Melissa Etheridge

[fox69]

"If You Want To"

"If You Want To"


Hello
Yes that's what I said
Guess I thought that I was dead
So I just called you from my bed
To say hello

See I've got this funny notion
life is only just an ocean
I've been drowning in emotion
Now I'm swimming back to shore
And I'd like to talk to you

If you want to
You can call I'll be around
If you want to
You can write this number down
If you want to
If you want to
Leave a message at the tone
If you want to
You can call me here at home
If you want to
I'll be alone

So now I've called
So it's been a couple days, ok seven this I know that I've been moving kinda slow
So I called
Oh it must be so appaling if you think that I've been stalling
This is me now I am calling
And I'm better than before
And I'd like to talk to you

Don't you wanna know, don't you wanna be
Someone who takes a chance on a fool like me
Staring at the door, starin' down the hall
Waiting my whole life just for you to call

Hello
Yes that's what I said
I'm not breathing I'm not dead
Waiting here now in my bed
And I'd like to talk to you

If you want to
You can call I'll be around
If you want to
You can write this number down
If you want to
If you want to
Let your fingers do the walk
If you want to
I've got hours I can talk
If you want to
If you want to
Leave a message at the tone
If you want to
You can call me here at home
If you want to

I'll be alone

 

[fox69]

"Imagine That"

"Imagine That"


A mother was grieving her loss
Her soldier the ultimate cost
She went to the man
Who's been told that he's a king
Waited outside of his compound
To ask him a few things
She said
"For what noble cause did my son have to die
Where are their weapons
Why did you have to lie"
Imagine that

A lieutenant in the army
In his heart and his soul he believes
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
Now he's standing on trial
For he will not behave as they wish
He said
"I believe the constitution
To defend it and uphold
I will not fight your war for profit
No sir I will not go"
Imagine that

A scientist and his machine
The smallest of life he has seen
Inside matter inside atoms
As far as you can go
He saw the strings of life that vibrate
With the universal flow
He said
"I have seen the spirit
And all its creation
It's in each and every thought
And all our intentions"
Imagine that

 

[fox69]

"Indiana"

"Indiana"


She came to this world on a cold night
Oh Indiana
Papa turned his head and said
I don't believe she's mine
Single mama raised her in a place where
You can look but never touch
Cause we don't have enough
Don't let your hopes get high
Cause girls like you can't fly

[Chorus:]
The long nights in the small room
With the big dreams
Oh Indiana
You're only dying here
And they don't understand you
It's a tough road but you start slow
And before you know it
You're not alone
Looking for a place called home anywhere
Oh Indiana

She tended bar in NYC
Oh Indiana
People turned their heads and said
Baby you sure look fine
They put her on TV and then they told her
You're gonna be a star
You can go so far
Let your hopes get high
Cause girls like you can fly

[Chorus]

Well those big dreams are flying machines
And they'll take you
Where ever you want to go
Sometimes you find that what's real is inside
And you don't have to go away
To find your way home

She turned around and she stopped running
Oh Indiana
She saw that fame was never the answer to her prayers
She found that answer in her children
When she takes them to a place
Where they can have so much
She lets their hopes get high
Cause anyone can fly

Oh the long nights in the small room
With the big dreams
Oh Indiana
You're only dying here
And they don't understand you
Tough road but you start slow and
Before you know it
You're not alone
Looking for a place called home anywhere
Oh Indiana

 

[fox69]

"Into The Dark"

"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 we must go
Into the soul into the heart
Into the dark

There was fire there was death
There was lying on your breath
I turned away I would pretend
But the burning never ends

I've been here sleeping all these years

There was a wave over the house
There was fear choked in my mouth
You were there you left your mark
As I stumbled in the dark

 

[fox69]

"It's Christmas Time"

"It's Christmas Time"


What if we could create peace on earth
I wonder what that would look like
I wonder if heaven and nature would sing
Hallelujah

What if we all stopped believing the lie
That happiness comes from a store
What if we looked at the damage we've done
And finally shouted no more

Fa la la la la it's Christmas time
Fa la la la la it's Christmas time
It's Christmas time

