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Composer: Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco - Self Evident lyrics



(inspired by the WTC disaster)
yes,
us people are just poems
we're 90% metaphor
with a leanness of meaning
approaching hyper-distillation
and once upon a time
we were moonshine
rushing down the throat of a giraffe
yes, rushing down the long hallway
despite what the p.a. announcement says
yes, rushing down the long hall
down the long stairs
in a building so tall
that it will always be there
yes, it's part of a pair
there on the bow of noah's ark
the most prestigious couple
just kickin back parked
against a perfectly blue sky
on a morning beatific
in its indian summer breeze
on the day that america
fell to its knees
after strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please

and the shock was subsonic
and the smoke was deafening
between the setup and the punch line
cuz we were all on time for work that day
we all boarded that plane for to fly
and then while the fires were raging
we all climbed up on the window sill
and then we all held hands
and jumped into the sky

and every borough looked up when it heard the first blast
and then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed
and the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar
looked more like war than anything i've seen so far
so far
so far
so fierce and ingenious
a poetic specter so far gone
that every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling
over 'oh my god' and 'this is unbelievable' and on and on
and i'll tell you what, while we're at it
you can keep the pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every tv
that's been trying to convince me
to participate
Songs list of album: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter [live] (2002)
         Title Rating
01   Swan Dive lyrics   -
02    Letter to a John/Tamburitza Lingua lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Grey lyrics   -
04    Cradle and All lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   Whatall Is Nice lyrics  
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06    What How When Where (Why Who) lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    To the Teeth lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Revelling lyrics   -
09   Napoleon lyrics   -
10   Shrug lyrics   -
11   Welcome To: lyrics   -
12   Comes a Time lyrics   -
13    Ain't That the Way lyrics Add lyrics   -
14   Dilate lyrics   -
15   Gratitude lyrics   -
16   Rock Paper Scissors lyrics   -
17   32 Flavors lyrics   -
18    Loom/Pulse lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    Not a Pretty Girl lyrics Add lyrics   -
20   Self Evident lyrics   -
21   Reckoning lyrics   -
22    My I.Q. lyrics Add lyrics   -
23   Jukebox lyrics   -
24   You Had Time lyrics   -
 

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