Untouchable Face

By Ani DiFranco

On Dilate

Released on May 21, 1996

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[Verse 1]

Think I'm going for a walk now

I feel a little unsteady

Don't want nobody to follow me

Except maybe you

I could make you happy, you know

If you weren't already

I could do a lot of things

And I do


[Verse 2]

Tell you the truth, I prefer the worst of you

Too bad you had to have a better half

She's not really my type

But I think you two are forever

And I hate to say it

But you're perfect together


[Chorus]

So fuck you

And your untouchable face

And fuck you

For existing in the first place

And who am I

That I should be vying for your touch?

I said "Who am I?"

I bet you can't even tell me that much


[Verse 3]

Two-thirty in the morning

And my gas tank will be empty soon

Neon sign on the horizon

Rubbing elbows with the moon

A safe haven of sleepless

Where the deep fryer's always on

Radio is counting down

The top twenty country songs

And out on the porch the fly strip

Is waving like a flag in the wind

You know, I don't look forward

To seeing you again

You'll look like a photograph of yourself

Taken from far, far away

I won't know what to do

I won't know what to say


[Chorus]

Except, "Fuck you

And your untouchable face

And fuck you

For existing in the first place"

And who am I

That I should be vying for your touch?

Said "Who am I?"

I bet you can't even tell me that much


[Verse 4]

I see you and I'm so perplexed

What was I thinking?

What will I think of next?

Where can I hide?

In the back room there's a lamp

That hangs over the pool table

And when the fan is on it swings

Gently side to side

And there's a changing constellation

Of balls as we are playing

I see Orion and say nothing

The only thing I can think of saying


[Chorus]

Is "Fuck you

And your untouchable face

And fuck you

For existing in the first place"

And who am I

That I should be vying for your touch?

Said "Who am I?"

I bet you can't even tell me that much


[Outro]

Said "Who am I?"

I bet you can't even tell me that much

Said "Who am I?"

Somebody just tell me that much

Oh, I said "Who am I?"

Somebody just tell me that much

And who am I, I?

Somebody just tell me that much

Who am I, I?

Somebody, somebody just tell me that much

Said "Oh, oh, oh, I"

I, la, la, la, la, oh, yeah

Yeah, oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

Oh, yeah-um-bum

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