Ani Difranco - Cradle & All Lyrics
Fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cycloneThree oclock in the afternoon and I am going homeF train is full of high school studentsSo much shoutingSo much laughterLast nights underwear in my back pocketSure sign of the morning afterTake me homeTake me home and leave me thereThink Im going to cry, I dont know whyThink Im going to sing myself a lullabyFeel free to listenFeel free to stareI live in new york new york the city that never shuts upIn the daylight everything is so goryYou can hear snatches of strangers sorry storiesAnd I moved there from buffalo but thats nothingThe trico plant moved to mexicoLeft my uncle standing out in the coldSaid theres your last paycheck have fun growing oldTake me homeTake me home and leave me thereThink Im going to cry, I dont know whyThink Im going to sing myself a lullabyFeel free to listenFeel free to stareRockabye babyIn the treetopWhen the wind blowsCradle will rockWhen the bough breaksThe cradle will fallDown will come babyCradle and allYouth is beautyMoney is beautyHell, beauty is beauty sometimesIts the luck of the drawIts the natural lawIts a jokeIts a crimeI was boredYou were boredIt was a meeting of the mindsNow its three in the afternoon and I cant leave too soonSaying thank you, I had a nice timeTake me homeTake me home and leave me thereThink Im going to cry, I dont know whyThink Im going to sing myself a lullabyFeel free to listenFeel free to stareMaybe Ill live my whole lifeJust getting byMaybe Ill be discoveredMaybe Ill be colonizedYou could try to train me like a petYou could try to teach me to behaveBut Ill tell you, if I havent learned it yetYou know,I aint gonna sit, I aint gonna stayTake me homeTake me home and leave me thereThink Im going to cry, I dont know whyThink Im going to sing myself a lullabyFeel free to listenFeel free to stare
