Ani Difranco - North Main Street lyrics

The warmth of north main street Shows me how i took myself through Illogical landscapes with you Scribbling on napkins in foreign ports All sorts of sidewalks i don't traverse anymore All kinds of people i don't write into the score Well i see you drive your car past my house You're so far from admitting i've emerged From under your deep weather You may never hear the future i have heard Oh the sound rebounds off the highest plateau Of the people i will love And the things i will know If i go The utility of lipstick Escapes to a styrofoam cup The coffee gone, the conversation strong Oh though leaving's never easy Sentiments like shadows grow long Your tears collect outside my bedroom window Like the winter's last little snow And i am still the worst company that i have ever kept I just didn't want you to witness my weakness as i wept And i still define myself by the places that i've been I just didn't want you to see me traveling inbetween It seems to me i'm not doing anything new I'm just not doing what i used to The warmth of north main street Shows me how i took myself through Illogical landscapes with you Scribbling on napkins in foreign ports All sorts of sidewalks i don't traverse anymore All kinds of people i know right into the score Well i see you drive your car past my house You're so far from admitting i've emerged From under your deep weather You may never hear the future i have heard Oh the sound rebounds off the highest plateau Of the people i will love And the things i will know If i go