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-Talk To Me Now- he said Ani you've gotten tough
cause' my tone was curt
(yea)and when i'm approached in a dark alley
i don't lift my skirt in this city
self preservation is a full time occupation
i'm determined to survive on these shores
you know i don't avert my eyes anymore
in a man's world i am a woman by birth
and after 19 times around i have found
they will stop at nothing once they know what you are worth
talk to me now
i played the powerless in too many dark scenes
cause' i was blessed with a birth and a death
and i guess i just want some say in between
don't you understand in a day today, on a face to face
i have to act just as strong as i can
just to preserve a time and place where i can be who i am
talk to me now
so if you still know how, you can, talk to me now
-Rush Hour- rush hour, at the day's dawning
and the rain came, and pushed me into the awning
and the puddles grew and threw themselves at me
with every passing car, i'm sheilding my guitar
BRIDGE: there were some things that i did not tell him
there were certain things he did not need to know
and there were some days that i did not love him
and he didn't understand me, and i don't know why i didn't go
CHORUS: i expected she would be there in the morning
i awoke to the alarm, but she was out of arm's reach
sneaking out on silent thigh, that were spent and sore
from the hot nights that came before
he said change the channel i got problems of my own
i'm so sick of hearing about drugs and aids and people without homes
i said well, i'd like to sympathize with that
but if you don't understand, then how can you act
BRIDGE:
CHORUS:
he said i looked for you and i don't know why
i said i was wearing black so you could see me against the sky
take your big leather boots and your buckles and your chains
put them on a downtown train
I expected he would be there in the morning
i awoke to the alarm, and he was still in arm's reach
but his body was just a disguise
his mind had wondered off long ago, i could tell by his eyes
love isn't over when the sheets are stained
in my head there remains, so much left to be said
make me laugh, make me cry
but just don't try to disengage me -Out Of Habit- the butter melts out of habit
you know, the toast isn't even warm
the waitress and the man in the plaid skirt
play out a scene they've played
so many times before
i'm watching the sun
stumble home in the morning
from a bar on the east side of town
and the coffee is just water dressed in brown
beautiful but boring he visited me yesterday
he noticed my fingers
and he asked me if i woudl play
i didn't really care a lot
but i couldn't think of a reason why not
i said if you don't come any closer
i don't mind if you stay
my thighs have been involved in many accidents
and now i can't get insured
and i don't need to be lured by you
my cunt is built, like a wound that won't heal
now you don't have to ask
because you know how i feel
art is why i get up in the morning
but my definition ends there
it doesn't seem fair
that i'm living for something
i can't even define
there you are right there
in the mean time
show me what you can do
tell me what you are here for
i want my old friends
i want my old face
i want my own time
fuck this time and place
the butter melts out of habit
you know, the toast isn't even warm -Worthy- you think you're not worthy
i'd have to say i agree
i'm not worthy of you
you're not worthy of me
whic one of us is deserving
i mean, look at the human race
the whole planet is at arm's length
and we son't deserve this place
what good is a poker face
when you've got an open hand
i was sposed to be cool about this
i remember cool was the plan
tried to keep it all under wraps
but the wraps kept going slack
i kept turning around
i kept coming back
give me your vertical
with your horizontal lines
i want to take each of them
bend them to fit mine
the world is too good for me
i'm such a naughty girl
but when we're together
we're too good for this world
you think you're not worthy
i have to say i agree
i'm not worthy of you
you're not worthy of me
-Sorry I Am- i'm sorry i didn't sound more excited on the phone
i'm sorry that after all these years
i've left you feeling unrequited and alone
brought you to tears
i guess i never loved you quite as well
as the way you loved me
i guess i'll never really be able to tell you
how sorry i am
i don't know what it is about you
i just know it's not what it was
i don't know why red fades before blue
it just does
and i don't know what it is about me
that i just can't keep still
i keep thinking some day
i will make this all up to you'and
maybe some day, i will
i guess i never loved you quite as well
as the way you loved me
i guess i'll never really be able to tell you
how sorry i am -Not A Pretty Girl- i am not a pretty girl
that is not what i do
i ain't no damsel in distress
and i don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
wouldn't you prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
i am not an angry girl
but it seems like i got everyone fooled
every time i say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty
and smiling
and i am sorry
but i am not a maiden fair
i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
and, generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead
working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have yourself
an alternate plan
i have earned my disillusionment
i have been working all of my life
and i am a patriot
i have been fighting the good fight
and what if there are
no damsels in distress
what if i knew that
and i called your bluff
don't you think every kitten
figures out how to get down
whether or not you show up
i am not a pretty girl
i don't really want to be a pretty girl
i want to be more than a pretty girl -The Million You Never Made- the air comes off the ocean
and the city smells fishy
the air is full of fish and mystery
whispering who? what? when?
