Ani DiFranco Follow

you were fresh off the boat from virginia
i had a year of new york city under my belt
we met on a plane we were both nineteen
i remember where we were standing
i remember how it felt
two little girls growing out of there training bras
this little girl breaks furniture
this little girl breaks laws
two girls together
just a little less alone
this little girl cried wee wee wee
all the way home

you were always half crazy
now look at you baby
you make about as much sense
as a nursery rhyme
love is a piano dropped froma four story window
and you were in the wrong place
at the wrong time
and i don't like your girlfriend
you know i blame her
never seen one of your lovers
do you so much harm
i loved you first
and you know i would prefer
if she didn't empty her syringes into your arm

here comes little naked me
padding up to the bathroom door
to find littlenaked you
slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here
with my back against the wall
while you distill your whole life
down to a 911 call

now you bring me your bruises
so i can "ooh and ahh" at the display
maybe i'm supposed to make one of my famous jokes
that makes everything ok
or maybe i'm supposed to be the handsome prince
who rides up and unties your hands
or maybe i'm supposed to be the furrowed-brow friend
who thinks she understands

here comes little naked me
padding up to the bathroom door
to find little naked you
slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here
with my back against the wall
while you distill your whole life
down to a 911 call