Song Lyrics DiFranco Ani - School Night    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive]
lyrics archive>> D>> DiFranco Ani Singer Lyrics [DiFranco Ani other resources]>> School Night Song Lyrics


Author/Artist/Singer: DiFranco Ani
Music Title/Track: School Night
Theme ID: 9042
Album: N/A


she went over to his apartment
clutching her decision
and he said, did you come here to tell me goodbye?
so she built a skyscraper of procrastination
and then she leaned out the twenty-fifth floor window
of her reply
and she felt like an actress
just reading her lines
when she finally said
yes. it's really goodbye this time
and far below was the blacktop
and the tiny toy cars
and it all fell so fast
and it all fell so far

and she said:
you are a miracle but that is not all
you are also a stiff drink and i am on call
you are a party and i am a school night
and i'm lookin' for my door key
but you are my porch light

and you'll never know, dear
just how much i loved you
you'll probably think this was
just my big excuse
but i stand committed
to a love that came before you
and the fact that i adore you
is but one of my truths

what of the mother
whose house is in flames
and both of her children
are in their beds crying
and she loves them both
with the whole of her heart
but she knows she can only
carry one at a time?
she's choking on the smoke
of unthinkable choices
she is haunted by the voices
of so many desires
she's bent over from the business
of begging forgiveness
while frantically running around
putting out fires

but then what kind of scale
compares the weight of two beauties
the gravity of duties
or the ground speed of joy?
tell me what kind of gauge
can quantify elation?
what kind of equation
could i possibly employ?
and you'll never know, dear
just how much i loved you
you probably think this was
just my big excuse
but i stand committed
to a love that came before you
and the fact that i adore you
is just one of my truths

so i
i'm goin' home
to please the one i so love pleasing
and i don't expect
he'll have much sympathy for my grieving
but i guess that this is the price
that we pay for the privilege
of living for even a day
in a world with so many things
worth believing
in


Related Lyrics
Random lyrics: Slide, Small World, So What, Soft Shoulder, Sorry I Am, Subdivision, Superhero, Swan Dive, Swim, Swing, Talk To Me Now, Tamburitza Lingua, The Arrivals Gate, The Diner, The Million You Never Made, The Next Big Thing, The Slant, The Story, The Waiting Song, The Whole Night, This Bouqet, This Bouquet, Tiptoe, To The Teeth, Trickle Down, True Story Of What Was, Untouchable Face, Up Up Up Up Up Up, Used To You, Welcome To:, What How When Where Why Who, Whatall Is Nice, Willing To Fight, Africas Inside Me, Ease My Mind, Fishin 4 Religion, Fountain of Youth, Give a Man a Fish, Honeymoon Day, Kneelin at My Altar, Mamas Always on Stage, Mans Final Frontier, Mr. Wendal, Natural, People Everyday, People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix), Raining Revolution, Shell, Tennessee, United Front,
Other DiFranco Ani song Lyrics
32 Flavors Lyrics
4th Of July Lyrics
Adam And Eve Lyrics
Aint That the Way Lyrics
Akimbo Lyrics
Amazing Grace Lyrics
Angel Food Lyrics
Animal Lyrics
Anticipate Lyrics
Anyday Lyrics
As Is Lyrics
...Show All
Other Artists
Anika Moa Lyrics
Anika Paris Lyrics
A.N.I.M.A.L. Lyrics
Animal Planet Lyrics
Animals Lyrics
Animals, The Lyrics
Animals Baby Lyrics
Animaniacs Lyrics
Animaniacs (Related Recordings) Lyrics
Animation Lyrics

All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only.
lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved.
, , Privacy policy