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Say It tomorrow

  • Albums: How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

I couldn't care less how we met

I'm just glad you came along

I got a friend to phone you

But you took your time to call 

You were just as scared as me

That we wouldn't last for long


And now we fit so perfectly

But if you want to break the bond

Say it tomorrow darling

Don't leave me alone tonight

What you want to say will keep

Cos tomorrow never comes

Say it tomorrow darling

Say it tomorrow please

If the sweetest song could hold you

I would sing forever

This is us

We are one

We are family

And we hope

And we cry

And we love

Please

Say it tomorrow darling

Don't leave me alone tonight

What you want to say will keep

Cos tomorrow never comes

Say it tomorrow darling

Say it tomorrow please

If the sweetest song could hold you

I would sing forever

You know when I first saw you

I was asking who's that, my

And I watched you as you walked around looking fine

And I liked how you were shy

I want you

I want you

Don't leave me tonight

I want you

I want you

Don't leave me please stay

Say it tomorrow darling

Say it tomorrow please

If the sweetest song could hold you

I would sing forever

You were just as scared as me
That we wouldn't last for long


And now we fit so perfectly

But if you want to break the bond

Say it tomorrow darling

Say it tomorrow darling

Don't leave me alone tonight

Tomorrow never comes

Say it tomorrow darling

Say it tomorrow please

If the sweetest song could hold you

I would sing forever

Say it tomorrow darling

Don't leave me alone tonight

What you want to say will keep

Cos tomorrow never comes

 

Someone Else

  • Albums: How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

The reaction from my friends made me feel good
They thought I'd found the perfect match and so did I
But little did I know
That you had other plans

You were looking for better
You were looking for faster
You were looking for anything other than I had to offer
And while I was happy to give you everything
You were hoping someone else will come along

Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along
Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along

I was working hard to make your dreams come true
All my happiness depended just on you
But I just didn't hear
We were singing out of tune

The design for your life
Does that include my love
Were you faking what you whispered in my ear
And while I was happy to give you everything
You were hoping someone else will come along

Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along
Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along

Now I see
Who you really are
Your colours fade like a falling star

Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along

Baby
You're not fooling me
Not any more
Yea Baby
Don't come knock knock knocking at my door
Ooh baby
You're not fooling me
Not any more
Yea baby

Someone else will come along
You were waiting for someone else to come along

Still Waters

  • Albums: Not Too Far Away

 

I can picture every detail of your face
As I close my eyes
And in that moment
In that liberating moment
I can wrap you in my arms
Without fear that this will end

But is it really just you and me
How deep still waters run
On the outside we seem ideal
But inside it’s not much fun

Like a new born
I try to hold you
Try to protect you
Scroll through hours
Scroll through days 
And scroll through the years
And let’s choose the best times
Of this bitter sweet love

I can see why we should part and yet still
Inside my head
Is this illusion
Where you run across the room
And lift me up amongst the stars
In your arms
We fly away

But when we fall back to earth we see
How deep still waters run
On the outside we seem ideal
But inside inside it’s not much fun

Like a new born
I try to hold you
Try to protect you
Scroll through hours
Scroll through days 
And scroll through the years
And let’s choose the best times
Of this bitter sweet love

Oh it’s the silence that hurts more
More than the shouting and the times
When you walk out
Turn back
Turn back
Turns back

Love never moves in straight lines
It bends it winds
Seeds we’ve planted
We must cultivate the soil
Not plow the surface of the wounds
With our words that cause the hurt

That’s how unattached we are
And how deep still waters run
On the outside we seem ideal
But inside inside it’s not much fun

Like a new born
I try to hold you
Try to protect you
Scroll through hours
Scroll through days 
And scroll through the years
And let’s choose the best times
Of this bitter sweet love

Summer Kisses

  • Albums: Starlight

I wonder how I would really feel
If the situation should arise and I caught you
Cheating on me
I wonder what it would be like
To feel the tears fall from my eyes as I watch you
Walk away

And I think about that every now and then
I think about what it would be like
To never have you here by my side and I
Go to pieces
I fight the urge to play the scenes where
The broken hearted lover lies bleeding
I know it's never gonna be true
But I can't stop thinking

