FOR MY LOVER Tracy ChapmanTwo weeks in a Virginia jailFor my lover for my loverTwenty thousand dollar bailFor my lover for my loverAnd everybody thinksThat I'me the foolBut they don't getAny love from youThe things we...

Fast Car Tracy Chapman 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 something But...

TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION Tracy ChapmanDon't you knowThey're talkin' bout a revolutionIt sounds like a whisperDon't you knowThey're talkin' about a revolutionIt sounds like a whisperWhile they're standing in the...

MOUNTAINS O' THINGS Tracy ChapmanThe life I've always wantedI guess I'll never haveI'll be working for somebody elseUntil I'm in my graveI'll be dreaming of a live of easeAnd mountainsOh mountains o' thingsTo have a...

Give Me One RreasonTracy ChapmanFrom the album "New Beginning"Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay hereAnd I'll turn right back around Because I don't wanna leave...

Make me fumbleMake me fallMake my heart stop and startTo tremble uncontrollablyLet my eyes see fear make desireKeep those who long apartForbid the kissAnd leave us innocentOf the things some do in the darkThe things...

SHE'S GOT HER TICKET Tracy ChapmanShe's got her ticketI think she gonna use itI think she going to fly awayNo one should try and stop herPersuade her with their powerShe says that her mind is madeUpWhy not leave why...

all you folks think you own my lifebut you never made any sacrificedemons they are on my traili'm standing at the crossroads of the helli look to the left i look to the rightthere're hands that grab me on every...

No picnic no barbecue out in the backA yard for parked cars left to rot and forgetFor chained-up mad dogs for garbage to sitGet lost get lost a part from itI can't see through itBut i can see pastWith me with me...

If you knew that you would die todayIf you saw the face of God and LoveWould you change? Would you change? If you knew that love can break your heartWhen you're down so low you cannot fallWould you change? Would you...

I may begBeg for moneyI may lie and lay my body downSell what I would give with loveOne day before Easter comesBut I won't let Jesus find meI walk I eat I sleepIn these streets I may be foundAlive or dead or just...

Don't dwell on the pastLove that was lost and didn't lastThat summer bloom is fading fastBut I'm falling for youDon't dwell on the painTears you've criedAnd autumn rainThat fair weather's here and gone againBut I'm...

I believe in mistakes and accidentsThat the nature of life is chaos and confusionThat man's rules of law and orderMay not standAnd I should be and be not afraidTo reach for heavenI may think that I knowThe true...

You were lost and got luckyCame upon the shoreFound you were conquering AmericaYou spoke of peaceBut waged a warWhile you were conquering AmericaThere was land to takeAnd people to killWhile you were conquering...

When all my hopes and dreamshave been betrayedI stand before youMy hands are empty...I am yours, if you are mineI am yours, if you are mineI fall and stumble flat on my faceand IÂ’m shamed and humbleIn discrace...I am...

Some say you're crazySay that you're no goodSay your family's cursed with bad bloodBut I think you're cute and misunderstoodAnd I wouldn't change you if I couldLet' em talk you downCall you namesMy mind's made upIt...

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 can wait and lose this heart You can...

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 Crying at the doorsteps...

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 come easily Like forgive me forgive me...

She's got her ticket I think she gonna use it I think she going to fly away No one should try and stop her Persuade her with their power She says that her mind is made Up Why not leave why not Go away Too much hatred...

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 of hard times For no more cold...

(bonus track) Save a place for me Save a space for me In your heart In your heart Save a place for me Save a space for me In your heart In your heart If you wait I will come for you If you wait I will come for...

You can look to the stars in search of the answers Look for God and life on distant planets Have your faith in the ever after While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth And heaven's here on earth We are...

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 a path to figure out How to get me...

Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside And watch the ***of the wold This the beginning of the end This the most heinous of crimes This the deadliest of sins The greatest violation of all time...

Done so many things wrong I don't know if I can do right Oh I Oh I've Done so many things wrong I don't know if I can do right At this point in my life I've done so many things wrong I don't know if I can do right...

Touched the mirrorBroke the surface of the waterSaw my true selfAll illusions shattered Money's only paper only inkWe'll destroy ourselves if we can't agreeHow the world turnsWho made the sunWho owns the seaThe world...

