Nikka Costa

Colour me your colour, baby
Colour me your car
Colour me your colour, darling
I know who you are
Come up off your colour chart
I know where you're comin' from
Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) my love
You can call me any day or night
Call me
Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough
Emotions come, I don't know why
Cover up love's alibi
Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) oh my love
When you're ready we can share the wine
Call me
Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, he speaks the languages of love
Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, amore, chiamami, chiamami
Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day-ay
Call me (call me) my love
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) for a ride
Call me, call me for some overtime
Call me (call me) my love
Call me, call me in a sweet design
Call me (call me), call me for your lover's lover's alibi
Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me)
Oh, call me, oo-hoo-hah
Call me (call me) my love
Call me, call me any, anytime

Mr. nothing's got a lot
He's got a lot to say
He's good at being what he's not
Gives nothing away
Another day goes on by
And he never speaks his heart
He takes his chance with what he's got
It's too late now to stop

You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin'
You give and you take and take what you got
Round and round 'till it breaks and
You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin' into your lie

Mr. nothing is late
He's running out of time
He questions whether chance or fate will ever show a sign
Looks to the sky above
For a glimpse of what it means
And never never never make
Make no sense to him

You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin'
You give and you take and take what you got
Round and round 'till it breaks and
You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin' into your lie

You push and you pull it

I'm coming out of my wishing well
Where only echoes lonely hear my prayers
I'm coming around to bending
Cause my resistance been far too persistent
I've come too far to force it so I'll watch it slide and land
I could come on strong and willful but
I'd rather watch it fall to the palm of my hand

* And when I set it free like a feather it will be
And when I rise to see it done like whatever it will be it will be

I'm taking a breather baby
From sitting on pins waiting for my sky to fall
I'm taking up giving in
So here's the wheel, I'm putting my feet up
Take another look at me baby
Today I'm taking on catastrophe
I'd rather take it easy
Than try to force what's on its way to me

* Repeat

We're only afraid if we pull back the blinds too far
The light behind that we free will blind other stars
But the truth doesn't blind it helps to see far
So get ready to be
Who you are

I am a woman with a mission and a past to outdo
I don't need a gun I've got a microphone and a melody or two
Just like the earth has spent a thousand years making up for what we do
So have I for you

Your seeds of misery have sprouted and they try to block my way
The worst gets the better of you and you try to disarm me with an embrace
Just like the heart that's spent a lifetime forgiving what is cruel
So have I for you

Well mama you can choose the rain but I choose the sun
That's all I need to free myself

I am a woman with a mission and a past to outdo
I don't need a gun I've got a microphone and a melody or two
Just like the earth has spent a thousand years making up for what we do
So have I for you

I have justified every wave in our ocean
I have covered every range of emotion
And just like the sea has spent eternity at the mercy of the moon
So have I for you

Well mama you can choose the rain but I choose the sun
That's all I need to free myself

This bird's gonna fly so high
Watch my sky come undone
Mama you can choose the rain
But I choose the sun

There are times in our lives
When our hearts fear our minds
We can't afford to ignore
What our hearts are beating for

* My soul wants to go one way
But my heart and mind playing a tug of war with me baby

Cut to the truth and watch it bleed
And in the wounds just what we need
It's everywhere if we dare
To trust the fall to lead you there

* Repeat

Let me out this cage
I'm begging for mercy I'm being your slave
What do you want me to see, my eyes are inflamed
With the rage that's among us when we come of age
There's nothing I don't know, just hasn't come to me yet
We're only trying to remember what we chose to forget
Everybody's a child that is open and free
If we can trust ourselves to be indiscreet
With our love

My face to the sky
Dreaming about just how high
I could go
And if I'll know
When I finally get there

Taking off my glasses
Sun pokes through my lashes
And somehow I know
There's a time for every star to shine

(Chorus)
Everybody got their something
Everybody got there something
Make you smile like an itty bitty child

People keeping score
Say better hurry up and get yours
Cause somebody else
Got your spot
Before you even dropped

Seek and you shall find
Everything in your own sweet time
I'll take my chances
With what I believe is only mine

Busy holding on
So the roof don't fly
Keep you from moving on
So get it right
Turn the tide over
Like a love song
Like a butterfly
Believe if you hand it over
You'll come out all right

(Chorus)
Illuminate the silly things
Shed some light on all that's wrong
Everybody need it
Sometime
Sometimes the only thing you got
is what makes you feel like
You're something else altogether
You have everything don't need
another reason to be something
I've been on a ride
and caught up in the landslide
But I'm gonna spread my wings and fly...

