Squint Your Eyes, And Look Closer...

I'll let Ani do the talking on this penultimate song on the countdown.

Folk rock primer on me.

squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might wanna turn your head
'cuz some day you are going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said

both my parents taught me about good will
and i have done well by their names
just the kindness i've lavished on strangers
is more than i can explain
still there's many
who've turned out their porch lights
just so i would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
'til i passed and left them alone

god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
'cuz everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying past

i never tried to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and i would like to state for the record
i did everything that i could do
i not saying that i'm a saint
i just don't wanna live that way
i will never be a saint
but i will always say

squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might wanna turn your head
'cuz some day you might find you are starving
and eating all of the words that you said...

32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco

You're Taking Me Back To The Places I Left Behind

I could probably post a song from Bob every day for the next month, and still not capture all the moments he has sung for me over the years.

In these final days, I give you this one for a little bit of perspective on growing older, wiser, seeing the past for its glitter and cobwebs. What the fuck kicked up all this dust?

I loved this album because it spoke to the journey, and where he was, and in some ways where I was. Adult love stories and a healthy dose of skepticism. It's all good, though.

Life and Times - Bob Mould

Lord Knows I've Paid Some Dues Getting Through...

A heavy hitter that I'm amazed I haven't posted yet. I only have a few more days of this project, and I'm combing through my spreadsheet to make sure I haven't forgotten any one. I know Friday's and Saturday's songs already; I've known them since I started this project. Just need to fill Wednesday and Thursday :)

I may have lived parts of this song. I know I've felt it. Our great American poet.

Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan