Swing
from To The Teeth by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
she came to and her
whole life was how she remembered it
she had a mouth full of fur
and she was laughing
she parked her hearse across
three spaces posted motorcycles only
and jumped out shouting
what the cus could make a nice girl like us
feel so lonely?
are you weary as water
in a faucet left dripping
with an incessant sadness
like a sad record skipping
and an ugly and ornery
and shadowy dread
lurking like a troll under the bridge
between your heart and your head
please, dumb blind kind sir
lend little miss listless a little bit of christmas
she’s been a real good girl
but now she’s stuck here
the world is so little and still
mysterious and ominous as ever before
like an unmarked bottle full of pills
on the shelf, right next to the thing
you were reaching for
swing the groove
‘round here
where i can reach it
when i get my ass back on track
I’m gonna need it
swing shift til i get the money
i gotta get me enough money
to buy me and my baby a moon full of honey
then I’m gonna turn off the nagging voices
inside my head
that follow me to bed and say
you suck....blah blah blah
whole life was how she remembered it
she had a mouth full of fur
and she was laughing
she parked her hearse across
three spaces posted motorcycles only
and jumped out shouting
what the cus could make a nice girl like us
feel so lonely?
are you weary as water
in a faucet left dripping
with an incessant sadness
like a sad record skipping
and an ugly and ornery
and shadowy dread
lurking like a troll under the bridge
between your heart and your head
please, dumb blind kind sir
lend little miss listless a little bit of christmas
she’s been a real good girl
but now she’s stuck here
the world is so little and still
mysterious and ominous as ever before
like an unmarked bottle full of pills
on the shelf, right next to the thing
you were reaching for
swing the groove
‘round here
where i can reach it
when i get my ass back on track
I’m gonna need it
swing shift til i get the money
i gotta get me enough money
to buy me and my baby a moon full of honey
then I’m gonna turn off the nagging voices
inside my head
that follow me to bed and say
you suck....blah blah blah
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from To The Teeth,
released November 1, 1999
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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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