Ani DiFranco
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Shameless

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Shameless

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I cannot name this

i cannot explain this

and i really don't want to

just call me shameless

i can't even slow this down

let alone stop this

and i keep looking around

but i cannot top this

if i had any sense

i guess i'd fear this

i guess i'd keep it down

so no one would hear this

i guess i'd keep it down

so no one would hear this

i guess i'd shut my mouth

and rethink a minute

but i can't shut it now

'cuz there's something in it

we're in a room without a door

and i am sure without a doubt

they're gonna wanna know

how we got in here

and they're gonna wanna know

how we plan to get out

we better have a good explanation

for all the fun that we had

'cuz they are coming for us, babe

and they are going to be mad

yeah they're going to be mad at us

this is my skeleton

this is the skin it's in

that is according to light

and gravity

i'll take off my disguise

the mask you met me in

'cuz i got something

for you to see

just gimme your skeleton

give me the skin it's in

yeah baby, this is you

according to me

i never avert my eyes

i never compromise

so never mind

the poetry

i gotta cover my butt 'cuz i covet

another man's wife

i gotta divide my emotions

into wrong and right

then i get to see how close i can get to it

without giving in

then i get to rub up against it

till i break the skin

rub up against it

till i break the skin

they're gonna be mad at us

thy're gonna be mad at me and you

thy're gonna be mad at us

and all the things

we wanna do

just please don't name this

please don't explain this

just blame it all on me

say i was shameless

say i couldn't slow it down

let alone stop it

and say you just hung around

'cuz you couldn't top it

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