2001
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"Well I've been looking
Looking for an answer
Somebody promised me one
And I've been waiting
Waiting for the chance
Well somebody said it would come
Wake me up when we hit 2001
I've been talking
Talking to the maker
Of the compromise
They said she's fine
Call the undertaker
You shouldn't look surprised
Wake me up when we hit 2001
It's barely alive with a story at five
So turn your video on
We live in these years dark age of fear
Meet me in 2001
I saw my sister
Saw the ones who twist her
A social suicide
If looks could kill
Each and every cheap thrill
Could be a homicide
Wake me up when we hit 2001
It's barely alive with a story at five
So turn your video on
We live in these years dark age of fear
Meet me in 2001
I've been searching
Searching for a reason
To either fight or die
Either way patriot or treason
It's gonna be one long hard ride
Wake me up when we hit 2001
"
A Lot Like You
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"My friends
Ain't It Heavy
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"Sometimes I know that it's never enough
Survival is fine but satisfaction is rough
I try with an angel tonight
Spread these wings and I'm on for the ride
Cruise these streets where my innocence hides
There's some things you can't deny
What is it about this human condition
I need some kind of promise
some kind of submission tonight
CHORUS:
Heavy
Ain't it heavy
Ain't the night heavy
I'm feelin' kinda loose I'm feelin' kinda mean
I've been feeling kinda wild since I turned seventeen
Or is it madness
Tell me where can a woman find any kind of peace
When does the fury and the agony cease
How long have I got to say please
There's a hole in my jeans I only wanted to fade
I've been ripping out the seams
somebody else made tonight
(CHORUS)
"
All American Girl
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"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 taking 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
[CHORUS]
"
All The Way To Heaven
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"i want to find me a car
with only one headlight
a straight six ford
on a good luck night
i want to roll down the windows
and teach you to fly
i want to give you a thrill
the kind you can't buy
i want to lose all your demons and go
i want to tear off your chains cause i know
CHORUS:
all the way to heaven is heaven
caught between the spirit and the dust
all the way to heaven is heaven
deep inside of us
i want to find me a bar
with a blue light on
dollar shot specials
a bar tender named dawn
painting the town
selling the farm
you pierce your nose
and i'll tatoo my arm
i want to lose all your demons and go
i want to tear off your chains cause i know
CHORUS
i want to find me a carnival
outside of town
a tilt-a-whirl set up
with a merry-go-round
cotton candy fingers
and a snow cone mouth
i want to roll you in sawdust
till they run us both out
all the way to heaven
all the way
"
An Unusual Kiss
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"it's 1:25 a.m. i think i've seen that look somewhere before
1:25 a.m. i thought you were headed for the door
then something touched my skin
i wont ask you to leave here any more
was it talk or the drink or the dance that led to this
was i so naive presuming the innocence
well its 1:54 and it's such an unusual kiss
CHORUS:
come on come on come on
over and over
come on come on come on
we all wanted this
come on come on come on
over and over
its such an unusual kiss
the smell the taste the touch is so brand new
the thrill of the eyes that capture this forbidden view
its 2:45 and you'll have some explaining to do
it's 3:17 a.m. please let me into you eyes
it's 4:23 i try to hold on as you rise
i'll give you all that i have if thats what you want me to try
CHORUS
its 5:26 a.m. i've got nothing left that i can say
5:26 a.m. black and white has melted into grey
my baby draws the shades as the taxi pulls away
CHORUS
"
Angel
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"I met an angel on the street this morning
Maybe it was late last night
You see I haven't been to sleep
There's music in my feet
And I haven't stopped to think about it twice
Oh yeah
Well you wouldn't recognize her this angel
Oh for she's not the celestial type
She had no pair of wings
I don't even think she sings
And the words that she spoke were no heavenly hype
Somehow she knew that I'd been thinking about you
Somehow she knew the city held no light
Somehow she knew that I just needed a reason
To tell you the things that I feel in the night
Oh let it show
If you love them then let them know
Oh let it show
If you love them then let them know
Well that was all that she said she had for me
All that she'd been sent down to say
So she straightened up her rags
And she walked off with her bags
Back into her city jail
Away oh yeah
So this is how I've come to you this morning
To tell you of a secret in my heart
I'll bring it to your feet
I'll dance it in the street
You know I love you
I love you
Angels Would Fall
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"The rope that's wrapped around me
Is cutting through my skin
And the doubts that have surrounded me
Are finding their way in
I keep it close to me
Like a holy man prays
In my desperate hour
It's better that way
So I'll come by and see you again
I'll be such a very good friend
Have mercy on my soul
I will never let you know
Where my mind has been
Angels never came down
There's no one here they want to hang around
But if they knew
If they knew you at all
Then one by one the angels
Angels would fall
I've crept into your temple
I have slept upon your pew
I've dreamed of the divinity
Inside and out of you
I want it more than truth
I can taste it on my breath
I would give my life just for a little death
So I'll come by and see you again
I'll be just a very good friend
I will not look upon your face
I will not touch upon your grace
Your ecclesiastic skin
I'll come by and see you again
I'll have to be a very good friend
If I whisper they will know
I'll just turn around and go
You will never know my sin
"
Beloved
Artysta: Melissa Etheridge Album: N/A"They say that they don't know me
Never saw my face
And if they've never been there
Can they be sure there's such a place
They think if they don't answer
The world will pass them by
But there's a fire in their kitchen
And the water's three feet high and risin'
My beloved
The only one I see standing up for me
Someone's shouting at me
You're all going to hell
Must not be too far away
Sometimes I can never tell
My shoes are still as empty
A mile they never walked
Send in their donation
And they never have to talk again
My beloved
The only one I see standing up for me
My beloved
Close my eyes heal my pride
I just want to show them who I am
I just want to show them what I can do
There's not much use to curse the damned
And there's power in nothing to lose
Someone's spitin' blood
Face down in the dirt
Someone's thinking about a gun
To try and stop the hurt
Someone drew conclusions
On the wall of destiny
Someone's getting louder
And that someone would be me
You think if you don't answer
The world will pass you by
But there's a fire in your kitchen
And the water's three feet high and risin'
"
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