Another Sun Tracy Chapman

sun If I never see another sun If I never see another sun Another sun another sun <Interlude> If no love will comfort me If no kind words come To offer hope or peace When I have fallen

Paper And Ink Tracy Chapman

Touched the mirror Broke the surface of the water Saw my true self All illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun

Happy Tracy Chapman

still be lonely I think you're the one Everyone agrees But some can see the face of love And turn away in disbelief Every time we get close I just run And the wind on my face Last rays of the sun

Over In Love Tracy Chapman

loose Hard rain to my skin soaked through So over in love with you I dont't even care Sky turns gray Black and blue Fall on me I can't be moved So over in love with you I dont't even care Hot sun

Material world Tracy Chapman

Don't see the links of chain Binding blood Our own ancestors Are hungry ghosts Closets so full of bones They won't close Call it upward mobility But you've been sold down the river Just another

Behind the wall Tracy Chapman

Behind the wall Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late If they come at all And

Say Hallelujah Tracy Chapman

Interlude> Say Hallelujah Throw up your hands The bucket is kicked The body is gone Dry your eyes And stand upright Put a smile on your face He wouldn't want us to cry <Interlude> The sun

Subcity Tracy Chapman

ain't living What did I do to deserve this Had my trust in god Worked everyday of my life Thought I had some guarantees That's what I thought At least that's what I thought Last night I had another

Subcity Tracy Chapman

living What did I do to deserve this Had my trust in god Worked everyday of my life Thought I had some guarantees That's what I thought At least that's what I thought Last night I had another

The Rape Of The World Tracy Chapman

greatest violation of all time Mother of us all Place of our birth We all are witness To the rape of the world You've seen her stripped mined You've heard of bombs exploded underground You know the sun

Rape Of The World Tracy Chapman

greatest violation of all time Mother of us all Place of our birth We all are witness to the rape of the world You've seen her strip mined You've heard of bombs exploded underground You know the sun

Taken Tracy Chapman

Another fool brought to the fold With not a gaze or arms but deathlike grip to hold To hold To hold To hold Should I try to take you in?

All that you have is your soul Tracy Chapman

your soul Why was I such a young fool Thought I'd make history Making babies was the best I could do Thought I'd made something that could be mine forever Found out the hard way one can't possess another

She's Got Her Ticket Tracy Chapman

keep her strong She's shed all pretenses That someday she'll belong Some folks call her a runaway A failure in the race But she knows where her ticket takes her She will find her place in the sun

Cold Feet Tracy Chapman

stranger Who she was to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought she'd like the party life and want the finer things So he promised more than he could buy And he promised her the sun

At This Point In My Life Tracy Chapman

stranger Who she was to not have cold feet Cold cold cold cold feet He thought she'd like the party life and want the finer things So he promised more than he could buy And he promised her the sun

give me one reason Tracy Chapman

Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my m...

So Tracy Chapman

So So you make a little money Off of somebody else's sweat So some people starve a little While you get fat While you get fat So you grind and grind And you push and shove And claim that those mo...

Fast car Tracy Chapman

Fast car You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make someth...

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my m...

Crossroads Tracy Chapman

Crossroads All you folks think you own my life But you never made any sacrifice Demons they are on my trail I'm standing at the crossroads of the hell I look to the left I look to the right There...

Baby can I hold you Tracy Chapman

Baby can I hold you Sorry Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like sorry like sorry Forgive me Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't...

The Promise Tracy Chapman

The Promise If you wait for me then I'll come for you Although I've traveled far I always hold a place for you in my heart If you think of me, If you miss me once in awhile Then I'll return to yo...

Bang bang bang Tracy Chapman

Bang bang bang What you go and do You go and give the boy a gun Now there ain't place to run to Ain't no place to run to When he hold it in his hand He feel mighty he feel strong Now there ain't ...

Telling Stories Tracy Chapman

There is fiction in the space between The lines on your page of memories Write it down but it doesn't mean You're not just telling stories There is fiction in the space between You and me There i...

I Am Yours Tracy Chapman

When all my hopes and dreams Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed a...

