℗ 2007
℗ 2007 : Sign Your Name: The Best of Terence Trent D'Arby
℗ 2007 : disc 2
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
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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
(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
(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
(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(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
(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)
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