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(M. Etheridge)
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
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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
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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
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(M. Etheridge)
I'll buy you mangos baby
Your favorite fruit
I'll shave everything baby
I'll press my suit
I'll find that song by Perry Como you like to sing
I'll eat your TV dinners
And wear you cigar ring
Do you think that I can persuade
Don't make me fade because
I really like you baby
I want to see you baby
I really like you baby
I want to be you baby
I'll gladly make you
My first tattoo
You and me forever
In red and black and blue
I'll let you drive my car
I'll even paint my eyes
Forget about all my friends
And tell outrageous lies
Do you think I can persuade
Don't make me fade because
I really like you baby
I want to see you baby
I really like you baby
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(M. Etheridge)
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. J
ust 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 want to 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
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(M. Etheridge)
It's 1:25 a.m. I think I've seen that look somewhere before
1:25 a.m. I thought that you were headed for the door
Then something touched my skin
I won't ask you to leave here any more
Was it the talk or the drink or the dance that led to this
Was I so naive presuming the innocence
Well it's 1:54 and it's such an unusual kiss
Come on come on come on
Over and over
Come on come on come on
We all wanted this
Come on come on come on
Over and over
It's such an unusual kiss
The smell the taste the touch is so brand new
The thrill of the eyes that capture this forbidden view
It's 2:45 and you'll have some explaining to do
It's 3:17 a.m. please let me into your eyes
It's 4:23 and I try to hold on as you rise
I'll give you all that I have if that's what you want me to try
Come on come on come on
Over and over
Come on come on come on
We all wanted this
Come on come on come on
Over and over
It's such an unusual kiss
It's 5:26 a.m. I've got nothing left that I can say
5:26 a.m. black and white has melted into grey
My baby draws the shades as the taxi pulls away
Come on come on come on
Over and over
Come on come on come on
We all wanted this
Come on come on come on
Over and over
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(M. Etheridge)
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
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(M. Etheridge)
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
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(M. Etheridge, J. Shanks)
Take, take a look at the sky
Sometimes your heaven seems so far away
Take, take a look under here
Where deprivation turns into decay
I've stood under this rain
Felt it seep into my brain
I've shut my eyes and crawled around this mud
I'm scared of growin' old
I shiver when I'm cold
Don't you think I bleed the same blood
I, I could've been you
You could've been me
One small change that shapes your destiny
If you want the proof
Cut me and you'll see
I could've been you
You could've been me
Wait, wait before you turn off
Maybe there's a chance we can relate
Wait everybody turns on
Why deny a fact that's so innate
It's not so easy anymore
The way you used to keep score
Not so black and white the color of your sin
Take a walk inside my shoes
A path I didn't choose
Spend the night inside of my skin
I, I could've been you
You could've been me
One small change that shapes your destiny
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Cut me and you'll see
I could've been you
You could've been me
Change is turning into fear
Fear is melting into hate
With hate you justify your crime
A crime compassion can erase
Erase erase
Touch, touch what I feel
And know I believe everything I say
So go, go if you must
Remember one thing as you walk away
I, I could've been you
You could've been me
One small change that shapes your destiny
If you want the proof
Cut me and you'll see
I could've been you
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(M. Etheridge)
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
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(M. Etheridge)
You woke me up at 3:00 a.m.
To tell me about the fire
You said that she was more than a friend
You were consumed by your desire
And so it goes
This too shall pass away
It cuts so strange
The only thing that stays the same
Is change
Your love was here but now it's gone
And your eyes no longer want me
And now I can't hold back the dawn
And the truth that seems to haunt me
And so it goes
This too shall pass away
It cuts so strange
The only thing that stays the same
Is change
The only thing
That stays the same
Is change
I'm not so sure where I have been
I don't know just where I'm going
Hard as I hold it in my hand
I can stop the wind from blowing
And so it goes
This too shall pass away
It cuts so strange
Roll me away
It cuts so strange
The only thing that stays the same
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(M. Etheridge)
Take off my shield
Carry my sword
I won't need it anymore
Find me a sky
Give me my wings
Frozen and broken but free
Tell them I'm all right
I'm coming home
Tell them I'm all right
I am alone
This war is over
I'm coming home
Take off my shame
Bury it low
I won't need it anymore
Find me the sun
Give me it whole
Melt all the chains in my soul
Tell them I'm all right
I'm coming home
Tell them I'm all right
I am alone
This war is over
I'm coming home
Take off my pain
Carry me slow
I won't fight here anymore
Tell them I'm all right
I'm coming home
Tell them I'm all right
I am alone
This war is over
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