Ani Difranco - Your Next Bold Move Lyrics






coming of age during the plague
of reagan and bush
watching capitalism gun down democracy
it had this funny effect on me
i guess

i am cancer
i am HIV
and i'm down at the blue jesus
blue cross hospital
just lookin' up from my pillow
feeling blessed

and the mighty multinationals
have monopolized the oxygen
so it's as easy as breathing
for us all to participate

yes they're buying and selling
off shares of air
and you know it's all around you
but it's hard to point and say "there"
so you just sit on your hands
and quietly contemplate

your next bold move
the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself

what a waste of thumbs that are opposable
to make machines that are disposable
and sell them to seagulls flying in circles
around one big right wing

yes, the left wing was broken long ago
by the slingshot of cointelpro
and now it's so hard to have faith in
anything

especially your next bold move
or the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself

you want to track each trickle
back to its source
and then scream up the faucet
'til your face is hoarse
cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth
of things you just can't excuse

but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker
and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker
and it's getting colder and colder
everytime you lose

so go ahead
make your next bold move
tell us
what's the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself





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  1. D.... B....

    Immaculate.

  2. S.... ....

    Greatest songwriter of her generation. Very idiosyncratic guitar-playing style as well...

  3. B.... ....

    yairi guitar👍

  4. s.... p....

    ani really makes the acoustic guitar wail like no other

  5. M.... M....

    Written 20 years ago ~ Ani <3 is sadly timeless in our current times; "the buying and selling of shares of air"

  6. G.... D....

    If you're looking for a partner in crime then pick me🙋‍♂️

  7. G.... D....

    A beautiful woman and a beautiful artist. I've been listening for over 20 years.

  8. J.... D....

    Still beautiful, still talented, still relevant. A woman that was before her time. Adore her music

  9. C.... A....

    "Your Next Bold Move" is so dramatically true and intense that it makes me feel vulnerable...and I guess that is what a really good song should evoke.

  10. R.... B....

    Pure Genius and the next logical step after Joni Mitchell.

  11. f.... ....

    Thank you

  12. G.... ....

    One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

  13. R.... C....

    So old now

    R.... C....

    Yes I am. Lol

    R.... C....

    I was speaking of Ani DiFranco, she was very pretty when she was starting out back in the early 90's, her husband is a lucky guy.

  14. J.... M....

    No words needed.... deeply touched... JUST WONDERFUL!

  15. r.... ....

    One of my favourite Ani songs. Thanks for this gorgeous version.

  16. l.... ....

    I've loved this woman's music since I first heard her almost 20 years ago now... Such a pure soul soothing sound she makes...

  17. L.... J....

    Ani. Books. Music. Yes.

    L.... J....

    Lisa Johnson amen to that!

    L.... J....

    Most of those are analog tape boxes, FYI. But Yes. Yes. Yes!

  18. L.... ....

    HAIL TRUMP!!!! The Patriarchy is back!!!!!!! Woooo Hoooooo!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

    L.... ....

    Danny's Cooking and DIY did you just like go on an Ani bender to leave dismissive and shitty comments? This is like the fourth comment I've seen, and like if that's how you're spending your time, just to troll things so beautiful, maybe you should reevaluate some things man.

    L.... ....

    Gwyneth Rutan

  19. J.... D....

    Wow, so smooth! A true discovery for me.

  20. C.... L....

    Thank you for helping get through some pretty messed up times! Almost 20 years strong listening to you, bad ass!!!!

  21. Y.... M....

    I've always love Ani and always will. But this strikes me as making a protest song pretty. I don't see the point. We all get older. We may not be as angry. That's fine. But leave the song alone. This just robs it of its venom and makes it empty.

    Y.... M....

    Yerch McYerchikins This song is beautiful no matter the tempo. It's not like she changed it that much. She's just playing it a little faster. The message is still the same.

    Y.... M....

    I think this rendition expresses the resignation just as well as the original, if not better...

  22. M.... M....

    Have listrened to her since 2001, only discovered this song six months ago when I was asked to write a eulogy for a school friend who had died with his life beggining to go well whilst my psyche was finding it difficult to make those necessecsary re-step-ups back into reality post-psychosis, such a beautiful song, especially the words about being at the arctic circle playing strip poker.

  23. b.... ....

    man, i have always wanted to hear/see this live! still hoping... still pops out randomly in rotation... <3

  24. C.... B....

    reckoning. the end all be all

  25. M.... M....

    at least we have this.

  26. i.... ....

    Wanna talk about coming full circle? Here's a chick who must feel like she's been writing music in a recursive life. Love you, still, Ani.

    i.... ....

    So true. When is our actual reprieve? It seems like it's never going to come.

  27. J.... E....

    Been listening to this song for a long time. This was so meaningful. Thank you Ani.

    J.... E....

    STILL IS :)

  28. c.... ....

    I've been listening to you sing for 20 years. I noticed it was recorded on my birthday. Tears streaming down my face right now. Thank you for this.

    c.... ....

    I second that...my Mom's bday, too : ). I've saying for the same 20 years, "I wanna be Ani DiFranco when I grow up."

    c.... ....

    I'm the 7th. Ani is my all time favorite, too x

  29. M.... E....

    There is nobody like you.

  30. s.... t....

    Thank you.