(thanks Rob!) every time i open my mouth i take off my clothes and i'm all frostbitten from being exposed i've got red scaly hands and purple scabby feet and you can smell me coming from half way down the street oh oh oh and i remember that old motel had quite the smell where i went to use the phone between the doughnut shop and the pizza parlor where i learned to live alone sweet 16 and smiling my way out of any jam learning the ways of the world oh my learning the ways of man oh oh oh and i didn't really want a baby and i guess that i had a choice but i just let it grow inside of me it's persistent little voice and i guess i got her off and running run off is what she did and that is part of what i think about when i think about that kid oh oh oh and now there is nothing left to wish upon but the passing cars the cacophony of city lights is drowning out the stars this park bench is a lifeboat and the rest a big, dark sea i'm just going to lie here till something comes and finds me oh oh oh i've got this tired old face that's still grinning most of the time just because it don't have a better way to say what's on it's mind and i've got this running monologue entertaining in it's outrage and i've got the air of an animal that's been living in a cage oh oh oh cuz every time i open my mouth i take off my clothes and i'm all frostbitten from being exposed i've got red scaly hands and purple scabby feet go ahead not smell me from halfway down the street
Ani DiFranco Lyrics brought to you by danah boyd since 1995