Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American United States rock rock music singer-songwriter and musician. [read more] - Down To One
What went rightWhat went wrongDoesn't really matter muchWhen it's goneWas it too hard to tryWas it too hard to lieDid you just grow tired of hello and goodbyeWas it the *** truth that made you runWhere do I go...
- I Want To Be In Love
I have climbed the highest mountainI have sailed across the seaI have wrestled with my demonsAnd woke up with only meI have been around the blockThree times maybe fourAnd I think I deserve just a little moreIn front...
- It's Only Me
They say the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh awayWell it was definitely gone when I woke up todayI walked up to the mirror to seeIt's only meI got out of the kitchen I couldn't stand the heatBack into my skin and out...
- Please Forgive Me
ItÂ’s been so long since IÂ’ve touchedSo long since I wantedThen you made me laughAnd my heart openedI want you to find me charming and wiseI just want you to find meSomewhere here insideI barely know youWeÂ’ve been...
- Goodnight
I washed the dishes poured out the old wineCalled a new friend for the second timeIt's not bad this brand new lifeIt's clean and it's sharp like a brand new knifeI pull up the covers and curl up tightTurn down the...
- The Prison
I was high and dry like the Kansas skyIf I ached for any more I knew I'd surely dieNight after night trying to get out of my skinDay after lonely dayYou'd send me back againI have stood inside this prisonI have...
- Walking On Water
What did you wantHow could I guessYou wanted moreI gave you lessA miracle is all I needA bush to burnA stone to bleedWalking on waterWater to wineLove lasts foreverWish you were mineWhat did I takeThat took...
- Lover Please
A shot in the dark I woke up to findYou had broke all the rulesAnd you changed your mindDidn't I love you goodDidn't I love you rightThen tell me where are you goingDressed to kill tonightOh this one's gonna hurt like...
- The Different
YouÂ’ve never been to the moonBut donÂ’t you want to goUnder the sea in the volcanoYouÂ’ve never looked into my eyesBut donÂ’t you want to knowWhat the dark and the wildAnd the different knowCome dance with me...
- Heal Me
AinÂ’t it crazyFor a moment thereThis felt just like dyingBut now I see that something insideIs coming aliveAinÂ’t it crazyNo use running from a revolutionI just surrender to this evolutionHeal me lift meTake me to...
- Chrome Plated Heart
I got a chrome-plated heartI got wings on these fingers trying to tear it apartI got angels crying from up aboveAnd they got rust in their eyesThey got rust on their loveBut I have learned to leave no stone...
- Occasionally
I saw you with your new friendsYou wear them so wellBroken shoes and loose endsGee you look swellMe I'm drinking my coffeeAnd I'm smoking cigarettesI'm a deputy of habitI just can't forgetI'm only lonely when I'm...
- Like The Way I Do
Is it so hard to satisfy your sensesYou found out to love me you have to climb some fencesScratching and crawling along the floor to touch youAnd just when it feels right you say you found someone else to hold youDoes...
- The Late September Dogs
Just outside my window I hear the late September dogsAnd I understand their warning I understand their songSince you left I feel the change in the airAnd night after night I'm searching for mercy everywhereSo I wake...
- I Want You
I can see your darkened eyesAcross the room turn into lies and laughterAnd asking for my name againThen introduced as just a friendWell it was no fantasy the passion burnedYou touched me the evening turned to...
- Precious Pain
Everybody's got a hungerNo matter where they areEverybody clings to their own fearEverybody hides some scarPrecious painEmpty and cold but it keeps me aliveI gave it my soul so that I could surviveKeeping me safe in...
- Similar Features
Go on and close your eyes, go on imagine me thereShe's got similar features with longer hairAnd if that's what it takes to get you throughGo on and close your eyes, it shouldn't bother youYou never had to wait for...
- Watching You
That's a good questionWhy am I standing out here aloneI guess I don't know enough to come in from the rainI was watching your windowFrom here belowI think I just might stay here all dayCause I gotta do somethingIf I...