What if we did create peace on earth
How would we feel about ourselves
Would we know we were perfect and good and enough
For all we desire as well

What if we all started spreading the news
There's nothing to fear anymore
We are connected one family of light

Hallelujah

Fa la la la la it's Christmas time
Fa la la la la it's Christmas time
It's Christmas time

I think we can create peace on earth
By finding it inside our minds
By healing our pain
Intending our love in the world
We create what we find
What if we all took the time to be still

Fa la la la la it's Christmas time
Fa la la la la it's Christmas time

Create peace on earth
It's Christmas time
Fa la la la la

 

[fox69]

"It's For You"

"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 long as you say stay

One little piece of my soul
One little piece of my whole life
I give to you
Take it now

I'm with you
I'm not with my lover
It's not for another broken heart
It's for you
Not just for some shattered dream I once knew
It's for you
It's for you

Hey you looking through a mirror to a cage
I'll take you away this miracle you pray for on the stage
I will be with you tonight
I will be with you 1,000 miles away
I will never leave
Inside of you a piece of me will stay

One little piece of my soul
One little piece of my whole life
I give to you
Take it now

I'm with you
I'm not with my lover
It's not for another broken heart
It's for you
Not just for some shattered dream I once knew
It's for you
It's for you

Come closer now

I'm with you
I'm not with my lover
It's not for another broken heart
It's for you
Not just for some shattered dream I once knew
It's for you
It's for you

 

[fox69]

"It's Only Me"

"It's Only Me"


They say the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
Well it was definitely gone when I woke up today
I walked up to the mirror to see
It's only me

I got out of the kitchen I couldn't stand the heat
Back into my skin and out on the street
Lookin' for a little salvation
It's only me

Baby you can just pretend
That maybe you can love again
But babe I know better
It's only me
And wherever you are tonight
The satisfaction you invite
Nobody knows better
It's only me

Well I went down to the revival
To give my soul a chance
And the DJ spoke to God
And the congregation danced
And I heard a sound and I turned around
It's only me

I found a little angel who had fallen from the sky
And I took that little angel and I taught her how to fly
When the night is done and the morning comes
It's only me

All you'll ever want
All you'll ever need
All you'll ever taste
All you'll ever bleed
Look deep inside you
It's only me

 

[fox69]

"Just What You Asked For"

"Just What You Asked For"


Lay down baby let me coax your fire
Stay here baby you're walking on a wire
Close your eyes surrender inhibition
Free your mind of any superstition

Isn't it just what you asked for
Right here right here in front of you
It must be just what you asked for

What you need is just a little change
I can help help you to rearrange
I know honey just how to inspire
I have everything that you might require

Isn't it just what you asked for
Right here right here in front of you
It must be just what you asked for

Lay down baby let me coax your fire
Stay down baby you're preaching to the choir

Isn't it just what you asked for
Right here right here in front of you
It must be just what you asked for

 

[fox69]

"Kansas City"

"Kansas City"


I've got my old man's Delta '88
The windows cracked I'm on the interstate
Just a hundred miles to go on half a tank of gasoline
Lucky charms and Tic-Tacs and mom's amphetamines

A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby

I met a man in a diner outside of Hays
He said marriage brought him there
It was divorce that made him stay
I drove straight through to Junction City
I thought I'd call you in Topeka
But I didn't want the pity

A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby

Feels like I been thrown into the slammer
With the back end of a hammer
Drawn over my strings
Living became needing
My crying became bleeding
And now I am only dreaming

A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby

 

[fox69]

"Keep It Precious"

"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
So take care my love my friend
Keep it precious
Keep it precious

This yielding is fine this promise rare
One day at a time we've agreed to dare
Holding you tight with wide open arms
I'm letting you go no stranger to harm
Go on ride your way do not break or bend
Just take care my love my friend
Keep it precious
Keep it precious

And the wonder let the wonder never cease
And the madness of the pleasure and ecstasy
Danger believing me
Wounding and healing me please
Keep it precious

I believe in your eyes I believe in your fate
I believe we can fly on the wings we create
A voice from behind calls up anger and fear
We can silence that scream it's simple and clear
Nothing must die only if failed to mend
So take care my love my friend
Keep it precious