As Is

Thank you to for posting this live footage. Finally clear footage of this song up on YouTube. 

As Is by Ani Difranco

As Is - Ani Difranco
you can't hide
behind social graces 
so don't try

to be all touchy feely

cuz you lie

in my face of all places

but i've got no

problem with that really



what bugs me

is that you believe what you're saying

what bothers me

is that you don't know how you feel

what scares me

is that while you're telling me stories

you actually

believe that they are real



and i've got

no illusions about you

and guess what?

i never did

and when i said

when i said i'll take it

i meant,

i meant as is



just give up

and admit you're an asshole

you would be

in some good company

i think you'd find

that your friends would forgive you

or maybe i

am just speaking for me



cuz when i look around

i think this, this is good enough

and i try to laugh

at whatever life brings

cuz when i look down

i just miss all the good stuff

when i look up

i just trip over things




and i've got

no illusions about you...

"As Is" can be found on Little Plastic Castle (1998)
















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