i have your back now, you better have mine

independence day ~ ani difranco

& the video

"and i don't think war is noble,

and i don't like to think that love is like war.

and, i gotta big hot cherry bomb,

and i want to slip it through the mail slot,

of your front door.

don't leave me here.

i've got your back now,

you'd better have mine,

cause you say the coast is clear,

but you say that all the time.

so many sheep i quit counting,

sleepless and embarrassed about the way that i feel.

trying to make mole hills out of mountains,

building base camp at the bottom of a really big deal.

and did i tell you how i stopped eating,

when you stopped calling me?

and, i was cramped up,

shitting rivers for weeks,

and pretending that i was finally free.

don't leave me here.

now that your back,

you'd better stay this time.

cause you say the coast is clear,

but you say that all the time."

i guess everything is timing

keep art alive; art by jaime zollars

how can i go home
with nothing to say
i know you're going to look at me that way
and say what did you do out there
and what did you decide
you said you needed time
and you had time

you are a china shop
and i am a bull
you are really good food
and i am full
i guess everything is timing
i guess everything's been said
so i am coming home with an empty head

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
and you'll say girl did you kick some butt
and i'll say i don't really remember
but my fingers are sore
and my voice is too

you'll say it's really good to see you
you'll say i missed you horribly
you'll say let me carry that
give that to me
and you will take the heavy stuff
and you will drive the car
and i'll look out the window making jokes
about the way things are

how can i go home
with nothing to say
i know you're going to look at me that way
and say what did you do out there
and what did you decide
you said you needed time
and you had time

you had time (live) ~ ani difranco