If we were so intertwined
That we are lost in our world
And we were blind
Blind to fragments of decay
Blind to signs we should obey
I think about that every now and then and I
Go to pieces

I fight the urge to play the scenes where
The broken hearted lover lies bleeding
I know it's never gonna be true
But I can't stop thinking
How I'd feel
How I'd feel

You know I love you baby

I know you're there if ever I fall
I know you're there if ever I fall
I know you're there if ever I fall
With those
Summer kisses

I know you're there if ever I fall
I know you're there if ever I fall
I know you're there if ever I fall
With those
Summer kisses

 

 

 

Starlight

  • Albums: Starlight

Everyone trying to be somebody
Everybody trying to be someone
Trying to be at the A list party
But most times on the sidelines waving
Look at me look at me
Here I am
Here I am here I am
Can't you see me
Hey

Sell your mother for a breakthrough
And your father if you had to
Living the dream
Chasing the rainbow

Everybody wants to be a starlight
Shining in the darkest hall
Everybody wants to be a starlight
Shining in the darkest hall
Everyone needs something to believe in
Domination is the backup plan
First thing is to get more notice
Less talk and a lot more action
Look at me look at me
Here I go
Here I go here I go
Can't you see me
Hey
Sell your mother for a breakthrough
And your father if you had to
Living the dream
Chasing the rainbow

Everybody wants to be a starlight
Shining in the darkest hall
Everybody wants to be a starlight
Shining in the darkest hall

Even if you see an outside chance
You gotta grab it and big up yourself
A little skinny kid
With shining bright eyes
Yea

Don’t give a reason to get yourself knocked back
You got a personality
Use that
No better place to start than
Right here
Right now
Yea

Even if you see an outside chance
You gotta grab it and big up yourself
A little skinny kid with shining bright eyes
Yea

Don't give a reason to get yourself knocked back
You've got a personality
Use that
No better place to start than right here
Right now
Yea

 

 

 

Single Life

  • Albums: Starlight


People say
They're jealous of me
Asking all the time how I can be so lucky
And how they wish they'd never kissed
The single life goodbye
And why
They struggle every day
To keep from straying

They want my life
They call and me a crafty little devil
They think I've got it made
That my streets are paved and golden
And I bath in sun rays every day

And everybody tell me
Not to be afraid
To gather all the harvest
That the good Lord made

Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me
When you sleep
You sleep alone
And you can roll right to the centre of the bed
And you don't have to have strength
For anybody else
And you never have to shout
To defend yourself
You can eat cake and even ice cream
And you can stay out really late
And you can bring home someone
To make you feel special
But it's for a few hours
Then they go away.

And everybody tell me
Not to be afraid
To gather all the harvest
That the good Lord made

Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me
Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me
When I see two people
They look crazy in love
A little bit of heaven
Shining in their eyes
Free and single sounds exciting and it can be
With no warning a great adventure calls 
Hitch a ride
Every time I think I've found that someone
I awake.

Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me
Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me
Single life is not what it appears to be
Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me

Don't obsess
But I'm looking real hard
It's a spice that I'm missing
From the ingredients
I got freedom
And the money that I work for every day
Could buy me a colour 
But it  won't buy me a body
I can feel the language
The language of love 
That's so universal
Everybody gets to speak it 
When they fall in love
That’s the end of lonely nights
And
Single life.

Songs

  • Albums: What's Inside


If I'm feeling down
If I'm ever low
I just think of you
And the songs

Filled with lots of meaning
With everything I need
Spiritually healing
Words that comfort

You told me that you cared
You'd be there for me
Whenever I need
When you're far away and I need you hmm
The songs can bring you closer

If I'm ever down
If I'm feeling low I just think of you
And the songs

The ones that make me wonder
Will it be that good again
They inspire me to try
Oooo

Songs that let the past
Flood into my mind
Take me to the place
That we left
It's such a strange sensation
To live that time again
Songs can save you
They can break you
Set you crying

A long time ago
You told me that you cared
You'd be there for me
Whenever I need
When you're far away and I need you hmm
The songs can bring you closer

Sometimes I don't Wanna Go Home

  • Albums: Square The Circle


Shell me with questions all night
I’m living in a danger zone
Like a sword of destruction
Eating at your very soul

