Ani DiFranco Quotes
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So I’ll walk the plank and I’ll jump with a smile.If I’m gonna go down, I’m gonna do it with style,and you won't see me surrender, you won't hear me confess,'Cuz you've left me with nothing, but i've worked with less.
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I am looking for the holes,The holes in your jeansBecause I want to know:Are they worn out in the seat,Or are they worn out in the knees?
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They're gonna be mad at us.They're gonna be mad at me and you.They're gonna be mad at us and all the things we wanna do.
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I remember now how our bright spring green deepened.With the years the seasons changed,And we were lush as the underside of August.
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Because I know the biggest crimeIs just to throw up your handsAnd say 'This has nothing to do with me,I just want to live as comfortably as I can.
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So I walk like I'm on a mission cuz that's the way I groove.I got more and more to do, I got less and less to prove.It took me too long to realize that I don't take good picturesCuz I have the kind of beauty that moves.
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You knowTaken out of context I mustSeem so strange.
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And their eyes are all askingAre you in or are you out?And I think, oh manWhat is this about?Tonight you can't put meUp on any shelfCuz I came here aloneAnd I'm gonna leave by myself.
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My country tis of thee,To take swings at each other on talk-show TV.
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Freedom and democracy,That's the word from Washington every day.Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés,And people are expendable along the way.
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I am still praying for revolution.
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My distraction's my defense against this lack of inspirationAgainst this slow deflationYeah the further the horizonThe more it holds my gazeThe foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's just a phaseJust a phase.
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And we hold these truths to be self-evident:Number one- George W. Bush is not president.Number two- America is not a true democracy.And, Number three- the media is not fooling me.
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They can call me crazy if I failAll the chance that I needIs one in a millionAnd they can call me brilliantIf I succeed…