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Mellisa Etheridge lyrics

The Debut Album 1988

Similar Features

Go on and close your eyes go on imagine me there
She's got similar features with longer hair
And if that what it takes to get you through
Go on and close your eyes it shouldn't bother you

You never had to wait for nothing in your life
I guess wanting me must have been a steel blue knife
And when night after night the scent of passion would linger
You had to have the jewels wrapped around your finger
Now you keep running down the road in your midnight state of mind
Curiosity kills if you can't read the signs

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Go on and close your eyes go on imagine me there
She's got similar features with longer hair
And if that what it takes to get you through
Go on and close your eyes it shouldn't bother you

Dancing with the wall made you bitter and sweet
There ain't much you can do when they just lay it at your feet
But could you tell by the song I wanted to be the one
Did you listen again when the damage was done
Now the paint's still wet in your do-it-by-number dream
Are you gonna tell me how it felt will you tell me what it means

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Was it want with no desire
Was it smoke with no fire
Did I say it doesn't rip me apart I lied
I'm sorry dear my hands are tied

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Chrome Plated Heart

I got a chrome plated heart
I got wings on these fingers trying to tear it apart
I got angels crying from up above
And they got rust in their eyes
They got rust on their love
But I have learned to leave no stone unturned
And keep the wall against my back
And the love is real as the day is long
And the night is black...As black as night

I got a two dollar stare
Midas in my touch and Delilah in my hair
I got bad intentions on the soles of my shoes
With this red hot fever and these chromium blues
And I will feel another lovers wheel
And drive for miles and not look back
And the love is real as the day is long
And the night is black...As black as night

And I'll dance in time and the times are rough
And I'll pay the price and I'll pray that it's enough
And just outside the door where it always rains
I'll take the time to polish these scratches and these stains

I got a chrome plated heart
I got wings on these fingers trying to tear it apart
I got angels crying from up above
And they got rust in their eyes
They got rust on their love
And the only way I know where the train will go
Is when I'm sleeping on the tracks

And the love is real as the day is long
And the night is black...As black as night

Like The Way I Do

Is it so hard to satisfy your senses
You found out to love me you have to climb some fences
Scratching and crawling along the floor to touch you
And just when it feels right you say you found someone to hold you
Does she like I do

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Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how to shock you electrify and rock you
Does she inject you seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do

Can I survive all the implications
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Don't you think I know there's so many others
Who would beg steal and lie fight kill and die
Just to hold you hold you like I do

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Nobody loves you like the way I do
Nobody wants you like the way I do
Nobody needs you like the way I do
Nobody aches nobody aches just to hold you
Like the way I do

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Occasionally

I saw you with your new friends....You wear them so well
Broken shoes and loose ends....Gee you look swell
Me I'm drinking too much coffee....And I'm smoking cigarettes
I'm a deputy of habit....I just can't forget

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I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car
I'm only lonely after dark
I'm only lonely when I'm watching my TV
I'm only lonely occasionally

I saw you with your envoy....A consenting adult
Technique in moderation....But vogue to the cult
Me I've got my strangers....To exile in the night
I guess I'm just addicted....To the pain of delight

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Bring Me Some Water

Tonight I feel so weak....But all in love is fair
I turn the other cheek
I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night air
And I know you're only human.... And I haven't got talking room
But tonight while I'm making excuses....Some other woman is making love to you

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Somebody bring me some water....Can't you see I'm burning alive
Can't you see my baby's got another lover
And I don't know how I'm gonna survive
Somebody bring me some water....Can't you see it's out of control
Baby's got my heart and my baby's got my mind
But tonight the sweet Devil, sweet Devil's got my soul

When will this aching pass....When will this night be through
I want to hear the breaking glass
I only feel the steel of the red hot truth
And I'd do anything to get it out of my mind
I need some insanity that temporary kind
Tell me how will I ever be the same
When I know that woman is whispering your name

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Brave & Crazy - 1989

No Souvenirs

Hello, hello this is Romeo...Calling from a jackpot telephone
Shame, shame but I love your name...And the way you make the buffalo roam
Oh fly, fly I guess this is goodbye...Oh you packed up your heart
And you left no souvenirs

