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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
There is fiction in the space between
The lines on your page of memories Write it down but it doesn't mean You're not just telling stories There is fiction in the space between You and me There is fiction in the space between You and reality You will do and say anything To make your everyday life Seem less mundane There is fiction in the space between You and me There's a science fiction in the space between You and me A fabrication of a grand scheme Where I am the scary monster I eat the city and as I leave the scene In my spaceship I am laughing In your remembrance of your bad dream There's no one but you standing Leave the pity and the blame For the ones who do not speak You write the words to get respect and compassion And for posterity You write the words and make believe There is truth in the space between There is fiction in the space between You and everybody Give us all what we need Give us one more sad sordid story But in the fiction of the space between Sometimes a lie is the best thing Sometimes a lie is the best thing |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
You and me Had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lover speak How can it be We are less than strangers Oh it hurts to lose in love Let anger and cruelty win It's unfair that you doubt your feelings And that you'll ever love again I know that hearts can change Like the seasons and the wind But when I said forever I thought that we'd always be friends You and me had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lovers speak How can it be We are less than strangers I thought I saw you yesterday I thought I passed you on the street I swear I saw your face I was not imagining That you stole a glance my way You walked away from me My heart it may be broken But my eyes are dry to see You and me had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lovers speak How can it be We are less than strangers |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
Unsettled hearts Promise what they can't deliver Bring me the wine And the cold night air to clear my head Gray matter memory house Master of this trembling flesh Steady still my doubts Let me speak the word that precedes bliss Let me speak the word Love love love love love love love love Let me speak the word Let me speak the word Love love love love love love love love Let me speak the word These weakened knees Have not touched ground or pew in ages I haven't bowed my head I offer thanks to any god or to ask for favors But watch me now I'm falling down Praying To speak the word that precedes bliss To speak the word To speak the word Love love love love love love love love Let me speak the word Let me speak the word Love love love love love love love love Let me speak the word Let me speak the word Let me speak the word Let me speak the word |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
It's OK Love is only meant for some I'm the rock The shoulder you can cry on I keep the walls from falling down I keep the walls from falling down I keep the walls from falling down I'll play it straight While you laugh and drink and party all night long I'll designate myself To be the driver who takes you home I keep the walls from falling down I keep the walls from falling down You can be pretty and tragic I'll try to keep the walls from falling down You can be beautiful and fabulous I'll try to keep the walls from falling down I can't reach the pain you feel But I'll try to keep the walls from falling down If you can hold on Lose your fear I'll try to keep the walls from falling down Falling down Falling down Where is your saint? To let you know you're not alone To bring you peace Help me be your friend your confidante And keep the walls from falling down Keep the walls from falling down Keep the walls from falling down |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
I've been having dreams and visions In them you are always standing Right beside me I reach out for your hand To see your arms extending outstretched towards me For you I don the veil By your light Others pale by comparison I place my faith in love My fate in this communication I've been having dreams and visions In them you are always standing Right beside me I reach out for your hand To see your arms extending Outstretched towards me To you I give my pledge I honor all that's good In this life we're living To think not only of myself But of the greater union Can I get a witness There is salvation and rapture for the lonely Can I get a witness Bless this day sacred and holy Sacred and Holy I've been having dreams and visions In them you are always standing Right beside me I reach out for your hand To see your arms extending Outstretched towards me With you I am revealed All my shame all my faults and virtues Behold body mind and spirit Heart and soul devoted all to you Can I get a witness Bless this day sacred and holy Sacred and Holy |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
There would be psalms sung by a choir I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired I'd be at peace and I'd have no desire If I'd lived right There would be cherubs with tiny harps arrows and bows I'd have a halo and a flowing white robe I'd be enfolded by a celestial light If I'd lived right But I'm feeling hot and bothered under the collar I feel the sweat breaking out on my brow I feel the heat and I know it's the passion The love I can't disavow If this is a dream wake me up now If this is a movie let's edit these scenes out It would be a PG instead of an X-rated life If I'd lived right Some would call me a cheat call me a liar Say that I've been defeated by the basest desired Yes I have strayed and succumbed to my vices But I tried to live right But I have no regrets no guilt in my heart I only feel sadness for any pain that I've caused I guess I wouldn't bother to worry at all If I'd lived right Do you live by the book do you play by the rules? Do you care what is thought by others about you? If this day is all that is promised to you Do you life for the future the present the past? If there is one thing I know I know I will die If anyone cares some stranger my critique my life I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live right There would be psalms sung by a choir I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired I'd be at peace and I'd have no desire If I'd lived right |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
Good times and bad Seen them both Hope fly out the window Fortune walk through the door Learned not to believe This is as good as it gets Because we ain't seen nothing yet Hands untied But the same shuffle once again Running all the time Ain't going nowhere It's a new page in the same book It's a new game with the same rules The lights go down Fade to black on the set And we ain't seen nothing yet Saddled with bonds Broken and in disrepair Forty acres to a forty-ounce Don't seem fair The sirens rise and wail Shadowed by Liberty's torch As the boats that brought us over Are slowly sinking off the shore And we ain't seen nothing yet This life a crime A blessing and a curse Chosen and unwanted Displaced and usurped I'd run away But there is nowhere to go So I'll stand and fight And hope and pray That the best is yet to come And we ain't seen nothing yet |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
