On Every Corner Lyrics - Not So Soft - Ani Difranco

Death 

Has been your lover 

He has brought you 

The edges of your life 

And now you are looking over 

And all we can say is 

It's gonna be all right 

And I am looking forward 

To looking back on these days 

When on every corner 

Someone holds a sign 

That says I'm homeless 

I'm hungry and 

I have aids 

How will they define our generation 

In the coming decades 

Who will tell the story 

And what will they say? 

Will they say the victims 

Were thought of as criminals 

While the guilty sat on high 

Deciding their fate 

Ticking off statistics in their spare time 

Tell me, 

Which is the crime? 

May you never test positive 

Pregnancy 

HIV 

May you never be the receptacle of blame 

May you never be the scapegoat 

For a whole 

World full of shame 

May you never be fighting for your life 

And at the same time 

Have to fight for your name 

There are too few who open both eyes 

We sit back in our easy chairs 

And we try to sympathize 

Whether from the point of a needle or 

The edge of our beds 

We too, like too many others, 

Could be dead 

Our actions 

Will define us 

Before a single definition can be said 

Yeah, so what if god is testing us 

What if that's true 

What are you going to do 

What is the answer 

To you