But if you want me you can call me...In the night you know where I'll be
Broken lover you can touch me...In the dark the innocent can't see
You lock it up now hide the key...It would mean surrender to let me see
Oh brave, brave soldier keep it under cover...You fell alone like no other lover
Burn the pictures break the records...Run far away to a northern town
Sell your fear and leave me standing here...With no souvenirs

Once, twice I thought it might be nice...To come into your kitchen and play
Cool, cool just a crazy fool...I never saw it any other way
Oh wait, wait I guess I'm just too late...Oh you made up your mind
Love shouldn't be so hard

No shirts, no shoes...No jackets, no blues
You car's for sale...You forward your mail
You're growing your hair...You don't want to know where
I'm calling you from...Or how come

You Can Sleep While I Drive

Come on baby let's get out of this town...I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down There's a chill in my bones...I don't want to be left alone So baby you can sleep while I drive
I'll pack my bag and load up my guitar...In my pocket I'll carry my harp
I got some money I saved...Enough to get underway
And baby you can sleep while I drive

We'll go thorough Tucson up to Santa Fe...And Barbara in Nashville says we're welcome to stay
I'll buy you glasses in Texas a hat from New Orleans
And in the morning you can tell me your dreams

You know I've seen it before...This mist that covers your eyes
You've been looking for something...That's not in your life
My intentions are true...Won't you take me with you
And baby you can sleep while I drive

Oh is it other arms you want to...Hold you the stranger
The lover you're free...Can't you get that with me

Come on baby let's get out of this town...I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down
If you won't take me with you...I'll go before night is through
And baby you can sleep while I drive

Testify

Morning's hard coffee's cold...Pretending that the days mean more than getting old
Stale headlines other drenched in pride...Marching to their drum with fear standing beside
But if I close my eyes and throw back my head...I can see his face and I hear the words he said
And my memories ache and my senses burn...Did he dream too late will we ever learn

I, I want to testify...My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming why...The thoughts won't let me sleep
Don't let hearts break...And don't let children cry
Before it gets too late...I want to testify

I take what's said as my daily dread...I turn the page and I turn my head
I pick I choose on the evening news...Cause by cause they fight and one by one they lose
Must I live my days in these concrete ways...Will the fire break through this smoky haze
And I swear tonight I'm gonna find that place...It's not the love that dies but the understanding ways

Rip through the wire that screens in my window...Throw open the shade that covers my mind
I'm going to touch I've got to believe...The bell tolls for me

Never Enough - 1992

Ain't It Heavy

Sometimes I know that it's never enough...Survival is fine but satisfaction is rough
I try with an angel tonight...Spread these wings and I'm on for the ride
Cruise these streets where my innocence hides...There's some things you can't deny
What is it about this human condition
I need some kind of promise...Some kind of submission tonight

Heavy...Ain't it heavy...Ain't the night heavy

I'm feelin' kinda loose I'm feelin' kinda mean
I've been feeling kinda wild since I turned seventeen...Or is it madness
Tell me where can a woman find any kind of peace
When does the fury and the agony cease...How long have I got to say please
There's a hole in my jeans I only wanted to fade
I've been ripping out seams...Somebody else made tonight

Heavy...Ain't it heavy...Ain't the night heavy

Must Be Crazy For Me

You tell me not to call you up...Cause it ties you down
Don't tell your friends...You've been hangin' round
You must be crazy for me

You say you'll see me once or twice...Every week or two
There's more important things...That you've got to do
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night...In my own backyard
You ran so fast...And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me...You must be crazy for me

You don't like my hair...You don't like my car
You don't like my friends...You met at the bar
You must be crazy for me

I see you shake you head...And you roll your eyes
Your firm remark...To remove my thigh
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night...In my own backyard
You ran so fast...And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me...You must be crazy for me

Do not expect you to wait...Do not expect you to phone
Do not expect anything...When I catch you alone
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night...In my own backyard
You ran so fast...And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me...You must be crazy for me

Meet Me In The Back

Meet me in the back...Don't make me wait too long
I could change my mind...And tell you that it's wrong
So meet me in the back...Where the light don't shine
First show me yours...Maybe I'll show you mine

My hands are shaking...My heart is beating fast
Is love worth making...When it can never last

Meet me in the back...Don't make me wait too long
I could change my mind...And tell you that it's wrong
So meet me in the back...Where the light don't shine
First show me yours...Maybe I'll show you mine