(Chorus)
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star ...

It's late in the evening
And you're breathing with someone else
You come home to call me
And I ask what you've been doing with yourself
And you say nothing at all
You say nothing at all

Your flight is longer than usual
And your conscience ain't no company
I'm there smiling and warm I missed you so
And can't wait to show you how I feel
But you feel nothing at all

There we were
Never strangers before
There was a light that shined on us
But now there's nothing at all

You should've taken a look around
Before you laid that woman down
You better get a hold of yourself
Cause there's a woman here
Who's willing to try

Weeks go by
And your mind seems preoccupied
I feel a piece missing here
But when I ask you about what's going on
You say it's all me my dear
So I thought nothing at all
I thought nothing at all

You should've taken a look around
Before you laid that woman down
You better get a hold of yourself
Cause there's a man in you about to die
With nothing
With nothing

Y'all know my steelo

What if I was the one to leave your sorry ass behind
What if all these tears that're falling were yours instead of mine
What if I was proof? all the wiser by the minute
What if I knew your were making a bed and just who was lying in it

Hope it felt good to say you love her
Hope it felt good baby baby baby
Hope it felt good to be with another
Hope it felt good yeah yeah yeah

And uhm...
What if I just wipe the floor with your love without even thinking
What if the thread you were hanging on had you strung out on wishful thinking
I've become clearer since I came out from under the wrong impression
I've been stuck on the detour baby heading in the wrong direction

Hope it felt good to say you love her
Hope it felt good baby baby baby
Hope it felt good to be with another
Hope it felt good yeah yeah yeah

I hope it felt good yeah
I hope it felt good yeah
I hope it felt good for you baby
I hope it felt good for you baby
Oh you're killing me baby

Alright
Oh didn't it feel good baby
I hope it felt good
Oh didn't it feel good

Like the day looks forward to the rising sun
Like the sun that everyday kiss the tide
Like the bridges that leads you to the other side
I'm everyday thankful that you're the one

If you chased me baby I'd be still as stone
Cause babe you bring my smile on like no other
There ain't no deeper feeling I get nowhere than
When I'm the skin beneath your hands

You're some kind of beautiful in my life

I don't need to hide my willingness
To revel at the beauty that you possess
Like every grain of sand that rolls with the sea
Just like heaven you and Ii will forever be

You're some kind of beautiful in my life

I take you in and I hold my breath
Try to save the time that's passing by
And if you came to say goodbye
A thousand summers would never dry
Every tear that touched my face

And they don't laugh the way you do
And they don't smile the way you do
And their eyes don't shine the way yours do

I love
I love
I love you just because

Without the words to fall back on
I'm afraid it's hopeless to describe
And if I tried, I'd probably steer you wrong
Cause a thousand phrases would never say
How I feel today

And they don't laugh the way you do
And they don't smile the way you do
And their eyes don't shine the way yours do

I love
I love
I love you just because

Mr. nothing's got a lot
He's got a lot to say
He's good at being what he's not
Gives nothing away
Another day goes on by
And he never speaks his heart
He takes his chance with what he's got
It's too late now to stop

You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin'
You give and you take and take what you got
Round and round 'till it breaks and
You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin' into your lie

Mr. nothing is late
He's running out of time
He questions whether chance or fate will ever show a sign
Looks to the sky above
For a glimpse of what it means
And never never never make
Make no sense to him

You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin'
You give and you take and take what you got
Round and round 'till it breaks and
You push and you pull and struggle with the knot
It's tying you up while you're fadin' into your lie