Let It Rain Tracy Chapman

Let it rain As I walk these streets unknown To no one named Not even myself When I'm low Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Le...

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

* Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You gotta make me chang...

For my lover Tracy Chapman

For my lover Two weeks in a Virginia jail For my lover for my lover Twenty thousand dollar bail For my lover for my lover And everybody thinks That I'me the fool But they don't get Any love from...

Tell It Like It Is Tracy Chapman

Tell It Like It Is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is What breaks your heart What keeps you awake at night What makes you want to breakdown and cry Bu...

Wedding Song Tracy Chapman

I've been having dreams and visions In them you are always standing Right beside me I reach out for your hand To see your arms extending outstretched towards me For you I don the veil By your lig...

Why? Tracy Chapman

Why? Why do the babies starve When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there're so many of us Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers When they're aimed...

Bridges Tracy Chapman

Bridges All the bridges that you burn Come back one day to haunt you One day you'll find you're walking Lonely Baby I Never meant to hurt you Sometimes the best intentions Still don't make thing...

You're The One Tracy Chapman

Some say you're crazy Say that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you na...

The Only One Tracy Chapman

She was the only one Of my flesh and blood Now I have no calling I can do no worldly good I sit silent I sit mourning I sit listless all the day I've mostly lost the voice to speak And any words ...

Talkin' Bout A Revolution Tracy Chapman

Don't you know They're talkin' bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Cryi...

For you Tracy Chapman

For you There're no words to say No words to convey This feeling inside I have for you Deep in my heart Save from the guards Of intellect and reason Leaving me at a loss For words to express my f...

Be careful of my heart Tracy Chapman

Be careful of my heart You and your sweet smile You and your tantalizing ways You and your honey lips You and all the sweet things that they say You and your wild wild ways One day you just up an...

In The Dark Tracy Chapman

Make me fumble Make me fall Make my heart stop and start To tremble uncontrollably Let my eyes see fear make desire Keep those who long apart Forbid the kiss And leave us innocent Of the things som...

Nothing Yet Tracy Chapman

Good times and bad Seen them both Hope fly out the window Fortune walk through the door Learned not to believe This is as good as it gets Because we ain't seen nothing yet Hands untied But the sa...

New Beginning Tracy Chapman

New Beginning The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing It's time to start all over, make a new beginning There's too much pain, too much suffering Let's resolve to start all over make a ...

I Used To Be A Sailor Tracy Chapman

I Used To Be A Sailor I used to be a sailor Who sailed across the seas But now I'm just an island Since they took my boat away from me Oh no I don't like being stationary I like the rocky wavy mo...

Hard Wired Tracy Chapman

Your wants desires Needs and wishes Will be duly noted Processed filed and cataloged Labeled and encoded Turned into sitcom dialog And advertising slogans We've got a box to put in your brain Hard ...

Devotion Tracy Chapman

If I am right If I can be Constant and faithful You'll find me In my devotion In my devotion What if you find a fault Between my purpose and my deeds And deem me beyond salvation Judge me to be ...

If These Are The Things Tracy Chapman

If These Are The Things If these are the things that Dreams are made of Why don't I dream Anymore I've tried to tell myself Nothing's changed my dear But I look around me And think maybe that's n...

Smoke And Ashes Tracy Chapman

Smoke And Ashes I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk About the trail you'd left of broken hearts About the sea of tears too wide to cross But a little bad press has never scared me off So I burned...

Unsung Psalm Tracy Chapman

There would be psalms sung by a choir I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired I'd be at peace and I'd have no desire If I'd lived right There would be cherubs with tiny harps arrows and b...

Almost Tracy Chapman

Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One green light One more ring of the telephone One more step On...

Less Than Strangers Tracy Chapman

You and me Had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lover speak How can it be We are less than strangers Oh it hurts to lose in love Let anger and...

If not now... Tracy Chapman

If not now... If not now then when If now today then Why make your promises A love declared for days to come Is as good as none You can wait 'til morning comes You can wait for the new day You c...