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Sign Your Name: The Best of Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

℗ 2007 

℗ 2007 : disc 1

℗ 2007 : disc 2

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If You all Get to Heaven

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for my mother
Say a prayer for my father
Say a prayer for my brother
But most of all please say a prayer for me

Words of a feather
All flock together
Going round and round
A soul is astral travelling
Watching human motion
Wasting thy seed upon the ground
Discreet intermissions
Coroners petitions
Their work goes into the sand
Voices from the middle
Are gaining very little
It's getting all out of hand

If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer -volace menteh-
Say a prayer for food and plenty
Say a prayer -sehr sensible-
But most of all please say a prayer for me
If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for my camel
As I ride through the desert
Say a prayer for the rumours
The rumours of war

The last moody summer
Was autumn in covers
Bespeaks of dogs in the dark
A perfect reunion
Of bloody communion
Where do we find
Noah's ark?
A thousand words or more
Seep through the floor
And then take root in the soil
Growing trees of doubt
Helpless people shout
Until their blood starts to boil

If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for Asmodeus
Say a prayer for Belial
Say a prayer for his denial
But most of all you gotta say a prayer for me
If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for St. Religion
Say a prayer for blood baptism
Say a prayer for it's division
But most of all please say a prayer for me

Old men's cigars puff up the wars
To protect their fuck-ups again
Young men must die!
To keep the old ones alive
And to prove they're studs once again

It you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for the people
Who will kill for cross and steeple
Say a prayer for righteous bullets
But most of all please say a prayer for me
If you all get to Heaven
Say a prayer for my mother
Say a prayer for my father
Say a prayer for my brother
But most of all you gotta say a prayer for me

If You Let Me Stay

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Spoken:
Sweetheart listen,
I know the last few pages
Haven't been good for the both of us
And I've caused you a lot of grief
But put those bags down, o.k.?
Before you make a decision like that,
Please just listen to me
'Cos I don't want you to leave.
I definately don't want you to leave
Just hear me out.

Honey, don't leave me now
With my head on my shoulders wrong
Have I done something wrong for you to leave?
I know I've been careless, girl
And I must apologize
I'll try better next time, baby
If you let me stay

If you let me stay
I'll say what I should've said
If you let me stay
I should have said that I love you
It you let me stay
And I should have said it from my heart
If you let me stay

How can I compensate
For my indiscretions, dear
Tell me it's not too late
That I'd love to hear
If you walk out on me
You will see a grown man cry
I didn't miss my water
Till my well ran dry

But if you let me stay
If you let me stay
I'll say what I should've said
If you let me stay
I should have said that I love you
It you let me stay
And I should have said it from my heart
If you let me stay

Your pretensions aim for gullible fools
And now who needs you anyway?
I'll get mine elsewhere
I taught the school
You will regret it someday

If you let me stay
I'll say what I should've said
If you let me stay
I should have said that I love you
It you let me stay
And I should have said it from my heart
If you let me stay

Wishing Well

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Kissing like a bandit
Stealing time
Underneath a sycamore tree
Cupid by the hour sends
Valentines
To my sweet lover and me
Slowly
But surely
Your appetite is more than I knew
Sweetly
Softly
I'm falling in love with you

Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of butterfly tears
Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of crocodile cheers

Hugging like a monkey see
Monkey do
Right beside a riverboat gambler
Erotic images float through my head
So I wanna be
Your midnight rambler
Quickly
Quickly
The blood races through my veins
Quickly
Loudly
I wanna hear those sugar bells ring

Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of butterfly tears
Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of crocodile cheers

I'll Never Turn My Back on You

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

This isn't living now
A thing my father said to me
And get a haircut, boy
If you want a chance in respectable society
Why did you stop writing?
I knew you had some trouble, son
But you should know by now
That my number doesn't change
Because my dirty deed is done

All I need from you
And that's all
Regardless of whatever you do
And that is that you understand
That I'll never turn my back on you

How are your wife and child?
I'm sure your little girl has grown
And give them a kiss and a smile
That's what my daddy said
In a letter very long
What kind of man would I be?
If I left you in despair (and then he wrote)
And I miss your mother, son
Cause if she were still alive
She'd tell you too
You should cut your hair

All I need from you
And that's all
Regardless of whatever you do
And that is that you realise
That I'll never turn my back on you

Whatever you do just try to get through to me
Remember the time we got drunk on wine by the sea
And I laughed when you tried to stagger home by yourself
You were stubborn then and you are still stubborn now

All I need from you
And that's all
Regardless of whatever you do
And that is that you understand
That I'll never turn my back on you

Dance Little Sister

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Get up 'outta' your rockin' chair grandma!
Or rather would you care to dance grandmother?

