1. |
You Belong to Me
04:32
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See the pyramids along the nile
Watch the sunlight in a tropic isle
Just remember darling all the while
you belong to me
See the marketplace in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
you belong to me
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
and blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember till you're home again
you belong to me
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
and blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember till you're home again
you belong
you belong to me
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2. |
Stranger in Every Town
04:37
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Am I gagged and bound
or maybe am I free?
Cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
Nobody knows me
I got a superpower
invisibility
Cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
Nobody knows me
So I'll just move like a ghost
Do what I want
Anything I wanna do
I move like a ghost
Do what I want
And when I'm done
I get back on the greyhound
Cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
in every town
I just move on
Ain't gonna stick around
Cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
in every town
No I'm not lost
that's why I can't be found
cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
in every town
You don't know me
can't keep me down
cause I'm a stranger stranger stranger
in every town
So I'll just move like a ghost
do what I want
anything I wanna do
I move like a ghost
do what I want
anything I wanna do
I move like a ghost
do what I want
anything I wanna do
I move like a ghost
do what I want.
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3. |
Need Your Love
04:15
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I can sing backup in anybody's band
and I'll sing it so low 'cause I can do it like a man
then I'll sing it so high 'cause I think it might impress you
but I won't do it loud 'cause I'll never ever stress you
I can bend my body I can twist it like a string of pearls
bend over backwards, I can do it, I'm a yoga girl
back so strong make you call me Aunt Sarah
call me Jessie call me Mary 'cause the name don't matter
I need you to love me
I need your love
Can I make you can I make you love me
I need your love
That's all I'm asking
I can take humiliation if you serve it in a bowl
I can tear it into pieces or just take it down whole
I can grill it like a steak with some hot sauce on it
and I won't share a piece 'til you tell me that you want it
I can paint my body all in gold 'til it glitter
I can be that little cutie you'd be strutting to be with her
and I'd look so good they'd be like "who's that chick?"
but if you don't want to see it I can put away my guitar
I need you to love me
I need your love
Can I make you can I make you love me
I need your love
That's all I'm asking for
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4. |
Like You
06:39
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I've been trying to lay down with a woman like you
a woman like you
but I just don't know how with a woman like you
a woman like you
My fingers are ready
my mind is all clear
I'm down in your temple
and I am prepared
to worship worship worship worship you
I worship worship worship
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5. |
Closer pt II
01:36
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I don't know how I got in this
all the songs I haven't written
I don't know were to begin this
Stop it you're making me shiver
or maybe I'm just feeling the cold
here on the far bank of the river
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
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6. |
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I got a right to sing the blues
I got a right to feel low down
I got a right to hang around
down around the river
A certain man in this here town
been dragging my poor heart around
All I see for me is misery
I got a right to sing the blues
I got a right to mope and sigh
I got a right to sit and cry
down around the river
I know the deep blue sea
will soon be calling me
It must be love, say what you choose
I got a right to sing the blues
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7. |
Here
04:08
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Here I am trying to cut through the noise
at the top of my lungs I can't hear my own voice
do I even exist when I'm silent?
I don't know
My invisible body propped up on the throne
of the goddess whose ears are more keen than my own
Do you hear me? I'll take one more shot
and then I'll go
I am here, I'm okay
It's amazing the distance I go just to have my say
I am here, here I am
and no demon or angel can challenge the place where I stand
and no demon or angel can challenge the place where I stand
The sound of the river, the goddess, the sun
I lay down by the road when the day is all done
and the numbness from shouting my song to the wind subsides
There isn't much space in my purse for regret
I'm reborn from the ash of the fires I've set
so I'll burn in my sleep as soon as I close my eyes
I am here, I am strong
come tomorrow my pen will rewrite all that I've got wrong
I am here, here I am
and no demon or angel can challenge the place where I stand
and no demon or angel can challenge the place where I stand
I am here, where am I?
I imagine I'm lost in the space between earth and sky
but I see oh so clear
I don't know where I'd be if I were anywhere but here.
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8. |
Walk
05:52
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I know I've done wrong
my life could be so much better
cause every time I came to a crossroads
I turned my back on that inclement weather
I know I can't change
but I know I can't stay the same
My words reveal where I have walked
my footprints echo in the way I talk
even when I'm standing still I'm walking away
My eyes my solitary direction
my peace which might prevail and just convey my indiscretion to you
and I feel much more than I know how to say
I think I've seen the end
I burn each bridge before I cross it
What I don't know about love could fill the ocean
if I ever had it I surely have lost it
I know I can't change
but I know I can't stay the same
My words reveal where I have walked
my footprints echo in the way I talk
even when I'm standing still I'm walking away
My eyes my solitary direction
my peace which might prevail and just convey my indiscretion to you
and I feel much more than I know how to say
My words reveal where I have walked
my footprints echo in the way I talk
even when I'm standing still I'm walking away
My eyes my solitary direction
my peace which might prevail and just convey my indiscretion
I'm walking away
Even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still I'm walking away
Even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still
I'm standing still but walking away walking away walking away
Even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still I'm walking away
Even when I'm standing still
even when I'm standing still
I'm standing still but walking away walking away walking away
I know I've done wrong
My life could be so much better
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9. |
Closer
05:42
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I don't know how I got in this
all the songs I haven't written
I don't know where to begin this
Maybe a bottle of water
but you'd better be quiet
I don't want to wake up your daughter
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
How did I get to the valley?
