples
And I am not afraid of snakes
I am truly sorry about all this
I envy your ignorance
I hear that its bliss
So I let go of the ratio
Of things said to things heard
And I leave you to your garden
And the beauty you preferred
And I wonder what of this
Will have meaning for you
When youve left it all behind
I guess Ill even wonder
If you meant it
At the time

Ani Difranco - Angel Food - lyrics

If the mattress was a table top
And the bed sheet was a page
Wed be written out
Like a couple of question marks
My convex to your concave
And wed be lying here
At the end of a sentence
And asks, are you ready now?
Are you gonna glow in the dark?
Are you gonna show me how?
Do you like to watch when water misbehaves?
Do you like waves?
As the wind shifts
And shifts again
The sail smiles
And gently slaps around the mast
Ballast
Ballast
Ballast
When you come to me
Come to me with cake
In your pocket
Come to me nicely
With that soft kinda cake
Thats mostly icing
Come to me ready and rude
Bring me angel food
Angel food

Ani Difranco - Albacore - lyrics

look here i just tattooed
a wedding band
on what looks like to me
my mother's hand
i'm no blushing girl
no innocent dove
it took me a long time to find love
but now i have no doubt
and i never will
that i am meant to be loving you
and it fairly blew my mind
to be so sure
when that little needle said i do
my love gives me hope
my love gives me pride
my love gets me past
the land mines inside
when i am next to you
i am more me
inside me is a room to which you hold the key
look at that honeymoon
in the albacore sky
look with all of you
not just your eye
look at its dancing light
through the whispering trees
look how i love you and you love me
look how i love you and you love me

Ani Difranco - Akimbo - lyrics

What dreams cause me
To abandon my pillow each night?
Push away each of them, in fact
Since there always seem to be more than one
Then wake to aching stiff neck twisted
Tits and face smashed against the mattress
Legs and arms akimbo
Like the high pitched body of a jumper
Waiting for her chalk outline
Finally at rest

Ani Difranco - 32 Flavors - lyrics

Squint your eyes and look closer
Im not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And Im beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday youre going to get hungry
And eat most of the words you just said
Both my parents taught me about good will
And I have done well by their names
Just the kindness Ive lavished on strangers
Is more than I can explain
Still theres many whove turned out their porch lights
Just so I would think they were not home
And hid in the dark of their windows
Til Id passed and left them alone
And God help you if you are an ugly girl
Course too pretty is also your doom
Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
For the prettiest girl in the room
And God help you if you are a pheonix
And you dare to rise up from the ash
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
While you are just flying back
Im not trying to give my life meaning
By demeaning you
And I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
Im not saying that Im a saint
I just dont want to live that way
No, I will never be a saint
But I will always say
Squint your eyes and look closer
Im not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And Im beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find youre starving
And eating all of the words you said

Ani Difranco - Adam And Eve - lyrics

tonight you stooped to my level
i am your mangy little whore
you are trying to find your underwear
and then your socks and then the door
and you're trying to find a reason
why you have to leave
i know it's 'cuz you think you're adam
and you think i'm eve
you rhapsodize about beauty
and my eyes glaze
everything that i love is ugly
i mean really, you would be amazed
just do me a favor
it's the least that you can do
just don't treat me like i am
something that happened to you
i am truly sorry about all this
you put a tiny pinprick
in my big red balloon
and as i slowly start to exhale
that's when you leave the room
i did not design this game
i did not name the stakes
i just happen to like apples
and i am not afraid of snakes
i am truly sorry about all this
i envy your ignorance
i hear that it's bliss
so i let go of the ratio
of things said to things heard
and i leave you to your garden
and the beauty you preferred
and i wonder what of this
will have meaning for you
when you've left it all behind
i guess i'll even wonder
if you meant it
at the time

Ani Difranco - Amazing Grace - lyrics

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now Im found
Was blind but now I see
twas grace that taught
My heart to fear
And grace that fear relieved
How precious did
That grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers
Toils and snares
I have already come
twas grace that brought me
Safely thus far
And grace will lead me home
And when this heart
And flesh shall fail
And mortal life shall cease
I shall possess
Within the vail
A life of joy and peace

Ani Difranco - 4th Of July - lyrics

You gotta have the right tools
For every job
So I invite myself in
Through a hole in the fence
I am tripping through the junkyard
Scanning over the piles
The thin cats raise their skin in defense
I know hes watching me
I can see him through the cracks
His eyes are small and shy on my back
He says his name is jason
He lives in the last trailer on the right
And hell be seven
On the fourth of july
Only the people who live here
Know the name of this place
My path through iowa would be
Hard to trace
All the adults in this town
Try not to frown
When I walk by
But jason smiled at me
He met my eye
He dont ask me
Where Im from
Or why I came
Here alone
We all go looking for paradise
Then we go back home
We cut out the small talk
Go right to the way things are
He showed me his squirrel skull
I told him I locked myself out of my car
So there goes the only friend
I have in iowa
His hand flapping behind him
Waving good-bye
His name is jason
He lives in the last trailer on the right
And hell be seven
On the fourth of july

Ani Difranco - Aids - lyrics

Everywhere she looks
She looks through the corner of her eye
Everytime she left
She never turned to say goodbye
Swaying in the corner of the ballroom
Alone by the music
She looked like a spiderweb
Fresh from the war
He complements her bedroom decor
She crawled in there like water
She drowned in there on the floor
She left him gasping for air
And crying for more.
And the morning sun was embarrassed to find them
Lying together
Neither could remember the others name
He stepped out of her mind
And into the hall
And they never saw each other again.
Whoaa...
And someone gave her a manual of love in the world today
And that page is not pulpy because there is no proper way
Its so easy for those with the unclenching eye
To find some unfulfilled human being to fry
She is looking for the kisses that she never got at home
Her lips are puckered and she is walking alone
And if she ends up with some dirty hot disease
Its a small price she pays for the need to be pleased.
And there are too few who open both eyes
We sit back in our easy chairs and try to sympathize
But whether from the point of a needle
Or the edge of her bed
Our heroine like too many others now is dead
And lisa is lucky, she ended up with a baby boy
Shes 16 years old, doesnt know her bodys not a toy
Joel is hungry, he is doing the town
Andrea is on the rebound.
Walk to the corner and run from what you find
We have to abort our cannibalistic state of mind.
Everywhere she looked
She looked through the corner of her eye
And everytime she left she never turned to say goodbye
Swaying in the corner of the ballroom
Alone by the music
She looked like a spiderweb.
Fresh from the war
He complements her bedroom decor
She didnt know this time she was the victim
He had nothing to lose anymore...
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