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Melissa Etheridge Album


Yes I Am (09/21/1993)
09/21/1993
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(M. Etheridge)

Please baby can't you see 
My mind's a burnin' hell 
I got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin' 
My heart apart as well 
Tonight you told me 
That you ache for something new
And some other woman is lookin' like something 
That might be good for you 

chorus
Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you
nothing's wrong 
But I'm the only one 
Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one 
Who'll drown in my desire for you 
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from 
When all your promises are gone 
I'm the only one 

Please baby can't you see 
I'm trying to explain 
I've been here before and I'm locking the door 
And I'm not going back again 
Her eyes and arms and skin won't make
it go away 
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow 
That holds you down today

chorus

. . .


(M. Etheridge) 

If I wanted to I could do anything right
I could dance with the devil on a Saturday night
If I wanted to I could turn matches to gold 
I could smoke drink swear and I would never grow old 
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
If I only wanted to
If I only wanted to 

If I wanted to I could run fast as a train 
Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain 
If I wanted to I could turn mountains to sand
Have political leaders in the palm of my hand
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
If I only wanted to
If I only wanted to 

I could leave tonight 
And I would be all right
Stop holding on 
If I wanted to 
If I only wanted to

If I wanted to I could be as patient as death 
Fix this hole in my heart leaking into my flesh 
If I wanted to I could turn sparks into ice 
There'd never be another woman who could make you think twice
I wouldn't have to be in love with you 
If I only wanted to
If I only wanted to

. . .


(M. Etheridge) 

chorus
Come to my window 
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon

I would dial the numbers
Just to listen to your breath
I would stand inside my hell 
And hold the hand of death
You don't know how far I'd go 
To ease this precious ache
You don't know how much I'd give 
Or how much I can take

Just to reach you 
Just to reach you 
Oh to reach you

chorus

Keeping my eyes open 
I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises 
I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness
That has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood
I am forsaking all the rest
Just to reach you 
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you

chorus

I don't care what they think 
I don't care what they say 
What do they know about this 
love anyway

chorus

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(M. Etheridge)

Why did you steal the matches 
From the one room motel 
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand 
They wonder where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish 
Why can't you get along 

chorus
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free 
You are bound to your silent legacy 

You've seen it in the movies 
And you've heard it on the street 
Craving the affection 
Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons 
As original as sin 
Deny all that you feel 
And they will bring you home again 

chorus

Your body is alive 
But no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours 
Trying to conceal 
The natural progression 
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame 
And turn it into rage 

chorus

You are digging for the answers 
Until your fingers bleed 
To satisfy the hunger
To satiate the need 
They feed you on the guilt 
To keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up
A thousand years ago

chorus

Mothers tell your children 
Be quick you must be strong 
Life is full of wonder 
Love is never wrong 
Remember how they taught you 
How much of it was fear 
Refuse to hand it down 
The legacy stops here 

Oh my child...

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So you walked with me for a while
Bared your naked soul 
And you told me of your plan 
How you would never let them know
In the morning of the night 
You cried a long lost child 
And I tried on I tried to hold you 
But you were young 
And you were wild 

chorus
But I, I will never be the same 
Oh I, I will never be the same 
Caught in your eyes 
Lost in your name 
I will never be the same

Secrets of your life 
I never wanted for myself 
But you guarded them like a lie 
Placed up on the highest shelf 
In the morning of the night 
When I woke to find you gone 
I knew your distant devil 
Must be draggin' you along 

chorus

And you swore that you were bound for glory
And for wanting you had no shame 
But I loved you
And then I lost you 
And I will never be the same

chorus

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(M. Etheridge) 

She wakes up in the morning 
With a pain in her jet black head 
A decaf coffee in her hand 
And a Marlboro red 
She drives down to the office 
In her Japanese car 
With the radio blasting 
She dreams of takin' it too far 
But today she'll pay the bills 
She won't think about the thrills 
That pass away 

chorus
She's an all American girl 
An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world 
An all American girl 