Touched the mirror Broke the surface of the water Saw my true self All illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Sat down up close to the colored black hole Like they'd always told me not to Saw the one dimension polka dot pacifier And all illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Bared myself wholly heart and body unadorned Stripped down solely To the evil and the good Felt no shame Naked to the world And all illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Faced towards the sea Looked to heaven up above Felt the world revolve around me No one could tell me otherwise But the turbulent waters won't reflect this life Only the sun the moon and sky And all illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Money's only paper only ink |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
If I am right If I can be Constant and faithful You'll find me In my devotion In my devotion What if you find a fault Between my purpose and my deeds And deem me beyond salvation Judge me to be unworthy Of your devotion Of your devotion If this be obsession deliver me A passing infatuation deliver me A feeling lacking in purity deliver me A test of fidelity deliver me Deliver me Deliver me What if I should find You're no good for me What if I can't be strong enough What if I can't break free Of my devotion Of my devotion |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
She was the only one Of my flesh and blood Now I have no calling I can do no worldly good I sit silent I sit mourning I sit listless all the day I've mostly lost the voice to speak And any words to say except Does heaven have enough angels yet? I've gone hard And I've gone cold I can't make the piece of this cracked life fit Please forgive me for wanting to know Does heaven have enough angels yet? She was the only one Of my own flesh and blood Sometimes I hear her calling Straight from the house of god |
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from Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (2000)
Can't run fast enough Can't hide I can't fly I'm struggling with the limits of this ordinary life Just a, just a, just a first try Can't hear what you say Can't see by the light I'm struggling with the limits of this ordinary life Just a, just a, just a first try Can't say what I mean Can't love from the heart Can't trust in the mercy and the goodness in the world Can't learn to accept that it's alright To struggle with the limits of this ordinary life Can't be just a, just a, just a first try Just a, just a, just a first try |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something But me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working I say his body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way I remember we were driving driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car And we go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a big house and live in the suburbs You got a fast car And I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving You got a fast car But is it fast enough so you can fly away You gotta make a decision You leave tonight or live and die this way |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Across the lines
Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america Little black girl gets assaulted Ain’t no reason why Newspaper prints the story And racist tempers fly Next day it starts a riot Knives and guns are drawn Two black boys get killed One white boy goes blind Across the lines Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america Little black girl gets assaulted Don’t no one know her name Lots of people hurt and angry She’s the one to blame Across the lines Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all And when they arrive They say they can't interfere With domestic affairs Between a man and his wife And as they walk out the door The tears well up in her eyes Last night I heard the screaming Then a silence that chilled my soul Prayed that I was dreaming When I saw the ambulance in the road And the policeman said 'I'm here to keep the peace Will the crowd disperse I think we all could use some sleep' Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Sorry, is all that you can say. Years gone by and still, words don't come easily. Like sorry, like sorry forgive me, is all that you can say. years gone by and still, words don't come easily like forgive me, like forgive me but you can say, baby, baby can i hold you tonight baby if I told you the right words. woo~ at the right time, u'd be mine. i love you. is all that you can say. Years gone by and still. words don't come easily like i love you, i love you. but you can say baby, baby can i hold you tonight baby if i told you the right words, woo~ at the right time, u'd be mine. baby, can i hold you tonight. baby if i told you the right words at the right time, u'd be mine. u'd be mine. |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of a live of ease And mountains Oh mountains o' things To have a big expensive car Drag my furs on the ground And have a maid that I can tell To bring me anything Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed I'll revel in their attention And mountains Oh mountains o' things Sweet lazy life Champagne and caviar I hope you'll come and find me Cause you know who we are Those who deserve the best in life And know what money's worth And those whose sole misfortune Was having mountains o' nothing at birth Oh they tell me There's still time to save my soul They tell me Renounce all Renounce all those material things you gained by Exploiting other human beings Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o' things Mostly I feel lonely Good good people are Good people are only My stepping stones It's gonna take all my mountains o' things To surround me Keep all my enemies away Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay The life I've always wanted I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of a live of ease And mountains Oh mountains o' things I'll be dreaming, dreaming.. Dreaming... |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
She's got her ticket I think she gonna use it I think she going to fly away No one should try and stop her Persuade her with their power She says that her mind is made Up Why not leave why not Go away Too much hatred Corruption and greed Give your life And invariably they leave you with Nothing Young girl ain't got no chances No roots to keep her strong She's shed all pretenses That someday she'll belong Some folks call her a runaway A failure in the race But she knows where her ticket takes her She will find her place in the sun And she'll fly, fly, fly |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there're so many of us Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers When they're aimed to kill Why is a woman still not safe When she's in her home Love is hate War is peace No is yes And we're all free But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon Admidst all these questions and contradictions There're some who seek the truth But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon When the blind remove their blinders And the speechless speak the truth |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Two weeks in a Virginia jail
For my lover, for my lover Twenty thousand dollar bail For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed For my lover, for my lover They dope me up and I tell them lies For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... I follow my heart And leave my head to ponder Deep in this love No man can shake I follow my heart And leave my mind to wonder Is this love worth The sacrifices I make? Two weeks in a Virginia jail For my lover, for my lover Twenty thousand dollar bail For my lover, for my lover Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed For my lover, for my lover They dope me up and I tell them lies For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
If not now, then when?
