Melissa Etheridge

[fox69]

"Mercy"

"Mercy"


Well I have lived ten years plus ten
And ten and ten again
I have seen too much to pretend
And then you wanted to come in
I have survived all of the lies
They made me wise
The locks and walls and the peace it buys
Still when I look into your eyes
It's a surprise when you say

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
let it all go away

What do you want from me
Mercy, mercy baby
What do you want from me

well I plead Mercy, mercy baby
I do not know what this all means
It's been awhile
Since I've been stylin' in
Just my jacket and my jeans

It hurts to walk
It hurts to talk
It hurts to think about it
Shout about it
Could I be sure without a doubt
That you could never live without

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
let it all go away
Mercy baby
What do you want from me
Mercy, mercy, mercy baby
What do you want from me

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
let it all go away
I want to fall in you
Crawl in you
Surrender
All in you now

Could I be sure in you
Pure in you
Finding the cure in you
Now I plead
Have mercy on me

Now I am kneeling at the altar
In the temple of your eyes
And I am asking for a miracle
I have been too long paralyzed when you say

Get up
Stand up
Climb the rope of hope
and open up again

All the peace you say is promised me
seems too much to comprehend

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
let it all go away
Mercy baby
What do you want from me
Mercy, mercy baby
what Can this girl believe

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Honey just hold on tight
And I'll make it all go away
Hold on

It's gonna be alright
Mercy darling
Mercy
Let it all go away

 

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"Merry Christmas Baby"

"Merry Christmas Baby"


Merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Yeah! merry merry merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring for christmas
And now I'm living in paradise

Oh! I'm feeling mighty fine this morning
I've got good music on my radio
Hey baby, I'm feeling mighty fine
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

Santa came down the chimney
About half past three
He got all of these presents that you'll use
See, I'll help you put on these

Merry merry merry christmas baby
Oh! you sure been good to me
I haven't had a drink this evenin' baby
But I'm all lit up like a christmas tree

Hey! merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I said, merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

 

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"Message To Myself"

"Message To Myself"


I'm sending out a message to myself
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

I warned myself of the blackness in my chest
The razors in my heart would never rest
It's funny how you find just what you seek
Love is what you get when love is what you speak

I'm sending out a message to myself
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

I made every choice along the way
Each day I spent in hell I chose to stay
It's funny what you fear can make you weak
Truth is what you get when truth is what you speak

I'm sending out a message to myself
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

So if you are listening I am just passing through
You can take some for yourself 'cause it works that way too

Sha la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

I'm sending out a message to myself
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

I'm sending out a message to myself
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.

 

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"Miss California"

"Miss California"


Miss California what did I do wrong
It seems I've loved you
For just a little too long
You've gone and you've left me
For some preacher's way
Now you act like you never knew me
And you can't hear a word I say

Miss California did I get in your way
Did the neighbors warn you
What would happen some day
That a love like mine
Was never good anyway
They said think about your reputation
Before you get carried away

Don't you know what's good for me can be good for you
Don't you know what's good for me can be good for you
Don't you know what's good for you
Can be good for me too
Don't you know what's good for me can be good for you

Miss California was I a little too proud
I'm standing in the streets now
And I'm screaming out loud
You try to shove me in the closet
With your skulls and your bones
I can be who I am you see
If I want to do it all alone

Your sweet seduction led me far from home
Your self-destruction gives me sticks and stones
Your propositions make me feel so cold
When the hand that's trying to keep me down
Is the one that I'm trying to hold
I know the hand that's trying to force me back
Is the one that won't let me go

Miss California
Yeah yeah yeah

 

[fox69]

"Must Be Crazy For Me"

"Must Be Crazy For Me"


You tell me not to call you up
Cause it ties you down
Don't tell your friends
You've been hangin' round
You must be crazy for me

You say you'll see me once or twice
Every week or two
There's more important things
That you've got to do
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night
In my own backyard
You ran so fast
And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me
You must be crazy for me

You don't like my hair
You don't like my car
You don't like my friends
You met at the bar
You must be crazy for me

I see you shake you head
And you roll your eyes
Your firm remark
To remove my thigh
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night
In my own backyard
You ran so fast
And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me
You must be crazy for me

Do not expect you to wait
Do not expect you to phone
Do not expect anything
When I catch you alone
You must be crazy for me

Cause when I kissed you last night
In my own backyard
You ran so fast
And you fought so hard
You must be crazy for me
You must be crazy for me

 

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"My Back Door"

"My Back Door"


When I was a child
I dreamed like a child of wonder
With my back in the grass
My eyes to the sky to see
I believed in the stars
I knew they cast a spell that I was under
With my fingers in the dirt
I was part of the earth
Every living thing was part of me

But it's gone, it's gone
It's gone, it's gone, gone
I can't feel it
I can't feel it
Must've found a way out my back door
Must've run away out my back door
Because it's gone, gone, gone

Then I fell in love
Love gave me a shot of pure desire
There was nothing else like this
This unimagined bliss this ecstasy
Deep inside the night
I believed I saw the light ignite a fire
And it burned into the dark
It burned deep inside my heart
I thought it would burn eternally

But it's gone, it's gone
It's gone, it's gone, gone
I can't feel it
I can't feel it
Must've found a way out my back door
Must've run away out my back door
Because it's gone, gone, gone

