[00:00.00]ani difranco - manhole
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[00:19.71]i'm holding here a book
[00:21.55]notable, but not the greatest
[00:24.15]stolen for me by the latest
[00:26.74]in a long line of thieves
[00:29.15]and i'm just about to drop it
[00:31.30]down that manhole of memories
[00:33.97]when i realize it doesn't bother me
[00:36.16]like love's mementos usually do
[00:38.86]and i look up to see who's different here
[00:41.15]the latest me or the latest you
[00:43.86]
[00:44.23]course, you're the kind of guy who doesn't lie
[00:46.35]he just doctors everything
[00:48.21]chooses some unassuming finger
[00:50.53]and quietly moves his wedding ring
[00:53.25]who rewrites his autobiography
[00:55.48]for any pretty girl who'll sing
[00:58.28]but you can't fool the queen, baby
[01:00.71]cuz i married the king
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[01:03.06]and maybe it was i who betrayed his majesty
[01:05.05]with no opposite reality
[01:08.02]like a puddle with no reflection
[01:10.68]of the sky or the trees
[01:13.09]but after my dreaded beheading
[01:14.90]i tied that sucker back on with a string
[01:17.92]and i guess i'm pretty different now
[01:22.08]considering
[01:23.46]
[01:43.52]i kissed you on the street that night
[01:45.75]on the far side of four
[01:48.96]but i didn't like the taste
[01:50.73]in my mouth or yours
[01:53.85]and ignoring the persona you wore for my benefit
[01:57.32]for once i had the balls to call it
[02:00.80]just call it
[02:03.46]but a lesson must be lived
[02:05.80]in order to be learned
[02:08.14]and the clarity to see and stop this now
[02:10.66]that is what i've earned
[02:12.54]
[02:12.91]and maybe it was i who betrayed his majesty
[02:15.24]with no opposite reality
[02:17.77]like a puddle with no reflection
[02:20.47]of the sky or the trees
[02:22.79]but after my dreaded beheading
[02:24.54]i tied that sucker back on with a string
[02:27.56]and i guess i'm pretty different now
[02:31.87]considering
[02:34.02]
[02:53.04]i'm holding here a book
[02:54.82]notable, but not the greatest
[02:57.51]stolen for me by the latest
[03:00.13]in a long line of thieves
[03:02.56]and i'm just about to drop it
[03:04.70]down that manhole of memories
[03:07.30]when i realize it doesn't bother me
[03:09.98]and heartache not so dire
[03:12.36]cuz i looked up to see integrity
[03:14.74]finally won over desire
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[03:43.47]end