that's alright
so i'm sitting in the corner wondering what i'm fighting over well it
can't be over you i just fight myself but i want you to rescue me oh well if
you don't that's alright sometimes in the evening you often cross my mind i
wonder if i know you i wonder if i ever really did cuz now i never see you
but i hear your doing well off on your own direction well that's alright
sometimes in the morning you're still on my mind but that never really does
me any good now i never see you...that's probably a good thing
black boots
black boots
right angles
well that's all she remembers
standing in her sundress
naked underneath
tangled up in his fist
in twisted fantasies
black boots right angles
well that's all i remember
and a little red dress
up above the tavern
hold me up over his head
don't you tell me what he did
don't you tell
they said call him uncle well
now he's dead
underneath the table
with a bullet in his heart
on a sunday morning
potholes
two minutes til tomorrow
and i'll be on a plane
drop me in new eng-
land i'll land on my
name fill the ocean
with my mouth and
bring you salty kisses
the sky opens up and
i'm in massachusetts they
say the things that you hate
in someone else are merely
characteristics of yourself you
always need reassuring i get tired i get tired
but i need the same i am the same way don't
do that to me i know this shoulder and where
the potholes lie i cast my shadow on the gravel
a thousand times i wanna move and i'm afraid
of my father dying don't do that to me
little one
little little one lookin for
your mama now where did
she go flower of a child
flower of the sun little little
one i see your footsteps i
hear you calling i see your
shadow i fear you falling i
see your name across the
sky...i heard she left you
all alone well that's too bad
little little one
carousel
once i saw a crystal carousel
dancing on a wave i must
admit it was awhile ago i don't
remember everything everything
seems so different when you finally
reach that age it's not all you imagine
once you finally turn the page i wish i could
talk to you now and know you as you are i got so many questions in my head
so many words that i though you said so many stories i'd like to know i
remember when your spirit left the room i just stared at the ceiling and
wondered if you were there anywhere above me and looking down at my pitiful
state as i held your lifeless hand and i wonder where you are what it's like
you must remember me...
lately
lately they been saying tomorrow ain't gonna come
lately i've been praying la da da da dum
i was reading on the bathroom wall
"tomorrow has been cancelled due to a lack of interest" everybody
listen kindly bend your ear you find out what's been missing when you lay
down all your fear lately they been saying the world is about to end you
better grab all your possessions you better make up with your friends cuz
when the fire comes down like rain and it will the devil's gonna dance on
your grave with a smile lately they been saying look like it's gonna rain
lately i been praying that i can stand the rain lately...
if i were
if i were a painter a painter of design i'd roll you in my flower base
and drink you up like wine if i were a telescope looking over land high and
low my gaze would go until i found your hand
if i were if i were
if i were a baker i'd bake a loaf of bread but all i need sustaining me is
the word inside my head if i had the power to bring you joy inside i'd take
away the bitterness and fill you up with pride
if i were if i were
if i were a seamstress sewing golden thread i'd wear you like a cloak and
place a crown upon your head if i were a painter a painter of design i'd
roll you in my flower base and drink you up like wine
if i were if i were
up to here
one more word from you
and i am gone
i've had it up to here
you are too persistent
is that how you got attention from your parents
nag and nag and nag...
till you get what you want
i am not your parents and i've had it up to here
i will not ask again what part of "no"
don't you understand
scary dog man
i've got a bad reputation preceding me my only consolation is my
salary i'm gonna take from you if you give me your hand i'm gonna take you
i'm that kind of man watch out for the scary dog man watch out...she is so
far from her home and everything she has ever owned including herself she
cuts all her hair off in the bathroom sink stumbles to the kitchen and
begins to think about direction well to be honest honey i don't even try
wanna talk about trust girl i'm right behind the next guy and he said "i
don't believe that your god has been good to me and i'll stick it to the
devil if he comes hounding me this is mine it's all for me you get what you
can that's my philosophy" well i said "that's pretty scary dog
man" i said "that's pretty scary dog man..."
speak..(w/ani difranco)
if you got something to talk about why don't you raise your voice if
you got something you want somebody to hear let your voice ring out let your
words be heard get your message loud and clear if you got something to talk
about why don't you raise your voice
