(UNRELEASED)

you each time
words and music by ani difranco © 2003 righteous babe music / BMI

there you were day after day 
six feet, twenty feet
two feet away 
right in my pocket singing me a song 
making my heart race all day long 

and we talked it out 
and we talked it down 
but your eyes were not listening 
and my ears were looking around 
for another song to sing 
but it was you each time 
it was you 

and the answer to each moment must be yes 
and the question 'can you live with it' becomes the test 
and you weigh it against that aching in your chest 
and the secretly relentless emptiness 

and we talked it out 
and we talked it down 
but your eyes are not listening 
meanwhile my ears were looking around 
for another song to sing 
and it is you each time 
it is you

so my heart finally broke
it was so long bent 
and it broke in three places when it finally went 
all it ever wanted was to say what it meant 
so it suffered your punishment 

now it lives in a shack outside of town 
and only the wolves are out there listening 
and in their dreams they chase her down 
their moonlit eyes are glistening 

and it is you each time 
it is you