If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. You can wait 'til morning comes. You can wait for the new day. You can wait and lose this heart. You can wait and soon be sorry. If not now, then when? If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. Now love's the only thing that's free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly. 'Cause if not now, then when? If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. If now now, what then? We all must live our lives. Always feeling. Always thinking. The moment has arrived. If not now, then when? |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
No words to say
No words to convey This feeling inside I have for you Deep in my heart Safe from the guards Of intellect and reason Leaving me at a loss For words to express my feelings Deep in my heart Deep in my heart Look at me losing control Thinking I had a hold But with feelings this strong I'm no longer the master Of my emotions |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
You can look to the stars in search of the answers Look for God and life on distant planets Have your faith in the ever after While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth And heaven's here on earth We are the spirit the collective conscience We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world Heaven's here on earth In our faith in humankind In our respect for what is earthly In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise Of ordinary people leading ordinary lives Filled with love, compassion, forgiveness and sacrifice Heaven's in our hearts In our faith in humankind In our respect for what is earthly In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding Look around Believe in what you see The kingdom is at hand The promised land is at your feet We can and will become what we aspire to be If Heaven's here on earth If we have faith in humankind And respect for what is earthly And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity And heaven's here on earth I've seen spirits I've met angels I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous I've been places where I question all I think I know But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven We are born inside the gates with the power to create life And to take it away The world is our temple The world is our church Heaven's here on earth If we have faith in humankind And respect for what is earthly And an unfaltering belief In peace and love and understanding This could be heaven here on earth Heaven's in our heart |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing It's time to start all over, make a new beginning There's too much pain, too much suffering Let's resolve to start all over make a new beginning Now don't get me wrong - I love life and living But when you wake up and look around at everything that's going down - All wrong You see we need to change it now, this world with too few happy endings We can resolve to start all over make a new beginning Start all over The world is broken into fragments and pieces That once were joined together in a unified whole But now too many stand alone - There's too much separation We can resolve to come together in the new beginning Start all over We can break the cycle - We can break the chain We can start all over - In the new beginning We can learn, we can teach We can share the myths the dream the prayer The notion that we can do better Change our lives and paths Create a new world Start all over The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing It's time to start all over, make a new beginning There's too much fighting, too little understanding It's time to stop and start all over Make a new beginning Start all over We need to make new symbols Make new signs Make a new language With these we'll define the world And start all over Start all over |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk About the trail you'd left of broken hearts About the sea of tears too wide to cross But a little bad press has never scared me off So I burned a path to figure out How to get me some of what you got I've got a red hot heart If the talk is true your's is the same And we should be together And let our passions fan love's flame When I looked for you I almost passed you by You were so cool and calm I thought my friends had lied But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside It was there and then that I knew I had to get some of what you got I've got a red hot heart If the talk is true your's is the same And we should be together And let our passions fan love's flame I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand in mine I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other But my right is your wrong And when you're right then I'm left with nothing Your light and your heat have all been spent Leaving only smoke and ashes Only smoke and ashes baby I've got a red hot heart Any your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins I say there's fire down below You say it's only smoke and ashes baby I'm crying all the time Salty stinging tears And mourning for the past carbon-dated years But knowing now for certain that you were always right Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life It's only smoke and ashes baby Only smoke and ashes baby I've got a red hot heart And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins I say there's fire down below You say it's only smoke and ashes baby I was blinded by devotion My unwavering love for you So blinded that I thought all your lies were true But now I know for certain since you've gone away It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze Only smoke and ashes baby I've got a red hot heart And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins I say there's fire down below You say it's only smoke and ashes baby Only smoke and ashes baby, baby ... |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
There was a little boy once upon a time Who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind For every copper penny and clover he would find Make a wish for better days the end of hard times For no more cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet His clothes were always clean His face was always scrubbed There was food on the table enough to fill him up His house was full of life - His house was full of love But when winter days arrived There was never money enough to shod his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He grew up to be a worker determined to succeed He made a life for himself, free from worldly wants or needs But with nobody to share the life he'd made No body to keep him warm at night When he'd go to sleep he'd sleep alone with his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet One night he walked the street looking to the heaven's above Searching for a shooting star a benevolent God When a woman passing by brushed his arm He turned and found love He then wished for the courage to ask this stranger Who she was to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought she'd like the party life and want the finer things So he promised more than he could buy And he promised her the sun and moon to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He worked day and night his fingers to the bone Hi worried mind guilty conscience drive him on He can't give her what she needs He wants to give her what he thinks she wants Her sad-eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on and his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He'd struggled all his life to be an honest man Proud that the dirt on his palms was the soil of the land But some guys he knew from high school days Said they had a plan to get rich quick And they could count him in if he don't have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought about their offer accepted it without qualms Dreamt about the life he'd buy The comfort that would come without cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He decided to tell his wife things would soon turn around He said the little boy is dead A man stands with you now without cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet Without cold feet - Cold cold cold cold feet He thought he'd set his clock right - He though he'd read his watch He left in such a hurry he didn't think to wish for luck Makes no difference if you're early - No difference if you're late When you're out of time - The flowers have been laid You're six feet underground With cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
