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“ 'tis of thee / they caught the last poor man / on a poor man's... ”
“ the air comes off the ocean / the city smells fishy / the air is full of fish and... ”
“ squint your eyes and look closer / I'm not between you and your... ”
“ you gotta have the right tools / for every job / so I invite myself in / through a hole in the... ”
“ tonight you stooped to my level / i am your mangy little whore / you are trying to find your... ”
“ i love you and you love me and ain't that that way it's supposed to be... ”
“ What dreams cause me / To abandon my pillow each night? / Push away each of them, in... ”
“ amazing grace / how sweet the sound / that saved a wretch like me / i once was lost / but now i'm... ”
“ if the mattress was a table top / and the bed sheet was a page / we'd be written... ”
“ growing up it was just me and my mom / against the world / and all my sympathies were with... ”
“ you are subtle as a window pane / standing in my view / but I will wait for it to... ”
“ I will lean into you / and you can be the wind / I will open up my mouth / and you can come rushing... ”
“ you can't hide / behind social graces / so don't try / to be all touchy feely / cuz you... ”
“ I want somebody who sees the pointlessness / and still keeps their purpose in... ”
“ my lipstick / jumped ship / to a styrofoam cup / with the coffee gone / the conversation... ”
“ I said Venice / You heard Vegas / Now I say either way / Baby let's go / I get so... ”
“ sitting in the boardroom / the I'm-so-bored room / listening to the suits / talk about their... ”
“ You broke me bodily / The heart ain't the half of it / And I'll never learn to laugh at... ”
“ I'm not hurting anyone / I'm just telling my truth / and if there / if there is something... ”
“ I am walking / out in the rain / and I am listening to the low moan / of the dial tone... ”
“ she sat there like a photograph / of someone much further away / we shared a brief bus... ”
“ I hated to pop the bubble / Of me and you / But it only held enough oxygen / For a trip or... ”
“ Buildings and bridges / are made to bend in the wind / to withstand the world, / that's what it... ”
“ You cried and you cried and you cried wolf / So it took me a minute to... ”
“ standing just outside / the circle of light / avoiding the pool cues / watching the game / waiting for... ”
“ ive been wondering what you meant / when you asked do you have a... ”
“ come / come away / come away from / come away from it / next to the glass... ”
“ our father who art in a penthouse / sits in his 37th floor suite / and swivels to gaze... ”
“ What's the point / Of all this pointless proximity / If you won't talk / Take me for a... ”
“ the big day has come / the bell is sounding / i run my hands through my hair one last... ”
“ cold and drizzly night in chicago's deep dish / fluorescent light of the... ”
“ life used to be life-like / now it's more like showbiz / i wake up in the... ”
“ the wind is ruthless / the trees shake angry fingers at the sky / the people hunch their... ”
“ Looks like my crazy family / Is down one crazy daughter cuz / I'm shipwrecked in a desert... ”
“ I saw on the poster / my name was printed / just a little bit smaller / I can tell you need to... ”
“ from the depth of the pacific / to the height of everest / and still the world is... ”
“ I'm imagining your frame / every angle / and every plane / I'm imagining your... ”
“ I got pulled over in west Texas / so they could look inside my... ”
“ I walk in stride with people / much taller than me / and partly it's the boots but / mostly it's my... ”
“ some guy tried to rub up against me / in a crowded subway... ”
“ You give me that look that's like laughing / with liquid in your... ”
“ life in the circus ain't easy / but the folks on the outside don't... ”
“ she was cuffed to the truth like the truth was a chair with a bright... ”
“ I opened the fire door / to four lips / none of which were mine /... ”
“ she's looking in the mirror / she's fixing her hair / and I touch my head to feel / what isn't... ”
“ they were digging a new foudation in Manhattan / and they discovered a slave cemetary... ”
“ sitting in my glasshouse / while your ghost is sleeping down the hall / watching the little birds... ”
“ state trooper thinks I drive too fast / pulled me over to tell me so / I say out here on the... ”
“ you can't get through it / you can't get over it / you can't get around / just like in a... ”
“ going once / going twice / sold to the girl who ignored all the good... ”
“ it was good / good to see you again / good to meet your... ”
“ I love my country / By which I mean / I am indebted joyfully / To all the people throughout its... ”
“ thank you / for letting me stay here / thank you for taking me in / thank you / for the beer and the... ”
“ i heard the sound of your bike, / as your wheels hit the gravel, / then your engine in the... ”
“ the sky is grey, the sand is grey, and the ocean is grey. i feel right... ”
“ you start trippinand i start slippin awayi was taught to zip itif i got nothin nice to sayand down... ”
“ in walked a man in the shape of a man / holding a hat-shaped... ”
