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Not So Soft
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Alternative Folk
Not So Soft was released on November 1, 1991 by Righteous Babe Records as a part of the album Not So Soft
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Release DateNovember 1, 1991
LabelRighteous Babe Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Producer
Tony Romano
Tony Romano
Recording Engineer
Don Wilkinson
Don Wilkinson
Editing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
In a forest of stone
Underneath the corporate canopy
Where the sun
Rarely
Filters
Down
The ground
Is not so soft
It's not so soft
[Verse 2]
They build buildings
To house people making money
Or they build buildings
To make money off housing people
It's true
Like a lot of things are true
I'm foraging for a phone booth
On the forest floor
That is not so soft
I look up
It looks like
The buildings are burning
But it's just the sun setting
In the windows
The solar system calling an end
To another business day
Eternally circling
Signaling the rhythmic clicking
On and off of computers
The pulse
Of the American machine
The pulse
That draws death dancing
Out of anonymous side streets
You know, the ones that always get dumped
On and never get plowed
It draws death, dancing
Out of little countries
With funny languages
Where the ground is getting harder
And it was not
That
Soft
Before
Those who call the shots
Are never in the line of fire
Why?
When there is life for hire
Out there
[Verse 3]
If a flag of truth
Were raised
We could watch every liar
Rise to wave it
Here we learn America like a script
Playwright, birthright
Same thing
We bring
Ourselves to the role
We are all rehearsing for the presidency
I always wanted to be
Commander in Chief
Of my one woman army
[Verse 4]
But I can envision the mediocrity
Of my finest hour
It's the failed America in me
It's the fear
That lives
In a forest of stone
Underneath the corporate canopy
Where the sun
Rarely
Filters
Down
And the ground
Is not so soft
Written by: Ani DiFranco
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