There was a little boy once upon a time Who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind For every copper penny and clover he would find Make a wish for better days the end of hard times For no more cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet His clothes were always clean His face was always scrubbed There was food on the table enough to fill him up His house was full of life - His house was full of love But when winter days arrived There was never money enough to shod his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He grew up to be a worker determined to succeed He made a life for himself, free from worldly wants or needs But with nobody to share the life he'd made No body to keep him warm at night When he'd go to sleep he'd sleep alone with his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet One night he walked the street looking to the heaven's above Searching for a shooting star a benevolent God When a woman passing by brushed his arm He turned and found love He then wished for the courage to ask this stranger Who she was to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought she'd like the party life and want the finer things So he promised more than he could buy And he promised her the sun and moon to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He worked day and night his fingers to the bone Hi worried mind guilty conscience drive him on He can't give her what she needs He wants to give her what he thinks she wants Her sad-eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on and his cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He'd struggled all his life to be an honest man Proud that the dirt on his palms was the soil of the land But some guys he knew from high school days Said they had a plan to get rich quick And they could count him in if he don't have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought about their offer accepted it without qualms Dreamt about the life he'd buy The comfort that would come without cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He decided to tell his wife things would soon turn around He said the little boy is dead A man stands with you now without cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet Without cold feet - Cold cold cold cold feet He thought he'd set his clock right - He though he'd read his watch He left in such a hurry he didn't think to wish for luck Makes no difference if you're early - No difference if you're late When you're out of time - The flowers have been laid You're six feet underground With cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
If you wait for me then I'll come for you Although I've traveled far I always hold a place for you in my heart If you think of me, If you miss me once in awhile Then I'll return to you I'll return and fill that space in your heart Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you If you'll be waiting If you dream of me like I dream of you In a place that's warm and dark In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you If you'll be waiting I've longed for you and I have desired To see your face your smile To be with you wherever you are Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you If you'll be waiting I've longed for you and I have desired To see your face, your smile To be with you wherever you are Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you Please say you'll be waiting Together again It would feel so good to be In your arms Where all my journeys end If you can make a promise If it's one that you can keep, I vow to come for you If you wait for me and say you'll hold A place for me in your heart. |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside And watch the rape of the world This the beginning of the end This the most heinous of crimes This the deadliest of sins The greatest violation of all time Mother of us all Place of our birth We all are witness To the rape of the world You've seen her stripped mined You've heard of bombs exploded underground You know the sun shines Hotter than ever before Mother of us all Place of our birth We all are witness To the rape of the world Some claim to have crowned her A queen With cities of concrete and steel But there is no glory no honor In what results From the rape of the world Mother of us all Place of our birth We all are witness To the rape of the world She has been clear-cut She has been dumped on She has been poisoned and beaten up And we have been witness To the rape of the world Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside And watch the rape of the world If you look you'll see it with your own eyes If you listen you will hear her cries If you care you will stand and testify And stop the rape of the world Stop the rape of the world Mother of us all Mother of us all Mother of us all Mother of us all |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Tell It Like It Is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is What breaks your heart What keeps you awake at night What makes you want to breakdown and cry But say you'll never turn your back Say you'll never harden to the world Say you'll never try to still the rhythms in your breast Say you'll never look at the evil among us and try to forget Say you'll tell it like it is Say it say it say it so everyone can hear Say it say it say it tell it like it is What breaks your hear What keeps you awake at night How your anger and grief Make you want to cry out And tell it like it is But say you'll never close your eyes Or pretend that it's a rosy world Say you'll never try to paint What is rotten with a sugarcoat Say you'll talk about the horrors you've seen and the torment you know And tell it like it is Say it say it say it So no one can forget Say it say it say it Tell it like it is What breaks your heart What keeps you awake at night What makes you want to break the ties that silence and bind And tell it like it is Say you'll never cover your ears and close your mouth And live in a silent world Say you'll only run as far or as fast as you need to be secure Say that then you'll tell the truth When a lie could cross your lips And tell it like it is Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
* Give me one reason to stay here
And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind * Baby I got your number Oh I know that you got mine You know that I called you I called too many times You can call me baby You can call me anytime You got to call me ** Repeat I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me Oh and rock me through the night This youthful heart can love you And soon give you what you need I said youthful heart can love you Oh and give you what you need But I'm too old to go chasing you around Wasting my precious energy ** Repeat Baby just give me one reason Oh give me just one reason why Baby just give give me one reason Oh give me just one reason Why I should stay Said I told you that I loved you And there ain't no more to say |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
There are locks on the doors And chains stretched across all the entries to the inside There's a gate and a fence And bars to protect from only God knows what lurks outside Who stole your heart left you with a space That no one and nothing can fill Who stole your heart who took it away Knowing that without it you can't live Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone What robber what thief who stole your heart and the key Who stole your heart The smile from your face The innocence the light from your eyes Who stole your heart or did you give it away And if so then when and why Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone What robber what thief Who stole your heart and the key Now all sentiment is gone Now you have no trust in no one Who stole your heart Did you know but forget the method and moment in time Was it a trickster using mirrors and sleight of hand A strong elixir or a potion that you drank Who hurt your heart Bruised it in a place That no one and nothing can heal You've gone to wizards, princes and magic men You've gone to witches, the good the bad the indifferent But still all sentiment is gone But still you have no trust in no one If you can tear down the walls Throw your armor away remove all roadblocks barricades If you can forget there are bandits and dragons to slay And don't forget that you defend an empty space And remember the tinman Found he had what he thought he lacked Remember the tinman Go find your hear and take it back Who stole your heart Maybe no one can say One day you will find it I pray |
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from Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
I want to wake up and know where I'm going Say I'm ready Say I'm ready I want to go where the rivers are overflowing and I'll be ready I'll be ready to let the rivers wash over me I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me If the waters can redeem me I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me I want to wake up I want to know where I'm going I want to go where the rivers are over-flowing I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me I'm ready I'm ready ... |
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from Tracy Chapman - Crossroads+Tracy Chapman (2008)
All you folks think you own my life
But you never made any sacrifice Demons they are on my trail I'm standing at the crossroads of hell I look to the left I look to the right There's hands that grab me on every side All you folks think I got my price At which I'll sell all that is mine You think money rules when all else fails Go sell your soul and keep your shell I'm trying to protect what I keep inside All the reasons why I live my life Some say the devil be a mystical thing I say the devil he a walking man He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief He try to tell you what you need Try to tell you what you need Standing at the point The road it cross you down What is at your back Which way do you turn Who will come to find you first Your devils or your gods All you filks think you run my life Say I should be willing to compromise I say all you demons go back to hell I'll save my soul save myself |