Possessed by emotional ties
Your love is a chain
Ooh hoo hoo

Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again
Sometimes I don’t wanna to home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again

I’m the soul of discretion
Your mountain is a grain of sand
And I’m tired of the life that I live
Ruled by your iron hand

Stop picking on me
It’s getting down from bad to worse
Stop picking on me

Is this love
Is this love
Is this love
Is this love

Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again
Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again

Shell me with questions all night
I’m living in a danger zone
Obsessed and emotional
Your love is a chain

Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Sometimes I don’t wanna go home

Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again
Sometimes I don’t wanna go home
Cos I know it’s gonna start again

So Good

  • Albums: Back To The Night


Cuddle in the morning
Kissing late at night
That's what I wanna do
With my little baby
Alright

See me take that love
And hold it tight
Watch me hold on tight

Just as in the day time
Get my smile
Candles round the table
In the pale moonlight

Blackcurrent and jelly jars
Can't hold the sweetness
Sugar itself
So nice
Been said before but I feel it's right

And when I'm waddling old
Still wanna be there
High and mighty Oo
Old but gold
Love is you
So good

I'm a hopping onto a passing cloud
I'm sailing off to a heaven
Defines kissing you
The suns up above
Way up
A hot burning sun
Cooking up love
Making love

Secret Secrets

  • Albums: Secret Secrets

Secret Secrets

I write it down in invisible ink
I write it down
Everything I want
I keep it in private
Don't let nobody know
It's my secret
And I won't let go
It's my secret
And I won't let go

Do you want to join my society
Well you'll be governed
By intelligence
You've got to swear
Be reticent
And answer questions
With a number

And when you talk
No facial expressions
Don't exphasise
You've got to hold things back
And when your friends say
Give me names and dates
Don't give the answer

It's a secret

Keep it safe
Under lock and key
Keep it hid
And it's a mystery

So tighten up on security
Don't run the risk
We won't tell nobody
Though they'll want to know
It's a secret secret
And we won't let go

It's a secret secret

Let's keep this exclusive
A sect for two
It's a secret secret
For me and you

It's a secret secret

 

 

 

Shape Of A Pony

  • Albums: What's Inside

Dreams of building a fortress
A castle made of stone
A castle made of stone
A castle made of stone

Dreams of building a fortress
A castle made of stone
A castle made of stone
Works himself to a pony shape
But he just can't get it

Jumps quite high
But he can't trust the sky
Walks quite far
But he can't make the mile
Charts his course
But he never sets sail

Jumps quite high
But he can't trust the sky
Walks quite far
But he can't make the mile
Charts his course
But he never sets sail

He would die for a Porsche
All covered up with chrome
All covered up with chrome

He would die for Porsche
All covered up with chrome
All covered up with chrome
Works so hard
But he just can't get it

Youth all spent
On a pie in the sky
Ace is high
But the thing is to try
Ladyluck
Won't you give up a smile

CHORUS:
Jump that jump
Can trust the sky
Walk that walk
You'll reach the mile
Chart that course
Buddy let us set sail
Let us set sail

Da Da Da Da...

Works himself to a pony shape
But he just can't get it right

Jump that jump
Can trust the sky
Walk that walk
Chart that course
Let us set sail

Chorus

Da Da Da Da...

 

 

 

Secular Songs

  • Albums: Into The Blues

Secular Songs

They're singing secular songs in the churches
And there's not a of word of God
It's all Schubert and Beethoven
Oh and lots of French love songs
So let's go down on Sunday morning
To hear that Jacob sermon read
Everybody dressed in their finest apparel baby
Listening to the preacher eulogies

Then we'll pray
Pray
Pray
Yea we'll pray
Our souls will rise upon that day
Pray
Pray
Pray
Pray we change to better ways

They're telling stories about love's passion
All about ménage a trois
Hear those heart felt Lieder
Coming from that deep bass voice
And whilst some sleep though this music
Others weep for all the pain
As they sing secular song in the churches baby
It's time to kneel let's kneel and pray


Yea we'll pray
Pray
Pray
Pray
Our souls will rise upon that day
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Pray we change to better ways

Yea we'll pray
Pray
Pray
Pray
Pray
Pray
Pray we change

 

 

 

Save Me

  • Albums: Joan Armatrading Love & Affection

Save Me

Sinking Caught up in a whirling motion
Such a strange sensation
The currents uncertain
Like sails of a mill
I spin
Like wheels I move in a circle
While you stand on the bank
Immune or evasive
Throw me a life line
Save me..

