Difranco, Ani - Evolve Lyrics






I walk in stride with people
much taller than me
and partly it's the boots but
mostly it's my chi
and I'm becoming transfixed
with nature and my part in it
which I believe just signifies
I'm finally waking up

and there's this moth outside my kitchen door
she's bonkers for that bare bulb
flying round in circles
bashing in her exoskull
and out in the woods she navigates fine by the moon
but get her around a light bulb and she's doomed

she is trying to evolve
she's just trying to evolve

now let's get talking reefer madness
like some arrogant government can't
by any stretch of the imagination
outlaw a plant
yes, their supposed authority over nature
is a dream
c'mon people
we've got to come clean

cuz they are locking our sons
and our daughters in cages
they are taking by the thousands
our lives from under us
it's a crash course in religious fundamentals
now let's all go to war
get some bang for our buck

I am trying to evolve
I'm just trying to evolve

gunnin for high score in the land of dreams
morbid bluish-white consumers ogling luminous screens
on the trail of forgetting
cruising without a care
the jet set won't abide by that pesky jet lag
and our lives boil down to an hour or two
when someone pulls a camera out of a bag

and I am trying to evolve
I'm just trying to evolve

so I walk like I'm on a mission
cuz that's the way I groove
I got more and more to do
I got less and less to prove
it took me too long to realize
that I don't take good pictures
cuz I have the kind of beauty
that moves





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  1. P.... G....

    need this song right now

  2. R.... H....

    Her voice gives me chills, especially when that of her vibrato comes out to play.

  3. E.... G....

    20 bucks says she can't start a fire in the woods

    E.... G....

    I'll take that bet...

    E.... G....

    congrats tommy boyscout. you keep rubbing your stick if it makes u happy

  4. S.... ....

    Yes! Love you ani!

  5. E.... D....

    "We negotiate with chaos for some sense of satisfaction"- Ani DiFranco ty

  6. W.... L....

    I reason it wise to disregard concepts of negative and positive beyond our need to explain. In and of the self I find it best to consider that a happening/situation is, and is to be manipulated via mediation. Therefore the concepts of negative and positive in the first place, yet our tendency to get lost to "defined"?
    This we are benefited to leave "defined" to language solely, and always regard a situation as subject to our scientific ability. After all, so long as a realistic (?) consideration of our scientific ability is mindfully maintained, our health is greatly benefitted even as we are exposed to the detriments associated with the "negative"... Negative because of the effect on the self only? Perhaps being mindful of the health is the silver lining inherent in our human ability, and there alone realistically. Amen.

  7. n.... ....

    Keep evolving, thanks for so many times when &,where got so blurried your voice alone held. Many of us miss you but thankful of your oeuvres

  8. e.... ....

    It's been years since I heard this. Great tune. Thanks for posting.

    e.... ....

    Same. Just as awesome as the first time I heard it.

  9. H.... F....

    love you ani!

  10. S.... F....

    Yes yes Bless higher! Evolving.. Love the sound

  11. S.... X....

    "I don't take good pictures cuz I have the kind of beauty that moves" ... One of my absolute favorite lines of Ani's ever.

    S.... X....

    Sierra X honestly her lyrics are some of the best of any artist I’ve ever listened to. She’s in my top 10. I love this righteous babe.

  12. M.... J....

    I absolutely love this song, I can't wait til it becomes my theme song, I'm still trying to evolve

  13. T.... ....

    One of my all time favorites!! Okay, so I have 241 all time favorite Ani songs/poems but hey.

  14. A.... ....

    Can't help banging out the rhythm on a table or something similar when listening to this :D One of her best to me, which means it's one of the best songs ever!

  15. P.... p....

    The lyrics, the guitar, the soul...she just knows her shit basically...what a fucking woman

  16. B.... ....

    It's been ages since I've listened to this.

  17. m.... ....

    haha I love that so many of the related videos are about lesbians, not that all ani fans are lesbians but this one sure is!

  18. K.... K....

    I’m Japanese . Please excheng me .

  19. C.... a....

    Wow what a voice ..Nice guitar work..Nice song..It is infectious

  20. S.... D....

    i have a moth tattoo on my foot from the cover of this album. god, i love this song. "i don't take good pictures because i have the kind of beauty that moves."

  21. N.... L....

    I LOVE ANI DIFRANCO!!!

  22. M.... H....

    Eargasmic!

  23. M.... M....

    AWESOME TUNE,,,SO MUCH SAID!

  24. A.... C....

    ani difranco is such an amazing artist. she writes such good songs, and can shred a guitar better than most!

    what i like best, is that none of her albums/cds are part of the dreaded loudness war that began in the 90s. they are all mastered beautifully, in a time where everything on cd was trash.

  25. C.... ....

    What groove!