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from A Very Special Christmas Vol. 4 (1999)
O holy night the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new glorious morn Fall on your knees O hear the angels' voices O night divine O night when Christ was born O night divine, O night O night divine A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn Fall on your knees O hear the angels' voices O night divine O night when Christ was born O night divine, O night O night divine |
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from A Very Special Christmas Vol. 4 (1999)
Give me one reason to stay here
And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind Baby I got your number And I know that you got mine You know that I called you I called too many times You can call me baby, You can call me anytime You gotta call me Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me And rock me through the night This youthful heart can love you Yes, and give you what you need I said, this youthful heart can love you And give you what you need but I'm too old to go chasing you around Wasting my precious energy Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind Baby just give me one reason Give me just one reason why Baby just give me one reason Give me just one reason why I should stay Said I told you that I loved you And there ain't no more to say |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
If you knew that you would die today,
Saw the face of god and love, Would you change? Would you change? If you knew that love can break your heart When you're down so low you cannot fall Would you change? Would you change? How bad, how good does it need to get? How many losses? How much regret? What chain reaction would cause an effect? Makes you turn around, Makes you try to explain, Makes you forgive and forget, Makes you change? Makes you change? If you knew that you would be alone, Knowing right, being wrong, Would you change? Would you change? If you knew that you would find a truth That brings up pain that can't be soothed Would you change? Would you change? How bad, how good does it need to get? How many losses? How much regret? What chain reaction would cause an effect? Makes you turn around, Makes you try to explain, Makes you forgive and forget, Makes you change? Makes you change? Are you so upright you can't be bent? If it comes to blows are you so sure you won't be crawling? If not for the good, why risk falling? Why risk falling? If everything you think you know, Makes your life unbearable, Would you change? Would you change? If you'd broken every rule and vow, And hard times come to bring you down, Would you change? Would you change? If you knew that you would die today, If you saw the face of God and love, Would you change? Would you change? Would you change? Would you change? If you saw the face of God and love If you saw the face of God and love Would you change? Would you change? |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
Gotta talk to you, baby,
Talk to you now Say it isn't too late Slamming the door, walking out I got a feeling Feelings don't lie Don't let the words escape me now Escape me now Escape me now Gotta talk to you, baby, Talk to you now Say it isn't too late See me again, we'll work it out I got a feeling Feelings don't lie Don' let the words escape me now Escape me now Escape me now Gotta talk to you, baby, Talk to you now Say it isn't too soon See me again, sort it out I got a feeling Feelings don't lie Don't let the words, oh, escape me now Oh escape me now Oh escape me now Oh I got a feeling Feelings don't lie Don't let the words, don't let the words, don't let the words, Oh escape me now Oh escape me now |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
Good girls walk fast
In groups of three Fast girls walk slow On side streets Sometimes the girls who walk alone Aren´t found for days or weeks On the busy boulevards Bad boys call you names And cruise you hard Bullies laugh and grin and beat Your soft skin against The cold concrete I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away Knock you down Make you bleed Make you cry And make you think I´ll die here soon if I don´t leave If I don´t leave if I don´t leave This patch of sky and native ground Take turns to push and pull you down Forget trying to live and be happy I´ll take safe and terror free I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away Hit the floor Shut off the lights As the bullets fly Terror rules the dark night Dogs hang from the trees This training ground for punks and thieves Home of poor white retirees Who didn´t bail And couldn´t sell When color made the grass less green I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away Apples are filled with razor blades But fools and innocents believe That love and faith and truth and beauty Can make a garden of this human factory I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away Bad girls run fast Leave home alone No trace or clue of where they´ve gone Sometimes these girls are never found Never found never found I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
No picnic no barbecue out in the back
A yard for parked cars left to rot and forget For chained-up mad dogs for garbage to sit Get lost get lost a part from it I can´t see through it But I can see past With me with me always Without going back Just people and buildings Not city or town Great lake crooked river Flat land water burns The air not smoke It tears the eye Home is where you live Home is where you´ll die I can´t see through it But I can see past With me with me always Without going back In a glacial slide Over ice mirrored glace In a slip and past times Are in the future brought back Reflected reflected reflected Every footstep No walk in the park No there i nowhere No place can replace What a clear eye reveals Soft and hard shaped like a wheel Made me of rubber made me of steel I can´t see through it But I can see past With me with me always Without going back |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
Say I have known some
Less than I should Say I have known some Too well for my own good Say I´m a saint of mercy Say I´m a whore I´ve been a lot of things But never yours I wear my mama´s dress Her finest clothes Daddy showed me outside To meet you on the front porch I laugh at all your jokes But you look bored I´ve been a lot of things but never yours You never cross my mind You can be sure You´ll never catch my eye Waiting for you watching the door I let you hold me Dry lip kiss me on the dance hall floor I´ve been a lot of things But never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours Never yours So you say you won It was a bet A game of pool or cards I repay my family´s debt I let you lie beside me With no remorse I´ve been a lot of things But never yours Say I have known some Less than I should Say I have known some Too well for my own good Say I´m a saint of mercy Say I´m a whore I´ve been a lot of things But never yours |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
You were lost and got lucky, came upon the shore
Found you were conquering America Spoke of peace, waged a war While you were conquering America There was land to take and people to kill While you were conquering America You served yourself and did God's will While you were conquering America The ghost of Columbus haunts this world You're still conquering America The meek won't survive, inherit the earth, 'Cause you're still conquering America America America America Found bodies to serve, submit and degrade, While you were conquering America Made of soldiers and junkers, prisoners and slaves While you were conquering America America America America Your hands are at my throat, my back's against the wall You're still conquering America We're sick and tired, hungry and poor 'Cause you're still conquering America You bomb the very ground that feeds your own babies You're still conquering America Your sons and your daughters, may never sing you praises While you're conquering America America America America I see your eyes seek the distant shore While you were conquering America Take your rockets to the moon, try to find a new world And you're still conquering America America America America The ghost of Columbus haunts this world You're still conquering America You're still conquering America You're still conquering America |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
I may beg
Beg for money I may lie an lay my body down Sell what I would give with love One day before Easter comes But I won´t let Jesus find me I walk I eat I sleep In these streets I may be found Alive or dead or just reborn One day before Easter comes But I won´t let Jesus find me Jesus knows what I´ve done I won´t let him lift me up Before I can turn To look for him Before I can turn To look for him If Jesus comes around again I´ll cry I´ll cry I´ll cry for help I´ll let you be the one To try to redeem the sins of man One day before Easter comes But I won´t let Jesus find me I´m gonna hide Hide from him Hide myself but most the sin I´m gonna hide Hide from him Hide myself but not the sin If Jesus comes around again I´ve got the roch the needle The bottle of sorrow And Jesus Jesus Jesus knows |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
Should I try to take you in?
