Difranco, Ani - AS IS Lyrics

I'm a asshole

Licensed by BMI for Righteous Babe Records (Buffalo, NY); recorded in Austin, TX and Buffalo, NY (United for Opportunity). Distributed in Canada by UMG Canada (Toronto) and in Mexico by Universal Latino (525 Avenida Miguel Alemán Dep. #600 (6o piso) Mexico, Cd. Mex, Mexico). All rights reserved.

We don't deserve you, Ani.

Nail on the head. As is “warts and all”

Yep. Ani is the Manny.

Heard this so many times...now im 37 and i think it might have just changed my life and marriage

When i hear this or 50 ways to leave your lover i wonder if it was accident or homage????? We may never know.

<3 I think that the song's significance is in what it means to YOU.... Not whoever wrote it.

where is she

Stay Mad.... Pussy!

Dammit woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11X U88 13F USNAVY SEALS

C was flooding into the buildings then timed like ants n rite on schedule all the weight....pitching heaving

I wonder if everyone can remember exactly where they were the 1st time they popped this CD in & heard this song! 💙KC!!!

In a cargo van driving home from Great Barrington MASS after an awesome weekend hiking the Appalachian Trail!  Miss you Dave V- Thanks for the memories!

I can I was at my friend Sonya's and we were listening to Ani and prince as usual. Miss those times more than anything.

In a record store in Niagara Falls Canada. Bought it and opened it handed it back to the guy and sat listening to it in silence.

This was my first burned cd before burners were affordable. Wore it out really good. Just remembering it today

And I try to laugh at whatever life brings
Cause when I look down I just miss all the good stuff
When I look up I just trip over things

I love you Ani, as is (same way I love Trump.)

Paradoxically

bob dylan-esque

it is, you're right.

And a paul simon song 50 ways to leave your lover i think its called? Just the beat

(Love this, maybe a little over-produced, like Ani says, but luv it!--my fav is her new music, it's off the charts!!)

Ani is so brilliant. One of my fav songs ever. <3

jasperjosh ...I think I was jumping up & down in my car excited for Ani’s incredible new album & also crying tears of joy....!

She's my favorite 864-990-7984 Tracy

is this your phone number...?

+AMV Trash Heap was it?? Please resolve the mystery

Speakin the truth

im an a**hole  "daN'

You're in good company 😀

+Letteè Harris (*¥*) thank U! my friend?:)

This is a beautiful song! I'm glad I discovered it.

You can't hide 
Behind social graces 
So don't try 
To be all touchy feely 
'cause you lie 
In my face of all places 
But I got no 
Problem with that really 
What bugs me 

Is that you believe what you're saying 
What bothers me 
Is that you don't know how you feel 
What scares me 
Is that while you're telling me stories 
You actually 
Believe that they are real 
I get no illusions about you 

Guess what 
I never did 
When I said 
When I said I'll take it 
I meant 
I meant as is 
Just give up 
And admit you're as asshole 
You would be 

In some good companyand I think you'd find 
That your friends would forgive you 

Or maybe I 
Am just speaking for me 
When I look around 
I think this, this is good enough 
And I try to laugh 
At whatever life brings 
'cause when I look down 
I just miss all the good stuff 
And when I look up 
I just trip over things 
I've got no illusions about you 

Guess what 
I never did 
When I say 
When I say I'lll take it 
I mean 
I mean as is

ANA todos

This song is about the break up with her drummer, not with a lover.
He let her down, she's saying you made your choices, so just move on and don't waste energy trying to justify yourself. What's done is done and it's in the past. Life is too short to keep reliving.

+Watt Eva in the scope of things- is there really much difference?

Well firstly it shows her skill as a songwriter that she nails it in the first two lines.
You can't hide behind social graces
So don't get all touchy feely

This is not about an intimate relationship.

People made comments about how it represents the acceptance of faults in the one you love most. That's the joy of poetry, you can read it how you like., but knowing how it was written allows you to read it in context.

actually, she's one of my top 5 music favs, and I know most of her songs by heart.

Her skill is not in question here, lol... however, the first two lines were just vague enough to potentially mean a couple of things. For this- you didn't just hear the lyrics and say "hmm- this song is obviously about her drummer"... You read up about it because you're passionate enough to go out of your way to know these things... which is fine- but naive to expect ANY other person to just "Know" such things... 

again- it could go either way and that's why Ani placed vagueness in the song- to appeal to people more because "my drummer sucks and he messed up"- doesn't quite make for good "poetry"...

I hate to say it but her lyrics are perfect for me.

...for anybody, you could apply it to lots of things on lots of levels

And an Untouchable face

I love your choice of songs for this playlist :)

what the hell is she talking about?

This is what I needed to hear today. dedicated to ?! ;)

Hmmm, do I hear some resentment? Maybe I am wrong about it, but it seems you are very right on the spot!!
Stay happy!!!! <3

Surprise, surprise....

Im only 17 and learned to dance before i could walk. her music brings back so many great memories of a happy hippy family just starting out.

What a cool childhood. We need more happy hippy families in this world.

a truly lovey song.

Ive always loved Ani looks like I always will!

ive always loved ani looks like i always will

yum yum great song, just yum

if youre having probs dealing with the diversities of people around you,Ani can certainly help put them into an acceptable perspective.she can teach a person that the world doesnt revovle around them,and also to accept people as they are,whether you like them or not.

This is a fantastic song!One of my fave love songs ever.No flowery sentiments,no "I can't live without you"...I'll take you,as is.Don't need to say any more than that.

@STE4LYOURFACE I see what you did theeeere

Her songs always make me feel strong, raw and in that also beautifully fragile. Thankyou Ani!

I had someone tell me as is and I can't help that I still love her even though :(

this is one of my favorite songs to sing.

@vedajay57 I agree with you. So much. Sososososososo much.

4 need to get a life

I saw her play here in NY however many years ago that was, but oh man was that a great show. XD time to see if she's still touring or whtver. :P

@bobbejojo I think you're missing the dark side of this, the receiver doesn't get it, she/he is delusional

a dream

omfg ani difranco rocks <3

@kbfirepagan .... FRIGGING IMPOSSIBLE. i dont think youll be able to pick your bottom jaw up off the ground once you see gravel, and thats not even her hardest songs. theres a reason this girl has bought stock in crazy glue to keep her nails

gnosticcarebear: you do know this song is about drugs and their effect on people. im sure you can make it mean whatever i love Ani and im glad she was born to say the things we never thought,

as is ... as is .... sensationell ...

Perfect lyrics for this guy I know. Love Ani!

ughhh enough of that arguing crap. the right user's blocked. :)

I LOVE ANI!!! She inspired my own music... I try in every song I write and sing to instil as much emotion into it as she does her music... Just put my first videoson here thanks to her inspiration! I'd love feedback from Ani fans!!!!!! :)

@vedajay57 ME TOO!!! I AM SPEAKING FOR ME, SHE IS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN MY LIFE. ::fist pump:: XD

I am also a male fan who loves and values Ani to no end...
Her music is a liquid tenderness is so glorious and honest, it's easy to transcend cultural sexuality and celebrate her as a conduit and microcosm of 'Goddess'... She ADMITS that she's a Goddess, so I couldn't disagree if I wanted too... *giggles*

Daniel Vita ❤

I LOVE her <3

I'm a dude. I'm not gay. I love Ani. Her lyrics are poetic, thought provoking, and of course, beautiful.
Thanks to my sis for introducing me when we were kids. I'm a better person for it.

So gay just playin I like her too

This is a song about true love in real life. I love it so.

I call her a "factivist" :)

love it, so many memories!!

she's pretty damn spectacular =)