This time Tracy Chapman

This time This time I won't show I'm vulnerable This time I won't give in first This time I will hold out with my love This time I will not be hurt I'm gonna love myself More than anyone

Bridges Tracy Chapman

the best intentions Still don't make things right But all my ghosts they find me Like my past they think they own me In dreams and dark corners they surround me Till I cry I cry Let me take this

Short Supply Tracy Chapman

Don't you see Don't you see All these things now days Come in short supply It's time that we It's time that we Make a space in our hearts And open our eyes Where are All the sandy beaches

Rape Of The World Tracy Chapman

Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside and watch this rape of the world This is the beginning of the end This is the most heinous of crimes This is the deadliest of sins The greatest

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

At This Point In My Life Tracy Chapman

At This Point In My Life There was a little boy once upon a time Who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind For every copper penny and clover he would find Make a wish for better

The Rape Of The World Tracy Chapman

The Rape Of The World Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside And watch the rape of the world This the beginning of the end This the most heinous of crimes This the deadliest

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

Be careful of my heart Tracy Chapman

for that now You taught me something Something took half my life to learn When you give all yourself away Just tell them to be careful of your heart Be careful of my heart, heart Be careful of this

A hundred years Tracy Chapman

lonely These few days feel like A hundred years How you make me worry baby How you make me worry about you Here I am I'm knowing That I can't live without you Here I am thinking Someday we make this

Mountains O' Things Tracy Chapman

Cause you know who we are Those who deserve the best in life And know what money's worth And those whose sole misfortune Was having mountains o' nothing at birth Oh they tell me There's still time

Matters Of The Heart Tracy Chapman

Matters Of The Heart I lose my head From time to time I make a fool of myself In matters of the heart We should have been holding each other Instead we talked I make a fool of myself In matters

In The Dark Tracy Chapman

About the things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Make me pretend Make me expect Things can go and come to pass Without trial or tribulation Let this

Why? Tracy Chapman

peace keepers When they're aimed to kill Why is a woman still not safe When she's in her home Love is hate War is peace No is yes And we're all free But somebody's gonna have to answer The time

First Try Tracy Chapman

Can't run fast enough Can't hide I can't fly I'm struggling with the limits of this ordinary life I'm just a Just a Just a first try Can't hear what you say Can't see by the light I'm struggling

Cold Feet Tracy Chapman

Cold Feet There was a little boy once upon a time Who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind For every copper penny and clover he would find Make a wish for better days the end

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

Wedding Song Tracy Chapman

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 light Others pale by comparison I place my faith in love My fate in this

Happy Tracy Chapman

Should be happy to be loved Happy to be Unburdened by the thought I could 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

For my lover Tracy Chapman

Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed For my lover for my lover They dope me up and I tell them lies For my lover for my lover I follow my heart And leave my head to ponder Deep in this love No man can

Heaven's Here On Earth Tracy Chapman

the ever after While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth And heaven's here on earth We are the spirit The collective conscience We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this

Talkin' Bout A Revolution Tracy Chapman

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 Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time

Unsung Psalm Tracy Chapman

celestial light If I'd lived right But I'm feeling hot and bothered under the collar I feel the sweat breaking out on my brow I feel the heat and I know it's the passion The love I can't disavow If this

3,000 Miles Tracy Chapman

´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away I´m 3000 miles away Knock you down Make you bleed Make you cry And make you think I´ll die here soon if I don´t leave If I don´t leave if I don´t leave This

Baby can I hold you Tracy Chapman

that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like forgive me forgive me But you can say baby Baby can I hold you tonight Maybe if I told you the right words At the right time

Subcity Tracy Chapman

say we've fallen through the cracks They say the system works But we won't let it Help I guess they never stop to think We might not just want handouts But a way to make an honest living Living this

Subcity Tracy Chapman

fallen through the cracks They say the system works But we won't let it Help I guess they never stop to think We might not just want handouts But a way to make an honest living Living this

Don't Dwell Tracy Chapman

here and come again But I'm waiting for you Don't dwell on the loss Fools that were still breaking toss That winter's heart will spear and double cross But I'm yearning for you Don't dwell on the time

Love's Proof Tracy Chapman

heart you know that she'll never love you, love you, love you I want you, try to forget her She won't call or write you a letter of love, love, love's proof I want you, try to forget her Give her time

America Tracy Chapman

conquering America There was land to take and people to kill While you were conquering America You served yourself and did God's will While you were conquering America The ghost of Columbus haunts this

If not now... Tracy Chapman

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 can wait and lose this

Say Hallelujah Tracy Chapman

stand upright Put a smile on your face He wouldn't want us to cry <Interlude> The sun will rise The stars will shine Turning day to dusk And night to dawn We'll pass on But until that time

The Only One Tracy Chapman

I've gone hard And I've gone cold I can't make the piece of this cracked life fit Please forgive me for wanting to know Does heaven have enough angels yet?

Devotion Tracy Chapman

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 unworthy Of your devotion Of your devotion If this

Only One Tracy Chapman

mourning I sit listless all the day I've mostly lost the voice to speak And any words to say except Does heaven have enough angels yet I've gone hard And I've gone cold I can't make the piece of this

give me one reason Tracy Chapman

mind I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me And rock me through the night This

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

mind I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me And rock me through the night This

I Am Yours Tracy Chapman

If you are mine I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine I am yours If you are mine When time

Goodbye Tracy Chapman

face The laugh and worry lines It's all in the one word You hope will make you young again Goodbye It's all in the play Someone speaks the line It's all in the one word That stops and steals the time

Open Arms Tracy Chapman

open arms, open arms, open arms Every corner you turn Trouble come your way But when you get home I'll try to be there And I'll embrace you These are These are These are Open arms If time

Born to fight Tracy Chapman

Born to fight They're tryin' to take away my pride By stripping me of everything I own They're tryin' to hurt me inside And make me into a white man's drone But this one's not for sale And

Fast car Tracy Chapman

somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this

Speak The Word Tracy Chapman

Unsettled hearts Promise what they can't deliver Bring me the wine And the cold night air to clear my head Gray matter memory house Master of this trembling flesh Steady still my doubts Let me

Broken Tracy Chapman

You can close your eyes And see a picture perfect life Inside of your mind Dreaming only of the days ahead Wanted and wished for more than now Or the days behind You waste your time The picture

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me Oh and rock me through the night This

The Love That You Had Tracy Chapman

You were in love with someone Your hands don't reach out Your voice doesn't call me I know you've stopped listening Your eyes look straight through me If nights are like this I'd rather be alone

The Times They Are a-Changin' (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) Tracy Chapman

Come gather round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth saving Then you'd better start

Paper And Ink Tracy Chapman

The world we know will fall piece by piece Faced towards the sea Looked to heaven up above Felt the world revolve around me No one could tell me otherwise But the turbulent waters won't reflect this

Remember The Tinman Tracy Chapman

bone What robber what thief Who stole your heart and the key Now all sentiment is gone Now you have no trust in no one Who stole your heart Did you know but forget the method and moment in time

Smoke And Ashes Tracy Chapman

Only smoke and ashes baby I've got a red hot heart Any your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins I say there's fire down below You say it's only smoke and ashes baby I'm crying all the time