Brief Bus Stop Lyrics by Ani Difranco

Brief Bus Stop

She sat there like a photograph
Of someone much further away
We shared a brief bus stop
On one of those inbetween days
She gave me her smile
And I looked underneath
At the lipstick on her teeth

She asked me for a light
And if I thought her hair looked okay
We grew out of the small talk
Into stuff strangers just dont say
We discovered we are both
Pleasently furious half of the time
When were not just toeing the line

We sat underneath the shelter
As the rain came down outside
The bench was cold
Against the underside of our thighs
I said I think we need new responses
Each questions a revolving door
And she said, yeah,
My life may not be something special
But its never been lived before

We decided our urgency will wane
When we grow old
And there will be a new generation of anger
New stories to be told
But I said, I dont know if I can wait
For that peace to be mine
And she said, well, you know,
Weve been waiting for this bus
For an awfully long time