You push and you pull it

Meet me in the stillness
Away from all this madness
I'll give you a piece of me
If you'll give me a moment
To let you into the corners of my mind

I looked into a stranger
And found my soul waiting there
It hit me like a siren
To see myself everywhere
And I saw that I knew him like the corners of my mind

And like every other soul
You feel the night come on hard and go slow
And life goes on and on and it goes
In the corners of my mind

So shed your skin for me
Let's pull back the covers
There's so much about ourselves
We're yet to discover
So won't you let me in to the corners of your mind

We pass on chance with our eyes to the ground
It only takes a minute to see what's around
But instead we choose to reside in the corners of our minds

So I stand before you now
Faulty but not broken
Fragile like the break of day
And sometimes sad like words unspoken
But I'll let you in
I'll let you in to the corners of my mind

And like every other soul
You feel the night come on hard and go slow
And life goes on and on and it goes
In the corners of my mind

If you a star
I be your milky way
If you a bar
I drink up everyday
If you the town
I be the talk
If you the talk
Baby
I be the walk

If you wanna dig
I be your gold baby
If you wanna live
I be your old age
You be the time
I be the clock
You be the tick
I be the tock

If you wanna race
I run like crazy
If you wanna ride
I drive ya daily
If you a beach
I be the sand
You wanna give
I be your hand

[Chorus: x8]
You got me
Stuck to you

If you a case
I be a jury
If you a sin
I be your mercy
If you a beat
I be the moves
If you a tree
Baby
I be the roots

If you made
For walkin'
I be your boots

If you a bride
I be your wedding
If you a soul
I be
Your Otis Redding
If you a verse
I be your song
If you a king
I be your kong

[Chorus: x8]

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

[Chorus: x16]

Stuck it to me
Good now
Baby
I'm stuck to you

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
You got me
Stuck to you

Bendin' over backwards
You walk on shells like a prisoner
But it's shaky ground when you livin'
In a house of cards

Your nerves are shot
You can barely cope
(You're) spread so thin like a tightrope
Trippin' over yourself to make sure
You never miss a mark

[Chorus]
Don't you know
You can't please everybody
No you can't please everybody
No matter how hard ya try

What you lookin' at me for
I used my tears to mop the floor
One stick one stone ain't enough to make me fall apart

Somebody waits for you with a crown
And somebody else wants to take ya down
It don't matter which side of the fence
That you choose to ride

[Chorus]

You need someone to hold your hand
Someone to understand
But you tiptoin' tryin' to find it's just a waste of time
So many people up in your face
Only hold ya back
Only slow your pace
You'll lose it if ya keep on tryin'

Hey hey hey

[Chorus]

Baby girl too shy to shine
Let everybody else take the light
Didn't want to burn too bright
So she kept it all inside

Little girl go beat your drum
Go and see what all you can become
Playin' small don't serve no one
Face your fears and you will overcome

'Cause the tears that we been cryin'
Been workin' overtime

It's about time that we got our joyful
That we got our joyful on

Don't be afraid to live out loud
Never squash who you are be proud
You're a universal sound
Whatcha gotta say, say it loud

Baby don't ya act demure
So nobody else feels insecure
Be yourself and liberate the world
Don't ya be a pebble be a pearl

Where is my someone
Who'll always understand
The person who'll give everything
Just to take my hand
What if I never feel it
What if I never know
And what if it just gets easier
To spend this life alone

Rollin' with the punches
Hope my black and blue don't show
Put the bright in my eyes
So no one ever knows
How I feel on rainy days
Or what I'd do to have always
My hopes are almost suffocating
But inside I know there's...

