In a forest of stoneunderneath the corporate canopywhere the sunrarelyfiltersdownthe groundis not so softnot so soft they build buildings to house peoplemaking moneyor they build buildings to make moneyoff of housing peopleit’s truelike a lot of things are trueI am foraging for a phone booth on the forest floorthat is not so softI look upit […]
Category Archives: Ani DiFranco
Letting The Telephone Ring
I am letting the telephone ringcause I don’t want to know whyI don’t want to hear you explainI don’t want to hear you cryI have written so much about youso much I thought I knewwords like water used to flownow what could I possibly have to say?she is someone I don’t even knowand all the […]
Dilate
life used to be life-likenow it’s more like showbizi wake up in the nightand i don’t know where the bathroom isand i don’t know what town i’m inor what sky i am underand i wake up in the darkness and idon’t have the will anymore to wondereveryone has a skeletonand a closet to keep it […]
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 homethat does something unique some chick saysthank you for saying all the things I never […]
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 life I’m gonna take the money I makeI’m gonna take the money […]
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 go I’m gonna roll you overgonna peel you backexpose your tender centerwatch the juices flow from the crackgonna peel you outof your protective shellor I might have to break right […]
Rush Hour
ush hourand the day’s dawningthe rain cameand pushed me under the awningthe puddles grew and threw themselves at mewith every passing carI’m shielding my guitarand there were some things that Idid not tell himthere were certain thingshe did not need to knowand there were some dayswhen I did not love himhe didn’t understand meand I […]
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 clean towelthank you for half of your bedwe can sleep here like brother and sister,you said […]