Another fool brought to the fold With not a gaze or arms but deathlike grip to hold To hold To hold To hold Should I try to take you in? And hope for the prefect docile pet Hope that you´ll not defile or wreck my home Sweet home Sweet home Sweet home Here there´s only faith no doubt You can be taken anywhere Here is where you choose the place With pleasure and pain in equal share A refuge for truth and deceit Where all who come are taken in Should I try to take you in? Pretending what you have not felt In passion sorrow sleep or death eyes closed Eyes closed Eyes closed Eyes closed Here there´s only faith no doubt You can be taken anywhere Here is where you choose the place With pleasure and pain in equal share A refuge for truth and deceit Where all who come are taken in Should I try to take you in? Who´ll pity me if I forget? It´s said to be and not to be in love Is to regret Regret Regret Regret Here there´s only faith no doubt You can be taken anywhere Here is where you choose the place With pleasure and pain in equal share A refuge for truth and deceit Where all who come are taken in Should I try to take you in? Who´ll pity me in my regret? For those who´ve never been in love Need not forget Forget Forget |
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from Tracy Chapman - Where You Live [live] (2005)
I believe in mistakes and accidents
That the nature of life is chaos and confusion That man's rules of law and order may not stand I should be and be not afraid to reach for heaven I may think that I know the true hearts needs My pride may bring me low, unable to see No closer than yesterday, but tomorrow I may stand Be and be not afraid to reach for heaven I'll see the black eyed cavalcade, lights on in the morn I'll run fast and far away, I'll run without stopping Till heart and feet fail or until I can stand Be and be not afraid Be and be not afraid Be and be not afraid to reach for heaven |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Poor people gonna rise up And get their share Poor people gonna rise up And take what's theirs Don't you know You better run, run, run... Oh I said you better Run, run, run... Finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' bout a revolution |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something But me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working I say his body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way I remember we were driving driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car And we go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a big house and live in the suburbs You got a fast car And I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving You got a fast car But is it fast enough so you can fly away You gotta make a decision You leave tonight or live and die this way |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Across the lines
Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america Little black girl gets assaulted Ain’t no reason why Newspaper prints the story And racist tempers fly Next day it starts a riot Knives and guns are drawn Two black boys get killed One white boy goes blind Across the lines Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america Little black girl gets assaulted Don’t no one know her name Lots of people hurt and angry She’s the one to blame Across the lines Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That separates whites from blacks Choose sides run for your lifes Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of america They kill the dream of america |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all And when they arrive They say they can't interfere With domestic affairs Between a man and his wife And as they walk out the door The tears well up in her eyes Last night I heard the screaming Then a silence that chilled my soul Prayed that I was dreaming When I saw the ambulance in the road And the policeman said 'I'm here to keep the peace Will the crowd disperse I think we all could use some sleep' Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late hey If they come at all |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Sorry, is all that you can say.
Years gone by and still, words don't come easily. Like sorry, like sorry forgive me, is all that you can say. years gone by and still, words don't come easily like forgive me, like forgive me but you can say, baby, baby can i hold you tonight baby if I told you the right words. woo~ at the right time, u'd be mine. i love you. is all that you can say. Years gone by and still. words don't come easily like i love you, i love you. but you can say baby, baby can i hold you tonight baby if i told you the right words, woo~ at the right time, u'd be mine. baby, can i hold you tonight. baby if i told you the right words at the right time, u'd be mine. u'd be mine. |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of a live of ease And mountains Oh mountains o' things To have a big expensive car Drag my furs on the ground And have a maid that I can tell To bring me anything Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed I'll revel in their attention And mountains Oh mountains o' things Sweet lazy life Champagne and caviar I hope you'll come and find me Cause you know who we are Those who deserve the best in life And know what money's worth And those whose sole misfortune Was having mountains o' nothing at birth Oh they tell me There's still time to save my soul They tell me Renounce all Renounce all those material things you gained by Exploiting other human beings Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o' things Mostly I feel lonely Good good people are Good people are only My stepping stones It's gonna take all my mountains o' things To surround me Keep all my enemies away Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay The life I've always wanted I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of a live of ease And mountains Oh mountains o' things I'll be dreaming, dreaming.. Dreaming... |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
She's got her ticket I think she gonna use it I think she going to fly away No one should try and stop her Persuade her with their power She says that her mind is made Up Why not leave why not Go away Too much hatred Corruption and greed Give your life And invariably they leave you with Nothing Young girl ain't got no chances No roots to keep her strong She's shed all pretenses That someday she'll belong Some folks call her a runaway A failure in the race But she knows where her ticket takes her She will find her place in the sun And she'll fly, fly, fly |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there're so many of us Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers When they're aimed to kill Why is a woman still not safe When she's in her home Love is hate War is peace No is yes And we're all free But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon Admidst all these questions and contradictions There're some who seek the truth But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon When the blind remove their blinders And the speechless speak the truth |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
Two weeks in a Virginia jail
For my lover, for my lover Twenty thousand dollar bail For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed For my lover, for my lover They dope me up and I tell them lies For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... I follow my heart And leave my head to ponder Deep in this love No man can shake I follow my heart And leave my mind to wonder Is this love worth The sacrifices I make? Two weeks in a Virginia jail For my lover, for my lover Twenty thousand dollar bail For my lover, for my lover Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed For my lover, for my lover They dope me up and I tell them lies For my lover, for my lover And everybody thinks That I'm the fool But they don't get Any love from you The things we won't do for love I'd climb a mountain if I had to Risk my life so I could have you You, you, you... |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
If not now, then when?
