1. |
I Am Woman
05:08
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I like flowers…. and the moonlight…
yes.. i'll hold you more in the afterglow than you.
I can change my mind.. yes I'm undecided
and i feel better when you remember my name too.
I'll go shopping i won't buy anything…
Yes I'm a sucker for the bargain basement tuesdays.
I know the difference between an orange and persimmons
I've made recipes for more than boiling an egg.
And Sometimes I wake you up to see what your thinking.
stare in the mirror all day not blinking
cry in front of you for no reason at all
and feel a thrill when you return my call.
dress to the 9s without any occasion
And change 3 or 4 times without a translation
I love restaurants in the fashion section.
a trip to the men's room joined by all my friends
I'lllet her buy me a drink and say no taking me home.
And yes, I like a good sexist compliment.
I know I'm Man
and if you judge me,(and) don't understand?
Then fuck it . I am Woman.
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2. |
Respect
03:01
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What you want from me is a total fabrication of fact
and though I am a man, I aint gonna treat you like trash.
Its enough to tell you what I want
Without you taking offense and calling me a dog.
if we're two modern people there's many ways of giving Respect.
I got no money, that's the way you met me in town.
Because I want your kitty doesn't mean you got to call me out.
Im not knocking the times but I still open up doors for you.
If you're a strong woman, why do you act like you got something to prove?
It hurts my pride to ask you for that cash
so why'd you bring it up when I'm making my pass &
if we're two modern people there's many ways of giving respect
sing it all you want with your angry girlfriends
but know you come home to grown men in the end so
if we're two modern people there's many ways of giving respect
no need to tabulate every minor detail
give all i got , i hope you do as well
no need to spell it out , i got my degree
i give it everyday so give a little to me
just remember a man feels this way
long before you i was giving respect...
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3. |
Crazy
04:50
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my Country girl
you gave your all sanity to me
and you got nothing
With my city games
its no wonder you're taking on the blame ;
you think your crazy
my hurricane
can tear up your home & leave an open sky
I'm a lot like that
this blue light falls into your life and breaks all in sight
yeah I'm a lot like that
You're not bad
its not your fault
people like me
just got no soul
we're the crazy ones
you're allright
this aint nuts
you just been played
been twisted up
with the crazy one… so i must be crazy
your country ways
are seeds of life you've sown inside me
Did you know that?
they grow so tall
that Im filled up and i cannot tell what's you;
the you from me
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4. |
Stand by your Man
04:27
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I know in many ways i am not perfect
but i know how to love and understand
So, because he drowns you deep in his failures
don't write us all off for being just men
he hurt you more than you ever could fathom
but he's magic with a smile that shines so bright
(so it) Seems you trust the codes of the mountain
just because these ways are old it doesn't make them right
Are you gonna go stand by your man?
Or will you walk away from him.
10,000 times you let him back in
And every time you get to breathe he fails again
Are you gonna go stand by your man
or will you stand by me instead?
10,000 ways I'd treat you right
you'll never have to suffer for the rest of your life.
you know all the sides of love and war
its been too many years you stood sentry at home
just when you thought you've heard it all before
he finds another way to leave you alone
he's heartless when he drags you through the dirt
and your mother tells you the old sage advice
but your friends see i am a straighter shooter
and believe you'd never have to cry for me twice.
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5. |
F>ck and Run
03:07
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Ok. Lets be honest... I should've called you back
I even made an attempt at that and it was half-assed.
I just felt so ashamed after our little bit of fun.
Im talking about that morning when i had to fuck and run
you see its complicated , so i'll have to explain.
it was going so well until you pushed my buttons again.
You took off my jeans and things when we got to your home
and you started talking trash about the people we know.
Im a guy who's too, shy, not the mind-gaming type I
rarely get high... when I go out the night
Prefer to go, real, slow, give romance a chance to grow
I'm a loose, hand, and you like it real tight.
I prefer the old ways to these Skype and sexting days... I
don't understand... how you get anything done.
You got me high, stoked my fire, stole my pen and wrote me lies
Don't misunderstand me but I had to fuck and run
Know what I mean? I was gonna...
You say you're a girl that's got no diseases
wants to be old fashioned yet she do what she pleases
since 12 you've done this shit and i'm glad you will admit it.
and i hate to be the date who's got to tell you to quit.
but despite all my preaching and yes a little of lying, sometimes i
like a sailor mouthed girl who looks like Meg Ryan
if you want dates, love letters, peaches and milk, don't
use your ass to entrap a guy with guilt.
See, Im a guy that's not too wise for you verbal jousting types I
rarely get too high when I go out the night
Prefer to go, real, slow, give romance a chance to grow
I'm a loose hand when you like it real tight.
I prefer the old ways to these instagraming days I
dont understand why don't you pick up a phone.
You get me high, stoke my fire, stole my pen and wrote me lies
Don't misunderstand me but I had to fuck and run
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6. |
I Kissed A Girl
02:44
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I hear your excuses on how it wasn't planned
And how it's innocent and I'm your man
But made a big show right in front of everyone
You big skank drunk look at what you've done.
Well she was clean sober and she came to me
And you were right, her cherry lips were sweet
Your mind fuck failed again and I got wise
And we went further and I tried on her other lips for size.
I kissed a girl That kissed you too
She had some nasty things to say 'bout you
Thats not the reason I hooked up with her
This ain't the first fucking story I've heard
I kissed a girl, maybe that's the wrong verb
You told me its just fun but my heart was disturbed
You think it's fun and games but I'm under attack
I kissed a girl but she kissed me back
She gives a red hot steel crowbar with wings
That's nothing you can get when She kissed you it seems
Don't play with people's sex with feelings that you fake
Explain this all to those who are born this way
She comes hard to me that's a fact you can tell
How she walks and the scratches on my back!!!! I KISSED A GIRRL!!!!
I kissed a girl That kissed you too
She had some nasty things to say 'bout you
Thats not the reason I hooked up with her
This ain't the first fucking story I've heard
I kissed a girl, maybe that's the wrong verb
You told me its just fun but my heart was disturbed
You think it's fun and games but I'm under attack
I kissed a girl but she kissed back
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7. |
Since U Been Gone
04:45
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Yes I'm back in town
when i left i felt my shoulders fall down
feels like a lifetime ago
only been a week since i had to let you go
I only wrote this note to you
for my calendar's cleared with nothing to do
1st of all every love song you fell for
I never wrote them to be personal
You won't have the air to share and suffocate
those mistakes are yours to make and take the blame
Since I
Been gone
I get silence again
I don't have to explain every move that i make
especially to your friends
Since you...
Been gone
The air is good for you.
If it makes you feel better
then shout it'll your out of breath
and Believe I lose.
and your right.
i never said i needed anyone
i thought you liked the way i was
you said I'm "so unique so original".
Since I
Been gone
I get silence again
I don't have to explain every move that i make
especially to your friends
Since you...
Been gone
The air is good for you.
If it makes you feel better
then shout it'll your out of breath
and Believe I lose.
But I don't think of you at all
Since u been gone.
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8. |
I'm not Lisa
04:07
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"Lisa, the Sun is coming out and I'd love to see your blue eyes open."
She said, "What?"
I said, "It's good to see your silhouette." and, "I hope you never leave me again."
She said, "What?"
I said, " I know you were lost to me and in time his face will soon be forgotten."
She gets up.
"Please,
Don't you know."
She cries to me,
"That was years ago. But I'll stay."
"Come back to bed,"
I commented
"Lisa, don't be this way."
The light shows just how much you've changed."
She said.
"I'm not Lisa"
"So ...
what's the point of having a mind if I can't time travel in it."
And she said,,, "oh".
I said,
"Just don't touch those things over there. I have it kept the way that you left it.
several years ago."
I don't mind that you cut your hair but you're better off the way you were in our pictures.
long and flowing."
"Please,
Don't you know."
She cries to me,
"That was years ago. But I'm here to stay."
"Come back to bed,"
I said
"Lisa, don't be this way."
The light shows just how much you've changed."
She said.
"I'm not Lisa"
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9. |
You Oughta Know
04:31
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I'm sorry, girl, you're so angry.
you couldn't calm yourself and be with me in the end
i may have left a mess behind me but thats what you are;
a mess i couldn't mend.
Your mistakes and complaints; how i paid for you and everything.
You Oughta Know… You Oughta Know.
Im telling you now that my back don't itch, so give up psychically trying to scratch it.
Just move on with your bitterness, I'm sure i'll think of you fondly in the end
Though you left me bereft and broke, deep inside I'm a mountain made of gold.
Say anything, just know I'm not listening
You Oughta Know… You Oughta Know.
I am here (and) you're there.
no need to remind me i don't care. i don't
(groovy bassoon solo)
Your mistakes and complaints; how i paid for you and everything.
I am done with Canadians. Northern cold has outrun its fun for me.
You Oughta Know… You Oughta Know.
I cannot feel your scratch marks.. Ha ha
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10. |
A Natural Woman
04:03
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A Natural Woman
I knew you were unhappy way back when
You dug through the lost and found in the security bin
Your tender hand grabbed my head
And you stuck me in your purse,
we dont need no words to begin
sit back, relax
You took me to your bedroom.. Charged me to the top
Don't want to disappoint .. Don't want to stop
I'll make you feel so good you never are the same
And you stuffed me in your drawer and every Saturday give me a new name/
Sit Back, Relax. You feel that? it's real and natural
I want to relax you and ease your mind
In rain, snow, dawn and a 5 minute time
We can travel longer if that's what you want
8 with 80 minutes, a perfect simulation of love
Others just might tell me
what love is and what it's not
You make me happy and real..
your love is what I got
You said that I'm the biggest key
that fits in your tiny lock
And for all intents and purposes
to you this is a real love.
