Tamburitza Lingua
Ani Difranco

A cold and porcelain lonely in an old New York hotel

A stranger to a city that she used to know so well

Bathing in a bathroom that is bathed in the first blue light

Of the beginning of a century at the end of an endless night


Then she is wet behind the ears and wafting down the avenue

Pre-rush hour, post-rain shower

Stillness seeping upwards like steam

From another molten sewer summer in New York


They've been spraying us

With chemicals in our sleep

Us, they

Something about the mosquitoes

Having some kind of disease

Them, me


CIA foul play if you ask the guy

Selling hair dryers out of a gym bag

Chemical warfare


I'm telling you, lab rat to lab rat, he says

That's where the truth is at

That's where the truth is at

That's where the truth is at


And everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can

But one breath at a time is an acceptable plan

She tells herself and the air is still there

And this morning it's even breathable


And for a second the relief is unbelievable

And she's a heavy sack of flour sifted her burden lifted

She's full of clean wind for one lean moment

And then she's trapped again


Reverted, caged and contorted

With no way to get free

And she's getting plenty of little kisses

But nobody's slippin' her the key


Her whole life is a long list of what ifs

And she doesn't even know where to begin

And the pageantry of suffering therein

Rivals television


TV is, after all, the modern day roman coliseum

Human devastation as mass entertainment

And now millions sit jeering collectively cheering

The bloodthirsty hierarchy of the patriarchal arrangement


She is hailing a cab

She is sailing down the avenue

She's 19 going on 30


Or maybe she's really 30 now

It's hard to say

It's hard to keep up with time once it's on its way


And, you know, she never had much of a chance

Born into a family built like an avalanche

And somewhere in the 80's between the Oat Bran and the Ozone

She started to figure out things like why


One eye pointed upwards looking for the holes in the sky

One eye on the little flashing red light

A Picasso face twisted and listing down the canvas

Of the end of an endless night


10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

And Kerplooey you're done

You're done for, you're done for good

So tell me did you?

Did you do, did you do all you could?


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K.   O.K.   Oh My My   Old Old Song   On Every Corner   One More Night   One Times One Times One   Origami   Origami - Educated Guess Album   Out of Habit   Out of Range   Out Of Range (electric Version)   Out of Range (Electric)   Out of Range [Acoustic]   Out of Range [Electric]   Outa Me, Onto You   Outta Me, Onto You   Overlap   Overlap [New Version]   Overlap [New Version]   Pale Purple   Paradigm   Parameters   Perfect Fingers   Phase   Phase - Album: Evolve   Pick Yer Nose   Pixie   Pixie (Be Nice)   Platforms   Present Infant   Present/Infant   Prison Prism   Promiscuity   Promised Land   Promised Land - Album: Evolve   Providence   Pulse   Rain check   Raincheck   Rainy Parade   Reckoning   Recoil   Red Letter Year   Reprieve   Reprise   Revelling   Rock Paper Scissors   Rockabye   Roll With It   Round A Pole   Rush Hour   School Night   Second Intermission   Second Intermission - Album: Evolve   See See See See   Seeing Eye Dog   Self Evident   Serpentine   Serpentine - Album: Evolve   Served Faithfully   Shameless   Shameless (Bathtub Mix)   Shameless [New Version]   Shameless [New Version]   She Says   Shroud   Shroud   Shrug   Shrug - Album: Evolve   Shy   Sick Of Me   Silver Ingrid   Sistersong   Slide   Slide - Album: Evolve   Small World   Smiling Underneath   So What   Soft Shoulder   Sorry I Am   Splinter   Star Matter   Still My Heart   Studying Stones   Subconscious   Subdivision   Submerged   Subway   Sunday Morning   Superhero   Swan Dive   Swandive   Swim   Swim - Album Educated Guess   Swing   Swing (Radio Set)   Swing [Album Version]   Swing [Radio Set]   Talk To Me Now   That Was My Love   The Arrivals Gate   The Atom   The Boys In Blue   The Diner   The Internationale   The Million You Never Made   The Million You Never Made [#]   The Next Big Thing   The Slant   The Story   The True Story Of What Was   The Waiting Song   The Whole Night   This Bouqet   This Bouquet   This Box Contains...   This Box Contains...   Tip Toe (outtakes)   Tiptoe   To Be Free   To the Teeth   To the Teeth [Shoot-Out Remix]   Tr’w   Travel Tips   Trickle Down   True Story Of What Was   Two Little Girls   Unforgettable   Unrequited   Untouchable Face   Unworry   Up Up Up Up Up Up   Used Cars   Used to You   Virtue   Waiting For Susan   Way Tight   Welcome To   Welcome to :   Welcome To:   Welcome To: - Album: Evolve   What How When Where   What How When Where (Why Who)   What If No One's Watching   Whatall Is Nice   Whatever   When Doves Cry   When Doves Cry (Prince cover)   When I'm Gone   Wherever   Which Side Are You On   Which Side Are You On?   Willing to Fight   Wish I May   Wishin' & Hopin'   Wishin' And Hopin'   Woe Be Gone   Work Your Way Out   Worthy   Wrong With Me   Yeah Yr Right   You Each Time   You Had Time   Your House   Your Next Bold Move   Your Next Bold Move [New Version]   Your Next Bold Move [New Version]   Zoo

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