- Bring Me Some Water
Tonight I feel so weakBut all in love is fairI turn the other cheekAnd I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night airAnd I know you're only humanAnd I haven't got talking roomBut tonight while I'm making...
- Don't You Need
I had a dream late last nightThe water was running lowAnd my fields were on fire, burning my skyMy body was moving slowAnd when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouthAnd I realized my heart had abducted my...
- The BOY FEELS STRANGE
And he looks at me in wonder And he looks at me in fear Wrestling with his anger His pride and stony tears To place me in his life Will be hard and slow Does he want it need it I might never know The boy feels strange...
- PLACE YOUR HAND
I've an image in my pocket Of some dark demon That temptation brought to life And it chokes all of my breath out I'm scratching and screaming' 'Til morning comes to nightPlace your hand My body will decide Place your...
- KEEP IT PRECIOUS
You brought me to trust you brought me to tears In one tender touch the pain disappears I have been to the sword seen it come seen it die As we enter the dark I beseech you to try In prophecy all good things must end...
- IT'S FOR YOU
Hey you watching as this light bleeds all over me Shadows rise and fall listen as I call is this reality I will be with you tonight and tomorrow be 1,000 miles away I will be with you tonight I will be with you as...
- MUST BE CRAZY FOR ME
You tell me not to call you up Cause it ties you down Don't tell your friends You've been hangin' round You must be crazy for meYou say you'll see me once or twice Every week or two There's more important things That...
- MEET ME IN THE BACK
Meet me in the back Don't make me wait too long I could change my mind And tell you that it's wrong So meet me in the back Where the light don't shine First show me yours Maybe I'll show you mineMy hands are shaking...
- 2001
Well I've been looking Looking for an answer Somebody promised me one And I've been waiting Waiting for the chance Well somebody said it would come Wake me up when we hit 2001I've been talking Talking to the maker Of...
- DANCE WITHOUT SLEEPING
I don't want to talk about it I've done enough I think I don't want to spend more money Don't want another drink I would scratch out all the images If I had the chance Don't ask me what I'm thinking Can't you see I...
- AIN'T IT HEAVY
Sometimes I know that it's never enough Survival is fine but satisfaction is rough I try with an angel tonight Spread these wings and I'm on for the ride Cruise these streets where my innocence hides There's some...
- THE LETTING GO
I came here to let you know The letting go Has taken place I have held the winter's son Become one Set my pace Isn't that what we wanted all along Freedom like a stone But I can say goodbye Now that the passion's died...
- I Could've Been You
Take, take a look at the skySometimes your heaven seems so far awayTake, take a look under hereWhere deprivation turns into decayI've stood under this rainFelt it seep into my brainI've shut my eyes and crawled around...
- Nowhere To Go
I know a placeDown past an old s***On a road that goes to nowhereAin't nobody coming backWe can go there tonightWe can talk until dawnOr maybe something elseI'll leave the radio onThere's no one to hearYou might as...
- This War Is Over
Take off my shieldCarry my swordI won't need it anymoreFind me a skyGive me my wingsFrozen and broken but freeTell them I'm all rightI'm coming homeTell them I'm all rightI am aloneThis war is overI'm coming homeTake...
- I Really Like You
I'll buy you mangos babyYour favorite fruitI'll shave everything babyI'll press my suitI'll find that song by Perry Como you like to singI'll eat your TV dinnersAnd wear you cigar ringDo you think that I can...
- All The Way To Heaven
I want to find me a carWith only one headlightA straight six FordOn a good luck nightI want to roll down the windowsAnd teach you to flyI want to give you a thrillThe kind you can't buyI want to lose all your demons...
- An Unusual Kiss
It's 1:25 a.m. I think I've seen that look somewhere before1:25 a.m. I thought that you were headed for the doorThen something touched my skinI won't ask you to leave here any moreWas it the talk or the drink or the...
