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

Mountains O' Things Tracy Chapman

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 to save my soul They tell me Renounce all Renounce all those material

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

Paper And Ink Tracy Chapman

Touched the mirror Broke the surface of the water Saw my true self All illusions shattered Money's only paper only ink We'll destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made

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

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

New Beginning Tracy Chapman

all over make a new beginning Now don't get me wrong - I love life and living But when you wake up and look around at everything that's going down - All wrong You see we need to change it now, this world

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 world

Heaven's Here On Earth Tracy Chapman

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 world

Tell It Like It Is Tracy Chapman

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 world

All that you have is your soul Tracy Chapman

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 eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world

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

First Try Tracy Chapman

light I'm struggling with the limits of this ordinary life I'm just a Just a Just a first try Can't say what I mean Can't love from the heart Can't trust in the mercy and the goodness in the world

Another Sun Tracy Chapman

another sun <Interlude> If no love will comfort me If no kind words come To offer hope or peace When I have fallen If I be a stranger Friend of no one I'll gladly take my place In the world

Subcity Tracy Chapman

me They say there's too much crime in these city streets My sentiments exactly Government and big business hold the purse strings When I worked I worked in the factories I'm at the mercy of the world

Subcity Tracy Chapman

They say there's too much crime in these city streets My sentiments exactly Government and big business hold the purse strings When I worked I worked in the factories I'm at the mercy of the world

So Tracy Chapman

truly golden I guess no one could sleep No one could sleep You have money at your fingertips People at your beck and call And you're fool enough To think for a price You can have the whole wide world

Matters Of The Heart Tracy Chapman

lonely Once again I've left to much to chance In matters of the heart Here I sit I'm feeling sorry for myself It's quite a sight But I have you to thank For reminding me We're all alone in this world

give me one reason Tracy Chapman

Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my m...

Fast car Tracy Chapman

Fast car 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 someth...

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You got to make me change my m...

Crossroads Tracy Chapman

Crossroads All you folks think you own my life But you never made any sacrifice Demons they are on my trail I'm standing at the crossroads of the hell I look to the left I look to the right There...

Baby can I hold you Tracy Chapman

Baby can I hold you 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...

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 yo...

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 ...

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 i...

I Am Yours Tracy Chapman

When all my hopes and dreams Have been betrayed I stand before you My hands are empty I am yours If you are mine I am yours If you are mine When I fall and stumble Flat on my face When I'm shamed a...

Let It Rain Tracy Chapman

Let it rain As I walk these streets unknown To no one named Not even myself When I'm low Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Le...

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

* Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't want to leave you lonely You gotta make me chang...

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 from...

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 lig...

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 thing...

She's Got Her Ticket Tracy Chapman

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 She's got her ticket I thi...

You're The One Tracy Chapman

Some say you're crazy Say that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you na...

The Only One Tracy Chapman

She was the only one Of my flesh and blood Now I have no calling I can do no worldly good I sit silent I sit mourning I sit listless all the day I've mostly lost the voice to speak And any words ...

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 Cryi...

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 my f...

Be careful of my heart Tracy Chapman

Be careful of my heart You and your sweet smile You and your tantalizing ways You and your honey lips You and all the sweet things that they say You and your wild wild ways One day you just up an...

In The Dark Tracy Chapman

Make me fumble Make me fall Make my heart stop and start To tremble uncontrollably Let my eyes see fear make desire Keep those who long apart Forbid the kiss And leave us innocent Of the things som...

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 the sa...

I Used To Be A Sailor Tracy Chapman

I Used To Be A Sailor I used to be a sailor Who sailed across the seas But now I'm just an island Since they took my boat away from me Oh no I don't like being stationary I like the rocky wavy mo...

Hard Wired Tracy Chapman

Your wants desires Needs and wishes Will be duly noted Processed filed and cataloged Labeled and encoded Turned into sitcom dialog And advertising slogans We've got a box to put in your brain Hard ...

Devotion Tracy Chapman

If I am right If I can be Constant and faithful You'll 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 ...

If These Are The Things Tracy Chapman

If These Are The Things If these are the things that Dreams are made of Why don't I dream Anymore I've tried to tell myself Nothing's changed my dear But I look around me And think maybe that's n...

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...

Unsung Psalm Tracy Chapman

There would be psalms sung by a choir I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired I'd be at peace and I'd have no desire If I'd lived right There would be cherubs with tiny harps arrows and b...

Almost Tracy Chapman

Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One green light One more ring of the telephone One more step On...

Less Than Strangers Tracy Chapman

You and me Had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lover speak How can it be We are less than strangers Oh it hurts to lose in love Let anger and...

If not now... Tracy Chapman

If not now... 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 c...

Open Arms Tracy Chapman

Open Arms If love is what you want Baby here I am If tenderness is what you need I've got that to give If you need some affection Baby these are open arms Open arms, open arms, open arms, open ar...