Hypnotized Lyrics - Reprieve - Ani Difranco

Rain falling around me 

Lookin' down at a worm 

With a long way to go 

And the traffic was hissing by 

And I was homesick 

And I was high 

I was surrounded by a language 

In which I could say only "hello" 

And "thank you very much" 

But you spoke so I could understand 

And I drew a treasure map on your hand 

and you were no picnic 

You were no prize 

But you had just enough pathos 

To keep me hypnotized 

Hypnotized 

the map led to an island 

In a sea of store-bought dreams 

Where soul-less singers sang 

Over beats built by machines 

and lovely girls were hovering 

Above my head like gulls 

With their long slender necks 

And their delicate skulls 

and I was no picnic 

I was no prize 

But I had just enough sweetness 

To keep you hypnotized 

Hypnotized 

so that's how you found me 

Rain falling around me 

Lookin' down at a worm 

With a long way to go