Someone for everyone ooh
Someone for everyone

There's got to be more
Than just getting thru the day
But I don't want to settle
Just to numb the pain away
I'm holdin' out for everything
The obvious and in betweens
And some say pride lets heartache in
But inside I just know there's

[Chorus]
Go ahead and cry baby
Cry baby all night long
Just like I cried baby
On the pillow that you used to lay on

The sun is out and my
Sorrows finally drowned
So go on and turn it up
"Cause it's my favorite song
I sucked it up
And washed your memory down
I've finally let you go
And now you comin' back around

One minute sooner and my heart
Was good as gold
But time's a bitch and now it's
Turned my heart to stone, so

[Chorus]

You made our bed
And now I gladly lay in it
"Cause there's way more room
And I use every single bit
It's true it's sad
"Cause you and I we were the shit
"Cause our love was real
And all you got now's counterfeit

But it's cool I'm feelin' better all the time
As long as I know that you sittin' home cryin' , so

[Chorus]

No wonder you cry baby
Cry baby all night long
Just like I cried baby
On the pillow that you used to lay on

One minute sooner and my heart
Was good as gold
But time's a bitch and now it's
Turned my heart to stone, so

[Chorus]

Need a little something to make me feel better
Need a little something to make me feel better

Tired of oozing sentimental like a candy store
Tears trickling down like blood from a sore
"Cause your sun don't shine anymore
It's just a manufactured star on a worldwide tour

C'mon try to touch somebody with your ten foot pole
Microwave yourself put some fire in your soul
Instant joy being bottled and sold
It's a new generation wearin' a sugar coat

What you so busy lookin' for
When you know you're already there
But we keep wanting more
Yeah we keep wanting more
But we end up with less

Watch the smoke you blowin' don't inhale the fumes
So busy flossin' but it don't get to the root
I'm so sick of tryin' to consume
Another one trick pony singing in my living room

When the man's
Got ya down
Ain't no love
To be found

[Chorus]
Keep pushin' keep pushin'
Keep pushin' keep pushin'

When the sky
Fallin' in
Feel like
You'll never win

[Chorus]

When ya try
To get ahead
But ya fall
Back instead

[Chorus]

When the lies
Outweigh the truth
Feel like nothing
You can do

[Chorus]

I have lived among the non-believers
They'll tell ya that it can't be done
The fool will have you second guess the dreamer
But I'd rather be the one that tried
So I'm just goin' keep on

When the world's
Cavin' in
You can barely
Find a friend

[Chorus]

When they say
Go away
We don't need
No one like you

[Chorus]

When ya hangin'
By a thread
Dig your heels
In instead

[Chorus]

I have lived among the non-believers
They'll tell ya that it can't be done
The fool will have you second guess the dreamer
But I'd rather be the one that tried
So I'm just goin' keep on

People wanna know
Why I'm so persistent
Swim against the tide
Resisting the system
Don't I wanna be ridin' the charts
All she gotta do is forget about art

Shakin' their fingers but I'm holdin' steady
Goin' bout my bi'ness I'll wait till they're ready
Keeping my truth in whatever I do
Makin' sure the light inside of me
Still shines through

You can't keep a home
And you can't repay a loan
And both your cars have just been repossessed
I'd love to love you less

When we're alone
Half the time you're on the phone
Well maybe baby if I sent it in a text
I'd love to love you less

Much to my horror
You ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
It's a good thing my friends ain't hard to impress
I'd love to love you less

Oh but I'd be sad I'd be blue
And if you left I'd cry about you
But I'd eventually forget
If it wasn't for this tattoo
You made me get

Oh but look what you made me do
Now I'm stuck with you
And so is everyone who'll ever see me undressed
I wish I loved you less

Oh what can I say what can I do
My heart can't help but pound for you
And no matter how hard I try
And Lord knows how hard I've tried
Your hold on me just won't undo

But don't you cry for me
I've always had weak knees
For somebody who can go all night
Without rest
I'd love to love you less
I must confess I'd love to love you less
Oh yes I'd love to love you less

A flame can put a light in your heart
But burn you just the same
You will gamble any price at the start
But in the end the game

Leaves ya cold and alone
While you wait by the phone
Without love

You can count on many things in your life
You can count the times you choose
You can try and try once more to make
Things right
But in the end you'll lose

When you give everything
Just get heartache and pain
Again

Without love you'll never catch me cryin'
Without love I'd never feel like dyin'
I'd have blue skies and dry eyes
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you

