dithering

so many things to name
so many things to know the name of
so many ways to classify into different and the same of
so many stories to read 
just to be considered up to speed
you got to start when you’re a baby
around everything goes the frame of

mama look at this headline
they say we’re getting dumber
they keep doing them tests on stuff
and coming out with new bummers
remind me to quit my job
say farewell to it all
remind me to plant those sunflowers
along the south wall

ah ha...

i got a database
behind my face
of dithering information
ask me anything 
about anything
i got a lotta shit in rotation
i got a lotta shit in rotation

i got clutter in my closet
clutter on my bed
clutter in the office
and clutter in the shed
and i can’t find a thing 
in all of this confusion
i can’t think a thought 
all the way to its conclusion

ah ha...

i got a database
behind my face
of dithering information
ask me anything 
about anything
i got a lotta shit in rotation
i got a lotta shit in rotation

Ani DiFranco Lyrics brought to you by danah boyd since 1995