“ it's a heartbreak even situation / nothing lost and nothing gained / so i'm 10 years old... ”
“ life is a b movie / it's stupid and it's strange / a directionless story / and the dialouge is... ”
“ hold me down / i am floating away / into the overcast skies / over my home town / on election... ”
“ I bet you're wondering if you woke today / just to learn why the caged bird... ”
“ hour follows hour / like water follows water / everything is governed by the... ”
“ you could always hear the rub squeaking / of those two tree limbs / 'til one day one of them came... ”
“ I know this bar / With a jukebox full of medicine / And christmas lights... ”
“ you think I wouldn't have him / unless I could have him by the balls / you think I just dish it... ”
“ seems like you just / started noticing / how noticably bad things really... ”
“ I'm invincible / so are you / we do all the things / they say we can't do / we walk... ”
“ standing like john wayne / she is full framed / she is center stage / and my imagination... ”
“ imagine that i'm on stage under a watchtower of punishing light. and in... ”
“ I'm okay / if you get me at a good angle / and you're okay / in the sort of light / and we don't... ”
“ even when i look right at you / i always just see through / and i always just see new... ”
“ guess there's something wrong with me / guess I don't fit in / no one wants to touch... ”
“ no you didn't just leave / I actually kicked you out / I couldn't hardly... ”
“ we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp / on the 4th of... ”
“ I am evening the score / I am cutting the umbilical cord / curled with my teeth against my... ”
“ i do it for the joy it brings / because i'm a joyful girl / because the world owes me... ”
“ in the jukebox of her memory / the list of names flips by and stops / she closes her... ”
“ i love us both but i don't feel good / so i keep pulling over / and looking under / the... ”
“ it's not so much that we got closer / it's that her face just go... ”
“ That's just my cowgirl alter-ego / Riding on her bar room bull / Dripping with the sweat of... ”
“ There's really no hope for me / And that three second rule / Somethin gets... ”
“ don't ask me why I'm crying / I'm not going to tell you what's wrong / I'm just gonna sit on your... ”
“ I am letting the telephone ring / cause I don't want to know why / I don't want to hear you... ”
“ i wish i didn't have this nervous laugh / i wish i didn't say half the stuff i... ”
“ I am looking for the holes / the holes in your jeans / because I want to... ”
“ you've always got those dark sunglasses / covering up your face / but if you promise to take them... ”
“ I opened a bank account / when I was nine years old / I closed it when I was... ”
“ I'm gonna turn / and walk away / you can wait / til I am far along / then run and come / and catch my... ”
“ my breast is cradled / in the curve of my guitar / I'm breaking strings / and other things / playing... ”
“ I'm holding here a book / Notable, but not the greatest / Stolen for me by the... ”
“ You wandered in / To the forest / Following that shiny red ball / And by the time you looked... ”
“ In order to / Say thank you to you / I must do it intentionally / But tonight with every... ”
“ when I was four years old / they tried to test my I.Q. / they showed me a... ”
“ I know so many white people / I mean, where do I start? / the trouble with white... ”
“ they told you your music / could reach millions / that the choice was up to... ”
“ i hate you sometimes / but i love to be your queen / you are my muse / got me smokin... ”
“ I am not a pretty girl / that is not what I do / I ain't no damsel in... ”
“ In a forest of stone / underneath the corporate canopy / where the sun / rarely / filters / down / the... ”
“ if you ask me / i'll say / yes please / to you today / so don't ask me / cuz i'm weak that... ”
“ your body / forshortened below your shoulders / your face so close it's out of... ”
“ i'll sing you a song that starts out descriptive / and locates a time and a... ”
“ death / has been your lover / he has brought you / the edges of your life / and now you are looking... ”
“ I am an all powerful amazon warrior / Not just some sniveling girl / So no matter what I think I... ”
“ just the thought / of our bed / makes me crumble like the... ”
“ no no no no no no no no no no no no / no more / no no no no no no no no no no no no / no more / no no... ”
“ I search your profile / for a translation / I study the conversation / like a... ”
“ pale purple nipples / goose pimpled / she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot / alone in the... ”
“ I was born to two immigrants / Who knew why they were here / They were happy to pay... ”
“ Thirty-three years go by / And not once do you come home / To find a man sitting in your... ”
“ I'll be your biggest fan, I will be your fool / I'll be your exception to every... ”
“ How come I can pick my ears / but not my nose / who made up that rule... ”
“ i'm a pixie / i'm a paperdoll / i'm a cartoon / i'm a chipper cheerful free for... ”
“ Life knocked me off my platforms / So I pulled out my first pair of... ”
