cold and drizzly night in chicago's deep dish
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fluorescent light of the bathroom
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shows my hands as they are
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see an eyelash on my cheek
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pick it off and make a wish
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and walk back out into the bar
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wind at the windows
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neon lights the patterned pane
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the waitress wields the weight
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of her tray around her palm
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the doorman cups his hand
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and lights his cigarette again
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and the rain marches on
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this is only a possibility in a world of possibilities
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there are obviously there are many possibilities
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ranging from small to large
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before long there will be short
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before short there was nothing
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when there was nothing
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tehere was always the possibility
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of something becoming what it is
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don't even bother trying
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to say something clever
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clever is as clever does
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no matter what it says
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i'm looking for a sign
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says you're for real this time
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but i don't trust what's in your head
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i walk up to the bar
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and point to the top shelf
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and then i throw my head back
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and laugh at myself
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i raise a toast to all our saviors
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each so badly behaved
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it's too bad that tehir world
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is the one that they saved
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there's a spider spinning cobwebs
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from your elbow to the table
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while my eyes ride the crowd
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in a secret rodeo
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i smile with my mouth
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lift my watch up to the light
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say oh, look, i have to go
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now you got to dance with me, now is when
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it's gotta be
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cuz i can't wait for the dance floor to fill in
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if you want to dance with me, i'll show you
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how it's gonna be
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cuz i can't wait for the bad to begin
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Deep Dish
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Ani DiFranco |