If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. You can wait 'til morning comes. You can wait for the new day. You can wait and lose this heart. You can wait and soon be sorry. If not now, then when? If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. Now love's the only thing that's free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly. 'Cause if not now, then when? If now today, Then, why make your promises? A love declared for days to come, Is as good as none. If now now, what then? We all must live our lives. Always feeling. Always thinking. The moment has arrived. If not now, then when? |
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from Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (2005)
No words to say
No words to convey This feeling inside I have for you Deep in my heart Safe from the guards Of intellect and reason Leaving me at a loss For words to express my feelings Deep in my heart Deep in my heart Look at me losing control Thinking I had a hold But with feelings this strong I'm no longer the master Of my emotions |
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from Tracy Chapman - Matters Of The Heart (1999)
What you go and do You go and give the boy a gun Now there ain't place to run to Ain't no place to run to When he hold it in his hand He feel mighty he feel strong Now there ain't no place to run to Ain't no place to run One day he may come back Repay us for what we've done Then where you gonna run to Where you gonna run But one fine day All our problems will be solved Bang bang bang We'll shoot him down Give him drugs and give him candy Anything to make him think he's happy And he won't ever come for us He won't ever come But if he does And if there's no one else around Bang bang bang We'll shoot him down If he preys only on his neighbors Brothers sisters and friends We'll consider it a favor We'll consider justice done But if he comes for you or me And we can place a gun in his hand Bang bang bang We'll shoot him dead What you go and do You go and give the boy a gun Now there ain't no place to run to Ain't no place to run Now we'll all be at his mercy If he decides to hunt us down Cause there ain't no place to run to Ain't no place to run If he wants the chances that you took from him And nothing that you own Then there'll be no place to run to There'll be no place to run And if he finds himself to be A reflection of us all Bang bang bang He'll shoot us down Before you can raise your eyes to read The writing on the wall Bang bang bang He'll shoot you down Before you can bridge the gulf between And embrace him in your arms Bang bang bang He'll shoot you down |
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from Tracy Chapman - Matters Of The Heart (1999)
If love is what you want
Baby here I am If tenderness is what you need I've got that to give If you need some affection Baby these are open arms Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms You come hem you've had a hard day Every door you tried to open Was closing in your face I'm right here I'll be right here I'll embrace you I'll be open with my heart I'll let you in I'll be open with my thoughts I'll be your best friend If you need some attention Baby these are open arms Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms Every corner you turn Trouble come your way But when you get home I'll try to be there And I'll embrace you These are These are These are Open arms If time is what you need Baby I'll stop the clocks If you're looking for something Maybe I've got what you want If there's one thing to remember Don't forget that these are open arms Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms These are These are These are Open arms |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Let it rain As I walk these streets unknown To no one named Not even myself When I'm low Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Let it go No mother no father no home Forget as all others Have forgotten When I'm alone But give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Let it come Love that lifts me up Pain that brings me down Everything I'd ever want and don't When I'm not strong But give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Let it rain Let it flood these streets and wash me away To where it makes no difference who I am Or what the future holds When I don't know But give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Trouble won't find me Sorrow won't call Sadness will turn away Searching for a new soul Hardship won't come by All pain will cease Somebody will take my place And suffer for me If I never see another sun If I never see another sun If I never see another sun Another sun another sun If no love will comfort me If no kind words come To offer hope or peace When I have fallen If I be a stranger Friend of no one I'll gladly take my place In the world beyond If I never see another sun If I never see another sun If I never see another sun Another sun another sun If I lay down and wake to see The bright light of the morn Rise up every day To blind beat and burn Show me no mercy For need or want Let somebody take my place When the new day dawns If I never see another sun If I never see another sun If I never see another sun Another sun another sun |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Some say you're crazy Say that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bitter Think you're mean Uncouth untamed and unrestrained But I think you're sensitive and sweet Stay as you are don't change a thing Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bawdy Wicked and wild A restless useless juvenile But I think you're funny and I like your smile Want to be with you want you to stay awhile Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me A no count mixed up Amount to nothing A day away from a bum on the street Some low class kind of royalty That's what they say about you When they're talking to me Some say you're bad A bad bad seed You love to play with fire you love gambling But I know what you love and I know what you need And I like it when you play with me Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Make me fumble Make me fall Make my heart stop and start To tremble uncontrollably Let my eyes see fear make desire Keep those who long apart Forbid the kiss And leave us innocent Of the things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Make me remember Make me forget Make my mind unable To force the body to do its will Let it be right for belief and denial To share a space in the heart and leave us only to imagine About the things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Make me pretend Make me expect Things can go and come to pass Without trial or tribulation Let this life space and time Leave my body with permanent marks Faded scars and lines But not a single impression Of the things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Let me be tempted Let me be torn But make my thoughts pure and not Morally corrupt in form Let us sleep tonight Let innocence lie in our dreams and secret hearts With burning desire A need to know and do The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One green light One more ring of the telephone One more step One more second And I almost Almost Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One hello Just one kiss before the tears come One yes One chance And I almost Almost almost almost Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One day one year 5,000 weeks A life of good works and good deeds Let me be let me be closer Or let me be Let me be Let me be When I've almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One good guess A question with an answer that I know One idea One grand notion And I almost Almost almost almost Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does Never does Never does |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Your wants desires Needs and wishes Will be duly noted Processed filed and cataloged Labeled and encoded Turned into sitcom dialog And advertising slogans We've got a box to put in your brain Hard wired for downloading All the secrets and the mysteries You've been selfishly withholding The dreams and hopes That once were yours Will now be collected and dispersed So the first to come with cash to spend Will be the first one served We've got a box to put in your brain Hard wired for downloading All the secrets and the mysteries You've been selfishly withholding Make you think you like to be watched Displayed on the auction block Invaded in your own home Stripped naked on the television Humiliated in front of millions We've got a box to put in your brain Hard wired for downloading All the secrets and the mysteries You've been selfishly withholding We've got a box to put in your brain We've got a box to put in your brain We've got a box to put in your brain We've got a box to put in your brain Your wants desires Needs and wishes Will be duly noted |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Say Hallelujah Throw up your hands The bucket is kicked The body is gone Close your eyes And bow your head To rest your soul And to praise the dead Say Hallelujah Throw up your hands The bucket is kicked The body is gone Dry your eyes And stand upright Put a smile on your face He wouldn't want us to cry The sun will rise The stars will shine Turning day to dusk And night to dawn We'll pass on But until that time Say Hallelujah Hallelujah Say Hallelujah Hallelujah Say Hallelujah Throw up your hands The bucket is kicked The body is gone Have mercy It's a wonderful life Eternal rest for the weary Mourners party tonight Say Hallelujah Throw up your hands The bucket is kicked The body is gone Wave your hands But don't say goodbye We're all gonna meet you On the other side |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
