Providence Lyrics by Ani Difranco

Providence Lyrics

    Who knew
    At this party that i
    Would walk in and i'd see you.
    I guess now
    We could just get drunk
    Yeah, that could be our excuse
    You could slip
    From out of nowhere
    I could be there to catch your fall
    We could laugh
    At ourselves
    And the writing that's on the wall

    It's a narrow margin
    Just room enough for regret
    In the inch and a half between
    Hey, how ya been?
    And
    Can i kiss you yet?
    So we talk, like
    Nervous neighbors over a tall fence
    True love, but for the lack of providence

    But i just got one more
    Thing to tell you

    'cuz words are vitamins
    And life is short
    And i know when we get up
    To the front office
    We're gonna have to fill out
    A full report
    And the first question will be
    What were you thinking?
    And the next question will be
    What did you say?
    Then they're gonna check to see
    If the answers to one and two
    Matched up much
    Along the way

    In the interest of poetry
    And the cowboy movie
    That's you and me
    I'm back on the horse now
    And i am riding
    I am striding so effortlessly
    What i mean is
    It's late
    Much to late for us
    And i'm fixing to go home
    With just my conscious
    And a bitter sense of irony
    As my chaperone

    True love, but for the lack of providence.

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