Providence Lyrics by Ani Difranco

Providence

Who knew
At this party that i
Would walk in and Id see you.
I guess now
We could just get drunk
Yeah, that could be our excuse
You could slip
From out of nowhere
I could be there to catch your fall
We could laugh
At ourselves
And the writing thats on the wall

Its a narrow margin
Just room enough for regret
In the inch and a half between
Hey, how ya been?
And
Can I kiss you yet?
So we talk, like
Nervous neighbors over a tall fence
True love, but for the lack of providence

But I just got one more
Thing to tell you

cuz words are vitamins
And life is short
And I know when we get up
To the front office
Were gonna have to fill out
A full report
And the first question will be
What were you thinking?
And the next question will be
What did you say?
Then theyre gonna check to see
If the answers to one and two
Matched up much
Along the way

In the interest of poetry
And the cowboy movie
Thats you and me
Im back on the horse now
And I am riding
I am striding so effortlessly
What I mean is
Its late
Much to late for us
And Im fixing to go home
With just my conscious
And a bitter sense of irony
As my chaperone

True love, but for the lack of providence.