For everyone who's been in love before
I don't need to explain
When you hear that knock upon your door
You just can't open it again

'Cause you finally moved on
You're better off on your own
Without love

Without love you'll never catch me down
Without love no tears would hit the ground
I'd have sunshine, I'd be fine
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you
Without love I'd have everything but you

When you give everything
Just get heartache and pain
'Cause you finally moved on
You're better off on your own
Without love

You'll never catch me cryin'
Without love I'd never feel like dyin'
I'd have blue skies and dry eyes
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you

You'd never catch me down
Without love no tears would hit the ground
I'd have sunshine, I'd be fine
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you
Without love I'd have everything but you

Why is it when I get with you
I lose my cool
And end up playin' myself this way
I can raise a baby, get paid and captivate
So why I let you make me crazy

When we're lyin' here I'm in deep
I disappear
You got me feelin' oh, oh, oh
But nothing rips out of bliss like
An accidental slip
Now he knows I'm whipped

What'd I say that for?
Damn I said it first
Why'd I say it first?
Damn I said it first

I know better than to show my hand
I understand don't jump the gun
Just play the game
I spoke too soon and now I'm wonderin'
Does he or doesn't he feel the same

I could kick myself for all that
Comin' out my mouth
I'd take it back if I could
I couldn't hold it in, hold my breath
Just pretend
He just makes me feel too good

What'd I say that for?
Damn I said it first

Now my head's in my hands
Ladies you understand
When you profess to your man
He'll run for cover

The air's getting thicker
He's getting dressed quicker
Ya start to feel sick
"Cause you said I love ya

Now it's too late
You'll just have to wait
Nothin' you can say
Goin' make it better

Three little words
Come out and shake up your world
And now you're freaky and needy
"Cause you said I love ya

Damn I said it first

I hear the people talk
Whistlin' when you walk
Your kind is all hard to find and
Darling I'm glad you're mine
Just wanna let you know that
I'll never let you go
I'm cool as I can be
Knowing you belong to me

Loving you
In the morning
Loving you
In the evening
Loving you
You are all there is
And then some

You call me on the phone
You say Nikka what's going on?
I jump off in my ride
'Cause I want you by my side
Now I can hardly wait
Till I get to your gate
Nothing can brake our date
'Cause baby you take the cake

You are all there is
And then some
You are all there is
And then some

I never leave you alone
You gave me a jones
I'm hooked just on your hug
A junkie now for your love
Now I can hardly wait
Till I get to your gate
Nothing can brake our date
'Cause baby you take the cake

When your faith lights the canon
When your pride is pulling triggers
And nobody is left standing
Tell me where's the God in that

You can say the war is over
Try and sell that to a mother
Sent away her heart and got back a stone
Now it's quieter than she's ever known

Takes one second to breathe in and out
One decision to believe or doubt
One heart beating echoes in a crowd
Cryin' for change and only tears get out

Mam's cryin' bullets in the sky
Raining, raining tears on each side
Fight for love don't love the fight
Mama's cryin' bullets in the sky

Now the fewer and the braver
Hope and pray their faith won't waiver
Then fate taps them on the shoulder
A blink of an eye

The path of fear we're being led to tread
Is paved with wasted life

My lover A was absolutely alright
But my lover B would bump my tunes in his ride
Then my lover C caught me in the cookie jar
'Cause my lover D was too delicious to deny

My lover E was extraordinary and my one regret
But my lover F was just too freaky to forget
My lover G was touch and go for a good while
But my lover H was proof that I haven't found you yet

It's just a matter of time till I get to you
No matter how many I gotta get through
It's just a matter of time till I get to you
Just a matter of time till I get to you

And I gotta say I was jonesin' for my lover J
But my jelly was too sweet for him
And jealousy got in the way
Let's just say my lover K was kicked to the curb
And my lovers LMNOP have all become a blurb

My lover Q was quite qualified
But my lover R was ready to rush me out of his life
My lover S was so busy spreading his seed
That I took to tearing it up with my lover T

It's just a matter of time till I get to you
No matter how many I gotta get through
It's just a matter of time till I get to you
Just a matter of time till I get to you

You make me feel like singing
Lalalalala
You make me feel like singing
Lalalalala
And I don't need no reason
Now that I got U in my life!

