-
You knowTaken out of context I mustSeem so strange.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco
-
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.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco -
My country tis of thee,To take swings at each other on talk-show TV.
Ani DiFranco -
And everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can.But one breath at a time is an acceptable plan,She tells herself.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco
-
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.
Ani DiFranco -
I am still praying for revolution.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco -
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.
Ani DiFranco -
She says 'Do I know you?' I say 'Well, no, not biblically,But I've been waiting for you to come and talk to me.I have been playing too many of those boy-girl games.'She says, 'Honey, you are safe here. This is a girl-girl thing.'
Ani DiFranco -
Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't,By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant.
Ani DiFranco