Promises

When I think about the turn my life has takenI know it’s because of you, that I receive so many blessingsI had a home but no privacy, I didn’t know a thing about my legacyWhen I realized you were there for me, I called on your name and you cameAnd […]

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All My Friends

Thought I might get a rocket rideWhen I was a child but it was a lieThat I told myself when I needed something goodAt seventeen, had a better dream.Now I’m thirty-three and it isn’t meBut I’d think of something better if I could All my friends and lovers leave me […]

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Close

Across the miles It’s funny to meHow far you are but nowNear you seem to beI could talk all nightJust to hear you breatheI could spend my lifeJust living this dreamYou’re all I’ll ever need You give me strengthYou give me hopeYou give me someone to love someone to holdWhen […]

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I Fall To Pieces

I fall to peicesEach time I see you againI fall to peicesHow can I be just your friend? You want me to act like we’ve never kissedYou want me to forgetPretend we’ve never metAnd I’ve tried and I’ve tried but I haven’t yetYou walk by and I fall to peices […]

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Platinum Blonde Life

I’m closing all the curtains So don’t you even botherAnd I’m calling out the murderBut I’m underneath the coversBut who’s fooling who With this mood like a trainWatch me roll overGet out of my way [Chorus:]There’s a knock on my doorBut I’m not gonna open itI’m gonna close my eyesAnd […]

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Cheek To Cheek

Heaven, I’m in heavenAnd my heart beats so that I can hardly speakAnd I seem to find the happiness I seekWhen we’re out together dancing cheek to cheekHeaven, I’m in heavenAnd the cares that hung around me through the weekSeem to vanish like a gambler’s lucky streakWhen we’re out together […]

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Party Like I Party

Yo it’s a lot a tension on this dance floor right nowA lot a thugsA lot a thugettesA lot a setsA lot a projectsA lot a hungry peopleI can’t take this pressure no moreI gotta scream for the people, man AyAy [Chorus] To my killers in the club wit the […]

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Holler

*Chorus* Baby Holler…If you want me Baby Holler…If you hear me Baby Holler…If you want me Baby Holler…If you need me It ain’t no thing just call my name I’ll be right there coz nuthin’s changed I’m still in love with you I’m sprung You’re my baby-boo Girl I’m tellin […]

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Orestes

metaphor for a missing moment pull me into your perfect circle one womb one shape one resolve liberate this will to release us all gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this umbilical residue that’s keeping me from killing you and from pulling you down with me here […]

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Against All Odds

One love, one love, one thugOne nation, twenty-one gun salute I’m hopin my true motherfuckers know This be the realest shit I ever wrote Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed To the truest shit I ever spoke Twenty-one gun salute, dressed in fatigue, black jeans and bootsDisappeared […]

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Care For Me

[Babyface] Looking in your eyesIt’s written on your faceI can read your mindYou feel the same as me, baby, girl it’sTime you face the truthYou’re in love with meAnd I think it’s time that you came around Girl you care for meLike I care for youAnd you think of me […]

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Here’s to the Night

So denied so I lied are you the now or never kindIn a day and a day love I’m gonna be gone for good againAre you willing to be had are you cool with just tonightHere’s a toast to all those who hear me all too well Here’s to the […]

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One And One Make Five

Have you heard the news?Everybody’s asking whoIs that man you’ve been seen withAnd why I’m never out with you Please, tell me that you love meSort out this confusionSay our love is still aliveFor people must be jumpingTo the wrong conclusionThat one and one make five What I need right […]

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Head Over Feet

I had no choice but to hear youYou stated your case time and againI thought about it You treat me like I’m a princessI’m not used to liking thatYou ask how my day was You’ve already won me over in spite of meAnd don’t be alarmed if I fall head […]

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