Hey you! Give up to the ghost
That's haunting you now
Shout it out
Don't let it stay inside
And eat you alive
Make up your mind
Don't you want to stay
This side of the line
I can assure you
When you're my age
You'll learn
From all you've left behind

(You've got to)
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
I don't wanna hear you're late
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
Don't give up your stay

Say now share the weight
And lay your cross down
And let the long reaching arm
Of hope bring you around
It ain't easy but giving up
Is the easy thing to do
Time is on your side
Would you just watch the clock
And let it tick for you

(You've got to)
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
I don't wanna hear you're late
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
Don't give up your stay

Seven More Days

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Teardrops rusting on a steel bar
Harmonica blues
Heartblood thick enough for pine tar
I've got a hole in my delta shoes
Grown men wither and they dry away
Their lives compromised
I've gotta hold on
Struggle through another day
To see the fire in my baby's eyes
Society's debt have been more than paid

In seven more days
I'll be home to you
And the walls will tumble down
That's separating us two
The Jericho mile and a river so wide
In seven more days
There will be no more divide

Bad dreams, cornerstone realities
Bears witness to shame
Hell's gate - a landscaped brutality
All material gain
But she's home praying on her hands & knees
That safe shall I part
But I am guilty of her memory
But there's no crime in my heart
Society's debts have been more than paid

In seven more days
I'll be home to you
And the walls will tumble down
That's separating us two
The Jericho mile and a river so wide
In seven more days
There will be no more divide

Lawful society
Says this is what you get
Tearful sobriety of
Matters that you soon regret
It all adds up to time
Debts have been more than paid

In seven more days
I'll be home to you
And the walls will tumble down
That's separating us two
The Jericho mile and a river so wide
In seven more days
There will be no more divide

Let's Go Forward

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Let's go forward with our love
I don't ask for your money
I don't ask for your honey
All I want is love
Let's go forward with our love
I don't ask for your wallet
Let's finish what we started
All I need is love

And in your private moments
When all the world is sleep
I watch you as you toss and turn
And pray my soul you'll keep
I sense you are afraid
That I'm not holding fast
But you are just nervous
And I'm certain that this too will pass

Let's go forward with our love
I don't ask for your money
I don't ask for your honey
All I want is love

Our dedication wanders
You're hurt from what you hear
But then the rain falls down
And wipes away your tears
The stars are everlasting
But even they shift from time to time
If we just slow down
Catch our breath
We'll be fine

Let's go forward with our love
I don't ask for your wallet
Let's finish what we started
All I need is love

Silver turns to black
And gold turns into green
Giving my love back
Would tear away our seed
Like real silver and gold
We can keep our vows
Your hand I will hold
Until the killing ground
Let's go forward with our love

Rain

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Take off your topcoats
Put on your raincoats
And now give up your birthright
And don't you cry
'Cause in 23 verses now
A storm is a-comin'
And you'll be too surprised
To wonder why

And it will
Rain rain
Go away, go away
Rain rain
Come back again another day

Step out your cool suit
Snap on you wet boots
And now eat all you mushrooms
Until you see
That in 22 verses now
A storm is a-brewin'
And you'll be too annoyed
For victory

'Cause it will
Rain rain
Go away, go away
Rain rain
Come back again another day

China glass &
A chocolate bar
I'm leaving behind
So my children's children
Children's children
Will see what's left of me

Cue up the James Brown
And jack up the funky sound now
Say it won't be the last time
You hear a scream
'Cause in 21 verses now
A storm is a-ragin'
And you will satisfy your destiny

And it will
Rain rain
Go away, go away
Rain rain
Come back again another day

Sign Your Name

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Fortunately you have got
Someone who relies on you
We started out as friends
But the thought of you just caves me in
The symptoms are so deep
It is so much too late to turn away
We started out as friends

Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my lady

Time I'm sure will bring
Disappointments in so many things
It seems to be the way
When your gambling cards on love you play
I'd rather be in Hell with you baby
Than in cool Heaven
It seems to be the way

Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my lady

Birds never look into the sun
Before the day is gone
But oh the light shines brighter
On a peaceful day
Stranger blue leave us alone
We don't want to deal with you
We'll shed our stains showering
In the room that makes the rain

All alone with you
Makes the butterflies in me arise
Slowly we make love
And the Earth rotates
To our dictates
Slowly we make love

Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name
Across my heart
I want you to be my lady

As Yet Untitled

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Out by a shanty where the dust hangs high
Far from a river where things grow green
The flowers weep and they lean away
From the blood stained soil beneath my feet

The thorns outnumber the petals on the rose
And the darkness amplifies the sound of printers' ink
On propaganda page
That will rule your life and fuel my rage

I tried to bend my knees
But my knees were already bent
I haven't stood like a man for such a long time now
I called to my god but he was sleeping on that day
I guess I'll just have to depend on me

Shall I tell my children if they ask of me
Did I surrender forth my right to be?
Y'see my daddy died to leave this haunting ground
And this same ground still haunts me

The cool September blows the seeds away
The harvest blown again this year
But I'll return a stronger man
I'll return to me my homeland
No grave shall hold my body down
This land is still my home

I said:
But I'll return a stronger man
I'll return to me my homeland
No grave shall hold my body down
This land is still my home
This land is still my home

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world

Who's Loving You

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

When I had you
I treated you bad and wrong my dear
Girl since since you been gone
Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

I, I, I, I should have never made you cry
And girl since since you've been gone
I sit around with my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

Life without love is oh so lonely
I don't think I'm gonna make it
All my life, all my life belongs to you only
Come on and take it girl
Come on and take it because

All, all I can do
Since you been gone is cry
And don't you ever wonder
And worry your pretty little head
'Bout what I do
Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

It Feels So Good to Love Somebody Like You

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Desert sands
Heart's homeland
'Til you

Flesh and bones
Made of stone
'Til you

Seasons never changed
Reasons never came

So it feels so good to love
Someone like you

Birds in trees
Fantasies
'Til you

Fire's cry
The embers die
'Til you

Dying on the roam
Crying for a home

And so it feels so good to love
Someone like you

To Know Someone Deeply is to Know Someone Softly

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

(Spoken Intro)
Under a temperamental sun
On the dark hillside of your sorrow
If there's pain in your heart
Let it go
Just reach inside and let it go
Now dig

To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
Listen to me know

In my love garden
I wrestled with an angel
Not in a dream
Her eyes did seem
Like the grapes of the vine
Her lips were made like the gates of Heaven
Not to be missed
Made to be kissed
But not to kiss goodbye

The larger picture
Will come with time
But for tonight, dear
Let's lullabye

To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
Listen to me know

Once a flower opens
It never closes
Until it dies
And the it lies
Amongst the roses
I wanted to play her like
A black grand piano
A clarinet
A minuet
Or lyric soprano

In my arms there's
A safety zone
Where nothing can harm you
Your heart or home

To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
Sing

Dum Dum Dum Dum / Sha La La
Da Da Dum / Sha La La La La

To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly
To know someone deeply
Is to know someone softly

This Side of Love

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

We're on the negative side of love
I'm subject to all bizarre whims she fancies
I'm running escape to find the handle
Of the door she locks me up in
She's on the laughing side of sin
What have I done in all my past lives
(To end up on) This side of Love?

We're on a permanent twist of fate
She has dominion over time and torture
I'm pinching myself to convince me that
I'm in a living nightmare
The killer attraction of a dare
What have I done, emasculation
(To end up on) This side of Love?

If I should stay
(Will the beat go on?)
I must be strong
(We tell you every day)
Will I return
(To normal lovers again?)
Please peel my skin
('Cause my soul is burning)

We're on a roundabout whirl of scorn
The demons are smiling and the angels snoring
I feel like a stepchild Caeser that's been
Beaten and bruised to please her
Wearing a rusted ring of thorns
What have I done to piss the Gods off
(To end up on) This side of Love?