I'm gonna give directions...I'm gonna take it slow
But if I don't get protection...I will just say no

I can hear the music...Pounding through the walls
And to the beat of dancing...I will give you all

The Boy Feels Strange

And he looks at me in wonder...And he looks at me in fear
with his anger...His pride and stony tears
To place me in his life...Will be hard and slow
Does he want it need it...I might never know
The boy feels strange...Oh the boy has changed

Looking from my tower...I can see his fortress strong
Surrounded by his army...Where do I belong
Does he ever find the answers...In the cars as they go by
Does he ever want to ask me why
The boy feels strange...Oh the boy has changed

And he's seen with all the women...Who think that he's a god
And he blesses whom he pleases...Holding fast to the facade
I want to reach out and believe him...Through his miles and miles of pain
But lately when I touch him...The boy feel strange

And he speaks to me of business...When I ask him how he's been
Keeps me at a distance...Never getting under the skin
Can he make a new beginning...Does he even want to try
Or will he only let it die
The boy feels strange...Oh the boy has changed

The Letting Go

I came here to let you know
The letting go...Has taken place
I have held the winter's son
Become one...Set my pace
Isn't that what we wanted all along...Freedom like a stone
But I can say goodbye...Now that the passion's died
Still it comes so slow...The letting go

Piece by piece I take apart...This complicated heart
And I hope to find
Something I can prove is real
I can feel is truth...I can say is mine
That's all I ever wanted to be
The closer that I got...The further I could see
But when lovers change...And the night feels strange
We choose our road...The letting go

I came here to let you know
The letting go...Has taken place

Yes I Am - 1993

I'm The Only One

Please baby can't you see my mind's a burnin' hell
I got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin' my heart apart as well
Tonight you told me that you ache for something new
And some other woman is lookin' like something that might be good for you

Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you nothing's wrong
But I'm the only one who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone I'm the only one

Please baby can't you see I'm trying to explain
I've been here before and I'm locking the door And I'm not going back again
Her eyes and arms and skin won't make it go away
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow that holds you down today

If I Wanted To

If I wanted to I could do anything right
I could dance with the devil on a Saturday night
If I wanted to I could turn matches to gold
I could smoke drink swear and I would never grow old
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
If I only wanted to...If I only wanted to

If I wanted to I could run fast as a train
Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain
If I wanted to I could turn mountains to sand
Have political leaders in the palm of my hand
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
If I only wanted to...If I only wanted to

I could leave tonight and I would be all right
Stop holding on
If I wanted to...If I only wanted to

If I wanted to I could be as patient as death
Fix this hole in my heart leaking into my flesh
If I wanted to I could turn sparks into ice
There'd never be another woman who could make you think twice
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
If I only wanted to...If I only wanted to

Come To My Window

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window....I'll be home soon

I would dial the numbers just to listen to your breath
I would stand inside my hell and hold the hand of death
You don't know how far I'd go to ease this precious ache
You don't know how much I'd give or how much I can take

Just to reach you...Just to reach you...Just to reach you

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window....I'll be home soon

Keeping my eyes open I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness that has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood I am forsaking all the rest

Just to reach you...Just to reach you...Oh to reach you

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window....I'll be home soon

I don't care what they think
I don't care what they say
What do they know about this love anyway

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window....I'll be home soon

Silent Legacy

Why did you steal the matches from the one room motel
Once they gave you answers...Now they give you hell
They will never understand...They wonder where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish...Why can't you get along

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

You've seen it in the movies and you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection...Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons as original as sin
Deny all that you feel and they will bring you home again

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

Your body is alive but no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours trying to conceal
The natural progression is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame and turn it into rage

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger...To satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up a thousand years ago

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

Mothers tell your children...Be quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder...Love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you...How much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down...The legacy stops here

Oh my child...

