Sheryl Crow

[Torrent Maniak]

Merry Christmas, Baby

Merry Christmas, Baby




Merry Christmas, baby
You sure did treat me nice
Merry Christmas pretty, baby
You sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring
For Christmas
Now I'm living in paradise

Well, I'm feeling mighty fine
Got good music on my radio
Well, I'm feeling mighty fine
Got good music on my radio
Well
I would have kissed you, baby
While you're standing
Beneath the mistletoe

Well, alright
Ain't that the truth now

Santa came down the chimney
About a half past three
He brought
These pretty presents
That you see before me
Merry Christmas, baby
You sure been good to me

I haven't had
A toddy this morning
But I'm all lit up
Like a Christmas tree

Well, I wanna
Wanna bring
It a little bit high
Well, I
Well I wanna bring
It a little bit high
Oh, I wanna bring
It a little bit high, baby
No, wanna bring
It a little high, baby
Little high

Haven't had
A toddy this morning
But I'm all lit up
But I'm all lit up
But I'm all lit up
But I'm all lit up
Said I'm all lit up
I'm all lit up, baby

Merry Christmas, baby
Merry, merry, merry, merry
Merry Christmas, baby

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Mississippi

Mississippi




We walk the line
Your days are numbered
So are mine

Time is piling up
We struggle and we scrape
All boxed in
Nowhere to escape

The city's just a jungle
More games to play
I'm trapped in the heart of it
Trying to get away

I was raised in the country
Been working in the town
I been in trouble since I
Set my suitcase down

I ain't got nothing for you
I had nothing before
Don't even have anything
For myself anymore

Sky's full of fire
And the rain is pouring down
There's nothing you can sell me
So I'll see you around

All my powers of expression
And thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
Reason or rhyme
There's only one thing that I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

The devil's in the alley
The mule kickin' in the stall
Say anything you wanna
I've heard it all
I was thinking about the things that she said
I was dreaming I was sleeping in you bed

Walking through the leaves
Falling from the trees
Feel like a stranger nobody sees
So many things we never will undo
I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too

Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
I need something strong to distract my mind
I'm gonna look at you till my eyes go blind

Well I got here, following the southern star
I crossed that river just to be where you are
There's only one thing that I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Well my ship's been split to splinters
I's sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison
Got no future
Got no past
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me

Everybody's moving if they ain't already there
Everybody's got to move somewhere
Well stick with me baby anyhow
Things should start to get interesting right about now

My clothes are wet
Tight on my skin
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine

The emptiness is endless
Cold as clay
You can always come back
But you can't come back all the way

Well there's only one thing that I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Yeah the only thing that I did wrong
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long
The only thing that I did wrong
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Motivation

Motivation




Little white girl in a shiny black car
Hanging out with her friends and doing black tar
Daddy pays for the wedding with a fist full of dollars
Cost as much as the state of Guatemala, oh, why even try?

Well, I got a big car and a flat screen TV
All my loser friends and my boyfriend's family
Bring bags of food and watch reality freak shows
Everybody's faking it but nobody thinks so, why even try?

Got no grease on my hands
Got no serious plans
Whole world's waiting for me
'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free

Got no reason to bitch
Ain't no parties I've missed
Got to have it that way
'Cause baby, I got motivation, motivation

Skinny young dude in a hundred dollar tee shirt
In King James kicks and a brand new manicure
Hotties doing pilates with the snotties and the pleasers
Sneaking in the back door at Coconut Teasers, why even try?

Well, I dropped out of school when I was seventeen
'Cause I didn't have time to study my magazines
'Cause there's a lot to learn from the privileged few
Like how to build a brand wearing high heeled shoes, oh, why even try?

Got no grease on my hands
Got no serious plans
Whole world's waiting for me
'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free

Got no reason to bitch
Ain't no parties I've missed
Got to have it that way
'Cause baby, I got motivation, motivation

I'm gonna own this town
I'm gonna own this town
I'm gonna own this town
Yeah, it's all mine, oh, why even try?

Got no grease on my hands
Got no serious plans
Whole world's waiting for me
'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free

Got no reason to bitch
Ain't no parties I've missed
Got to have it that way
'Cause baby, I got

Got no grease on my hands
Got no serious plans
Whole world's waiting for me
'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free

Got no reason to bitch
Ain't no parties I've missed
Got to have it that way
'Cause baby, I got motivation, motivation
Motivation, motivation

 

[Torrent Maniak]

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake



The tone of your voice was a warning
That you don't care for me anymore

I made up the bed we sleep in
I looked at the clock when you creep in
It's 6 a.m. and I'm alone

[Chorus]
Did you know when you go
It's the perfect ending
To the bad day I was just beginning
When you go all I know is
You're my favorite mistake

Your friends are sorry for me
They watch you pretend to adore me
But I'm no fool to this game

Now here comes your secret lover
She'd be unlike any other
Until your guilt goes up in flames

[Chorus]

You're my favorite mistake

Well maybe nothin' lasts forever
Even when you stay together
I don't need forever after
It's your laughter won't let me go
So I'm holding on this way

Did you know, could you tell
You were the only one
That I ever loved
Now everything's so wrong

Did you see me walking by?
Did it ever make you cry?