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11. |
At Seventeen
03:50
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Looking back on what it was all about
It's like a Mambo in your head you can't sort it out
So young I barely knew just how to shave
I was more innocent I was stretching out my legs
A sheltered boy ..didn't know what I didn't know
I only worked enough to buy my own horn
Making faces in the glass just for fun
Tried on many strides and glad I chose none.
& I saw the girls like you were treated rough
I saw you cry when you thought that no one looked
i believed in you , then you believed in me
... at 17.
I never knew enough but knew too much
I never played the team but I always showed up
They knew my name but picked me last too
They never payed no mind to what I do
To be heard and understood is what longed for
It's no wonder that I chose a life of song
all i wanted was to simply fly away
So I practiced hard and neglected all my grades
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12. |
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I pulled into the station
the sky was turning light
My father picked me up where we shared goodbyes
Macon Georgia's sleepy but its a friendly sight
L.A sure was torture. I'm giving up that fight.
Sometimes i think of how i left her
Sometimes i think of giving up my dream
and I don't think but want so hard i'm starting to believe
that she'll take the last midnight train to me
I put my stack of songs in away for good
No heard them certain as the nights shining moon
Just unpacked my suitcase and up the road she was
Mascara running, furs and high heels caked in mud
And though she was my one true flame
I never thought I'd see her again
and I dont think but want so hard i'm starting to believe
that she took the last midnight train to me
She's a urban riser up at the crack noon
breakfast with a sunset and coffee on the stoop
she cries and phones to her friends
but tells them all how happy she is
And I don't think that she's alright
but trying to believe it
'cause she took the last midnight train to me
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13. |
Son of a Preacher Man
03:17
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My name is billy-ray
Have you ever heard of me?
might know me as the preachers son
Buy my drinks for the day
Il tell you a story of myself
And how this girl thinks she's in love
See, Dad n me get around
To the lonely families
& he prays with the widows inside
and in each and every town's a
wild daughter I've found
Though they pretend to be shy
but once I get them alone
in the back of their home
and tell them to be clean before God
I'll put oil on their toes
and they start to disrobe
and believe when They say I'm the only one.
That's life for a Son of a Preacher
for pretty girls I know just how to reach them
That's life for the Son of a Preacher
for pretty girls I know just what to teach them
I know she says I'm love with her
I can't help it if they love my eyes.
If we could just get to the part
about me breaking her heart
I never said I wasn't cheating on the side
And once I leave this small town
I know word spreads around
you better not believe what they say I've done.
If you still don't understand
my Pap's a reputable-ble man
Where do think I learned that shit from?
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I think I caught a cold
waiting outside for her to see
And her fathers gonna kill me
Called her up at a quarter to three
It's like she don't even care
about how anything will end
I guess we won't leave the ground again
She'll never believe in being more than friends.
She floats
above the crap
She don't think about her future or past
I wish somebody would kick her ass,
emotionally I mean.
Just think.
I've fallen in love
With a party girl who's as deep as a puddle. Looks like I wrote our
story in the wrong key.
I guess I'm old fashioned guy ,, but what is she?
Wont be nobodies daughter, mother or wife.
What is it
with girls these days when they cut and run?
Do they just want to have fun?
She will
And make the grade
What happens when her beauty starts to fade?
Can't count on her for anything
except to make a scene.
the amount i can't count
The excuses when she lets us down
wrote off her whole damn family
I guess I'm old fashioned guy ,, but what is she?
Wont be nobodies daughter, mother or wife.
What is it
with girls these days when they cut and run?
Do they just want to have fun?
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15. |
My Guy
04:15
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She says I used to be unhappy,, i had a lot of bad friends
I went drinking all night and I had meaningless sex
Ate anything I wanted and played video games
Friends crashed on my couch but that never seemed strange
I used to love sunburns and watch the Living Dead
use my kitchen for the takeout …smoke cigars in bed
Make senseless art ... never pay my bills
And hang out naked by my window sill
Now she's around me all day
Can't seem to understand why
She says that I'm much happier now
when she calls me her Guy.
I used to have a lot of lovely friends who were girls
She never trusted them and they overheard
Had comfortable clothing but it never would match
I'd leave it on the floor and I'd like it like that
I put all that behind me
I know you cant understand why
She says I'm much happier now when she calls me her guy
I used to hum, whistle and drum to myself
Sing in the rain and sleep in again with no one else
Oh how very sad
it must've seemed
to you all
now i believe
everything
she says
to me
There's nothing you can do and nothing you can say
She says that nothing can take her away
I'm like a big sidekick you say indifferently
She says "don't pay no mind to things like reality"
So, please be happy for me
I know you don't understand why
Now I must get off the phone... I hear her singing, my guy.
(wait for two minutes)
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