Intimacy and affection
Frozen
In this game of chance
I forfeit
Full hand of love
With no counters
Like a moth
With no flame
To persuade me
Like blood in the rain...
Running thin
While you stand on the inside
Looking in
Save me

Inside looking in
Complete in yourself
Throw me a life line
Save me

Stand on the bank
Immune or evasive
Throw me a life line
Save me..

 

 

 

Someone's In The Background

  • Albums: Hearts And Flowers

Someone's in the background
While we're on the phone
Giving you the answers
Where do they get
All this information
And how

Put'em on the phone right now
I want to pick their brains tonight
They can tell me where I'm going wrong
They can tell me how to make love

Put'em on the phone right now
I want to talk to the stealer
They can tell me how they hurt inside
Because they know how much I'm hurting
They can say that when a good love dies
I'll find some comfort in my memories

Someone made you question
The love we had
The love we had
Should have lasted a thousand years
You've been persuaded that was way too long
Put'em on the phone right now
I want to talk to the person
Who taught you how to spread your wings

Communication breakdown
I thought you cared
I thought you cared
When did we get to this position
And how
Tell me on the phone right now
You're going to sleep on your own tonight
I can find you out in a lie
You can't disguise the passion

I'm coming round there now
I want to see this angel
Once you're caught
Then there's no turning back
Like a rat you won't escape the trap

Tell me on the phone right now
You're going to sleep on your own tonight
I can find you out in a lie
You can't disguise the passion
And you can say that now our love has died
I'll find some comfort in my memories

 

 

 

Somebody Who Loves You

  • Albums: Joan Armatrading Love & Affection

I don't know what you're thinking
Should I stay or say goodbye
You blow smoke on the ceiling
You don't wanna look into my eyes
You got somebody who loves you
And I wanna see you fan the fire
Wrap the sheets around you
With me hugged up inside

I wanna see you fan the fire
Come on stoke the blaze
And don't run for cover
You've got someone who loves you
Somebody loves you
You've got someone who loves you
Somebody loves you

Cozy corner your arms around you
So tired of one night stands
Left with longing from misspent passion
With one more human to despise

You've got somebody who loves you
Don't mine for gold in the dim lit cafes
And as the gypsy once foretold
Love is dark
But no stranger
Mistaken shyness can be costly
Too hasty a goodbye
Then you've lost me
You've got someone who loves you
Somebody loves you

I wanna see you fan the fire
Come on stoke the blaze
And don't run for cover
Mistaken shyness can be costly
Too hasty a goodbye then you've lost me

 

 

 

Simon

  • Albums: Me Myself I

He's from Ohio
Lives with his mother
He loves the woman
Who loves his brother
What can he do now
As she walks across the floor
Here comes his brother
Walking sideways
Through the door

Was the same at school
He played the fool
Or took a back seat
While Simon ruled
He played by himself a lot
And people called him shy
His mother said
Be more friendly
And he would ask her
Why
Has Simon
Got to be more friendly
And do I have to be like him
And mother said
No son
Gotta be yourself
Be more like I tell you
Be like me
Be like I tell you
Be like me

Now when Kathleen
Came on the scene
He saw her first
And then Simon spoke
He took her to places
That completely
Turned her head
Gave her practical things
Like
Diamonds for her neck

Has Simon got to be so friendly
Sometimes he makes me want to
Kill

Look at 'em dancing
While he's standing by the wall
There's gonna be trouble
When the time to leave is called
And Simon won't be feeling friendly
He'll be lying too close to the floor
And mother said
Oh son
That's not like you
You gotta be more like I tell you
Be like me
Be like I tell you
Be like me

 

 

 

Show Some Emotion

  • Albums: Show Some Emotion Track Record Love & Affection Master Series

Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up
If you're feeling happy
But if it's bad
Then let those tears roll down

