Defined by her songs

[siercia]

So, smurfchick did this neat survey. This is mine. But it's very very long.
Singer: Ani Difranco

1. Are you male or female?
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
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We are wise wise women, we are giggling girls

2. Describe yourself:
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
maybe you'd 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've 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
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling


3. How do they feel about you?
Everything I do is judged
and they mostly get it wrong,
but oh well
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but I always feel I have to take a stand
and there's always someone on hand
to hate me for standing there
I always feel I have to open my mouth
and every time I do
I offend someone somewhere


4. How do you feel about yourself?
I don't know who you were expecting
probably some bitch who does not budge
with eyes the size of snow
I may get pissed off sometimes
but you seem like the type to hold a grudge
and in the end, I just let go...
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Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve
I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot
don't think 'cuz I'm easy, I'm naive...
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when I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand
and I like to take up space/just because I can
and I use my dress to wipe up my drink
I care less and less what people think
...
I learn every room long enough, to make it to the door
And then I hear it click shut behind me
And every key works differently, I forget every time
And the forgetting defines me...

5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend?
someone who can flatten me with a kiss
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you'll say did they love you or what
I'll say they love what I do
the only one who really loves me is you
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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
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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


6. What would you rather be doing?
All I need is my leather, one t-shirt and two socks
I'll keep my hands warm in your pockets, you can use the engine block
We'll ride out to California, with my arms around your chest
And I'll pretend that this is real, 'cause this is what I like best.
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two thirty in the morning, and my gas tank'll be empty soon
Neon sign on the horizon, rubbing elbows with the moon

7. Describe where you live:
white people are so scared of black people
they bulldoze out to the country
and put up houses on little loop-dee-loop streets
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the milk fed suburban blues

8. Describe how you love:
cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hand
feels like a little baby bird fallen from the nest
I think that your body is something I understand
I think that I'm happy, I think that I'm blessed
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I don't keep much stuff around I value my portability
but I will say that I have saved every letter you ever wrote to me
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'cause I know there is strength in the differences between us
and I know there is comfort where we overlap


9. Share a few words of wisdom:
Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right
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cuz when I look around
I think this, this is good enough
and I try to laugh at whatever life brings
cuz when I look down
I just miss all the good stuff
when I look up I just trip over things
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buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that's what it takes
all that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn't bend breaks
what doesn't bend breaks

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[judecorp.livejournal.com]

we are made to fight
and fuck and talk and fight again
and sit around and laugh until we choke.

btw, the car ride to the airport when Jennifer was asleep and you and I were softly singing Ani is one of my favorite memories ever