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Artist/Band: Ani DiFranco
Lyrics for Song: Paradigm
Lyrics for Album: Canon [2007]



i was born to two immigrants

who knew why they were here

they were happy to pay taxes

for the schools and roads

happy to be here

they took it seriously

the second job of citizenry

my mother went campaigning door to door

and holding to her hand was me



i was just a girl in a room full of women

licking stamps and laughing

i remember the feeling of community brewing

of democracy happening



but i suppose like anybody

i had to teach myself to see

all that stuff that got lost

on its way to church

all that stuff that got lost

on its way to school

all that stuff that got lost

on its way to the house of my family

all that stuff that was not lost on me



teach myself to see each of us

through the lens of forgiveness

like we're stuck with each other (god forbid!)

teach myself to smile and stop and talk

to a whole other color kid

teach myself to be new in an instant

like the truth is accessible at any time

teach myself it's never really one or the other

there's a paradox in every paradigm



i was just a girl in a room full of women

licking stamps and laughing

i remember the feeling of community brewing

of democracy happening


Album Lyrics: Canon [2007]


Ani DiFranco
"Canon [2007]"


1. Both Hands
2. Fire Door
3. God's Country
4. You Had Time
5. Buildings And Bridges
6. Coming Up
7. Cradle And All
8. Shy
9. 32 Flavors
10. Dilate
11. Distracted
12. Gravel
13. Untouchable Face
14. Joyful Girl
15. Little Plastic Castle
16. Fuel
17. As Is
18. Napoleon
19. Shameless
20. Hello Birmingham
21. This Box Contains...
22. Grey
23. Prison Prism
24. Marrow
25. Here For Now
26. Subdivision
27. Rain Check
28. Swim
29. Paradigm
30. Manhole
31. Studying Stones
32. Your Next Bold Move
33. Overlap