Asking Too Much
Ani Difranco

I want somebody who sees the pointlessness

And still keeps their purpose in mind

I want somebody who has a tortured soul

Some of the time


I want somebody who will either put out for me

Or put me out of my misery

Or maybe just put it all the words

And make me go, you know

I never heard it put that way

Make me go, what did you just say?


I want somebody who can hold my interest

Hold it an' never let it fall

Someone who can flatten you

With a kiss that hits like a fist

Or a sentence that stops me

Like a brick wall


If you hear me talking

Listen to what I'm not saying

If you hear me playing guitar

Listen to what I'm not playing


Don't ask me to put words

To all the silences I wrote

And don't ask me to put words

To all the spaces between notes


In fact if you have to ask

Forget it, you'll regret it

I'm tired of being the interesting one

I'm tired of having fun for two


Just lay yourself on the line

And I might lay myself down by you

But don't sit behind your eyes

And wait for me to surprise you


I want somebody who can

Make me scream until it's funny

Give me a run for my money

I want someone who can twist me up in knots


Tell me, for the woman who has everything

What have you got?

I want someone who's not afraid of me

Or anyone else

In other words, I want someone

Who's not afraid of themself


Do you, do you, do you think I'm, I'm asking too much?

Do you think I am asking too much?

What do you think, I'm asking too much?

Oh, yet do you think I'm asking too much?

What do you think, I'm asking too much?


That, that, do you think I'm asking too much?

What do you think, I'm asking too much?

Oh, do you think I'm asking too much?

What do you think, I'm asking too much?

Do you think, I'm asking too much?


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