Some people hurting
Someone choking up inside
Some poor souls dying
Too proud to say
They got no place to lie
And there's people
If they hear a joke
Can keep the laugh
Out of their eye
I said
Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up
If you're feeling happy
But if it's bad
Then let those tears roll down

Some people in love
But all they got's a photograph
How can they get it
Too scared
To open their mouth
To ask
I said
Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up
If you're feeling happy
But if it's bad
Then let those tears roll down

Come on try
Learn to bleed
When you get a bad fall
Light up
Light up
Light up
If it's nice
But if it's bad
Then let those tears roll

 

 

 

Shapes And Sizes

  • Albums: What's Inside

It comes all shapes and sizes
It's something you can never buy
Don't wait until it's over
Before you say it's all been fun
Obituary columns are filled with love

Don't wait until I'm waving
And drowning in a sea of tears
It is too late tomorrow
Obituary columns are filled with love
Filled with love

If everybody said it to
The person that they feel it for
Then their heart
Would be full and free

It comes all shapes and sizes
It's something you can never buy
Don't wait
Don't wait

Obituary columns are filled with love
Filled with love

Don't wait until it's over
Don't wait until it's over
Obituary columns are filled with love
Filled with love
Filled with love
Filled with love
Filled with love

 

 

 

Something's Gotta Blow

  • Albums: Into The Blues

Smell of a man
Smell of musk
The noise of the train
From morning till dusk
The up escalator broken down
The clothes on my back
Look like they were taken out of the laundry basket
To weary to wash
To weary to wash

Now there's hordes of people
Pushing and shoving
Sizzling noises coming out of their ears
Hold on to the strap
Or hold on to a stranger
Hope that stranger's day has not been too hard

Aggression builds up
When the going is slow
And you're packed like sardines
Something's gotta blow

Something's gotta blow
When you work so hard
And the sweat pours down on you
Something's gotta blow
When your pay don't match
The work you slave
And the pain you get

Something's gotta blow
Please stand on the right
So I can pass on the left
Cos Something's gotta blow
Something's gotta blow
Something's gotta blow


Dodging the fare
Ain't woth the crime
Think of your loved ones
Whilst you’re doing your time
Being met at the station
No better thrill
Than that 4x4 cruiser
Coming over the hill
Bringing love and relief
From the noise and the heat
From the suicide jumpers
From that head nodding sleep

From the smell of burgers
And the rustling of sweets
Someone lend me your phone
So I can say which train to meet
Let me say which train to meet

Something's gotta blow
When you work so hard
And the sweat pours down on you
Something's gotta blow
When your pay don't match
The work you slave
And the pain you get

Something's gotta blow
Please stand on the right
So I can pass on the left
Cos Something's gotta blow
Something's gotta blow

 

 

 

Spend A Little Time

  • Albums: Whatever's For Us

I've been waking up every morning
Not one ray of sun shines
Through my pane
I've been sleeping wrapped warm
In sadness
Not a smile upon my face
Until one day, glad day
That you came along
I've been singing this song
Trying to chase the frown away

Here me singing now
Sadness I can't be with you
I don't need your hand no more
Laughter I'd like to be with you
Why don't you come knocking knocking
Knocking at my door

I'd like to
Spend a little time baby
By your fire
I'd like to spend a little time baby
By your door
And if he calls me smiling baby
I'll come running
Just to spend a little time baby
By your door.

 

 

 

Square The Circle

  • Albums: Square The Circle Love & Affection

You lean your back against the wall
Push your hands in your pocket
You look down

Pacing the floor
You look out the window
Beyond the view

Shake your body
As if against the cold
Your mind wanders

Tell me what you're trying to say
Tell me what you're trying to say
I won't stop
Loving you

We sit down together
You start to draw a ring
Square the circle
Then draw some lines

Push the paper
But keep the pen you hold
You need your hands occupied

Tell me what you're trying to say
Tell me what you're trying to say
I won't stop
I won't stop
Loving you

Let your fingers intertwine
Put your hands behind your head
Lean back
And close your eyes
And tell me

Tell me What you've got on your mind
Tell me
Tell me

 

 

Steppin Out

  • Albums: Back To The Night Steppin' Out (live)

I'm gonna step out of emotion
Break events that bring me down
I'm so uncertain
But it's my fault for letting you distract me
It's trouble now
I'm on the edge
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Step out of emotion
Steppin' out of love

I don't want no contradiction
Your navigation's gone haywire
Your little arrow
Oh it's missed your heart by miles
You better hide
Your self satisfied smile
Cos I'm steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of devotion
Steppin' out of love

Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of commotion
Steppin' into life

I'm gonna give myself promotion
Award myself a great big star
I'm not so certain
That I won't make that star a crown
Because I'm free
I'm alone with me
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of commotion
Steppin' into light.

