Ani and Me
May. 20th, 2004 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
falcongrrlToday I'm feeling in love with Ani di Franco.
Really. I mean it. I'd marry her, except for the fact that I'm already married. That, plus I don't live in Massachusetts or Vermont. *grin*
But I really think this could be a good match. We'd sing awesome duets together while she played the guitar. She could teach me how to play the guitar. We'd dye each other's hair exotic shades, get matching tattoos, stay up all night writing poetry, drinking tequila, and snuggling in each other's arms.
Anyway, back to real life...but that was a nice interlude.
Here are the lyrics to an Ani song that feels a bit like my theme song.
32 flavors
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
and I'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said
both my parents taught me about good will
and I have done well by their names
just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
is more than I can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so I would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
till I'd passed and left them alone
and god help you if you are an ugly girl
'course too pretty is also your doom
'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying past
I'm not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
no, I will never be a saint
but I will always say
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
and eating all of the words you said.
Sing it, Ani, sing it...
And call me?
;-)
A+
Really. I mean it. I'd marry her, except for the fact that I'm already married. That, plus I don't live in Massachusetts or Vermont. *grin*
But I really think this could be a good match. We'd sing awesome duets together while she played the guitar. She could teach me how to play the guitar. We'd dye each other's hair exotic shades, get matching tattoos, stay up all night writing poetry, drinking tequila, and snuggling in each other's arms.
Anyway, back to real life...but that was a nice interlude.
Here are the lyrics to an Ani song that feels a bit like my theme song.
32 flavors
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
and I'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said
both my parents taught me about good will
and I have done well by their names
just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
is more than I can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so I would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
till I'd passed and left them alone
and god help you if you are an ugly girl
'course too pretty is also your doom
'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying past
I'm not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
no, I will never be a saint
but I will always say
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
and eating all of the words you said.
Sing it, Ani, sing it...
And call me?
;-)
A+