“ you're taking up lots of space / your shit is everywhere / your breath is all up in my... ”
“ who knew / at this party that I / would walk in and I'd see you. / I guess now / we could just get... ”
“ you crawled into my bed / like some sort of giant insect / and i found myself... ”
“ As dolls go I am broken / And you could just let that get us off the... ”
“ you can doubt anything if you think about it long enough. cause... ”
“ Come home and my guitar / Has nothin to say to me / I recoil from all my... ”
“ you were so in love / that it was all you could talk about / and i think i felt a little left... ”
“ it's rock paper scissors as to whether i will get over you at all... ”
“ tending the garden of noise / when I grow the traffic / and the churchbells / and the neighborhood... ”
“ She says my ass hurts / when I sit down / she says my feet hurt / from just standing... ”
“ rush hour / and the day's dawning / the rain came / and pushed me under the... ”
“ second intermission / anticipation / you know the third act / small talk drops out of the... ”
“ You're my seeing eye dog and I am blind / You take me there every... ”
“ yes, / us people are just poems / we're 90% metaphor / with a leanness of meaning... ”
“ he caresses every bottle / like it's the first one he's had / saying / it ain't love / but it ain't... ”
“ i cannot name this / i cannot explain this / and i really don't want to / just call me... ”
“ she says forget what you have to do / pretend there is nothing / outside this... ”
“ what's with that halo hovering / above that thick skull / spare... ”
“ the heat is so great / it plays tricks with the eye / it turns the road to... ”
“ how sick of me must you be by now? while you're standing just outside... ”
“ she was hungry / so hungry / she was trying to think clear / she kept opening the fridge... ”
“ she was shaking and talking / louder and louder / each sentence was sifted / to a very fine... ”
“ who's gonna give a shit / who's gonna take the call / when you find out that the road... ”
“ I don't keep much stuff around / I value my portability / but I will say that I have... ”
“ I'm sorry I didn't sound more excited on the phone / I'm sorry that after all these... ”
“ I am out here studying stones / Trying to learn to be less alive / Using all of my... ”
“ white people are so scared of black people. they bulldoze out to... ”
“ Sunday morning / Slow beats seething / Through the screens in / The open windows / Eggs... ”
“ sleepwalking through the all-nite drugstore / baptized in flourescent... ”
“ You keep telling me I'm beautiful / But I feel a little less so each time / Your love is so... ”
“ a cold and porcelain lonely / in an old new york hotel / a stranger to a... ”
“ I'm calling from the diner / the diner on the corner / I ordered two coffees / one is for... ”
“ hello / it's me / I'm returning your call / it's monday wednesday friday / between noon and... ”
“ the slant / a building settling around me / my figure female framed crookedly / in the... ”
“ I would have returned your greeting / if it weren't for the way you were looking at... ”
“ your basic average super star / is singing about justice / and peace / and... ”
“ we can touch / touch our girl cheeks / and we can hold hands / like paper dolls / we can... ”
“ tiptoeing through the used condoms / strewn on the piers / off the west side... ”
“ the sun is settin on the century / and we are armed to the teeth / we are all working together... ”
“ you cease to smell the steel plant / after you've lived there for a... ”
“ The light blue flickering rhythm / Of the neighbor's big console T.V. / Is basking on the... ”
“ you were fresh off the boat from virginia / i had a year in new york city under my... ”
“ think i'm going for a walk now / i feel a little unsteady / i don't want nobody to follow... ”
“ up up up up up up points the / spire of the steeple / but god's work isn't done by... ”
“ I'm still here because / I've got nothing else to do / you're an asshole / but I'm getting used to... ”
“ virtue is relative at best / there's nothing worse than a sunset / when you're driving due... ”
“ welcome to: / no amount of stoned makes you feel ok / welcome... ”
“ what what what what what did you think you were... ”
“ If my life were a movie / there would be a sunset / and the camera would pan... ”
“ today we are only whatall is nice about us / today we turned on in the blue light of... ”
“ Wishin', and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin', / Planning and dreamin' each night of his... ”
“ The windows of my soul / are made of one way glass / don't bother looking into my... ”
“ i'm losing my love of adventure / i'm losing all respect / for me and myself... ”
“ lying on the floor / four stories high / in the corridor / between the asphalt and the... ”
“ you think you're not worthy / I'd have to say I agree / I'm not worthy of you / you're not worthy of... ”
“ There you were day after day / Six feet / Twenty feet / Two feet... ”
“ how can I go home / with nothing to say / I know you're going to look at me that... ”
“ coming of age during the plague / of reagan and bush / watching capitalism gun down... ”