Can'tneverdidnothin'
And neither did couldn't
Never did nobody no good
You better plant in your garden
And make sure you water it like you should

Time has spoiled you rotten
And you done forgotten
Why you been put here
Can'tneverdidnothin'
And neither did couldn't
But make your dreams disappear

Blaming everybody who dealt your hand
But you're keepin' your head in the sand
You should be sweatin while you sit at home
Looking under your bed for your backbone
Instead you ridin' bitch till the tables turn
Till you get your check
Till your luck returns
How are you expecting to find your way
With shoulda woulda coulda coming out your face



Can'tneverdidnothin'
And neither did couldn't
Never did nobody no good
You better plant in your garden
And make sure you water it like you should

Time has spoiled you rotten
And you done forgotten
Why you been put here
Can'tneverdidnothin'
And neither did couldn't
But make your dreams disappear

You keep ridin' your bike in a cul-de-sac
Think you're getting somewhere ridin' piggyback
But you're only gettin' out what you're puttin' in
So stick your neck out take it on the chin
'Cause there's a whole lotta nothin' goin' on for too long
'Cause the time isn't right
'Cause it feels all wrong
Wishin' like a baby you could just get on
But ain't nothin' doin' while nothin's done

I hid my heart in self-defense
I felt the break and consequence
Never to return to meltin' feelings inside
I told myself I wouldn't fall again

Even in the light of day
You'll never see
How much I feel for you baby
Or how much you mean to me

'Cause I fooled ya baby, fooled ya baby
I'm going crazy wishin' I could tell ya
I fooled ya baby, fooled ya baby
But now you're in love with somebody else
I fooled ya baby, fooled ya baby
I wish I could tell ya how much I love ya
I fooled ya baby, fooled ya baby
But I'm the fool

I bit my lip in ignorance
I kept it quiet and sat on the fence
Never thought it made a difference
But my time has come and gone
I never took the chance

I count the hours till I see your face
I'd stop the world from turning out in outer space
I'd get back the time that's been erased
Just to feel you near me, just to hear you say
That I'm yours till the day you die
And ain't nobody else in your life
'Cause nobody ever made me feel
Sexy like I was wearing a new pair of heels

I gotta know
If I give my heart to you
That everything you say is true
And everything you say you'll do you'll do

I gotta know
If I bare my soul right here
You'll never run or disappear
You'll hold me till the hours turn to years

And I gotta say
My heart has never been so sure
You've mended every piece that tore
And now my love's too strong to tear away

So I gotta know
If you feel the same my dear
Let's justify why we are here
Say the words that I long to hear...

'Cause I've been so strong for so long
I never needed anyone
But my strenght is wearing out my heart
So I'm letting my guard down
'Cause I feel like I've finally found somebody
But I gotta know

I gotta know
You'll still kiss away my tears
Even if they make no sense
Even if they put you on defense

I gotta know
Throught the times when it gets rough
That our love will be enough
And we'll never let it go

I know only time will tell
But I need to hear it anyway
'Cause now my love's too strong to tear away

Everyone around the world
Will find themselves about to fall
In my case I've gotten down, gotten up
Laid back down, filled my cup and had to crawl
But it's clear that it's my time to be here
And I'm gonna make it clear to you all

We spend our lives trying to get over
On this roller coaster that we're traveling on
And everyday we ride the elevator
No matter where it takes ya
Up or down

Don't let it get you down
Love will always be your soldier
Wiping every tear you cry
Yours for always and forever
Yours until the end of time

Everyone around the world
Will find themselves with the chance to fly
In that second we decide if we ride
Or if we'd be satisfied to pass it by
But it's clear that it's our time to be here
And we've gotta make it clear all our lives

We spend our lives trying to get over
On this roller coaster that we're traveling on
And everyday we ride the elevator
No matter where it takes ya
Up or down

