Sophie B. Hawkins

Music and Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins.

I'm dancing in the shadows of life
And death is all around me tonight
I miss you making love to me right
Beside myself I'm holding you tight
Someone is waiting for me to rise
And dive into the ocean I cried
And I cried and I cried my baby to sleep
Beside myself my soul to keep

Right beside you I see
Right beside you I stay
Right beside you I'll be
Right beside you always

We're dancing in the shade of the summer sun
The drums are playing the change to come
Was yesterday in the heat
Beside myself I need to keep

Right beside you I feel
Right beside you I am
Right beside you I kneel
Right beside you I stand
Right beside you I see
Right beside you I stay
Right beside you I'll be
Right beside you always

Driving into town with the top down
Sun sinking low into the water I can feel your speed
One hand on the wheel one hand on my knee
I can tell you what I want you can tell me what you need
Darling nights are getting cooler and the city's so close
There's a place we can do it somewhere right along the coast
We'll arrive on time just a little bit late
It's not a matter of style just a lesson in taste

I remember when I was a child
You made me up to be your lover
Now I'm sitting right beside you
Other people still exist
I don't pretend to love them less but darling
When you drive this way I lose my breath

Right beside you I feel
Right beside you I am
Right beside you I kneel
Right beside you I stand
Right beside you I see
Right beside you I stay
Right beside you I'll be
Right beside you

Always

Music and Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins.

I'm a wounded soldier on a downtown train to your place
You've launched a secret heart with your face
You don't always say what I want to hear but you move me
Across the rooftops and into the deepest blue sea

Did we not choose each other
Are we just heroes for a day
This time I will stand by you
And mine is the heart I will save

I drew a hard line but I just can't see it
You colours are bleeding all over my bullshit
I wanna be your star but I gotta learn to feel myself
I want your love and I need your help

Did we not choose each other
Are we just heroes for a day
This time I will stand by you
And mine is the heart I will save
Can we not judge each other
I'd rather wipe your tears away
I can follow my heart till the end
But I just can't choose the way

Just because we live like dolphins together
So many reasons to break the wave
We can swim from streetlamp to streetlamp whatever
We can be kissing in the rain.

Can we not judge each other
I'd rather wipe your tears away
I can follow my heart till the end
But I just can't choose the way

Listen baby listen baby don't you do me wrong
I can make my bed you can sing your song
Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine
If it's truth you seek then darling love you'll find
I don't wanna I don't wanna take your pain away
It isn't yours to give it isn't mine to save
Here's my heart here's my hand here's my soul
Take it in take it apart take it easy let it go

Music and Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins.

I never thought that I could
Crush upon your sandy shores
Like the feeling of your warm security
It's not like me

Now I come with strange excitement
At your very touch I'm frightened
Don't I ask too much you tell me
'Long as I can keep on yelling

Don't don't tell me no
I want you to take my hand
Never ever let it go
Even if I make you mad
Darling every bit of love you give
You will get more back
If you believe it

Who cares if it's forever
There's no time when we're together
Who cares if we don't worry
We don't even have to hurry

This is our world awaiting
For the sweetest penetrating
Love that we have found
Why can't we splatter it around and around.

Why don't you stay
You make me laugh like it's for ever
And cry like I have never
You heal my pain
Why can't we pray
Let's take the time to feel the weather
And love the world together
It's the only way.

Music and Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins.

It felt like spring time on this February morning
In the courtyard birds were singing your praise
I'm still recalling things you said to make me feel alright
I carried them with me today
Now

As I lay me down to sleep
This I pray
That you will hold me dear
Though I'm far away
I'll whisper your name
Into the sky
And I will wake up happy

I wonder why I feel so high
Though I am not above the sorrow
Heavy hearted
Till you call my name
And it sounds like church bells
Or the whistle of a train
On a summer evening
I'll run to meet you
Barefoot barely breathing

As I lay me down to sleep
This I pray
That you will hold me dear
Though I'm far away
I'll whisper your name into the sky
And I will wake up happy

It's not too near for me
Like a flower I need the rain
Though it's not clear to me
Every season has its change
And I will see you
When the sun comes out again

Music & Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins

Try
To make me run away
I will only hang around and wait
For you
I could never fall too fast
I found my true love at last

In you
And it would make me cry
If you should ever leave my side
Darling put your hand in mine
Come with me now we can fly

To paradise
How can we doubt it
We can't live without it
So fine

Come
Into my open wounds
Don't ask me if I'd die for you
Darling it's not worth living
Under any other circumstance
This is a true
This is a true romance

Music and Lyrics: Sophie B. Hawkins.

