Hour Follows Hour Lyrics - Not A Pretty Girl - Ani Difranco

hour follows hour 

like water follows water 

everything is governed by the rule 

of one thing leads to another 

you can't really place blame 

'cause blame is much too messy 

some was bound to get on you 

while you were trying to put it on me 

and don't fool yourself 

into thinking things are simple 

nobody's lying still the stories don't line up 

why do you try to hold on 

to what you'll never get a hold on 

you wouldn't try to put the ocean 

in a paper cup 

'cause i have had something to prove 

as long as i know there's something 

that needs improvement 

and you know that every time i move 

i make a woman's movement 

and first you decide 

what you've gotta do 

then you go out and do it 

and maybe the most we can do 

is just to see each other through it 

hour follows hour like water in a river 

and from one to the next 

we don't know what each hour will deliver 

we just call it like we see it 

call it out loud as we can 

and then afterwards we call it all water over the dam 

maybe the moral higher ground 

ain't as high as it seems 

maybe we are both good people 

done some bad things 

i just hope it was okay 

i know it wasn't perfect 

i hope in the end we can laugh 

and say it was all worth it 

'cause i have had something to prove 

as long as i know something 

that needs improvement 

and you know that everytime i move 

i make a woman's movement 

and first you decide what you've gotta do 

then you go out and do it 

and maybe the most that we can do 

is just to see each other through it 

we make our own gravity to give weight to things 

then things fall and they break and gravity sings 

we can only hold so much is what i figure 

try and keep our eye on the big picture 

picture keeps getting bigger 

and too much is how i love you 

but too well is how i know you 

and i've got nothing to prove this time 

just something to show you 

i guess i just wanted you to see 

that it was all worth it to me