Difranco Ani Deep Dish Lyrics

Deep Dish Lyrics

Cold and drizzly night in Chicago's deep dish
Fluorescent light of the
bathroom
Shows my hands as they are
See an eyelash on my cheek
Pick it
off and make a wish
And walk back out into the bar
Wind at the
windows
Neon lights, the pattered pane
The waitress wields the
weight
Of her tray around her palm
The doorman cups his hands
And
lights his cigarette again
And the rain marches on
(This is only a
possibility in a world of possibilities. There are, obviously
there are many
possibilities, ranging from small to large, before long there
will be short,
before short there was nothing. When there was nothing there
was always the
possibility of something, becoming what it is)
Don't even bother
trying
To say something clever
Clever is as clever does
No matter what
it says
I'm looking for a sign
Says you're for real this time
But I
don't trust what's in your head
I walk up to the bar
And point to the top
shelf
And then I throw my head back
And laugh at myself
I raise a toast
to all our saviors
Each so badly behaved
It's too bad that their
world
Is the one that they saved
(Noe you got to dance with me, now is
when it's gotta be cuz I can't wait for
the dance floor to fill in. If you
want to dance with me, I'll show you how
it's gonna be cuz I can't wait for
the band to begin)
There's a spider spinning cobwebs
From your elbow to
the table
While my eyes ride the crowd
In a secret rodeo
I smile with
my mouth
Lift my watch up to the light
Say, oh look I have to go