You're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake

 

[Torrent Maniak]

No One Said It Would Be Easy

No One Said It Would Be Easy





When your father pulls up in a Mercedes Benz
He says he just happened to be in the neighborhood
But before he leaves he slips the landlord the rent
You say, "It's just a question of eliminating
obstacles"
As you throw your dinner out the kitchen door
You say, "I know how you try"

But honey, let's eat out tonight

[Chorus]
No one said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far

You can't seem to ever fold up a shirt
I bring it up and you think I'm a jerk
But I think we're here to stay
I can't imagine it any other way

[Chorus]

Sometimes I wonder who he's picturing
When he looks at me and smiles

[Chorus]

Oh, and look we've come this far

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Now That You're Gone

Now That You're Gone




Well, I can see heaven
See it all but the plane
If I start running now I think I can make it
And never look back again

Your face is all around me
Your keys are in my hand
And everywhere I go
I try to remember exactly who I am

'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe
Now that you're gone I am free
Free to make a mess of everything
'Cause nothing belongs to me
Now that you're gone I can breathe, I can breathe

We made a bed of roses
I got pricked by the thorns
On a long cold night
I still think I'm bleeding, I wake up all torn

Well, I'm a missing person
Lost it all but my name
And I'm afraid some long lonely road
Will lead me back to you again

Now that you're gone I can breathe
Now that you're gone I am free
Free to make a mess of everything
'Cause nothing belongs to me
Now that you're gone, now that you're gone
Now that you're gone, oh

Now that you're gone I can breathe
Now that you're gone I am free
Free to make a mess of everything
'Cause nobody's watching me

Oh, now that you're gone I am free, yeah
Now that you're gone I can breathe, oh
And now that you're gone I am free
Now that you're gone I can breathe

 

[Torrent Maniak]

O Holy Night

O Holy Night





Oh, Holy Night
The stars
Are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear
Saviour's birth
Long lay the world in sin
And error pining
'Til He appeared
And the soul felt
It's worth a thrill of hope
The weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new
And glorious morn
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices

Oh, night divine
Oh, night
When Christ was born
Oh, night divine
Oh night
Oh, Holy night
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices
Oh, night divine
Oh, night
When Christ was born
Oh, night divine
Oh, night
Oh, Holy night

Oh, night divine
Oh, night
When Christ was born
Oh, night divine
Oh night
Oh, Holy night
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices
Oh, night divine
Oh, night
When Christ was born
Oh, night divine
Oh, night
Oh, Holy night

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Oh Marie

Oh Marie




Half the time, you'd swear that she is crazy
Flowered drinks and low-cut dress
That's the way I know her best
She says she's lonely, how could she be?
Every night she's got company

[Chorus]
Oh Marie,
I sure hope you're happy
Oh Marie,
What about me, Marie

She likes the way she looks in her Camaro
She likes lingerie but he prefers the sombrero
She's so famous on the block
She stumbles home around four o'clock
She claims the guys are hard to please
She wears teen perfume behind her knees

[Chorus]

All day long she fills me up with dogma
She's all magazines and benzedrine and vodka
There was one man she truly loved
He took everything but her bear-skin rug
And now and then it's clear to me
That need is love and love is need

[Chorus]

Always an open door
What are you looking for

 

[Torrent Maniak]

On The Outside

On The Outside


I stood close enough to hear you say

"Do as the beautiful ones do"

I tore up my picture from its frame

I just wanted to be one of you



I'm standing on the outside, lookin'

Funny how you see the truth

But the feeling does come back to you



She's crazy as anyone can be

That's what they say, they say of me

Wanting love can make one do

It isn't my fault, heredity



I'm standing on the outside, lookin' lookin'

State of grace, state of sin

I'm standing on the outside, lookin' lookin'

Cannot feel a single thing

But the feeling does come back again



This morning feels like yesterday

Yesterday follows me around

Where do you go when no one cares?

Six feet under, underground



I'm standing on the outside, lookin' lookin'

State of grace, state of sin

I'm standing on the outside, lookin' lookin'

Cannot feel a single thing

But the feeling will come back again

Again

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Ordinary Morning

Ordinary Morning





Asleep in the nude
My name is my pocket
With lipstick and rouge
Everything I ever wanted,
What a lovely pie you baked,
Is anybody listening/
Don't the painted birds ever fly away

It's just an ordinary morning
It's just an ordinary day
And I'm just an ordinary woman
Slipping away

The walls have been talking
About me again
I'm good for a joke, but when I awoke
The dream didn't end
Now everytime I turn around
I'm only sleeping, John, is anybody out there?
Don't the wounded birds still sing?

It's just an ordinary morning
It's just an ordinary day
And I'm just an ordinary woman
Slipping away