I Will Never Be The Same

So you walked with me for a while...Bared your naked soul
And you told me of your plan...How you would never let them know
In the morning of the night you cried a long lost child
And I tried on I tried to hold you
But you were young and you were wild

But I, I will never be the same...Oh I, I will never be the same
Caught in your eyes...Lost in your name
I will never be the same

Secrets of your life I never wanted for myself
But you guarded them like a lie placed up on the highest shelf
In the morning of the night when I woke to find you gone
I knew your distant devil must be draggin' you along

But I, I will never be the same...Oh I, I will never be the same
Caught in your eyes...Lost in your name
I will never be the same

And you swore that you were bound for glory and for wanting you had no shame
But I loved you and then I lost you
And I will never be the same

But I, I will never be the same...Oh I, I will never be the same
Caught in your eyes...Lost in your name
I will never be the same

All American Girl

She wakes up in the morning with a pain in her jet black head
A decaf coffee in her hand and a Marlboro red
She drives down to the office in her Japanese car
With the radio blasting she dreams of taking it too far
But today she'll pay the bills...She won't think about the thrills
That pass away

She's an all American girl...An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world
An all American girl

Her eyes are black as leather and her hair is killer red
How could she keep the baby when she can barely keep her head
She don't owe nobody nothing and she ain't on the street
But these drinks are getting heavy and these lips are getting weak
She don't understand
Why she can't climb out of the sand and break away

She's an all American girl...An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world
An all American girl

Her lover never came home and it's half past three
Today her best friend told her he's HIV
Something's gotta give somewhere
Forcing circles into squares she keeps pushing on

She's an all American girl...An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world
An all American girl

Yes I Am

In these days and these hours of fury...When the darkness and answers are thin
Lovers come and check out in a hurry...Shallow and hollow again
Come lay your body beside me...To dream to sleep with the lamb
To the question your eyes seem to send...Am I your passion your promise your end

I say I am...Yes I am...Your passion your promise your end
Yes I am

Barring divine intervention...There is nothing between you and I
And if I carelessly forgot to mention...Your body your power can sanctify
Come feed your hunger your thirst...Lay it down the beast will die
You can question my heart once again...Am I your passion your promise your end

I say I am...Yes I am...Your passion your promise your end
Yes I am

I will stand firm in the tempest...I will ride destinys' trail
To believe when the truth comes up empty...To hold and respect without fail
Come and be one in the motion...A desire they cannot comprehend
Never to question again...For I am your passion your promise your end
Oh yes I am

Ruins

Don't try to call...There are some bridges that burn
Beyond recognition beyond repair
Don't say you've changed...There are some forces that turn
Beyond recollection beyond my stare
When I feel the cold in the dark I know you're there

Long ago I was a woman in pain...A woman in need
I ran to you
Long ago I did not understand...You were making me bleed
I ran to you
When I feel the cold in the dark I know what you do

I will crawl through my past over stones blood and glass
In the ruins
Reaching under the fence as I try to make sense
In the ruins

I know your heart has held its own fear
It's perfectly clear what they did to you
In my heart it's the screaming I hear
I won't let them come near since my love knew you
When I feel the cold in the dark I remember you

I will crawl through my past over stones blood and glass
In the ruins
Reaching under the fence as I try to make sense
In the ruins

Night after night I am carving it out
I will carry it down to the waterside
Night after night I am hearing the sound
Of wings that come beating I will not hide
When I feel the cold in the dark I will know why

I will crawl through my past over stones blood and glass
In the ruins
Reaching under the fence as I try to make sense
In the ruins

But if I am to heal I must first learn to feel
In the ruins I will crawl

Talking To My Angel

Don't be afraid...Close your eyes
Lay it all down...Don't you cry
Can't you see I'm going where I can see the sun rise
I've been talking to my angel and he said that it's alright

I've always had to run...I don't know just why
Desire slowly smoking under the midwest sky
There's something waiting out there that says I've got to try
I've been talking to my angel and he said that it's alright

This town thinks I'm crazy...They just think I'm strange
Sometimes they want to own me...Sometimes they wish I'd change
But I can feel the thunder underneath my feet
I sold my soul for freedom...It's lonely but it's sweet

Don't be afraid...Close your eyes
Lay it all down...Don't you cry
't you see I'm going where I can see the sun rise
I've been talking to my angel and he said that it's alright

Your Little Secret - 1995

Your Little Secret

I know what you're thinking baby...I used to be just like you
You move when she's not looking baby...One sugar ain't enough for you

You, you're taking out your loans...You're burying your bones
Before your cover's blown...You better take it home

I like the way you look...I know you like me
But one and one and one baby makes three
Stop playing those eyes if you want me to keep
Your little secret

Tell it softly to me baby...You never meant no one no harm
Your wonderland's a mirror baby...It's swiftly fading like your charm

You, you're stepping out of line...You're spilling all the wine
Leave it on the vine...I can't give you mine

I like the way you look...I know you like me
But one and one and one baby makes three
Stop playing those eyes if you want me to keep
Your little secret

I could...I won't...I can't...I don't
You make it hard...Talk down my guard
My senses soaked...My ego's choked
I will not lie...Will not lie...

