Rockabye
from Not So Soft by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
tending the garden of noise
where i grow the traffic
and the church bells
and the neighborhood boys
singing to myself
when the solitude sets in
in tune with the symphony
of south brooklyn
i sing
rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye the baby that is me
rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye till i’m fast asleep
the tunnel is train torn
the tracks are worn and sore
i can feel the rattle
riding up through the floor
she jumped the turnstyle
he paid for his ride
i am the echo in the station
where their footfalls collide
i left her at the epicenter
we were trembling dutifully
then i left him too
i left parts of me
singing rockabye...
i said, today i am leaving
in every sense of the word
but i’m in love
with your memory already
everything i’ve seen and heard
and i will go singing
as the solitude sets in
in time with the rhythm
of every where i have been
it sounds like rockabye...
where i grow the traffic
and the church bells
and the neighborhood boys
singing to myself
when the solitude sets in
in tune with the symphony
of south brooklyn
i sing
rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye the baby that is me
rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye till i’m fast asleep
the tunnel is train torn
the tracks are worn and sore
i can feel the rattle
riding up through the floor
she jumped the turnstyle
he paid for his ride
i am the echo in the station
where their footfalls collide
i left her at the epicenter
we were trembling dutifully
then i left him too
i left parts of me
singing rockabye...
i said, today i am leaving
in every sense of the word
but i’m in love
with your memory already
everything i’ve seen and heard
and i will go singing
as the solitude sets in
in time with the rhythm
of every where i have been
it sounds like rockabye...
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from Not So Soft,
released November 1, 1991
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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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