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    Ani Difranco - Both Hands

    I am walking
    out in the rain
    and I am listening to the low moan
    of the dial tone again
    and I am getting nowhere with you
    and I can’t let it go and I can’t get through…

    The old woman behind the pink curtains
    and the closed door
    on the first floor
    she’s listening through the air shaft
    to see how long our swan song can last

    And both hands
    now use both hands
    oh, no don’t close your eyes
    I am writing
    graffiti on your body
    I am drawing the story of
    how hard we tried

    I am watching your chest rise and fall
    like the tides of my life,
    and the rest of it all
    and your bones have been my bedframe
    and your flesh has been my pillow
    I am waiting for sleep
    to offer up the deep
    with both hands

    In each other’s shadows we grew less and less tall
    and eventually our theories couldn’t explain it all
    and I’m recording our history now on the bedroom wall
    and when we leave the landlord will come
    and paint over it all

    And I am walking
    out in the rain
    and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
    and I am getting nowhere with you
    and I can’t let it go
    and I can’t get through

    So now use both hands
    please use both hands
    oh, no don’t close your eyes
    I am writing graffiti on your body
    I am drawing the story of how hard we tried
    hard we tried

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    drove around Westchester County singing at
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    one of my favorites.
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    = Instant Reblog. Especially this song.
  16. amandtra reblogged this from ackb and added:
    this is in my top five favorite songs of all time (though not necessarily this version, which i heard for the first time...
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    whole world between 1994
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    Difranco-related...used to be a huge Ani fan,...favourite...
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