Ani Difranco - Garden Of Simple Lyrics






some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter
and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar
and i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets
under a sign that says grand opening
while my dog is waiting in the car

i wake up, i check out
i fill the tank and wash the windshield clean
then i'm back out on the highway
and BANG that's when i remember my dream:

we were standing in a garden
and i had a machine that made silence
it just sucked up the whole opinionated din
and there were no people on the payroll
and there were no monkeys on our backs
and i said, show me what you look like
without skin

science chases money
and money chases its tail
and the best minds of my generation
can't make bail
but the bacteria are coming to take us down
that's my prediction
it's the answer to this culture
of the quick fix prescription

but in the garden of simple
where all of us are nameless
you were never anything but beautiful to me
and, you know, they never really owned you
you just carried them around
and then one day you put 'em down
and found your hands were free

so now it's early in the morning
at the longitude of memphis
and the sun is setting sweetly on hong kong
and the big plan is just to keep spinning
cuz the big bang is only just beginning
and sometimes it's all that we can do just to hang on

and what i meant to say is xxoo which means i'm thinking of ya
which means i've been thinking of you
all along





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  1. A.... ....

    some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter
    and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar
    and i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets
    under a sign that says grand opening
    while my dog is waiting in the car
    i wake up, i check out
    i fill the tank and wash the windshield clean
    then i'm back out on the highway
    and BANG that's when i remember my dream:
    we were standing in a garden
    and i had a machine that made silence
    it just sucked up the whole opinionated din
    and there were no people on the payroll
    and there were no monkeys on our backs
    and i said, show me what you look like
    without skin
    science chases money
    and money chases its tail
    and the best minds of my generation
    can't make bail
    but the bacteria are coming to take us down
    that's my prediction
    it's the answer to this culture
    of the quick fix prescription
    but in the garden of simple
    where all of us are nameless
    you were never anything but beautiful to me
    and, you know, debt never really owned you
    you just carried them around you
    and then one day you put 'em down
    and found your hands were free
    so now it's early in the morning
    at the longitude of memphis
    and the sun is setting sweetly on hong kong
    and the big plan is just to keep spinning
    'cause the big bang is only just beginning
    and sometimes it's all that we can do just to hang on
    and what i meant to say is xxoo which means i'm thinking of ya
    which means i've been thinking of you
    all along

  2. T.... M....

    What an amazing song. My heart is heavy as I remember those I have loved more than life would allow :(.....
    ..... :) and it's okay, I always will love them, beautiful to me....
    Thanks again, Ani my love

  3. b.... ....

    This is a beautiful and masterful song, heartbreaking. Ani is a blessing and a beast. Bravo!

  4. T.... s....

    aaaahhhhhhhhhhh. ..the best. just the best.