Lyrics Self Evident (live) - Ani DiFranco
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
'Cause
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
Tthis
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
In
some
prep
school
punk's
plan
to
perpetuate
retribution
Perpetuate
retribution
Even
as
the
blue
toxic
smoke
of
our
lesson
in
retribution
Is
still
hanging
in
the
air
And
there's
ash
on
our
shoes
And
there's
ash
in
our
hair
And
there's
a
fine
silt
on
every
mantle
From
Hell's
Kitchen
to
Brooklyn
And
the
streets
are
full
of
stories
Sudden
twists
and
near
misses
And
soon
every
open
bar
is
crammed
to
the
rafters
With
tales
of
narrowly
averted
disasters
And
the
whiskey
is
flowin
Like
never
before
As
all
over
the
country
Folks
just
shake
their
heads
And
pour
So
here's
a
toast
to
all
the
folks
that
live
in
Palestine,
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
El
Salvador
Here's
a
toast
to
the
folks
living
on
the
Pine
Ridge
Reservation
Under
the
stone
cold
gaze
of
Mt.
Rushmore
Here's
a
toast
to
all
those
nurses
and
doctors
Who
daily
provide
women
with
a
choice
Who
stand
down
a
threat
the
size
of
Oklahoma
City
Just
to
listen
to
a
young
woman's
voice
Here's
a
toast
to
all
the
folks
on
death
row
right
now
Awaiting
the
executioner's
guillotine
Who
are
shackled
there
with
dread
and
can
only
escape
into
their
heads
To
find
peace
in
the
form
of
a
dream,
peace
in
the
form
of
a
dream
'Cause
take
away
our
Playstations
And
we
are
a
third
world
nation
Under
the
thumb
of
some
blue
blood
royal
son
Who
stole
the
Oval
Office
and
that
phony
election
I
mean
It
don't
take
a
weatherman
To
look
around
and
see
the
weather
Jeb
said
he'd
deliver
Florida,
folks
And
boy,
did
he
ever
And
we
hold
these
truths
to
be
self
evident:
#1
George
W.
Bush
is
not
President
#2
America
is
not
a
true
democracy
#3
The
media
is
not
fooling
me
'Cause
I
am
a
poem
heeding
hyper-distillation
I've
got
no
room
for
a
lie
so
verbose
I'm
looking
out
over
my
whole
human
family
And
I'm
raising
my
glass
in
a
toast
Here's
to
our
last
drink
of
fossil
fuels
May
we
vow
to
get
off
of
this
sauce
Shoo
away
the
swarms
of
commuter
planes
And
find
that
train
ticket
we
lost
'Cause
once
upon
a
time,
the
line
followed
the
river
And
peeked
into
all
the
backyards
And
the
laundry
was
waving
The
graffiti
was
teasing
us
From
brick
walls
and
bridges
We
were
rolling
over
ridges
Through
valleys
Under
stars
I
dream
of
touring
like
Duke
Ellington
In
my
own
railroad
car
I
dream
of
waiting
on
the
tall
blonde
wooden
benches
In
a
grand
station
aglow
with
grace
And
then
standing
out
on
the
platform
And
feeling
the
air
on
my
face
Give
back
the
night
its
distant
whistle
Give
the
darkness
back
its
soul
Give
the
big
oil
companies
the
finger,
finally
And
relearn
how
to
rock-n-roll
Yes,
the
lessons
are
all
around
us,
and
the
truth
is
waiting
there
So
it's
time
to
pick
through
the
rubble,
clean
the
streets
and
clear
the
air
Get
our
government
to
pull
its
big
dick
out
of
the
sand
Of
someone
else's
desert
Put
it
back
in
its
pants
And
quit
the
hypocritical
chants
of
Freedom
forever
'Cause
when
one
lone
phone
rang
In
two
thousand
and
one
At
ten
after
nine
On
nine
one
one
Which
is
the
number
we
all
called
When
that
lone
phone
rang
right
off
the
wall
Right
off
our
desk
and
down
the
long
hall
Down
the
long
stairs
In
a
building
so
tall
That
the
whole
world
turned
Just
to
watch
it
fall
And
while
we're
at
it
Remember
the
first
time
around?
The
bomb?
The
Ryder
truck?
The
parking
garage?
The
princess
that
didn't
even
feel
the
pea?
Remember
joking
around
in
our
apartment
on
Avenue
D?
Can
you
imagine
how
many
paper
coffee
cups
would
have
to
change
their
design
Following
a
fantastical
reversal
of
the
New
York
skyline?!
It
was
a
joke
At
the
time
And
that
was
just
a
few
years
ago
So
let
the
record
show
That
the
FBI
was
all
over
that
case
That
the
plot
was
obvious
and
in
everybody's
face
And
scoping
that
scene
Religiously
The
CIA
Or
is
it
KGB?
Committing
countless
crimes
against
humanity
With
this
kind
of
eventuality
As
its
excuse
For
abuse
after
expensive
abuse
And
it
didn't
have
a
clue
Look,
another
window
to
see
through
Way
up
here
On
the
104th
floor
Look
Another
key
Another
door
10%
literal
90%
metaphor
3000
some
poems
disguised
as
people
On
an
almost
too
perfect
day
Must
be
more
than
pawns
In
some
asshole's
passion
play
So
now
it's
your
job
And
it's
my
job
To
make
it
that
way
To
make
sure
they
didn't
die
in
vain
Sshhhhhh...
Baby,
listen
Hear
the
train?
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2 Letter to a John/ Tamburiza Lingua (live)
3 Grey (Live)
4 Cradle and All (live)
5 What All Is Nice (live)
6 What How When Where (live)
7 To the Teeth (live)
8 Revelling (Live)
9 Napoleon (Live)
10 Shrug (Live)
11 Welcome To (live)
12 Comes a Time (live)
13 Ain't That the Way (live)
14 Dilate (Live)
15 Gratitude (Live)
16 Rock Paper Scissors (live)
17 32 Flavors (Live)
18 Loom/Pulse (live)
19 Not a Pretty Girl (live)
20 Self Evident (live)
21 Reckoning (Live)
22 My IQ (live)
23 Jukebox (Live)
24 You Had Time (live)
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