℗ 1993
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
She never wanted to be my neon messiah She never wanted to be my neon messiah I saw the blood dripping from your caring hands I prayed it wasn't more blood Than your month could stand I didn't hear you say Kick my pedestal away She never wanted to be my neon messiah She never wanted to be my neon messiah I saw you suffocating in a wordless pain A whore/Madonna martyr is all that remains If Oedipus could rise He'd probably try me on for size She never wanted to be my neon messiah She never wanted to be my neon messiah Roll over tell Stravinsky She lost herself to please me I can't handle intelligent women They're far too deep to swim in She never wanted to be my neon messiah She never wanted to be my neon messiah
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
{And I don't believe you love me anymore} (anymore)
Lately you've been acting strange to me
Somehow it's not the way it used to be
You're doing things you never dared to do before
{And I don't believe you love me anymore} (anymore)
I've felt your love grow colder day by day-ay-ay
When I try to hold you close you turn away
There must be someone else you're running for
{And I don't believe you love me anymore} (anymore)
{And I don't believe you love me anymore} (anymore)
I've felt your love grow colder day by day-ay-ay
When I try to hold you close you turn away
There must be someone else you're running for
{And I don't believe you love me anymore} (anymore)
{I don't believe you love me anymore}(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?)
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
Billy was a young boy Who's fate did decree That he would like only other boys So being with a boy came to him naturally Billy was a green boy His thoughts so naive He wondered why he was so victimised And his fear brought him close to me suddenly But Billy my friend Don't fall in love with me I'm not that kind of guy But I'll stand by your side If you need me to be But Billy my friend Don't fall in love with me Though it can't be wrong to be To be what you are Billy was a sick boy His life fading to grey He tried to grab for straws of family But his loved ones turned young Billy away Billy died a young man His face to the wind And of the things I regret the most Was seeing how hate and fear killed a friend But Billy my friend Don't fall in love with me I'm not that kind of guy But I'll stand by your side If you need me to be But Billy my friend Don't fall in love with me Though it can't be wrong to be To be what you are
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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
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
Hold back your diamonds and pearls 'Cause the attraction's no good to me Hold back your California Girls Your prescriptions and your limousines Hold back your influential friends For they are really not my type 'Cause just as long as I've got my baby I'll be alright I'll be alright Despite all the finer things She'd have if she were monied Like a rich girl I'll be alright Despite all the candy coloured things The things that are so untrue Hold back your perfumes so rare 'Cause she smells like a rose untorn Hold back your designer underwear She's a beauty just the way she was born She may not move like Fred Astaire But her gingerly walk is out of sight 'Cause just as long as I've got my baby I'll be alright I'll be alright Despite all the finer things She'd have if she were monied Like a rich girl I'll be alright Despite all the candy coloured things The things that are so untrue I'll sing it for the last time y'all Hold back your critical reviews 'Cause my baby don't need the hype We're happy just to pay our little dues So get movin', get on your bike 'Cause just as long as I've got my baby If I can hold on and keep my baby If I can just hold on and keep my baby I'll be alright
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Terence Trent D'Arby From: Symphony Or Damn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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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
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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
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You chose with age To speak with a prima ballerina's rage And speak of all the kingdoms That would swoop down Stick around Then proceed to ignore you No flash pot pan, guitar man Or resurrected Apollo myth To seal your fate Feed your plate And just plain worship and adore you But the pills you swill Bring you no thrill So travel lightly on the wing this time Leaving all your baggage behind As you wander through your vagabond stage And find yourself shovelling shit With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade You must not be afraid You must turn the page You wore your goddess down In jaundiced disarray Your halo fell into decay Swiped by those you loved But could not hold in sway behind you And then the dry spell leaves At a low shutter speed Long enough for you to see That you create your own reality And that the wait alone will not enshrine you And the war that you swore Would pour through your door To come to your rescue this time Is all in your mind Now as you wander through your vagabond stage And you find yourself shovelling shit With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade And you find yourself kicking dirt around With your Paris green pumps Of pentacles and precious jade You must not be afraid You must turn the page You dreamt a world of things Like you were a duchess born Or Coretta Scott King And the queen does not invite you over for a tea at her gaff In Scotland Or in Buckingham's back-yard Now I'm sure 'Van the Man' of whom I'm a fan Can surely understand As he said "It is not why, it just is." So therefore you need not remain scarred And in time you'll find That your salvation is mine As you travel lightly on the wing this time Leaving all your baggage behind Now as you wander through your vagabond stage And you find yourself shovelling shit With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade And you find yourself kicking dirt around With your Paris green pumps Of pentacles and precious jade Pulling the roots from your hair Dyed from a bottle You saw in a windows with An 'Everything must go!!' sale sign Prominently displayed And yet waiting for your dancing On the edge of a precipice heart to sing Those serenading soul songs That fulfillingness and consciousness brings Releasing you from your captive cage Replacing love for all your rage Turning your hope on a rope's magic pope kaleidoscope Into a rabbit's foot parade You must not be afraid (Eyes forward babe) You must turn the page One thing is sure And that is change When the water's rising You can't remain Move to dry land Move to dry land You've got to move on
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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
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
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
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
Everything I got Everything I need And everything that I have Learned about Time Every word I speak Every pound I keep And everything that I have Learned about Rhyme Everything I got is Attracted to you babe Every noun I know And every adjective And everything that's on A Ticket to Ride All my relatives They seem to think your a whore But to me a whore's a Queen in disguise Everything I got is Attracted to you babe Everything I got Everything I need And everything that I have Learned about Time Every word I speak Every pound I keep And everything that I have Learned about Rhyme Everything I got is Attracted to you babe
(Terence Trent D'Arby)
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
(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's 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 Then 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 bright On a peacefull 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
(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's 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 Then 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 bright On a peacefull 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