Loom Lyrics - Little Plastic Castle - Ani Difranco

you always got those dark sunglasses 

covering half your face 

but if you promise to take them off 

i promise i won't squander your gaze 

i will be picturesque 

i will be nice 

i won't do anything 

you can't tell your wife 

i will think before i act 

i will think twice 

just let me see your eyes 

each time we've spoken 

we've put in our token 

and ridden the tilt-a-whirl 

i was giggling and dizzy 

flirting like a twelve year old girl 

the carnival of you and me 

is coming to town 

watch how we spin and spin 

and then fall down 

now we just say hello 

and head for firmer ground 

you are the one-way glass 

that watches me 

standing in line at the bank 

i always looked into your glasses 

like a cat looks into a fish tank 

but all i could ever see 

was the specter of me reflected 

i want a monument of the friendship 

that we never had, erected 

i want to take up lots of room 

i want it to loom 

you always got those dark sunglasses 

between us when we talk 

but after the party is over 

if you want to take a walk 

we could just look around 

not do nothing wrong 

just try to be at least as brave as our songs 

i will bring my heart 

i will bring my face 

you name the time and place