Playlist Tracy Chapman

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're hands that grab me on every side

All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life

Some say the devil be a mystical thing
I say the devil he a walking man
He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief
He try to tell you what you want
Try to tell you what you need

Standing at the point
The road it cross you down
What is at your back
Which way do you turn
Who will come to find you first
Your devils or your gods

All you folks think you run my life
Say I should be willing to compromise
I say all you demons go back to hell
I'll save my soul save myself

tracy chapman - fastcar

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 me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the 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 living

You see my old man?s got a problem
He live with the bottle that?s the way it is
He says his body?s too old for working
I say his body?s too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said 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 way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ?round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain?t got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You?ll find work and I?ll get promoted
We?ll move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ?round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone(x3)

You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I?d always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain?t going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way

tracy chapman - woman s work

Early in the morning she rises
The woman's work is never done
And it's not because she doesn't try
She's fighting a battle with no one on her side

She rises up in the morning
And she works 'til way past dusk
The woman better slow down
Or she's gonna come down hard

Early in the morning she rises
The woman's work is never done

tracy chapman - broken

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 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 already said
You would give everything
And something for nothing
Everybody thinks you?re joking

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

You want to be the one
Made over be your own
Before and after
And a supermarket
Beauty in a bottle queen
Who?ll one day grace a check-out counter
Magazine front cover
Though the fine print reads

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Broken

When your life is never what you wanted
Not even halfway normal
Just tarnished and soiled
When in your reach
A framed and frozen moment
So far from perfection
Not truth or transcendence
Will set you free
Still you don?t believe

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

tracy chapman - promise

tracy chapman - 3000 miles

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 cruise you hard
Bullies laugh and grin and beat
Your soft skin against
The cold concrete

I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 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 patch of sky and native ground
Take turns to push and pull you down
Forget trying to live and be happy
I'll take safe and terror free

I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away

Hit the floor
Shut off the lights
As the bullets fly
Terror rules the dark night
Dogs hang from the trees

Training ground for punks and thieves
Home of poor white retirees
Who didn't bail
And couldn't sell
When color made the grass less green

I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away

Apples are filled with razor blades
But fools and innocents believe
That love and faith and truth and beauty
Can make a garden of this human factory

I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away

Bad girls run fast
Leave home alone
No trace or clue of where they've gone
Sometimes these girls are never found
Never found never found

I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away
I'm 3,000 miles away

tracy chapman - all that you have is your soul

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 eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth
?cause all that you have is your soul

I was a pretty young girl once
I had dreams I had high hopes
I married a man he stole my heart away
He gave his love but what a high price I paid
And all that you have is your soul

Why was I such a young fool
Thought I?d make history
Making babies was the best I could do
Thought I?d made something that could be mine forever
Found out the hard way one can?t possess another
And all that you have is your soul

I thought thought that I could find a way
To beat the system
To make a deal and have no debts to pay
I?d take it all take it all I?d run away
Me for myself first class and first rate
But all that you have is your soul

Here I am waiting for a better day
A second chance
A little luck to come my way
A hope to dream a hope that I can sleep again
And wake in the world with a clear conscience and clean hands
?cause all that you have is your soul

All that you have
All that you have
All that you have
Is your soul

tracy chapman - give me one reason

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
Because I don' want to leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you
I called too many times
You can call me baby
You can call me anytime
But you got to call me

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
Because I don't want to leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my 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 youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy

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
Because I don't want to leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason
Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason
Give me just one reason why I should stay
Because I told you that I loved you and there ain't no more to say

tracy chapman - be and be not afraid

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

And I should be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

I may think that I know
The true heart's needs
My pride may bring me low
Unable to see
I'm no closer than yesterday
But tomorrow I may stand

And be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

I'll see the black car cavalcade
Lights on in the morn
I'll run fast and far away
I'll run without stopping
'Til heart and feet fail
Or until I can stand

And be and be not afraid
Be and be not afraid
Be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

tracy chapman - telling stories

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 reality
You will do and say anything
To make your everyday life seem less mundane
There is fiction in the space between
You and me

There's a science fiction in the space between
You and me
A fabrication of a grand scheme
Where I am the scary monster
I eat the city and as I leave the scene
In my spaceship I am laughing
In your remembrance of your bad dream
There's no one but you standing

Leave the pity and the blame
For the ones who do not speak
You write the words to get respect and compassion
And for posterity
You write the words and make believe
There is truth in the space between

There is fiction in the space between
You and everybody
Give us all what we need
Give us one more sad sordid story
But in the fiction of the space between
Sometimes a lie is the best thing
Sometimes a lie is the best thing

tracy chapman - baby komm in meine arme baby can i hold you

Tut mir leid
Mehr kannst du nicht sagen
Jaren vergehen und noch immer
Kommen sie mir nur schwer uber die lippen,worte
Wie,, Tut mir leid'', wie, , tut mir leid''

Verzeih mir
Allein das kannst du nicht sagen
Jaren vergehen und noch immer
Kommen sie mir nur schwer von den lippen,worte
Wie,, verzeih mir '', wie,, verzeih mir''

Aber du kannst sagen, Liebling
Liebling,komm bitte in meine armen heute nacht
Wenn ich dir vielleicht die richtigen worte sagte
Und auch noch zur richtigen zeit, konnte ich
dich fur mich gewinnen

Ich liebe dich
Allein das kannst du nicht sagen
Jahre vergehen und noch immer
Kommen sie mir schwer von den lippen,worte
Wie,, ich liebe dich'', ,,ich liebe dich''

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 come easily
Like forgive me
Forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine

I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you
I love you

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine

Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine...

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 come easily
Like forgive me
Forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine

I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you
I love you

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine

Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I'd told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine...

tracy chapman - across the lines

Across the lines
Who would dare to go
Under the bridge
Over the tracks
That separates whites from blacks

Choose sides
Or run for your life
Tonight the riots begin
On the back streets of america
They kill the dream of america

Little black girl gets assaulted
Ain?t no reason why
Newspaper prints the story
And racist tempers fly
Next day it starts a riot
Knives and guns are drawn
Two black boys get killed
One white boy goes blind

Little black girl gets assaulted
Don?t no one know her name
Lots of people hurt and angry
She?s the one to blame

tracy chapman - house of the rising sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And God I know I'm one

My mother she's a tailor
She sews those new bluejeans
My father he's a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's ever satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do as I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And God I know I'm one

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