Beloved


They say that they don’t know meNever saw my faceAnd if they’ve never been thereCan they be sure there’s such a placeThey think if they don’t answerThe world will pass them byBut there’s a fire in their kitchenAnd the water’s three feet high and risin’ My belovedThe only one I […]


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Angels Would Fall


The rope that’s wrapped around meIs cutting through my skinAnd the doubts that have surrounded meAre finding their way inI keep it close to meLike a holy man praysIn my desperate hourIt’s better that way So I’ll come by and see you againI’ll be such a very good friendHave mercy […]


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Bring Me Some Water


Tonight I feel so weak, but all in love is fairI turn the other cheekAnd I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night airAnd I know you’re only humanAnd I haven’t got talking roomBut tonight while I’m making excusesSome other woman is making love to you (CHORUS)Somebody […]


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Angel


I met an angel on the street this morningMaybe it was late last nightYou see I haven’t been to sleepThere’s music in my feetAnd I haven’t stopped to think about it twiceOh yeah Well you wouldn’t recognize her this angelOh for she’s not the celestial typeShe had no pair of […]


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Place Your Hand


I’ve an image in my pocketOf some dark demonThat temptation brought to lifeAnd it chokes all of my breath outI’m scratching and screamingTill morning comes to night CHORUS:Place your handMy body will decidePlace your handMy anger will subside There are fragments of possessionsShards of past relationsSplintering my skinA fear so […]


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How Would I Know


You say you don’t feel like yourselfDoes that mean you’re somebody elseHow would I knowOh you say you just don’t feel quite right todayDoes that mean that you’re slipping awayHow would I knowYou might believe there’s a paradiseIn the next hello How would I knowIf you don’t tell me soIf […]


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Resist


The sign says do not enterNo trespassing allowedWith visions of redemptionI walk against the crowdThe sun is white with envyConfusion on the groundBreathing soft and holyTemptation’s only sound [CHORUS] A demon’s day in madness kissedI swear I never had it like thisForbidden yet I cannot resist Shocked in silent trancesOur […]


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An Unusual Kiss


it’s 1:25 a.m. i think i’ve seen that look somewhere before1:25 a.m. i thought you were headed for the doorthen something touched my skini wont ask you to leave here any more was it talk or the drink or the dance that led to thiswas i so naive presuming the […]


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I Really Must Be Going


OhThere’s something I think I should tell youI mean I was just passing byI really think you mistake meFor someone who could tell you whyI always walk straight and narrowI never wanna hurt no oneThis feels like someone else’s partyAnd mama told me not to come So if you don’t […]


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Morning


Morning creeps into the windowIts golden fingers touch the sheets where we layMorning wraps its arms around meAnd whispers in my ear it was all yesterdayMorning you’re lying here beside meBut somehow now the night feelsSo many years awayAnd it’s morning, it’s morning, it’s morning This moment the end of […]


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I Really Like You


i’ll buy you mangoes babyyour favorite fruiti’ll shave everything babyi’ll press my suiti’ll find that song by perry como you like to singi’ll eat your tv dinnersand wear you cigar ringdo you think that I can pursuadedont make me fade because CHORUS: i really like you babyi want to see […]


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Testify


Morning’s hard coffee’s coldPretending that the days mean more than getting oldStale headlines others drenched in prideMarching to their drum with fear standing besideBut if I close my eyes and throw back my headI can see his face and I hear the words he saidAnd my memories ache and my […]


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Somewhere In The City


Out on the ocean where the gold dusk turns to blueI let go of my heart and all my dreams of youI drown all the memories of crazy days and nightsClinging to the shoreline holding on with all my mightI swore I wouldn’t envy all the lovers who’ve got a […]


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Breakdown


How could I stayHow could I breatheThere had to be more for mePromises gonePlastic and stoneI’m doing fine all alone So you’re having a breakdownSo you’re losing the fightSo you’re having a breakdownAnd I’m driving and crying Unraveled and flyingI’m coming to your breakdown tonight I cannot runI cannot hideIt […]


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Similar Features


Go on and close your eyes, go on imagine me thereShe’s got similar features with longer hairAnd if that’s what it takes to get you throughGo on and close your eyes, it shouldn’t bother you You never had to wait for nothing in your lifeI guess wanting me must have […]


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