ANI DIFRANCO – Work Your Way Out

lying on the floor
four stories high
in the corridor
between the asphalt and the sky
I am caught like bottled water
the light daughter
I wonder what you look like
under your t-shirt
I wonder what you sound like
when you’re not wearing words
I wonder what we have
when we’re not pretending
it’s never-ending, haven’t you heard?
I don’t need to tell you
what this is about
you just start on the inside
and work your way out
we are all polylingual
but some of us pretend
there’s virtue in relying
on not trying to understand
we’re all citizens of the womb
before we subdivide
into sexes and shades
this side
that side
and I don’t need to tell you
what this is about
you just start on the inside
and work your way out
undressing for the fan
like it was a man
wondering about all the things
that I’ll never understand
there are some things that you can’t know
unless you’ve been there
but oh how far we could go
if we started to share
I don’t need to tell you
what it is about
you just start on the inside
you just start on the inside
and work your way out

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ANI DIFRANCO – Zoo

I can no longer watch TV
Cause that shit really melts my brain
I think I’m what they call sensitive
And easily thrown off my game

All that bloodshed and pettiness
Just makes the world seem so insane
And I just feel drained

When I go to do my food shopping
And all I can see is the packaging
One big mountain of garbage
About to be happening

And I walk past my own self-loathing
Like I walk past animals in the zoo
Trying not to really see them
And the prison they didn’t choose

If I should ever quit your spotlight
I hope you won’t think me wrong
Says the poet to the moonlight
Says the singer to the song

It’s enough just to stay upright
Upright in every single way
Pour your love into your children
Until there’s nothing left to say

Pour your love into your children
Until there’s nothing left to say

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ANI DIFRANCO – You Had Time

how can I go home
with nothing to say
I know you’re going to look at me that way
and say what did you do out there
and what did you decide
you said you needed time
and you had time

you are a china shop
and I am a bull
you are really good food
and I am full
I guess everything is timing
I guess everything’s been said
so I am coming home with an empty head

you’ll say did they love you or what
I’ll say they love what I do
the only one who really loves me is you
and you’ll say girl did you kick some butt
and I’ll say I don’t really remember
but my fingers are sore
and my voice is too

you’ll say it’s really good to see you
you’ll say I missed you horribly
you’ll say let me carry that
give that to me
and you will take the heavy stuff
and you will drive the car
and I’ll look out the window making jokes
about the way things are

how can I go home
with nothing to say
I know you’re going to look at me that way
and say what did you do out there
and what did you decide
you said you needed time
and you had time

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ANI DIFRANCO – Untouchable Face

think i’m going for a walk now
i feel a little unsteady
i don’t want nobody to follow me
‘cept maybe you
i could make you happy you know
if you weren’t already
i could do a lot of things
and i do

tell you the truth i prefer
the worst of you
too bad you had to have a better half
she’s not really my type
but i think you two are forever
and i hate to say it but
you’re perfect together

so fuck you
and your untouchable face
and fuck you
for existing in the first place
and who am i
that i should be vying for your touch
and who am i
i bet you can’t even tell me that much

two-thirty in the morning
and my gas tank will be empty soon
neon sign on the horizon
rubbing elbows with the moon
a safe haven of sleepless
where the deep fryer’s always on
radio is counting down
the top 20 country songs
and out on the porch the fly strip is
waving like a flag in the wind
y’know, i don’t look forward
to seeing you again soon
you’ll look like a photograph of yourself
taken from far far away
and i won’t know what to do
and i won’t know what to say

except fuck you…

i see you and i’m so perplexed
what was i thinking
what will i think of next
where can i hide
in the back room there’s a lamp
that hangs over the pool table
and when the fan is on it swings
gently side to side
there’s a changing constellation
of balls as we are playing
i see orion and say nothing
the only thing i can think of saying

is fuck you…

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ANI DIFRANCO – Unworry

I know I’ve seen you around
You can’t forget that hair
But I didn’t hear you come in
How long have you been sitting there?

