Ani DiFranco《Self Evident》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:07.43]Us people are just poems [00:10.30]We＇re 90% metaphor [00:11.75]With a leanness of meaning [00:12.80]Approaching hyper-distillation [00:13.06]And once upon a time [00:15.62]We were moonshine [00:17.30]Rushing down the throat of a giraffe [00:20.55]Yes  rushing down the long hallway [00:22.06]Despite what the p a  announcement says [00:25.50]Yes  rushing down the long hall [00:26.50]Down the long stairs [00:27.24]In a building so tall [00:27.87]That it will always be there [00:30.87]Yes  it＇s part of a pair [00:33.49]There on the bow of noah＇s ark [00:35.55]The most prestigious couple [00:36.56]Just kickin back parked [00:37.87]Against a perfectly blue sky [00:38.55]On a morning beatific [00:42.25]In its indian summer breeze [00:44.75]On the day that america [00:45.88]Fell to its knees [00:46.88]After strutting around for a century [00:48.31]Without saying thank you [00:50.25]Or please [00:53.18]And the shock was subsonic [00:56.18]And the smoke was deafening [00:57.75]Between the setup and the punch line [01:01.00]Cuz we were all on time for work that day [01:06.25]We all boarded that plane for to fly [01:09.31]And then while the fires were raging [01:11.31]We all climbed up on the window sill [01:12.57]And then we all held hands [01:15.44]And jumped into the sky [01:18.81]And every borough looked up when it heard the first blast [01:21.12]And then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed [01:24.31]And the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar [01:26.69]Looked more like war than anything i＇ve seen so far [01:31.88]So far [01:35.94]So far [01:42.88]So fierce and ingenious [01:44.51]A poetic specter so far gone [01:47.26]That every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling [01:51.44]Over ＇oh my god＇ and ＇this is unbelievable＇ and on and on [01:56.82]And i＇ll tell you what  while we＇re at it [01:59.00]You can keep the pentagon [02:00.00]Keep the propaganda [02:00.50]Keep each and every tv [02:02.57]That＇s been trying to convince me [02:04.44]To participate [02:04.88]In some prep school punk＇s plan to perpetuate retribution [02:08.38]Perpetuate retribution [02:14.57]Even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution [02:18.84]Is still hanging in the air [02:20.84]And there＇s ash on our shoes [02:23.53]And there＇s ash in our hair [02:26.03]And there＇s a fine silt on every mantle [02:28.09]From hell＇s kitchen to brooklyn [02:29.47]And the streets are full of stories [02:31.08]Sudden twists and near misses [02:32.09]And soon every open bar is crammed to the rafters [02:33.84]With tales of narrowly averted disasters [02:34.65]And the whiskey is flowin [02:35.84]Like never before [02:36.27]As all over the country [02:41.46]Folks just shake their heads [02:43.59]And pour [02:46.78]So here＇s a toast to all the folks that live in palestine  afghanistan [02:52.03]Iraq  el salvador [02:54.78]Here＇s a toast to the folks living on the pine ridge reservation [02:57.41]Under the stone cold gaze of mt  rushmore [03:00.53]Here＇s a toast to all those nurses and doctors [03:03.90]Who daily provide women with a choice [03:06.22]Who stand down a threat the size of oklahoma city [03:09.22]Just to listen to a young woman＇s voice [03:12.84]Here＇s a toast to all the folks on death row right now [03:15.84]Awaiting the executioner＇s guillotine [03:21.47]Who are shackled there with dread and can only escape into their heads [03:24.53]To find peace in the form of a dream  peace in the form of a dream [03:35.72]Cuz take away our playstations [03:36.66]And we are a third world nation [03:37.85]Under the thumb of some blue blood royal son [03:41.22]Who stole the oval office and that phony election [03:44.04]I mean [03:47.73]It don＇t take a weatherman [03:48.85]To look around and see the weather [03:50.16]Jeb said he＇d deliver florida  folks [03:52.10]And boy did he ever [03:53.79]And we hold these truths to be self evident: [03:57.04] 1 george w  bush is not president [03:59.54] 2 america is not a true democracy [04:06.35] 3 the media is not fooling me [04:11.79]Cuz i am a poem heeding hyper-distillation [04:14.92]I＇ve got no room for a lie so verbose [04:18.92]I＇m looking out over my whole human family [04:21.61]And i＇m raising my glass in a toast [04:25.42]Here＇s to our last drink of fossil fuels [04:32.92]May we vow to get off of this sauce [04:46.23]Shoo away the swarms of commuter planes [04:49.05]And find that train ticket we lost [04:53.29]Cuz once upon a time the line followed the river [04:56.11]And peeked into all the backyards [04:57.92]And the laundry was waving [04:59.55]The graffiti was teasing us [05:01.05]From brick walls and bridges [05:02.11]We were rolling over ridges [05:03.36]Through valleys [05:04.29]Under stars [05:05.11]I dream of touring like duke ellington [05:07.48]In my own railroad car [05:09.92]I dream of waiting on the tall blonde wooden benches [05:12.73]In a grand station aglow with grace [05:15.99]And then standing out on the platform [05:17.61]And feeling the air on my face [05:21.36]Give back the night its distant whistle [05:24.49]Give the darkness back its soul [05:27.24]Give the big oil companies the finger finally [05:30.05]And relearn how to rock-n-roll [05:32.98]Yes  the lessons are all around us and the truth is waiting there [05:36.61]So it＇s time to pick through the rubble  clean the streets [05:39.98]And clear the air [05:40.93]Get our government to pull its big xxxx out of the sand [05:42.80]Of someone else＇s desert [05:44.24]Put it back in its pants [05:45.43]And quit the hypocritical chants of [05:47.24]Freedom forever [05:47.49]Cuz when one lone phone rang [05:51.18]In two thousand and one [05:53.30]At ten after nine [05:54.55]On nine one one [05:55.36]Which is the number we all called [05:56.80]When that lone phone rang right off the wall [05:58.30]Right off our desk and down the long hall [05:59.93]Down the long stairs [06:00.74]In a building so tall [06:02.42]That the whole world turned [06:05.61]Just to watch it fall [06:10.30]And while we＇re at it [06:13.68]Remember the first time around [06:16.74]The bomb [06:18.18]The ryder truck [06:19.37]The parking garage [06:20.87]The princess that didn＇t even feel the pea [06:24.18]Remember joking around in our apartment on avenue D [06:26.37]Can you imagine how many paper coffee cups would have to change their design [06:31.06]Following a fantastical reversal of the new york skyline [06:34.87]It was a joke [06:39.00]At the time [06:41.25]And that was just a few years ago [06:44.18]So let the record show [06:46.14]That the FBI was all over that case [06:48.83]That the plot was obvious and in everybody＇s face [06:52.27]And scoping that scene [06:53.58]Religiously [06:53.70]The CIA [06:55.64]Or is it KGB [06:56.89]Committing countless crimes against humanity [06:59.27]With this kind of eventuality [07:01.21]As its excuse [07:02.39]For abuse after expensive abuse [07:04.27]And it didn＇t have a clue [07:05.89]Look  another window to see through [07:08.15]Way up here [07:12.33]On the 104th floor [07:14.14]Look [07:14.77]Another key [07:15.59]Another door [07:15.85]10% literal [07:21.02]90% metaphor [07:22.90]3000 some poems disguised as people [07:29.77]On an almost too perfect day [07:35.15]Must be more than pawns [07:39.02]In some asshole＇s passion play [07:41.09]So now it＇s your job [07:43.02]And it＇s my job [07:44.77]To make it that way [07:46.46]To make sure they didn＇t die in vain [07:49.46]Sshhhhhh [07:57.03]Baby listen [08:16.03]Hear the train