Difranco Ani Loom Lyrics

Loom Lyrics

you always got those dark sunglasses
covering half your face
but if you
promise to take them off
i promise i won't squander your gaze
i will be
picturesque
i will be nice
i won't do anything
you can't tell your
wife
i will think before i act
i will think twice
just let me see your
eyes
each time we've spoken
we've put in our token
and ridden the
tilt-a-whirl
i was giggling and dizzy
flirting like a twelve year old
girl
the carnival of you and me
is coming to town
watch how we spin
and spin
and then fall down
now we just say hello
and head for firmer
ground
you are the one-way glass
that watches me
standing in line at
the bank
i always looked into your glasses
like a cat looks into a fish
tank
but all i could ever see
was the specter of me reflected
i want a
monument of the friendship
that we never had, erected
i want to take up
lots of room
i want it to loom
you always got those dark
sunglasses
between us when we talk
but after the party is over
if you
wanna take a walk
we could just look around
not do nothing wrong
just
try to be at least as brave as our songs
i will bring my heart
i will
bring my face
you name the time and place