- Change
You woke me up at 3:00 a.m. To tell me about the fire You said that she was more than a friend You were consumed by your desire And so it goes This too shall pass away It cuts so strange The only thing that stays the...
- Shriner's Park
I wonder what you're doingIn the night out thereIs a sad summer breath tangled in your hairCan you hear the lonely enginesScreaming through the townThere's no where to runWhen the darkness comes downIs there a song...
- Your Little Secret
I know what you're thinking baby I used to be just like youYou move when she's not looking babyOne sugar ain't enough for you You, you're taking out your loansYou're burying your bonesBefore your cover's blownYou...
- I Will Never Be The Same
So you walked with me for a whileBared your *** soulAnd you told me of your planHow you would never let them knowIn the morning of the nightYou cried a long lost childAnd I tried oh I tried to hold youBut you were...
- Talking To My Angel
Don't be afraidClose your eyesLay it all downDon't you cryCan't you see I'm goingWhere I can see the sun riseI've been talking to my angelAnd he said that it's alrightI've always had to runI don't know just whyDesire...
- Yes I Am
In these days and these hours of furyWhen the darkness and answers are thinLovers come and check out in a hurryShallow and hollow againCome lay your body beside meTo dream to sleep with the lambTo the question your...
- Silent Legacy
Why did you steal the matchesFrom the one room motelOnce they gave you answersNow they give you hellThey will never understandThey wonder where did they go wrongHow could you be so selfishWhy can't you get alongAnd as...
- All American Girl
She wakes up in the morningWith a pain in her jet black headA decaf coffee in her handAnd a Marlboro redShe drives down to the officeIn her Japanese carWith the radio blastingShe dreams of taking it too farBut today...
- Ruins
Don't try to callThere are some bridges that burnBeyond recognition beyond repairDon't say you've changedThere are some forces that turnBeyond recollection beyond my stareWhen I feel the cold in the darkI know you're...
- Resist
The sign says do not enterNo trespassing allowedWith visions of redemptionI walk against the crowdThe sun is white with envyConfusion on the groundBreathing soft and holyTemptation's only soundA demon's day in madness...
- I'm The Only One
Please baby can't you seeMy mind's a burnin' hellI got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin'My heart apart as wellTonight you told meThat you ache for something newAnd some other woman is lookin' like...
- Royal Station 4/16
It's so hard to listen to these trainsOutside my window here it comes againAnd it's calling me begging meFollow me down the trackAnd it moans so dark and lowBaby ain't comin' backI refuse to believeIt could happen to...
- The Angels
Sometimes I feel like an innocent oneTo deserve this fate what I have I ever doneI know that I made all the rulesBut time can even change the hopeless ways of foolsI love you tonight like I did yesterdayI won't think...
- My Back Door
When I was a childI dreamed like a child of wonderWith my back in the grassMy eyes to the sky to seeI believed in the starsI knew they cast a spell that I was underWith my fingers in the dirtI was part of the...
- Testify
Morning's hard coffee's coldPretending that the days mean more than getting oldStale headlines other drenched in prideMarching to their drum with fear standing besideBut if I close my eyes and throw back my headI can...
- Brave And Crazy
If I could have my wayI'd be sleeping in the alleyOn a couch with a friend and a bottle of ginIf I could have my wayI'd be runnin' with the circusI would be taming all the lionsThere'd be no denying I was brave and...
- Skin Deep
I ain't asking you to keep no secretsMy reputation already shotI ain't asking you to commit treasonJust tell me if you like it or notLike it or not baby that's they way I want it to beDon't give your heart and soulMy...
- No Souvenirs
Hello, hello this is RomeoCalling from a jackpot telephoneShame, shame but I love your nameAnd the way you make the buffalo roamOh fly, fly I guess this is goodbyeOh you packed up your heartAnd you left no...
- You Used To Love To Dance
Lying in a city nightA million fingers tingling my skinOut thee in the sea tonightI thought I saw you clutching your sinYou rolled me over long agoAnd told me you were strong enough to goYou needed more than this...
