Melissa Etheridge
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 smokey
haze And I swear tonight I'm gonna find that
place It's not the love that dies but the understanding ways
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
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
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