You don't know why I'm crazy I don't know why you're blue You messed with my head You messed with the dead Now I'm gonna mess with you I don't know why you're lazy I'm so in love with you What's God gonna see Who's God gonna know When's God gonna help us through I can't deny I can't explain I can't reply I can't refrain I want his hands I want his chest I want his feet I want his sex I am the child I am the whore I am the wild woman at your door I need to touch I need to talk I need to love I need to give you you up

What am I fighting for If I win I lose my life I need you more and more to break my will tonight

Only love can set us free Only love can bear the truth Only love can bring us peace Only love can save me and you

Oh daddy what I've been thinking Only heaven knows What's Ma gonna see who's Ma gonna blame When's Mama gonna carry you home

I have the urge I have the mind I have the touch I drank the wine I want the loss I want the pain I want to start my life again I can't define I can't forget I can't explain the feeling of regret I know the dead I'm not alone I made my bed I want to let you you go

What am I frightened for If I speak I lose my mind You've broken down the door and there is no place to hide

Only love can set us free Only love can bear the truth Only love can bring us peace Only love can save me and you Only love can purify Only love can conquer fear Only love can testify Only love can make a miracle of life

Music and Lyrics; Sophie B. Hawkins.

I ain't gonna be your fool You know this lady is not waiting for words untrue I have to die

'Cause I'd rather crawl home bleeding than be Chained to you I love your freedom Hate me need me love me tease me beg me Please me take me breathe me Baby you know I'm trouble still you Wanna be the one to smash my bubble How strong how tough how sweet how Must You feel to rough me up for real

In love I trust I put my faith To make me happy to keep me safe In you I find a way to lose myself Thrill me baby I need nothing else

I ain't gonna be your dog You know this lady's contemplating your worth at all I'll make you cry

'Cause I'd rather lose you than lose my way Oh you know I don't mean it I only suffer when I go astray Your words they sting you make me sing I want to bring you everything Jesus I feel what you mean to me I want to meet you on a dirt road and walk with you endlessly Oh Lord my God when you get hard How can I stop how can I not

In love I trust I put my faith To make me happy to keep me safe In you I see the brightest star That burns inside me and breaks my heart And when I cry the deepest hurting Cleans my soul relieves my burden In you I find a way to lose myself Thrill me baby I need nothing else

In love I must feel all my pain And all my joy and all my shame And every time you call on me Through my struggles you set me free To feel your power your gracious strength And on my knees it's your restraint That makes me find one greater than myself Love me baby love me baby, I need I need I need I need I need nothing else

Music and Lyrics; Sophie B. Hawkins.

You won't be strong For me I'm sure Oh how could I have lost my heart To one so insecure Desire Hard to resist But for whom I exist

Love I give my eyes to read your signs No compromise your faith is mine I don't despise the endless time It takes to realize that I Am just a fool Though you were cruel To show me paradise so soon

I don't know why I hardly care Happy disillusions fade When passion's in the air Fire water and salt Madness inspired Pain Let it remain my fault

Hate me for a while I saw you cheat It's not my style to break the heat Murder is vile and death is sweet I have to smile at my defeat Yes I'm insane Though just the same You must have recognized my name

Mr. Tugboat hello Ocean liner Finer day no ma'am Oooh and I have no plans Just to do as I please Back to the breeze Oh sailing round my island Everybody's outside Love has arrived I wanna be your friend Living it up together baby Give me up I'll Drive you crazy Can't find me a baby So climb

The story's true I can't deny First thing I was born to see Was mama cry Raspberries and wine Boxing gloves Train stations and valentines

Paris I'm in debt I can't come home My lips are wet I hate the phone J'ai un regrette et mes chansons I bumped my head while you were gone You thought for you As though for two