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Spinning Room
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2. |
Virus
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3. |
More or Less Free
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4. |
Baby Roe
03:06
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i think we might be wrong about all of it
in fact, it’s been proven
keeps coming down to this shitty little interface
that we’re usin
the very edges of our knowing
is just the tiny tip that’s showing
but we’re so wigged out
yeah, we’re so devout
to this waking dream
what’s playing on the screen
and you just never know
do you, baby roe?
it’s all absurd
but even you maintain
timing is everything
when you’re steppin
off a curb
and if you think this life
is your only life
you’re a fool
no, spirit can’t be stopped
no matter who gives birth to who
no, spirit won’t be stopped
no matter who gives birth to who
the path of least suffering
leaves the best trail
the path of least suffering
it don’t matter which side of the veil
it don’t matter which side of the veil
i think we might be wrong about all of it
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5. |
Unprecedented Sh!t
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if that nurse don’t get you, then her sister will
with her monday through sunday dispenser of pills
don’t know which of my habits will be my demise
but there’s more ways, everyday, to betray what is wise
it troubles a body
all this hidden pollution
makin some kinda cancer
a foregone conclusion
and deep in my saddlebags
i carry a rage
for the greedy top feeders
and their invisible cage
oh, rise the proletariat
red banners unfurled
let’s mend the failures of history
and the manmade world
let’s mend the failures of the profit system
let’s rewrite the law books
quit following the path of least resistance
cuz that’s what makes the river crooked
let’s evolve into our true nature
so little flowers can bloom
in a world where relationship is sacred
and sacrifice is assumed
all for one and one for all
boom chicka boom boom boom
there’s just too many distractions
too many coming attractions
too many screens fiercely flashing
their subliminal frame
it’s no wonder we all just go along
hungry as we are, just to belong
it’s no wonder we’re all crazy
it’s amazing we’re not all the same
you’re gonna die way too early
or you’re gonna live way too long
it’s kinda like it always was
except the quiet is gone
proving technology gets you nowhere
if your intentions are all wrong
and for clarity of vision
we need a pulsing polarity of vision
it is our singularity of vision
that got us to this place
without equal and opposite forces
we will only ever know a distortion
we will never hit our resonant frequency
we will never find grace
our roots are meant to be interwoven
not churned up and turned upside down
turn off your combustion engine
and listen to the sound
get down off your tractor, mister
and put your nose to the ground
out where the topsoil welcomes a heavy rain
out where the shoreline can handle a hurricane
out where god and nature are the same
a mind can think clear
as far as engines of evolution
cooperation trumps competition
and if i were darwin’s girlfriend
i woulda whispered that in his ear
i think we should have a new bible
one that only has two words
i think we should have a new bible
that just says: mother earth
and i think men should stand down
when women give birth
but if that nurse don’t get you, then her sister will
with her monday through sunday dispenser of pills
don’t know which of my habits will be my demise
but there’s more ways, everyday, to betray what is wise
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7. |
Boots of a Soldier
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8. |
You Forgot to Speak
04:25
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between first sleep and second sleep
i stare into the dark
and i can feel there are two of me
so i put um both on the ark
and we’ll find out what we’re made of
when we’re tossing at sea
and no one knows what their fate is
and there are no guarantees
you know the flood is coming
so you watch the sky for weeks
and you see a bird pass overhead
with something in its beak
and nobody will listen
but then, you forgot to speak
how the hell can anyone listen when you forget to speak?
(it will never be)
you forgot to speak
(it will never be)
you forgot to speak
(it will never be)
hey!
(fair)
between first sleep and second sleep
i stare into the dark
and i can feel there are two of me
so i put um both on the ark
and we’ll find out what we’re made of
when we’re tossing at sea
and no one knows what their fate is
and there are no guarantees
a big picture is just clutter
with no space to hang it in
and there’s only so much justice
in a world of broken men
you gotta wonder, why begin?
let alone, begin again
and tell me,
how the hell can anybody listen when you forget to speak?
(it will never be)
you forgot to speak
(it will never be)
you forgot to speak
(it will never be)
hey!
(fair)
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9. |
The Thing at Hand
04:01
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thanks to the bullfrogs and the crickets and the cicadas
thanks to the loons and the songbirds too
thanks to all my music teachers
and the beauty they exude
they remind me, i don’t need to be anything
i don’t need a look, i don’t need a brand
they remind me, i don’t need to be anything
i don’t need to know what to say
i don’t need to know where i stand
i just need to show up
for the thing at hand
yes, i just need to show up
for the thing at hand
i’m not black or white or grey
i’m not he or she or they
i’m not gay or bi or straight
i’m just me and maybe
that’s just another thing to say
i just wanna show up
for the thing at hand
yeah, i’m just trying to show up
for the thing at hand
thanks to the pine trees in the tall breeze
thanks to the ocean
thanks to the heartbeat and the spring leaves
springing into motion
thanks to the big spinning cosmos and it’s do-see-do
thanks to the emptiness and the energy
that teaches me how to flow
i just wanna show up
for the thing at hand
yes, i’m just trying to show up
for the thing at hand
i defy
being defined
i am not my body
i am not my mind
you can point right at me
and still, there’s nothing there
and whatever you call me
i don’t care
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10. |
Interlude
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11. |
The Knowing
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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