If I should stay
(Will the beat go on?)
I must be strong
(We tell you every day)
Will I return
(To normal lovers again?)
Please peel my skin
('Cause my soul is burning)

We're on the negative side of love
I see my condition as a sign of service
I'll snuggle up close to her knowing
That I'm practising my religion
Warming the barrel of a gun

This will be the deed that finds me next time

(On this side of)
(On this side of)
(On this side of) This side of Love

I Don't Want to Bring Your Gods Down

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

(Spoken Intro)
People
This is not a film
This is my song
Now pick up your shovel and
Dig

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
Their flesh and blood for you too real
The wine that flows from their nostrils
Too red
Their master strokes too fundamental
Their saint soaked cathedrals too done

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
The ferocity of their cat claws too steel
And we the weak kneed weeds of their
Weaker breed never paused to feel
We're not the masters of the land we survey
But I guess you'd come to that conclusion
When you're ready in your own time anyway

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
I don't want to bring your Gods down babe
Because their armour and their crest cuts too deep
And the cold landcliffs where they rest are far too steep
But I just wanna say to you that like your
Gods, your guilt and your beliefs I too wanna be
With you 'til the very end babe

Do You Love Me Like You Say?

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

Listen baby, until I find the river
I won't be satisfied with who I am
In my Monasteryo your love ran hot or cold
Symphony or damn
I wanna be careful not to lose by laughter
What I've gained by tears
So here's a question baby
You answer I most need to hear

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

I give my best to the best of your breed
Take my heart pretty baby
I believe that I have all that I need
I exist for you wholly in this hour
As the leaves exist
Surely for the sake of the flower

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

It seems that you have all these emotional dragons
That you must slay
I believe your daddy didn't treat you right
So it seems now TTD must pay
The troubles advance while the sorrows retreat
Yet whichever road you travel baby
I genuinely wish you godspeed
But before you go answer my question

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

Delicate

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

Delicate

Delicate like rain
Delicate like snow
Delicate like birds
Delicate just so
Delicate like air
Delicate like breeze
Delicate like you and me

A delicate advance
A delicate retreat
Delicately planned
Delicate like peace
Delicate like a touch
That's delicately brief
Delicate like you and me

Delicate like trinkets on her bracelet
(Like trinkets on her bracelet)
Delicate like a bracelet on your arm
(Like a bracelet on your arm)
Delicate like sweet arms around me
(Your sweet arms around me)
Delicate like me on top of you

Delicate like words
Delicate how time
So delicately runs
Then delicately dies
Delicate how eyes
So delicately breathe
Delicate like you my dear
Delicate like me my love
Delicate like you and
Delicate like me and
Delicate like
Delicate like you and me

She Kissed Me

She is negative as can be
And she's weak emotionally
But she kissed me
And she put it there
She's got a chip on her shoulderblade
And her attitude makes me afraid
But she kissed me
And she put it there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

When she bets
She'd never hedge
She likes walking on the razor's edge
But she kissed me
And she put it there
She likes rap and metal really loud
And she makes her other home girls proud
But she kissed me
And she put it there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

She's as simple as a girl can be
Yet she has a cool complexity
But she kissed me
And she put it there
When she met me I was still a boy
Now I'm an older woman's toy
Because she kissed me
And she put it there

Castilian Blue

She was a paragon of soft scented chinois curls
She stood with nothing on
As we watched my flag unfurl
We fell in love so fast
That it spun my head around
Her coffee tawny skin
Sent my blood pressure up and down
Castilian blue
Castilian blue
I never ever thought
I'd be so taken by a girl like you

Lavender scented pillows
Gave a smell to her room
That when I smell it now
Sends my heart into a sad mood
Black men and her commitments
She had a problem with
And the mention of her father
Would cause her to get very miffed at me
Castilian blue
Castilian blue
I never ever thought
I'd be so taken by a girl like you

Bon bons and fishnet stockings
Used to settle any score
Till one day I felt the breeze awake me
Coming in through an open door
Recurring dreams
I see her in Mirabella Magazine
Multi-coloured babies
Running round behind her knee
She's long, long, gone
Castilian blue
Castilian blue
I never ever thought
I'd be so taken by a girl like you