She was the only oneOf my flesh and bloodNow I have no callingI can do no worldly good I sit silentI sit mourningI sit listless all the dayI've mostly lost the voice to speakAnd any words to say exceptDoes heaven have...

It's OKLove is only meant for someI'm the rockThe shoulder you can cry onI keep the walls from falling downI keep the walls from falling downI keep the walls from falling down I'll play it straightWhile you laugh and...

Good times and badSeen them bothHope fly out the windowFortune walk through the doorLearned not to believeThis is as good as it getsBecause we ain't seen nothing yet Hands untiedBut the same shuffle once againRunning...

I've been having dreams and visionsIn them you are always standingRight beside meI reach out for your handTo see your arms extendingoutstretched towards me For you I don the veilBy your lightOthers pale by comparisonI...

Your dark eyes are staring wide,but they are unable to see.there used to be light inside,now all lost in reverie.there used to be something else,but you already forgot.you used to buy all that sells,and go through...

People say it doesn't exist 'Cause no one would like to admit That there is a city underground Where people live everyday Off the waste and decay Off the discards of their fellow man Here in subcity life is hard We...

I look back, so much time.what once was, now it's gone.now it's fine, now it's fine.I had to leave myself,to find out who I am,and to build a new self.I look back, so far back.and I know it's all gone.I'm so glad, I'm...

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 things right But all my ghosts they...

You float in a million lights,but the one you seek is not there.you fight in a million fights,but it's yourself you cannot bear.you think you are a leader,but you turn everyone away.you think you are a preacher,but...

Dancing the night away Found my freedom again No need to satisfy my senses But your presence changed my plan Driven by a pure attraction Captured by the game of lust I chose you as my new sensation Schould've known...

They throwed him in jail And they kept him there Hoping soo he'd die That his body and spirit would waste away And soon after that his mind But every day is born a fool One who thinks that he can rule One who says...

There was nothing left to feel,when I fell into the night.I thought that I would never heal,but that night I was reborn."I need a drink ...as long as it's strong enough... ...my name? ... I don't know ... my...

I can see myself tucked in and fast asleep,looking all peaceful, but in my dreams I weep.from far up I'm looking down upon myself,and I wonder who it is that's lying there.I feel like in a world all beside...

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 else I'm gonna treat me right I'm gonna...

Oh my mama told me 'Cause she say she learned the hard way Say she wanna spare the children She say don't give or sell your soul away 'Cause all that you have is your soul Don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you...

I will stay out here tonight,looking at the starry sky.I haven't been here in a long time,but this place was always there.Whatever happened in the meantime,all the things that just passed it by.I never thought I would...

I used to be a sailorWho sailed across the seasBut now I'm just an islandSince they took my boat away from meOh noI don't like being stationaryI like the rocky wavy motions of the seaI sit and rot behind these padded...

So you make a little moneyOff of somebody else's sweatSo some people starve a littleWhile you get fatWhile you get fatSo you grind and grindAnd you push and shoveAnd claim that those most worthyWill get what they...

If these are the things thatDreams are made ofWhy don't I dreamAnymoreI've tried to tell myselfNothing's changed my dearBut I look around meAnd think maybe that's not soI only have nightmaresAnd wake up with cold...

Early in the morning she risesThe woman's work is never doneAnd it's not because she doesn't tryShe's fighting a battle with no one on her sideShe rises up in the morningAnd she works 'til way past duskThe woman...

I know I may be wishingOn a worldThat may never beBut I'll keep on wishingNo matter how hopelessOr foolishIt may seemI'll keep on wishingI'll toss my coins in the fountainLook for clovers in grassy lawnsSearch for...

Done so many things wrong I don't know if I can do rightOh I, Oh I'veDone so many things wrong I don't know if I can do rightAt this point in my lifeI've done so many things wrong I don't know if I can do rightIf you...

One, two, .. one, two, three, fourSweet and high at the break of dawnSimple tune that you can hum along tooI remember there was a timeWhen I used to sing for youDo do do, do do doDo do do, do do doDo do do, do do...