Her eyes are black as leather 
And her hair is killer red
How could she keep the baby
When she can barely keep her head 
She don't owe nobody nothing 
And she ain't on the street 
But these drinks are getting heavy 
And these lips are getting weak 
She don't understand 
Why she can't climb out of the sand 
And break away 

chorus

Her lover never came home 
And it's half past three 
Today her best friend told her 
He's HIV 
Something's gotta give somewhere 
Forcing circles into squares
She keeps pushing on 


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(M. Etheridge) 

In these days and these hours of fury 
When the darkness and answers are thin 
Lovers come and check out in a hurry 
Shallow and hollow again
Come lay your body beside me 
To dream to sleep with the lamb 
To the question your eyes seem to send 

Am I your passion your promise your end
I say I am 
Yes I am 
Your passion your promise your end
Yes I am 

Barring divine intervention 
There is nothing between you and I 
And if I carelessly forgot to mention 
Your body your power can sanctify 
Come feed your hunger your thirst 
Lay it down the beast will die 
You can question my heart once again

Am I your passion your promise your end
I say I am 
Yes I am 
Your passion your promise your end 
Yes I am 

I will stand firm in the tempest 
I will ride destinys' trail
To believe when the truth comes up empty 
To hold and respect without fail 
Come and be one in the motion 
A desire they cannot comprehend
Never to question again
For I am your passion your promise your end 

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(M. Etheridge) 

The sign says do not enter 
No trespassing allowed 
With visions of redemption
I walk against the crowd 
The sun is white with envy
Confusion on the ground 
Breathing soft and holy 
Temptation's only sound

chorus
A demon's day in madness kissed 
I swear I never had it like this 
Forbidden yet I cannot resist 

Shocked in silent trances 
Our eyes search just to know 
What makes flesh and body hunger 
For another burning soul 
Conscience quiet pleading 
In the corner of my eye 
But seeing is believing
All consequences fly 

chorus

With fever I persist 
The rages of your kiss 
My reckless heart in fist
And I cannot resist 


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(M. Etheridge) 

Don't try to call 
There are some bridges that burn 
Beyond recognition beyond repair 
Don't say you've changed
There are some forces that turn 
Beyond recollection beyond my stare 
When I feel the cold in the dark I know you're there 

Long ago I was a woman in pain 
A woman in need I ran to you
Long ago I did not understand 
You were making me bleed I ran to you 
When I feel the cold in the dark
I know what you do

chorus
I will crawl through my past 
Over stones blood and glass 
In the ruins 
Reaching under the fence 
As I try to make sense 
In the ruins 

I know your heart has held its own fear
It's perfectly clear 
What they did to you In my heart it's the screaming I hear 
I won't let them come near
Since my love knew you 
When I feel the cold in the dark
I remember you 

chorus

Night after night
I am carving it out
I will carry it down to the waterside 
Night after night
I am hearing the sound
Of wings that come beating 
I will not hide 
When I feel the cold in the dark
I will know why

chorus

But if I am to heal
I must first learn to feel
In the ruins 

. . .


(M. Etheridge) 

Don't be afraid 
Close your eyes 
Lay it all down 
Don't you cry 
Can't you see I'm going 
Where I can see the sun rise 
I've been talking to my angel 
And he said that it's alright 

I've always had to run
I don't know just why 
Desire slowly smoking
Under the midwest sky 
There's something waiting out there 
That says I've got to try 
I've been talking to my angel 
And he said that it's alright 

This town thinks I'm crazy 
They just think I'm strange
Sometimes they want to own me 
Sometimes they wish I'd change 
But I can feel the thunder 
Underneath my feet 
I sold my soul for freedom
It's lonely but it's sweet 

Don't be afraid
Close your eyes
Lay it all down 
Don't you cry 
Can't you see 
I'm going 
Where I can see the sun rise
I've been talking to my angel

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