and i'm warning you i'm weightless
and the wind is always shifting
so don't hang anything on me
if you want to see it again
i'm telling you i'm different
than you think i am
you can dangle your carrot
but i ain't gonna reach for it
cuz i need both my hands
to play my guitar
and life is a sleazy stranger
who looks vaguely familiar
flirting with a bimbo named disaster
at the end of the bar
i'm telling you i'm different
than you are
at night when you're aslepp
self hatred's gonna creep in
you can blame it on the devil
(the one whose bed you sleep in)
don't tell me what they did to you
as though you had no choice
tell me, isn't that your picture?
isn't that your voice?
if you don't live what you sing about
your mirror's gonna find out
yea, i'd like to go to all the pretty parties
where all the pretty people go
and i really ain't all that pretty
but nobody will know
cuz everyone loves you
when you're a star
and nobody questions
what it takes to go that far
life is a sleazy stranger
and this is his favorite bar
and no i don't prefer obscurity
but i'm an idealistic girl
and i wouldn't work for you
no matter how much you paid
i may not be able
to change the whole fuckin world
but i can be the million
that you never made
yea, i can be the million
that you never
you're looking at the million
that you never made -2 Little Girls- you were fresh off the boat
from virginia
i had a year of new york city
under my belt
we met in a dream
we were both nineteen
i remember where we were standing
i remember how it felt
two little girls
growing out of their training bras
this little girl breaks furniture
this little girl breaks laws
two girls together
just a little less alone
this little girl cried wee wee wee
all the way home
you were always half crazy
now look at you baby
you make about as much sense
as a nursery rhyme
love is a piano
dropped from a four story window
and you were in the wrong place
at the wrong time
and i dont like your girlfriend
you know why i blame her
i never seen one of your lovers
do you so much harm
i loved you first
and you know i would prefer
if she didnt empty her syringes
into your arm
here comes little naked me
padding up to the bathroom door
to find little naked you
slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here
with my back against the wall
while you distill you're whole life
down to a 911 call
now you bring me your bruises
so i can 'ooh and ahh' at the display
maybe i'm supposed to make one of my famous jokes
that makes everything ok
or maybe i'm supposed to be the handsome prince
who rides up and unties your hands
or maybe i'm supposed to be the furrowed-brow friend
who thinks she understands
here comes little naked me
padding up to the bathroom door
to find little naked you
slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here
with my back against the wall
while you distill you're whole life
down to a 911 call -Independence Day- we drove the car
to the top of the parking rail
4th of july
sat out on the hood
with a couple of warm beers
and watched the fireworks explode in the sky
there was an exodus of birds from the trees
cuz they don't know
we were only pretending
and the people all looked up and looked pleased
and the birds flew around
like the whole world was ending
i dont think war is noble
and i dont like to think love is like war
and i got a big hot cherry bomb
and i wanna slip it through the mail slot
of your front door
you cant leave me here
i got your back now
you better have mine
cuz you say the coast is clear
but you say that all the time
so many sheep i quit counting
sleepless and embarrassed
about the way that i feel
trying to make mole hills out of mountains
building base camp at the bottom
of a really big deal
did i ever tell you how i stopped eating
when you stopped calling me
i was cramped up
and shitting rivers for weeks
and pretending that i was finally free
you cant leave me here
now that you're back
you'd better stay this time
cuz you sat the coast is clear
but you say that all the time
we drove the car
to the top of the parking ramp
4th of july
i planted my dusty boots on the bumper
sat out on the hood
and looked up at the sky Adam and Eve tonight you've stooped to my level
as your mangey little whore
you're trying to find your underwear
you're socks, and then the door
you're trying to find a reason
why you have to leave
i know its cuz you think you're Adam
you think i'm Eve
you rhapsodize about beauty
my eyes glaze
everything i love is ugly
i mean really, you would be amazed
just do me a favor
its the least that you can do
just dont treat me like i am
something that happened to you
i am truly sorry about all this (3x)
you put a tiny pin prick
in my big red balloon
and as i slowly start to exhale
thats when you leave the room
i did not design this game
i did not name the stakes
i just happen to like apples
and i am not afraid of snakes
i am truly sorry about all this (3x)
i envy you, your ignorance
i hear that its bliss
so i let go the ratio
of things said to things heard
as i leave you to your garden
and the beauty you preferred
and i wonder what of this
will have meaning for you
when you've left it all behind
i guess i'll even wonder
if you meant it
at the time
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