Frankie and Johnny

(Terence Trent d'Arby)

You lead a life inside of your mind
That has nothing to do whatsoever with my time
She stated very clear
She made it very plain

Your subplot world is so cavalier
Yet you knew the tension inside the sweetness was so near
She stated very clear
She made it very plain
In a way that needs no refrain

Frankie and Johnny were lovers alright
A man and a woman toughened by the weight of time
But not quite as hard as they seem
Because they both have hearts awaiting dreams

Frankie, a tough gal when she needs to be
Johnny, a city hard street man
A softer side seen eventually
But they'll both be ok even with a heartbreak yesterday

Oh when a gentle breeze takes love liberties
When a breath of air
Blows your heart a pair
Of kisses where
You wait for her

Frankie and Johnny were lovers alright
And the tempered scale of experience
Cannot forever indict
Two hearts looking to belong in the heat
Of the sun as opposed to night

No, I wouldn't worry about them
'Cos people in love cannot condemn
Those who are in love too
Frankie and Johnny were lovers alright

Are You Happy?

I know that it's your own life
I tell you this
With an eye on your future
Yes I know
Mind my own business
But I am here
As an aid and a comfort
I can see what you're going through
'Cause we've all been there before
But all in all
Here's that I'm wondering
I want to know
Are you happy?
Look me in the eye
And answer my question
I want to know
Are you happy?
Or are you afraid
Of decisions that you need to make?

I know that life's about choices
But making a wrong one
Will not stop the world
When in doubt just live the questions
And someday you will grow into the answer
You're allowed as many mistakes
As you need to learn and move on
Well, well, well now ponder this
'Cause my heart is ringing a bell
I want to know
Are you happy?
I'm coming to you from Heartbeat Avenue
I wanna know
Are you happy,
Or are you running
From decisions that you need to make?

I wanna know
Are you happy?
Can I be of service?
What can I do to help you now?
I know life's a bitch sometimes
But you got to take it in
Chew it up
And spit it out again
You got to accept the pain
You can't get around it
You can't get under it
But you can get over it

Succumb to Me

Whoever you are come forth
Come forth
These are the days that must happen to you
Come forth

I am a spirit
Up above your head
Though I rest in you
As though you were a bed
In a molecular world
In an electric state
I sing the praise of angels
And I sit and wait for you

Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me

Give me your tears
I'll keep them in a glass
I'll store them with the treasures
That I've amassed
Give me your ears
I have secrets to tell
I will make you hear the delicate bell
All around you

Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me

Give me your anger
And I'll soften the tone
I am the kiss that grows
Where love is shown
I am the mirror
That reflects your flickering flame
So follow me through your mirror frame

Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
These are the days that must happen to you
Whoever you are come forth

I have not revealed myself to you
To be another statistic
I have come to you to be my mystic

Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me
Baby, baby, baby
Succumb to me

Whoever you are come forth
These are the days that must happen to you
These are the days that must happen to you

I Still Love You

I couldn't sleep last night wondering where were you?
In your mind I mean
Why didn't you scream?
Though I say the wrong thing now and then
I still love you

In my hour of passionate thought
You know I say things that I ought (not to)
And though we may not stay together
I still love you

All alone now long down the line
And still these tear storms loneliness finds
But like the tide that rises
Slaps against the beach and falls
And though it's no longer my pail to pull and all
And though the weight of all our years
Their silent whispers call

I still love you
I still love you
I still love you

Seasons

I won't say goodbye
I don't want to use that exit line
Please don't make me lie
I have no excuse for you this time
'Cause sometimes
(It's alright for a season)
But then it's time to go

The verses of my life are moving past
And so now the chorus I must hear
I've got to define my life and times
Before I can give you more than tears
'Cause sometimes
(It's alright for a season)
But then it's time to go

Your heart was stretched to the point of breaking
Your tears are etched and your sorrow is waking

This complicated curse
Causes you to freeze our love in time
If I awaken that first
It's only 'cause you lost yourself in mine
Please don't let me see you cry
'Cause sometimes
It's alright for a season
But then it's time to go

Let Her Down Easy

You're top man on the scene
You don't think life comes in between
But hey, she's just seventeen
She feels that she's a worldly girl
But man you've been around the world
She is just some worried daddy's girl
Even though there's nothing I can say
To cheat you and nature any way