You know you can tell me anything
I promise I don’t scare
Let’s only ever be allies even if the whole background dissolves
And little pink hearts can pop over our heads but we’ll keep our cool

You know I have enjoyed my life
It’s been exciting
And I’ve become more peaceful
No more fighting

And I ain’t gonna waste your time
Wronging and righting
Round and round centered by the grooves on an old oak tree
Nibbled by minnows and licked by a salty sea
And I gotta say I’m amazed not in a good way at how much I don’t remember
I just gotta hope though I’m slow it’s all part of what I know the facts are pretend anyway
Yeah the facts are pretend anyway

I know I’ve seen you around
Always in that uniform
Pirate hat just a little stained
Sword just a little worn

You know you can tell me anything
I’m not just tooting my own horn
Let’s only ever be allies even if the whole background dissolves
And little pink hearts can pop over our heads but we’ll keep our cool

Baby teach me to unworry
I will teach you to unhide
In the city where they don’t need x-rays
To see each other’s insides

Under a big old oak tree
Synchronicities gather in tide
Round and round centered by the grooves on an old oak tree
Nibbled by minnows and licked by a salty sea
And I gotta say I’m amazed not in a good way at how much I don’t remember
I just gotta hope though I’m slow it’s all part of what I know the facts are pretend anyway
Yeah the facts are pretend anyway
Yeah the facts are pretend

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ANI DIFRANCO – Used To You

I’m still here because
I’ve got nothing else to do
you’re an asshole
but I’m getting used to you
I like the fact that
you talk incessantly
I got a thing for assholes
who tell good stories

I think that drinking
is the only thing that you do right
you’re gonna self-destruct
I think that’s what I like
you like me so you try and make me
feel like shit
I think it’s kind of funny yeah
I kind of enjoy it

if you’re gonna do it, overdo it
that’s how you know you’re alive
go ahead, take yourself a coma nap
take a puddle dive

you said, this is my bedroom window
you said, this is my view
you said, lie down here with me
and see the things that I do
like you were trying to tell me something
about the way you live
like you would give me something
if you had something to give

and for all your talk
you don’t say much that’s real
I think I know more than you
about the way that you feel
I understand your anger
and your apathy
I think if I was you,
you’re who I’d be

I’m still here
’cause I got nothing else to do
you’re an asshole but
I’m getting used to you
I could love you, yeah
I’ve entertained the thought
but I could never like you
so I guess I’d better not

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ANI DIFRANCO – Which Side Are You On?

They stole a few elections,
Still we the people won
We voted out corruption and
Big corporations

We voted for an end to war
New direction
We ain’t gonna stop now
Until our job is done

Come on all good workers
This year is our time
Now there some folks in washington
Who cares what’s on our minds

Come one-come all voters
Lets all vote next time
Show ‘em which side are you on now
Which side are you on

Which side are you on now
Which side are you on
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

Which side are you on now
Which side are you on
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

30 years of diggin’
Got us in this hole
The curse of reaganomics
Has finally taken it’s toll

Lord knows the free market
Is anything but free
It costs dearly to the planet
And the likes of you and me

I don’t need those money lenders
Suckin’ on my tit
A little socialism
Don’t scare me one bit!

We could do a whole lot worse
Than europe or canada
C’mon mr. president
C’mon congress make the law

Which side are you on now
Which side are you on
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

They say in orleans parish
There are no neutrals there
There’s just too much misery
There’s too much despair

America who are we
Now our innocence is gone
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

Too many stories written
Out in black and white
C’mon people of privilege
It’s time to join the fight

Are we living in the shadow of slavery
Or are we moving on
Tell me which side are you on now
Which side are you on

Which side are you on boys
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boys
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boys
Which side are you on
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

My mother was a feminist
She taught me to see
That the road to ruin is paved
With patriarchy

So, let the way of the women
Guide democracy
From plunder and pollution
Let mother earth be free

Feminism ain’t about women
No, that’s not who it is for
It’s about a shifting consciousness
That’ll bring an end to war

So listen up you fathers
Listen up you sons
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

Which side are you on now
Which side are you on
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on

So are we just consumers
Or are we citizens
Are we gonna make more garbage
Or are we gonna make amends

Are you part of the solution
Or are you part of the con?
Which side are you on now
Which side are you on?

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