- Let Me Go
Am I the snake inside your gardenThe sugar in your teaThe knock upon your back doorThe twist that turns your keyAm I the sweat you feel on your headThe shadow on your faceThe tune inside your head that put you here in...
- You Can Sleep While I Drive
Come on baby let's get out of this townI got a full tank of gas with the top rolled downThere's a chill in my bonesI don't want to be left aloneSo baby you can sleep while I driveI'll pack my bag and load up my...
- Truth Of The Heart
I hear your questions I see your face Your life before you Is full of grace What can I tell you To let you know Your angel's eyes Will watch you grow Come listen close And I'll try to let you know It's all I know...
- Scarecrow
Showers of your crimson blood Seep into a nation calling up a flood Of narrow minds who legislate Thinly veiled intolerance Bigotry and hate But they tortured and burned you They beat you and they tied you They left...
- Cherry Avenue
And so you meet meDown at the bar7th and CherryThat's where we areAnd I promise not to take you down too farBeetle takes a dollarBenz will make a drinkTwo will see you hollerNo one wants to thinkAnd it's que sera sera...
- Touch And Go
In a room full of silver shadowsA customary kiss goodnightAnd it slips through your tightened shouldersIt reaches your heart and diesAnd the sadness is bound to kill meBut I'm too far away to careAnd I'd just like to...
- Stronger Than Me
So you closed your eyes in the morning You said you want to start smoking again You said you had that dream last night Of the stranger in your room You said you want to start making new friends Well I'd found some...
- My Lover
No one conceals me like No one reveals me like My lover No one can disconnect No one can resurrect Like my lover My lover makes me weak Gives me breath to speak My lover takes me home Cools the rolling stone My...
- Enough Of Me
We were all wounded in some domestic war I found you to settle my score You looked like father You felt like mother My mind told my heart There is no other And I gave you my soul And every ounce of control I gave you...
- Into The Dark
There were stairs they were steep I was falling falling deep You were there you were small There was screaming down the hall I've been here sleeping all these years There comes a time we all know There's a place that...
- Mama I'm Strange
What's this little lie They keep on telling me It's just another high They keep on selling me I was only five They fed me so much jive They said just have a ball Just be a Barbie doll They churned and burned me out...
- How Would I Know
You say you don't feel like yourself Does that mean you're somebody else How would I know Oh you say you just don't feel quite right today Does that mean that you're slipping away How would I know You might believe...
- Breakdown
How could I stay How could I breathe There had to be more for me Promises gone Plastic and stone I'm doing fine all alone So you're having a breakdown So you're losing the fight So you're having a breakdown And I'm...
- Sleep
After your laughter like thunder After your skin like coffee and cream After it takes our bodies into the night After we've come to the extreme I want to lay down on your shoulder Just inside your arm I want to...
- Angels Would Fall
The rope that's wrapped around me Is cutting through my skin And the doubts that have surrounded me Are finding their way in I keep it close to me Like a holy man prays In my desperate hour It's better that way So...
- Beloved
They say that they don't know meNever saw my faceAnd if they've never been thereCan they be sure there's such a placeThey think if they don't answerThe world will pass them byBut there's a fire in their kitchenAnd the...
- Piece Of My Heart
Come on, come on, come on, come on nowDidn't I make you feel, oh baby, like you were the only oneBaby didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly canHoney you know that I didCos each time I tell myself...
- The Film Did Not Go 'round
The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'roundThe shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'roundI touch these strings, but cannot touch the soundTake a train to a bus, and then into the airTake a train to a bus,...
- If You Want To
Hello yes that's what I saidI guess I thought that I was deadSo I just called you from my bed to say helloYou see I got this funny notionLife is only just an oceanI've been drowning in emotionNow I'm swimming back to...
- Will You Still Love Me
The sky is too highTo paint tonightThe wind is too strongTo hold ontoI'd climb on your roofAnd call out your nameBut somebody stole my silver shoesNow the show must go on and on and onWill you still love me anywayWill...