Let her down easy
Her heart is on a dime
Let her down easy
And you'll grow up in time

In her strawberry eyes
The way she sees you signifies
That she's susceptible to your velvet lies
But if you must lay her down
May a butterscotch glow be her dressing gown
And please do not lead her on when you leave town
Even though there's nothing I can say
To cheat you and nature any way

Let her down easy
Her heart is on the line
Let her down easy
And you'll grow up in time

She's a woman now
With a daughter to make her proud
In her crayon world of paper clouds
She still remembers you
The first boy that she gave it to
And she laughs at how little then she knew
Her daughter's five and her grandfather adores her (of course)

Let her down easy
Her heart is on the line
Let her down easy
And you'll grow up in time

Vibrator

Come and go with me children

Beautiful soul don't keep it in
Can you transform the pain you feel?
The birds of prey have swallowed
The breadcrumbs you left behind
To find your way back from the soul mines

But sooner or later
Sooner or later you'll feel the spirit move you
And it'll come down to this, vibrator
It'll come down to this, vibrator
It'll come down to

Beautiful child of God and man
There's a messiah inside of you
At times you feel like your life don't mean a damn thing
But beware of the reflections that sorrows bring

But sooner or later
Sooner or later you'll feel a groove
It'll come down to this, vibrator
It'll come down to this, vibrator
It'll come down to ...... VIBRATE!

Come and go with me

Laughing children seldom weep
Laughing angels never sleep
When your candle is burning low
Strike a match and curse the darkness
Feel it shaking like a bowl of soup
Let it go loop de loop
Starts the shaking
Like you can't stop it

But sooner or later
When you least expect it
You will feel connected
Way down deep in your soul
It'll come down to lift you
It'll come down to

Come and go with me children

Would you be my teacher?
Would you be my electric preacher?
Just know that I need you

Holding on to You

I left the east side for a west coast beauty
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
She was down by street decree
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty
A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
Her face was my favourite magazine
Her body was my favourite book to read

They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you means letting go on pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

I left the rough side for a seaside baby
A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
For every moment I breathe her sigh
Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
And breathes it out as garden flowers
Why me of all the tough talking boys?
I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of the rain
Holding on to you
Means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

I left the east coast for a west coast beauty
A woman who burned my thoughts like kisses
She was down by street decree
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me

Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali
The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
She's my new religion she's all I got

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain
Means letting sorrows heal
It means letting go

Read My Lips (I Dig Your Scene)

The answer is... Yes!
My sweet babe,
How many times do I have to tell you?
How many ways do I have to find
To tell you that you're mine - all mine?
Does a moth fly to a flame?
Does a man cling to his name?
Turn your head around my sweet babe
Look at me and...

Read my lips I, dig your scene...
I'm a match in your kerosene
I dig your scene, baby...
I dig it... I dig it...

My precious dear,
Push your coins aside...
Draw the veil above your fears
And lay back in the coming tide
'Twas a player playing a game
Would I seem to cause you pain?
Baby, baby, baby...
I'm not a player, I'm you dragon slayer

I'm your dragon slayer babe...
So bow your head
Read my lips I dig your scene
Read my lips...
Read my lips I dig your scene
I dig your scene...

Get it!

Baby, baby, girl...
The inflection in your sigh
Suggests that in a finer field of gentle graces
You heard love's lullabye
As the light holds the reins of day
Will you believe me when I say...
You're the sugar honey ice in tea
Baby, baby, now look at me now...

Read my lips I dig your scene

Look at me babe
Look at... Look at...
I'm a match in your kerosene
I really dig your scene, baby...

Get it!

Undeniably

Seems like the last guy you were with
Was only interested in trying to bring you down
Tear you down and keep you down
But sweetness all I want to do is adore you
And to help you restore you to your rightful glory
The poet of your indecision speaks

Undeniably I love you
Undeniably I love you

Baptized by the fire in your eyes I was mesmerized
A perfect night in Paradise
I spent with you and paid the price
I know that angels must to their clouds return
But I'm left to burn
And blow a kiss to what might have been
And blow a kiss to what might have been

Undeniably I love you
Undeniably I love you yes I do

Inside of you I promised you a sweet refrain
That only the sweetest grapes would pass your lips
And then remain in cool sustain
To let my words caress your ear and
Say the things you long to hear
But instead
I blow a kiss to what might have been
I blow a kiss to what might have been

Undeniably I love you girl yes yes you know I do
Undeniably

C.Y.F.M.I.A.Y?

