Gravel - Ani DiFranco

I heard the sound of your bike

As your wheels hit the gravel

Then your engine in the driveway

Cutting off

And i pushed through the screen door

And i stood out on the porch

Thinking fight, fight, fight

At all costs

But instead i let you in

Just like i’ve always done

And i sat you down and offered you a beer

And across the kitchen table

I fired several rounds

But you were still sitting there

When the smoke cleared

And you came crawling back

To say that you wanna

Make good in the end

And oh, oh

Let me count the ways

That i abhor you

And you were never a good lay

And you were never a good friend

But, oh, oh, what else can i say…

I adore you

All i need is my leather

One t-shirt and two socks

I’ll keep my hands warm

In your pockets

And you can use the engine block

And we’ll ride out to california

With my arms around your chest

And i’ll pretend that this is real

'cuz this is what i like best

And you’ve been juggling two women

Like a stupid circus clown

Telling us both we are the one

And maybe you can keep me from ever being happy

But you’re not gonna stop me from having fun

So let’s go before i change my mind

I’ll leave the luggage of all your lies behind

'cuz i am bigger than everything that came before

And you were never very kind

And you let me way down every time

But oh, oh, oh what can i say…

I adore you

I heard the sound of your bike

As your wheels hit the gravel

Then your engine in the driveway

Cutting off