Difranco Ani Both Hands Lyrics

Both Hands Lyrics

I am walking
out in the rain
and I am listening to the low moan
of the
dial tone again
and I am getting
nowhere with you
and I can't let it
go
and I can't get through...
the old woman behind the pink
curtains
and the closed door
on the first floor
she's listening
through the air shaft
to see how long our swan song can last
and both
hands
now use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am
writing
graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of
how hard we
tried
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
I am waiting for sleep
to offer up the
deep
with both hands
in eachother's shadows we grew less and less
tall
and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all
and I'm
recording our history now on the bedroom wall
and eventually the landlord
will come
and paint over it all
and I am walking
out in the
rain
and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
and I am
getting nowhere with you
and I can't let it go
and I can't get
though
So now use both hands
please use both hands
oh, no don't close
your eyes
I am writing graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of
how hard we tried
hard we tried
how hard we tried