I must have been climbing a mountain
with more baggage than I could carry
And how did I get to to the mountain?
Two or three miles off course
but I think maybe nobody's counting
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
Wondering what it would cost you
maybe I'm overthinking
maybe I've already lost you
But look at me trying to impress you
I gotta laugh at myself
look at me trying to undress you
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
I need you close, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer
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10. |
Worship
05:09
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I've been trying to lay down with a woman like you
a woman like you
But I just don't know how with a woman like you
a woman like you
My fingers are ready, my mind is all clear
I'm down in your temple, and I am prepared
to worship, worship, worship, worship you
I worship, worship, worship
I've been traveling through cornfields for thousands of miles
through bushes and briars and shamers and liars
and swam through a sea of a thousand false smiles
these boasters and braggers with teeth just like daggars
been battling dragons all dressed up like men
their blazers and jackets, their schemes and their rackets
been through too many dark caves and back out again
and I just need a friend
and I just need a friend
See I've been trying to be whole with a woman like you
a woman like you
I could save my own soul with a woman like you
a woman like you
The praises will drip from the tip of my tongue
the whole of my mouth will fill up with songs
of worship, worship, worship, worship you
I worship, worship, worship
I've been trading my cunning for pitchers of beer
handcuffed to the bar with just my guitar
and a whiskey soaked demon breathing in my ear
this path has been plotted, it's just what you wanted
this motion-stagnation from city to town
I've sang for my supper, hit bad notes and suffered
been walking so long on this uneven ground
and I need to sit down
and I need to sit down
sit down
Cause I've been waiting so long for a woman like you
(a woman like you) a woman like you
I could write a whole song for a woman like you
(a woman like you) a woman like you
This ache in my body is bound to subside
the moment that you allow me inside
to worship, worship, worship, worship you
I worship, worship, worship worship you
I worship, worship, worship worship you
I worship, worship, worship worship you...
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11. |
Priestess
02:58
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You can be the one I show a glimpse of the divine
You can give me all your sugar, you can have a bit of mine
You can tell me that you're falling, that you're under my spell
that you don't know what I'm doing cause I do it so well
you can worship on your knees all day
I can be the reason you pray
begging me for more
you can you can be the ocean crashing over my shore
you can be my lover lover you can let me be your priestess
I need you to love me
I need your love
Can I (mm) can I make you love me
I need your love
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12. |
Far Bank of the River
02:30
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13. |
Throw it Away
05:42
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I think about the life I've lived
a figure made of clay
I think about the things I've lost
the things I gave away
and when I'm in a certain mood
I search the halls and look
one night I found these magic words
within a magic book
You can throw it away
throw it away
live your life, give your love
each and every day
Keep your hand wide open
let the sun shine through
Cause you can never lose a thing
if it belongs to you.
There's a hand to rock the cradle
and a hand to help us stand
with a gentle kind of motion
as it moves across the land
and the hand's outstretched and open
gifts of life and love it brings
so keep your hand wide open
if you're needing anything.
You can throw it away
throw it away
live your life, give your love
each and every day
Keep your hand wide open
let the sun shine through
Cause you can never lose a thing
if it belongs to you.
There's a natural obligation
to what we own and claim
possessing and belonging too
acknowledging a name
So keep your hand wide open
if you're needing love today
Cause you can't lose it even if
you throw it all away
You can throw it away
throw it away
live your life, give your love
each and every day
Keep your hand wide open
let the sun shine through
Cause you can never lose a thing
if it belongs to you.
You can never never lose a thing
if it belongs to you
You can never never lose a thing
if it belongs to you.
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Kosi New York, New York
She's more than just a drama queen. She's got piercing eyes and a voice that's larger than her body. But, small as she is, she won't fit in a box. She switches styles more quickly than you can follow. First she's jazz, then she's blues, then she's rock, but always powerful. You definitely want to hear this girl sing... if you can handle it. ... more
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This is real fo-yo-soul old skool Brooklyn hip hop with powerful insightful lyrics. I was hooked from the first track.
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