- Kiss Me
Baby whatcha doing tonightI'll go anywhere that you wanna goI'll jump into my carGo down to that barPretend I'm someone that you don't knowI'll ask you if you would like to danceSlip myself up close to your thighsYou...
- Lucky
I want to see how lucky Lucky can beI saw you through my blind intoxicationMy shock induced insane self medicationYou looked at me and smiledSaid get ready to get wildSugar you just need a brief vacationCHORUSI want...
- When You Find The One
I was a slick Midwestern galOn the long hard road into Southern CalDidn't find any crime In filling up all my timeI had the devil in my bonesAnd an angel on my mindAnd I drank up all the moviesAnd I searched for happy...
- Secret Agent
Smooth as cream she's every young boys' dreamShe's like a hot roller coaster on a video screenShe's off the hookTake a lookLet your imagination cookShe don't play by the rulesShe don't go by the bookAll the boys want...
- Mercy
Well I have lived ten years plus tenAnd ten and ten againI have seen too much to pretendThen you wanted to come inI have survived all of the liesThey made me wiseThe locks and walls and the peace it buysStill when I...
- Giant
You tried to hold us downYou tried to hold us backYou tried to make us wrongYou tried to make us crackYou wanted to see us cryYou wanted to see us leaveYou didn't count on the tideYou didn't count on the prideYou...
- Tuesday Morning
Up and down this road I goSkippin' and dodgin'From a 4410:03 on a Tuesday morningIn the fall of an American dreamA man is doing what he knows is rightOn flight 93He loved his mom and he loved his dadHe loved his home...
- This Moment
I, I am watching you sleepIt's the promise you madeWhat I find I can keepOh I want to swallow the moonGive a smile back to youLighting your wayTell the angels they'll just have to waitCHORUSCause I want to stay here...
- Meet Me In The Dark
KEEP YOUR EYES DOWN, KEEP YOUR HEAD LOWERED, KEEP TO YOUR SELF DEAR, DO NOT TELL A SOUL.YOU KNOW IT'S WRONG, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYIN'. AND YOU KNEW ALL ALONG, THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO. FIND A PLACE WHERE LIGHT SHINES...
- Come On Out Tonight
Well you got some tips and you learned some licksYou want to try and teach this old dog a new trick, huhWell you told your friends you'd have a little bit of funYou want to walk on up now to number one, huhYou ask me...
- If I Wanted To
If I wanted to, I could do anything rightI could dance with the devil on a Saturday nightIf I wanted to, I could turn matches to goldI could smoke, drink, swear, and I would never grow oldI wouldn't have to be in love...
- Im The Only One
Please, baby can't you see my mind's a burnin' hellI got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin'My heart apart as wellTonight you told me that you ache for something newAnd some other woman is lookin' like...
- Black Velvet
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spellJimmy Rogers on the Victrola up highMama's dancin' with baby on her shoulderThe sun is settin' like molasses in the skyThe boy could sing, knew how to move, everythingAlways...
- I Take You With Me
Past the devil's own temptationBeyond where angels sleepTo the holy invocationOf a neon city streetI feel your handI hold youThrough your eyes I seeMy love, wherever I goI take you with meDown the road of my desiresTo...
- Come To My Window
Come to my windowCrawl inside, wait by the light of the moonCome to my windowI'll be home soonI would dial the numbersJust to listen to your breathI would stand inside my hellAnd hold the hand of deathYou don't know...
- I Want To Come Over
I know you're homeYou left your light onYou know I'm hereThe night is thinI know you're aloneI watched the car leaveYour lover is goneLet me inOpen your back doorI just need to touch you once moreI want to come overTo...
- Breathe
I played the fool todayAnd I just dream of vanishing into the crowdLonging for home againBut home is a feeling I buried in youI'm all right, I'm all rightIt only hurts when I breatheI can't ask for things to be still...
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