Life Boat
from Which Side Are You On? by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
every time i open my mouth
i take off my clothes
and i’m raw and frostbitten
from being exposed
i got red scabby hands
and purple scabby feet
and you can smell me comin
from halfway down the street
i remember that old hotel had quite the smell
where i would go to use the phone
between the doughnut shop and the pizza parlor
where i learned to live alone
sweet sixteen and smiling
my way out of any jam
learning the ways of the world, oh my
learning the ways of man
and i didn’t really want a baby
and i guess that i had a choice
but i just let it grow inside me
that persistent little voice
i guess i got her off and running
and then run off is what she did
and that’s part of what i think about
i think about that kid
so now there’s nothing left to wish upon
except the passing cars
the cacophony of city lights
is drowning out the stars
this park bench is a life boat
and the rest a big dark sea
and i’m just gonna lie here
til something comes and finds me
yeah i got this tired old face
still grinnin most of the time
just cuz it don’t have a better way
to express what’s on its mind
and i got this running monologue
entertaining in its outrage
and i’ve got the air of an animal
that’s been living in a cage
every time i open my mouth
i take off my clothes
i’m raw and frost bitten
from being exposed
i got red scabby hands
and purple scabby feet
and you can smell me comin
from halfway down the street
i take off my clothes
and i’m raw and frostbitten
from being exposed
i got red scabby hands
and purple scabby feet
and you can smell me comin
from halfway down the street
i remember that old hotel had quite the smell
where i would go to use the phone
between the doughnut shop and the pizza parlor
where i learned to live alone
sweet sixteen and smiling
my way out of any jam
learning the ways of the world, oh my
learning the ways of man
and i didn’t really want a baby
and i guess that i had a choice
but i just let it grow inside me
that persistent little voice
i guess i got her off and running
and then run off is what she did
and that’s part of what i think about
i think about that kid
so now there’s nothing left to wish upon
except the passing cars
the cacophony of city lights
is drowning out the stars
this park bench is a life boat
and the rest a big dark sea
and i’m just gonna lie here
til something comes and finds me
yeah i got this tired old face
still grinnin most of the time
just cuz it don’t have a better way
to express what’s on its mind
and i got this running monologue
entertaining in its outrage
and i’ve got the air of an animal
that’s been living in a cage
every time i open my mouth
i take off my clothes
i’m raw and frost bitten
from being exposed
i got red scabby hands
and purple scabby feet
and you can smell me comin
from halfway down the street
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from Which Side Are You On?,
released January 17, 2012
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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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