Back Back Back Lyrics - To The Teeth - Ani Difranco

Back back back in the back of your mind 

Are you learning an angry language 

Tell me boy boy boy are you tending to your joy 

Or are you just letting it vanquish 

Back back back in the dark of your mind 

Where the eyes of your demons are gleaming 

Are you mad mad mad 

About the life you never had 

Even when you are dreaming 

Who are these old old old people 

In these nursing homes 

Scowling away at nothing 

Like big rag dolls just cursing at the walls 

And pulling out all of their stuffing 

Ever day is a door leading back to the core 

Yes, old age will distill you 

And if you're this this this full of bitterness now 

Some day it will just fill you 

When you sit right down in the middle of yourself 

You're gonna want to have a comfortable chair 

So renovate your soul before you get too old 

'cause you're gonna be housebound there 

When you're old you fold up like an envelope 

And you mail yourself right inside 

And there's nowhere to go 

Except out real slow 

Are you ready, boy, for that ride? 

Your arrogance is gaining on you 

And so is eternity 

You better practice happiness 

You better practice humility 

You took the air, you took the time 

You were fed and you were free 

Now you'd better put some beauty back 

While you got the energy 

You'd better put some beauty back, boy 

While you got the energy