Ani DiFranco - Smiling Underneath (03.09.2008) Langerado

Ani DiFranco performs her happy song Smiling Underneath at the Langerado Festival in the Everglades, Florida, March 2008. Thanks Cafren123!

A groovy version of this song is on Ani's upcoming album Red Letter Year to be released September 2008 from http://www.righteousbabe.com

i don't mind standing in line, no, no
i don't mind if the bills pile up and the work is slow
i don't mind the gas or the groceries or the grind
as long as i'm with you i'm having a good time

i don't mind the stoner waiter or the poorly cooked food
i don't mind little miss kitty or her knucklehead dude
i don't mind if every last person here is ugly and rude
as long as i'm with you i got a good attitude
as long as i'm with you

we could be stuck in traffic for over a week
in a car full of quintuplets who are all cutting teeth
and around my neck could be a flaming christmas wreath
and i'd be smiling under, smiling underneath

i don't mind waking up early for a flight that's delayed
i don't mind our week's vacation was chilly and gray
i don't mind the traffic cops or the TSA
as long as i'm with you i'm having a good day
as long as i'm with you

i don't mind spilling my hot sauce on my white shirt
i don't mind that twinge when i walk and that knee that i hurt
i don't mind my gums peeling back or my hair getting thin
as long as i'm with you i win
as long as i'm with you

Category:

Music

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• Ani
• DiFranco
• new
• Langerado
• Smiling
• Underneath
• happy
• Red
• Letter
• Year

[righteousbabebg]

She is incredibly in love.

[C1ara3]

Thanks so much for posting these, I'm really enjoying them :). ... I started to tear up when she said "I win"..

[Nuna1129]

soo nice soo good to not mind

not all our lives fit the bill evey day

[gumsguey]

I'm in shock!! She seems super happy singing this song, and, well... IN LOVE!

[Creatiive]

Does anybody know what strings she uses on her tenor guitar?

[horizondreamer]

yes it's much like Half-Assed, though I find this one more beautiful xD

[mark1800]

why does she only seem to have like 4 different right hand picking patterns she uses over and over and over now? this sounds far too much like 'half-assed'

[belllabean]

mmm-hmmm...me too. she played this solo in sfc and i was real touched by it live. kinda surprised meself cos i hadnt thought that much of it based on the clips id seen...thats ani live for you!

[belllabean]

no kidding....that must be reeel nice :)

[pelefirespark]

this song is beautiful. i hope the album version stays this beautiful. i heard most of the reprieve songs live before she released that album and loooved them...but i thought the album versions with extra vocals and effects made the songs less appealing. i hope this doens't happen with her next album