In The Dark Tracy Chapman

some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Make me remember Make me forget Make my mind unable To force the body to do its will Let it be right for belief

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

Promise Tracy Chapman

If you wait for me Then I'll come for you Although I've travelled far I always hold a place for you In my heart If you think of me If you miss me once in a while Then I'll return to you I'll return

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

3,000 Miles Tracy Chapman

Good girls walk fast In groups of three Fast girls walk slow On side streets Sometimes the girls who walk alone Aren´t found for days or weeks On the busy boulevards Bad boys call you names And

Goodbye Tracy Chapman

For you It's all in a day One day in a life It's all in the one word The one word is goodbye goodbye For me It's all in what you say Though you've tried to be kind It's all in the words From the

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

Heaven's Here On Earth Tracy Chapman

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

Hard Wired Tracy Chapman

with cash to spend Will be the first one served We've got a box to put in your brain Hard wired for downloading All the secrets and the mysteries You've been selfishly withholding Make you think

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

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

Dreaming n A World Tracy Chapman

Dreaming n A World I know I may be wishing On a world That may never be But I'll keep on wishing No matter how hopeless Or foolish It may seem I'll keep on wishing I'll toss my coins in

Taken Tracy Chapman

Should I try to take you in? 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?

If These Are The Things Tracy Chapman

not so I only have nightmares And wake up with cold sweat Coming through my pores Why don't I dream anymore I'm in the garden All the trees bear fruit I have to pick them before they fall

Material world Tracy Chapman

Material world You in your fancy Material world 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

You're The One Tracy Chapman

as you are don't change a thing Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It ain't gonna change I'm sure in my heart Happy and free You're the one you're the one You're the one for

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

Going Back Tracy Chapman

No picnic no barbecue out in the back A yard for parked cars left to rot and forget For chained-up mad dogs for garbage to sit Get lost get lost a part from it I can´t see through it But I can see

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

Subcity Tracy Chapman

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 Tracy Chapman

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

The Love That You Had Tracy Chapman

The Love That You Had The love that you had In your heart is gone Any touch of sincerity Any trace of compassion What hardened your heart? What turned it to stone? What made you forget?

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

Freedom now Tracy Chapman

thinks that he can rule One who says tomorrow's mine One who wakes one day to find The prison doors open the shackles broken And chaos in the street Everybody sing we're free free free free Everybody

Remember The Tinman Tracy Chapman

Remember The Tinman There are locks on the doors And chains stretched across all the entries to the inside There's a gate and a fence And bars to protect from only God knows what lurks outside

Love's Proof Tracy Chapman

I want you, try to forget her In your 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

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

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

Over In Love Tracy Chapman

Cold wind blows Shivers 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

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

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

Be And Be Not Afraid Tracy Chapman

I believe in mistakes and accidents That the nature of life is chaos and confusion That man's rules of law and order may not stand I should be and be not afraid to reach for heaven I may think that

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

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

Broken Tracy Chapman

makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken You can never think You can't even stop yourself Before the words have been spoken And you've

Mountains O' Things Tracy Chapman

The life I've always wanted I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of a live of ease And mountains Oh mountains o' things To have a big

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

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

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

Why? Tracy Chapman

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 to kill

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

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

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

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

Fast car Tracy Chapman

convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be

She's Got Her Ticket Tracy Chapman

And invariably they leave you with nothing Young girl ain't got no chances No roots to keep her strong She's shed all pretenses That someday she'll belong Some folks call her a runaway A failure in

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

Tell It Like It Is Tracy Chapman

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 But say you'll never turn your back Say you'll never harden to the

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

Before Easter Tracy Chapman

I may beg Beg for money I may lie an lay my body down Sell what I would give with love One day before Easter comes But I won´t let Jesus find me I walk I eat I sleep In these streets I may be found