So I run into the street
And I'm shouting into the phone
Asking everyone I meet
I say have you seen it on my doorstep
Did you see it in my car
Have you seen it in the alley
Was it on the back of some guitar
Is it sleeping in the hallway
Does it cry all night alone
Is it selling itself for money
Does it want, does it want to come home

 

[fox69]

"My Lover"

"My Lover"


No one conceals me like
No one reveals me like
My lover
No one can disconnect
No one can resurrect
Like my lover

My lover makes me weak
Gives me breath to speak
My lover takes me home
Cools the rolling stone
My lover's thorny kiss
The reason to exist
I wonder

No one can saturate
No one manipulates
Like my lover
The sensuality
It's immortality
My lover

My lover needs to seize
Bring me to my knees
Reads me like a prayer
Calls the spirit there
Secretly inspires
Strips me to desire
I wonder

No one can visualize
No one can make me rise
Like my lover
They dream of paradise
They'll never ever pay the price
My lover

 

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"Nervous"

"Nervous"


They don't much care for you
No they don't like your kind
The way you look walk
Or the way you talk
The way you always speak your mind
But you want to be my friend
You're not anything like them
You can show me things I've never seen
You say ooo child what a waste if we never took a taste
Of everything we find in between

[Chorus:]
Ooo you make me nervous
Ooo you make me want to run away and hide
Ooo you make me nervous
When you look at me I just can't lie
Ooo you make me nervous tonight

Feels so wrong and feels so right feels like insanity
I keep acting strange hoping that I'll change
Waking in a sweat from a burning dream
And then look at all my friends I keep on pleasing them
Caught up in the chaos of their minds
Ooo child the fear I have
Keeps me bound and keeps me gagged
Keeps me pushing harder all the time

Ooo you make me nervous
Ooo you make me want to run away and hide
Ooo you make me nervous
When you look at me I just can't lie
I want to shovel all the blame
I want to shoot out all the lights
I want to call you names and start a fight
Because you make me nervous tonight

Heart pounds hands wet mouth dry
I shake I scream I cry
No eat no sleep all night
I build my lonely cell with secrets I can't tell
Frozen in my fright
Ooo you make me nervous tonight
You make me nervous
You make me nervous
You make me nervous

[Chorus]

 

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"No Souvenirs"

"No Souvenirs"


Hello, hello this is Romeo
Calling from a jackpot telephone
Shame, shame but I love your name
And the way you make the buffalo roam
Oh fly, fly I guess this is goodbye
Oh you packed up your heart
And you left no souvenirs

But if you want me you can call me
In the night you know where I'll be
Broken lover you can touch me
In the dark the innocent can't see
You lock it up now hide the key
It would mean surrender to let me see
Oh brave, brave soldier keep it under cover
You fell alone like no other lover
Burn the pictures break the records
Run far away to a northern town
Sell your fear and leave me standing here
With no souvenirs

Once, twice I thought it might be nice
To come into your kitchen and play
Cool, cool just a crazy fool
I never saw it any other way
Oh wait, wait I guess I'm just too late
Oh you made up your mind
Love shouldn't be so hard

But if you want me you can call me
In the night you know where I'll be
Broken lover you can touch me
In the dark the innocent can't see
You lock it up now hide the key
It would mean surrender to let me see
Oh brave, brave soldier keep it under cover
You fell alone like no other lover
Burn the pictures break the records
Run far away to a northern town
Sell your fear and leave me standing here
With no souvenirs

No shirts, no shoes
No jackets, no blues
You car's for sale
You forward your mail
You're growing your hair
You don't want to know where
I'm calling you from
Or how come

But if you want me you can call me
In the night you know where I'll be
Broken lover you can touch me
In the dark the innocent can't see
You lock it up now hide the key
It would mean surrender to let me see
Oh brave, brave soldier keep it under cover
You fell alone like no other lover
Burn the pictures break the records
Run far away to a northern town
Sell your fear and leave me standing here
With no souvenirs

 

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"Not Tonight"

"Not Tonight"


We had a good time
Nearly losing our minds
Man, we had some fun

It was good to see you
Get to know everyone
Man, it was good, Hank, smoking, berry champagne
Now I got to run
Say goodbye, say goodbye

I hope you keep movin'
I hope you keep groovin' all night
I hope you tear the roof off
'Till you see the morning light
I'd really love to be there
The invitation is so nice
But not tonight, not tonight

Not tonight
I got to get back home
My baby's waiting and it's been so long
The bowl is empty
and the candy's all gone
So, not tonight
I got to bring some sugar home

You know I believe
I believe that you reap what you sow
You plant your garden and you let your love grow
And when I'm with my baby
That's how my baby knows
Our love is tight
We're all right

So, not tonight
I got to get back home
My baby's waiting and it's been so long
The bowl is empty and the candy's all gone
So, not tonight
I got to bring some sugar home
Yeah

C'mon, sweet P!

Oh, my sweet friends
Speak true, be strong
Keep on believing we are right where we belong
You know I'd love to sing you just one more song
Not tonight, not tonight

No, no, not tonight
I got to get back home
My baby's waiting and it's been so
It's been so long
The bowl is empty and the candy's all gone
So, not tonight
I got to bring some sugar home
Yeah
I got to get back home

All four babies are waitin' for me
It's been so long
The bowl is empty and the candy's all gone
Not tonight
I got to bring some sugar home
Yeah
Bring you some sugar