Don't let it get you down
Love will always be your soldier
Wiping every tear you cry
Yours for always and forever
Yours until the end of time

When ain't nothin' goin' right
Love will be your soldier
When all you can do is cry
Love will be your soldier
When no one is around
Love will be your soldier
When your world is tumbling down
Love will be your soldier

I can see it in you eyes
You can hardly contain yourself
With everything you feel
You say, hallelujah
I'm so glad my friends made me come here
All this talent
And me looking so damn fine up in here
I'm your gift and it's your birthday

Swing it around and put it here
Baby c'mon baby c'mon
Swing it around and put it here

So now you're in my ear
Talkin' 'bout how the eyes are really windows
Into someone's soul
And I'm supposed to act like
I never heard that one before
I thought no one used those lines no more
It's just as tired now as it was then

Swing it around and put it here
Baby c'mon baby c'mon
Swing it around and put it here

Blow my mind and I'll bend right over
I'll be yours with no do-overs
But it's gonna take so much more than a promise
To move my world
To make this rock wanna roll with ya

You try to put pictures in my head
I don't know, somethin' 'bout
Have I ever rode a thoroughbred
My friend didn't buy it
So you thought you'd try it on me instead
And now my eyes couldn't get further
Back in my head
But you still askin' if my hair is really red

Baby, c'mon...

Gimme somethin' I can work with here
Baby c'mon baby c'mon
Gimme something I can work with here
Baby c'mon baby c'mon
... Or swing it around and put it over there

You're nothing but a dirty dirty old man
You do your thinkin with a one track mind
Keep talking 'bout heaven's glory
But on your face is a different story

Clean up your act, your story's gettin dusty
Wash out your mouth, your lies are getting rusty
Can't believe nothin you say
'Cause I'm around and I see what you do
You know you're funkier than a mosquito's tweeter
You got a mouth like a herd of bowl weevers


Same old thing same old game
You never change
Always rappin 'bout the same old thing

Blowing minds is a thing of the past
You blew your chance, that's why you'll never last
You wanna be a graduated lover
But in reality you're just another brother
You think you're slick but you could stand a lot of greasin'
The things you do ain't never really pleasin'

With kisses sweet you wake me
With the first tease of the sun
And I'm gonna have my day made
Before it's even begun
If it's between working or playing with you
You helpin me make up my mind
'Cause it don't matter if I miss the train
They don't pay me enough anyway
And if they did I'd forfeit every dime to hear you say
I'm about to make the sun shine brighter in your day baby

You make me happy in the morning
And when I go to bed
You take all my naughty thoughts
And they get put to use instead
And it feels like I've been dreaming
But my pillow never hit my head
You make me happy in the morning

Your sugar's too sweet to ignore
Maybe just five minutes more
Your love is shining all over my world

Better run if you don't plan on making something of yourself
But I give in the minute you give me
Some loving on which to dwell
I'll take on the world tomorrow 'cause
I'm taking off today
'Cause it don't matter when you take me on
Before the sun even rises
All my troubles stay far away
'Cause you're a sight for sleepy eyes
And it's a wonder I get anything done
With your kind of love in my life

You make me wanna get up on the morning

You've said all you have to say
You've hit the wall and can't get through another way
You got your eyes down the floor
You say you don't think you can give anymore
We're colder than you've ever known
It seems we made our choice and now you walk alone
But just in case your mind's not made
Tell me if there's still a chance I could persuade

You say you've tried but can't go on trying in vain
While we step over your tears
But I say try and try again because we need to hear

Hey love
While we try so hard to get our way you're pushed aside
Hey love
We're running faster but it's only you we leave behind
Hey love
And everyday we try to rise above we let you down
Hey love
If you let us we'd really wish you were around

You say you've tried but can't go on trying in vain
While we step over your tears
But I say try and try again because we need to hear

And I know you won't disappear
It's plain to see in every child you put here
But if you should turn away
I don't think we could afford the price we'd pay

Hey love, never go...