You can close your eyes And see a picture perfect life Inside of your mind Dreaming only of the days ahead Wanted and wished for more than now Or the days behind You waste your time The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken You can never think You can't even stop yourself Before the words have been spoken And you've already said You would give everything And something for nothing Everybody thinks you're joking The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken You want to be the one Made over be your own Before and after And a supermarket Beauty in a bottle queen Who'll one day grace a check-out counter Magazine front cover Though the fine print reads The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken Lets it be broken Lets it be broken Lets it be broken Lets it be broken Lets it be broken Broken Broken When your life is never what you wanted Not even halfway normal Just tarnished and soiled When in your reach A framed and frozen moment So far from perfection Not truth or transcendence Will set you free Still you don't believe The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broke |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Should be happy to be loved Happy to be Unburdened by the thought I could still be lonely I think you're the one Everyone agrees But some can see the face of love And turn away in disbelief Every time we get close I just run And the wind on my face Last rays of the sun Shine on my skin My heart slow me down Is all that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel Should be happy to be loved Happy to be With someone who knows And understands me I think you're the one Everyone agrees But some can touch the hand of love And pull away in disbelief Every time we get close I just run And the wind on my face Last rays of the sun Shine on my skin My heart slow me down Is all that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel Should be happy to be loved Happy to be Possessed by nothing but A heart that's chosen freely I think you're the one Everyone agrees But some can feel the grace of love And walk away in disbelief Every time we get close I just run And the wind on my face Last rays of the sun Shine on my skin My heart slow me down Is all that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel All that I can feel Should be happy to be loved Happy to be Should be happy to be loved Happy to be |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
For you It's all in a day One day in a life It's all in the one word The one word is goodbye For me It's all in what you say Though you've tried to be kind It's all in the words From the lips that once touched mine with a sigh Goodbye For you It's all in your face The laugh and worry lines It's all in the one word You hope will make you young again Goodbye It's all in the play Someone speaks the line It's all in the one word That stops and steals the time Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye For me It's all in a day It's the part in life When it's all in the words To fate and circumstance resigned Goodbye |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
When all my hopes and dreams
Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed and humbled In disgrace I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine When time decides It won't stop for me When the hawks and vultures Are circling I am yours If you are mine |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Some say you're crazy
Say that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bitter Think you're mean Uncouth untamed and unrestrained But I think you're sensitive and sweet Stay as you are don't change a thing Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bawdy Wicked and wild A restless useless juvenile But I think you're funny and I like your smile Want to be with you want you to stay awhile Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me A no count mixed up Amount to nothing A day away from a bum on the street Some low class kind of royalty That's what they say about you When they're talking to me Some say you're bad A bad bad seed You love to play with fire you love gambling But I know what you love and I know what you need And I like it when you play with me Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Give me one reason to stay here
And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind Baby I got your number Oh I know that you got mine You know that I called you I called too many times You can call me baby You can call me anytime But you got to call me Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me And rock me through the night This youthful heart can love you And give you what you need This youthful heart can love you And give you what you need But I'm too old to go chasing you around Wasting my precious energy Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind Baby just give me one reason Baby just give me one reason why Baby just give me one reason Give me just one reason why I should stay Said I told you that I loved you And there ain't no more to say |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Poor people gonna rise up And get their share Poor people gonna rise up And take what's theirs Don't you know You better run, run, run... Oh I said you better Run, run, run... Finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' bout a revolution |
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from Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002)
When all my hopes and dreams
Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed and humbled In disgrace I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine When time decides It won't stop for me When the hawks and vultures Are circling I am yours If you are mine |
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from Tracy Chapman - You`Re The One [single] (2005)
Some say you're crazy
Say that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bitter Think you're mean Uncouth untamed and unrestrained But I think you're sensitive and sweet Stay as you are don't change a thing Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me Some say you're bawdy Wicked and wild A restless useless juvenile But I think you're funny and I like your smile Want to be with you want you to stay awhile Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me A no count mixed up Amount to nothing A day away from a bum on the street Some low class kind of royalty That's what they say about you When they're talking to me Some say you're bad A bad bad seed You love to play with fire you love gambling But I know what you love and I know what you need And I like it when you play with me Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for me |
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from Tracy Chapman - You`Re The One [single] (2005)
When all my hopes and dreams
Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed and humbled In disgrace I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine When time decides It won't stop for me When the hawks and vultures Are circling I am yours If you are mine |
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from Tracy Chapman - You`Re The One [single] (2005)
When all my hopes and dreams
Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed and humbled In disgrace I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine When time decides It won't stop for me When the hawks and vultures Are circling I am yours If you are mine |
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from Tracy Chapman - Crossroads+Tracy Chapman (2008)
All you folks think you own my life But you never made any sacrifice Demons they are on my trail I'm standing at the crossroads of the hell I look to the left I look to the right There're hands that grab me on every side All you folks think I got my price At which I'll sell all that is mine You think money rules when all else fails Go sell your soul and keep your shell I'm trying to protect what I keep inside All the reasons why I live my life Some say the devil be a mystical thing I say the devil he a walking man He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief He try to tell you what you want Try to tell you what you need Standing at the point The road it cross you down What is at your back Which way do you turn Who will come to find you first Your devils or your gods All you folks think you run my life Say I should be willing to compromise I say all you demons go back to hell I'll save my soul save myself |
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Subject : 뮤지스탤지아에서 들어본 - Tracy Chapman(Fast car)
