Grand Canyon-Ani DiFranco

[00:00.41]I love my country [00:03.10]By which I mean [00:04.13]I am indebted joyfully [00:05.66]To all the people throughout its history [00:07.68]Who have fought the government to make right [00:11.07]Where so many cunning sons and daughters [00:13.65]Our foremothers and forefathers [00:15.56]Came singing through slaughter [00:17.56]Came through hell and high water [00:19.06]So that we could stand here [00:21.75]And behold breathlessly the sight [00:24.05]How a raging river of tears [00:26.03]Cut a grand canyon of light [00:31.64]Yes, I've bin so many places [00:33.78]Flown through vast empty spaces [00:36.30]With stewardesses whose hands [00:38.26]Look much older than their faces [00:40.24]I've tossed so many napkins [00:42.28]Into that big hole in the sky [00:44.31]Bin at the bottom of the Atlantic [00:45.69]Seething in a two-ply [00:47.40]Looking up through all that water [00:48.84]And the fishes swimming by [00:50.57]And I don't always feel lucky [00:53.49]But I'm smart enough to try [00:56.05]Cuz humility has buoyancy [00:58.32]And above us only sky [01:00.60]So I lean in [01:01.97]Breathe deeper that brutal burning smell [01:04.58]That surrounds the smoldering wreckage [01:07.02]That I've come to love so well [01:09.95]Yes, color me stunned and dazzled [01:12.02]By all the red white and blue flashing lights [01:15.10]In the American intersection [01:16.72]Where black crashed head on with white [01:19.88]Comes a melody [01:21.14]Comes a rhythm [01:22.21]A particular resonance [01:23.86]That is us and only us [01:25.52]Comes a screaming ambulance [01:27.07]A hand that you can trust [01:28.40]Laid steady on your chest [01:30.18]Working for the better good [01:31.81](Which is good at its best) [01:33.69]And too, bearing witness [01:35.90]Like a woman bears a child: [01:37.56]With all her might [01:39.53]Born of the greatest pain [01:42.31]Into a grand canyon of light [01:49.82]no song has gone unsung here [01:52.95]And this joint is strung crazy tight [01:56.04]And people bin raising up their voices [01:58.17]Since it just ain't bin right [02:00.08]With all the righteous rage [02:01.97]And all the bitter spite [02:03.41]That will accompany us out [02:05.22]Of this long night [02:06.18]That will grab us by the hand [02:07.75]When we are ready to take flight [02:09.57]Seatback and traytable [02:10.82]In the upright and locked position [02:12.50]Shocked to tears by each new vision [02:15.22]Of all that my ancestors have done [02:19.34]Like, say, the women who gave their lives [02:22.53]So that I could have one [02:27.22]People, we are standing at ground zero [02:29.26]Of the feminist revolution [02:32.51]Yeah, it was an inside job [02:34.32]Stoic and sly [02:35.97]One we're supposed to forget [02:37.18]And downplay and deny [02:38.64]But I think the time is nothing [02:40.41]If not nigh [02:41.36]To let the truth out [02:43.09]Coolest f-word ever deserves a ******* shout! [02:46.59]I mean [02:46.98]Why can't all decent men and women [02:48.84]Call themselves feminists? [02:52.76]Out of respect [02:54.68]For those who fought for this [02:57.12]I mean, look around [03:00.26]We have this [03:02.76]Yes [03:03.77]I love my country [03:05.39]By which I mean [03:06.60]I am indebted joyfully [03:08.40]To all the people throughout its history [03:10.60]Who have fought the government to make right [03:13.30]Where so many cunning sons and daughters [03:15.83]Our foremothers and forefathers [03:18.06]Came singing through slaughter [03:20.12]Came through hell and high water [03:21.55]So that we could stand here [03:23.81]And behold breathlessly the sight [03:26.22]How a raging river of tears [03:28.65]Is cutting a grand canyon of light