Nowhere To Go

I know a place down past an old shack
On a road that goes to nowhere...Ain't nobody coming back
We can go there tonight...We can talk until dawn
Or maybe something else...I'll leave the radio on

There's no one to hear...You might as well scream
They never woke up from the American dream
And they don't understand what they don't see
And they look through you and they look past me
Oh, you and I dancing slow and we got nowhere to go

Past the Wal-Mart and the prison down by the old V.A.
Just my jeans and my t-shirt and my blue Chevrolet
It's Saturday night...Feels like everything's wrong
I've got some strawberry wine...I wanna get you alone

Down by the muddy water of the mighty Mo
In an old abandoned box car...Will I ever know
Dance with me forever...This moment is divine
I'm so close to heaven...This hell is not mine
This hell is not mine...

I Want To Come Over

I know you're home...You left your light on
You know I'm here...The night is thin
I know you're alone...I watched the car leave
Your lover is gone...Let me in

Open your back door...I just need to touch you once more

I want to come over...To hell with the consequence
You told me you loved me...That's all I believe
I want to come over...It's a need I can't explain
To see you again...I want to come over

I know your friend...You told her about me
She filled you with fear...Some kind of sin
How can you turn...Denying the fire
Lover I burn...Let me in

Open your back door...I just need to touch you once more

I want to come over...To hell with the consequence
You told me you loved me...That's all I believe
I want to come over...It's a need I can't explain
To see you again...I want to come over

I know you're confused...I know that you're shaken
You think we'll be lost...Once we begin
I know you're weak...I know that you want me
Lover don't speak...Let me in

I want to come over...To hell with the consequence
You told me you loved me...That's all I believe
I want to come over...It's a need I can't explain
To see you again...I want to come over

All The Way To Heaven

I want to find me a car with only one headlight
A straight six Ford on a good luck night
I want to roll down the windows and teach you to fly
I want to give you a thrill...The kind you can't buy

I want to lose all your demons and go
I want to tear off your chains 'cause I know

All the way to heaven is heaven
Caught between the spirit and the dust
All the way to heaven is heaven...Deep inside of us

I want to find me a bar with a blue light on
Dollar shot specials...A bartender named Dawn
Painting the town...Selling the farm
You can pierce your nose...And I'll tattoo my arm

I want to lose all your demons and go
I want to tear off your chains 'cause I know

All the way to heaven is heaven
Caught between the spirit and the dust
All the way to heaven is heaven...Deep inside of us

I want to find me a carnival outside of town
A tilt-a-whirl set up with a merry-go-round
Cotton candy fingers and a snow cone mouth
I want to roll you in sawdust till they run us both out
All the way to heaven...All the way

Shriner's Park

I wonder what you're doing in the night out there
Is a sad summer breath tangled in your hair
Can you hear the lonely engines screaming through the town
There's no where to run when the darkness comes down

Is there a song inside of you that you tried to forget
Like your fake ID and your mom's cigarettes
Does it take you back...Is the vision intense
You and me in Shriner's Park...Trying to make some sense

You were just seventeen but your laughter was mild
You liked my dreams you thought I was wild
Is there a rhythm in your step now that reminds you of a dance
Do you push it all away cause you never took the chance

You'd sneak out your window when I'd come for you
I'd be waiting in the street light on 8th Avenue
You'd slip into my car...We'd drive down past the fence
You and me in Shriner's Park...Trying to make some sense

Did you feel like you were crazy when they sent you far away
Did no one have the answers when you hung your head to pray
You could not let yourself dream...Never dare believe
You could ever be more than you were born to be

Do you lock up your house like you locked up your past
If I were to call could you free me at last
Could you slip into my car...Could we drive down past the fence
You and me in Shriner's Park...Trying to make some sense

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