Heaven spoke too loud
Left me a fatherless child
Occurs to me everyday
But your memory makes me proud
You're the one I hold
You're the first man I loved
And all that follow
Have a mountain to rise above

And there's a hole inside of me
Where I put flowers so I can breathe
And though the winters have come and gone
You're still my heart, you're still my sun

Somehow I always knew
What I lost was never gone
'Cause there's a part of you
Inside of me that carries on

And there's a hole inside of me
Where I put flowers so I can breathe
And though the winters have come and gone
You're still my heart, you're still my sun

Heaven spoke too loud
Left me a fatherless child
And there are time you know
I really wish you were around

And I'll try to make you proud
'Cause you're the break in every cloud
And I'm convinced that's why
The sun shine on me

If you a star
I be your milky way
If you a bar
I drink up everyday
If you the town
I be the talk
If you the talk
Baby
I be the walk

If you wanna dig
I be your gold baby
If you wanna live
I be your old age
You be the time
I be the clock
You be the tick
I be the tock

If you wanna race
I run like crazy
If you wanna ride
I drive ya daily
If you a beach
I be the sand
You wanna give
I be your hand

Chorus:
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you
You got me
Stuck to you

If you a case
I be a jury
If you a sin
I be your mercy
If you a beat
I be the moves
If you a tree
Baby
I be the roots

If you made
For walkin'
I be your boots

If you a bride
I be your wedding
If you a soul
I be
Your Otis Redding
If you a verse
I be your song
If you a king
I be your kong

(Chorus)

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

(Chorus 2x)

Stuck it to me
Good now
Baby
I'm stuck to you

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
You got me
Stuck to you

I'm coming out of my wishing well
Where only echoes lonely
hear my prayers
I'm coming around to bend
cause my resistance
been to persistent
I've come to far to force
it so I'll watch it slide and land
I could come on strong
and willful but
I'd rather watch it
fall to the palm of my hand

And when I set it free
like a feather it will be
And when I rise to
see it done like whatever
it will be it will be it will be

I'm taking a breather baby
From sitting on pins
waiting for my sky to fall
I'm taking up giving in
So here's the wheel
I'm putting my feet up
Take another look at me baby
Today I'm taking on catastrophe
I'd rather take it easy
Then try to force
what's on its way to me
And when I set it free
like a feather it will be
And when I rise to see it done
like whatever it will be
it will be it will be

We're only afraid
if we pull back the blinds too far
The lights behind
that we free will blind other stars
But the truth doesn't blind
it helps to see far
so get ready to be
We're only afraid
if we pull back the blinds too far
The lights behind
that we free will blind other stars
But the truth doesn't blind
it helps to see far
Who you are

What do you beleive in -- heaven or hell
Heart stop, lollipop
Suck you up, never stop
Make my tickle itch
I'll be your little bitch

Nasty little red-head
Crawlin' into your bed
Feather breath, honey dust
Just can't get enough

I don't give a damn what they say
Ain't me a better man anywhere
That makes me feel like vanilla sunshine
Turn me over my God will forgive me, yeah
What do you beleive in -- heaven or hell
My God will forgive me, yeah
What do you beleive in -- heaven or hell

Tangerine teases, lemon squeezes
It's gettin' harder and harder
To wear these dreams while the devil screams:
"I'm comin' on in so beware the father"

I don't give a damn
Send me down
Too many guilty saints in this town
Come and be my vision of divine intervention
Make it dirty, my God will forgive me, yeah

(Hell or heaven yeah)
Your heaven made a sinner of me (Baby, baby, baby)

Good-luck, toe suck
Now I'm gonna ---- you 'til you're screamin'
And your soul redeemin'
'Cause I've never been so bad before
Your sweety-pie's a freaky whore
Down and dirty, I make your momma worry

I don't give a damn, I don't care
Tie me up, I ain't goin' nowhere
'Til I get me some delicious somethin'
Come on over, my God will forgive me, yeah

Your heaven made a sinner of me (Baby, baby, baby)

Let me do wrong with ya babe
I'm comin' to getcha, getcha
Can you feel my love?
Let me do wrong with ya babe
Can you feel my...?
Can you feel my love?