Melissa Etheridge

all lyrics written by Melissa Etheridge




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

from Melissa Etheridge's "No Souvenirs"




If wishes were horses
This beggar would ride
I'd have my cake and eat it
With a little on the side
I'd never want for money
I'd never want for friends
I wouldn't have to make excuses for the shape that I'm in
Shaking and crazy
Before I saw your eyes
I was in control of my soul on the whole

But this desire's too much
It's rented out my brain
It's showing previews of your body
Driving me insane

from "Brave and Crazy"




We laughed and drank in that jukebox light
And we tore the rug in that downtown dive
Every Saturday night
For fifty cents we'd dance all night long
And each new tune we said that's our song
Oh it felt so right
Well ecstasy ain't free
But compromise is chance
I remember how
You used to love to dance

They told me you have found your love
You moved in locked up and put out your blues
Well all God's children got to grow up
And play house make vows to hang up their shoes
Do you sit and talk over coffee cups
Do headline mornings satisfy and fill you up
I kept your eyes and your cigarette kiss
You couldn't keep the lies the adrenalin bliss in your life

from "You Used To Love To Dance"




Who's looking after this see-through heart
Someone up there isn't doing their part
Oh Cupid you foolish boy
You should take better aim with your brand new toy

from "The Angels"




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

from "You Can Sleep While I Drive"




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

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

from "Testify"




Am I the snake inside your garden
The sugar in your tea
The knock upon your backdoor
The twist that turns your key
Am I the sweat you feel on your head
The shadow on your face
The tune inside your head that put you here in the first place

from "Let Me Go"




Now you keep running down the road
In your midnight state of mind
Curiosity kills
If you can't read the signs

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

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

from "Similar Features"




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

from "Like The Way I Do"




Everybody's got a hunger
No matter where they are
Everybody clings to their own fear
Everybody hides some scar

Precious pain
Empty and cold but it keeps me alive
I gave it my soul so that I could survive
Keeping me safe in these chains
Precious pain

from "Precious Pain"




Don't you need
Don't you want
Can't you taste it when you're alone
Don't you cry
Don't you feel
Sometimes I wonder if you are real
Don't you bleed
Don't you need

from "Don't You Need"




And I'd do anything to get it out of my mind
I need some insanity of that temporary kind
Tell me how will I ever be the same
When I know that woman is whispering your name

from "Bring Me Some Water"




Sometimes I know that it's never enough
Survival is fine but satisfaction is rough

from "Ain't It Heavy"




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

from "I'm The Only One"




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

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

from "Come To My Window"




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

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

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

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

"Silent Legacy"



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