Though I need my soul for the next world
I need my body for this one (and yours)

Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel it, can you feel it?
Can you feel my love around you?

You're looking more like a real fine woman every day
And you look like the kind of girl who likes to play
Would you dance with me if I lied
And told you you were fine? (hey I'm only kidding,
If you were any more beautiful I'd have to spank you)
Would you play with me?
And let me eat you like a watermelon rind
Get over here girl

Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel it, can you feel it?
Can you feel my love around you?

You might be older, you might be younger
It doesn't matter
And stop freaking out
'Cause you think your ass is getting fatter
(In this golden hour)
Would you shower me if I read your poetry?

Girl let's shake a leg, let's get stupid
And hang around with Cupid
Get over here girl

Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel it, can you feel it?
Can you feel my love around you?

Push it over here sweet thing
So I can re-examine those curves

There's a fire crackling in your eyes
It's warmth I long to feel
Don't make me beg, don't take me down a peg
Shake a leg, break an egg
Just send TTD the bill

Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel my love around you?
Can you feel it, can you feel it?
Can you feel my love around you?

If You Go Before Me

Dearest ones in an eye of a star life is brief
A speck of dust from grass to leaf
If on the ascendant your soul arises
And doesn't contradict what your esence extemporises
I've been the hermit and the love thief
And paid for the privilege with tears of grief
Which soon by nature circumcises
This song will be brief

One day in the spring a question fell
And went straight through me
Do bleeding angels sing when close to tears?
I need the answer
So if you go before me would you let me know?
If you go before me would you let me know?

One day in the year a bullet screamed
And ripped straight through you
And I saw the sun begin to bleed
Above a flood of tears and sirens
And are spirit's colour blind?
So if you go before me would you let me know?
If you go before me would you let me know?

Surrender

I took a good look at my life
And what I saw it made me cry
But there was nothing I could do
But lift my head up to the sky and
Surrender

I took a good look at my friends
And I saw that they were thieves
Because they were stealing precious time
So I dropped down on my knees and I
Surrendered

I took a good look at my soul
And saw a liquid dancing fire light
And the seed of man's most evil stare
Could not deny my joy tonight
Surrender

I am a liquid dancing firelight
I don't believe in the existence of sin
But I believe in me and I believe in you
And that's enough to believe in
Surrender

Supermodel Sandwich

Dig it

Dress up to your thigh you wear it very high
You walk by in a pig's eye
I'm a guy so I sigh
But you ain't shy
Besta besta best of all, you're bi bi bi

Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich can I join your game?
Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich w/cheese

I think I'm in love
I think I want to fall in love with you
'Cause I'm an idiot
One two three anatomy your academy will make a cad of me

Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich can I join your game?
Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich w/cheese (a funky sandwich vibe)

Well

Here we go, here we go
Supermodel sandwich w/cheese
Can I have some of that cheese please
Black love flavour doing us all a favour

Well

Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich can I join your game?
Flame fame flame fame flame fame flame
Supermodel sandwich w/cheese (very superficial)

Black love slicing my cheese
On your knees if you please
Black love flavour doing us all a favour

Turned on by the way you move
You're the power I'm the fuse
Turned on by the spunky cool
'Cause you're sex sexual

Turned on by the way you grind
The funky move with the jealous eyes
Turned on 'cause I know you're mine
And you're sex sexual
But you're very superficial
You're very superficial

It's Been Said

It's been said be a poet better
Sealed with a smile and perfumed letter
It's been said by the painter's colours more brightly
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

It's been said that your eyes are amazing
And that they tell a deeper secret
Than your body wishes to hold
And that your quiet tears will be heard as gentle whispers
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

It's been said by far too many drifters
That perhaps your eyes had seen fall short the glory of
It's been said from the soil of a prophet's graveyard
It's been said by the light of your mirror's vanity
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

(Please believe me that I love you)

Take this you beautiful distraction
I love you