 

 

Something In The Air Tonight

  • Albums: Hearts And Flowers

It's like I'm in a movie
And I'm the villain of the piece
You're some sweet angel child
Even strangers blame me
While you come up smelling sweet
How come I'm always cast in all the tragedies

I can remember when
We used to talk of getting old
We'd act our parts and roll with laughter
On the floor

Well we're not acting now
It's cold it's as a war
You shut me out
Where once you'd open every door
This could make comedy
If it wasn't for the tragedy
How could you hide
Your love away from me

You can't really hate me
Though you've said it once before
But there's something in the air tonight
I can remember when
We used to talk

I can remember when
We used to talk of getting old
We'd act our parts and roll with laughter
On the floor
This could make comedy if it wasn't for the tragedy
How could you hide
Your love away from me

 

 

 

Straight Talk

  • Albums: The Shouting Stage

Every time I try to tell you
Just what's on my mind
You try
And calm me down
But this thing's got to come out
In the open some time
Yeh
You've been seeing
Somebody else behind my back
It don't seem fair
I'm the one who ends up
Looking like trash
Straight talk

I'm seriously thinking
That your brain is in reverse
Don't try and change my track
I'm gonna spell out something
Remember where you heard it first
Yeh
You had my respect
I believed I had your
Respect back
But that's all changed
Now I find you really silly
Straight talking

Oooo you get these weird ideas
Oooo let's get your image clear
You're not bad
But you're no
No romeo
You know that
No romeo
You know that
You know that
You know that

Every time I try to tell you
Every time I try to tell you
Got to come out in the open sometime
Oooo you get these weird ideas
Oooo let's get your image clear
You're not bad
But you're no
No romeo
You know that
No romeo
You know that
You know that
You know that

Every time I try to tell you
Every time I try to tell you
Got to come out in the open some time
You've been seeing
Somebody else behind my back
And it don't seem fair
I'm the one who ends up
Looking like trash
Had my respect
I believed I had your
Respect back
But that's all changed
I just find you really silly
Straight talk

 

 

 

Strange

  • Albums: Secret Secrets

Strange
How everything feels so strange
Since you walked out on me

I should be feeling blue
I should be feeling sad
But strange
So strange
I'm not crying over you

Strange how this space
Once too small
No room to breathe
Now overpowers me

Now I'm free to choose
I only see the walls
Closing in on me
So strange
So strange
I'm not missing you

When I was a girl
I dreamed about you
And for a while
You made my life a dream
But now it's all over
And it all seems so

Strange
How the real stories end
No happy ever after
No beginning again

Strange
So strange
So strange
I am not missing you

 

 

 

Stronger Love

  • Albums: The Shouting Stage

You won't let me
Meet all your friends
You say
It's for the best
But my instincts
I always follow
I believe
You're jealous
You use words
Like a weapon
You want to
Cut me down
Cut me down
Your affection
Leaves an emptiness
I need stronger love
Stronger love

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody
Who will
Take care of me

You get possessive
And I get jumpy
I want it simple
I don't want no complication
You get possessive
And I get scared
I want

Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody
Who will
Take care of me

You won't let me
Be by myself
You're scared
I won't think of you
But you're wrong
I think of you
All the while

Your charm is my prison
You smooth talk me
Into staying
But I don't want
This clinging love
I need stronger love
Different love

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody
Just want somebody

You don't have to
Fight me to keep me
Here by your side
Just be kind
I'll stay with you
All the while

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody
Who will
Take care of me
Take care of me

Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy

Don't want clinging love
Just want somebody
Who will take care of me
Take care of me
Take care of me
I want stronger love

 

 

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