Let It Rain Tracy Chapman

Let it rain As I walk these streets unknown To no one named Not even myself When I'm low Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope That help is coming When I need it most

Talk To You Tracy Chapman

Gotta talk to you, baby, Talk to you now Say it isn't too late Slamming the door, walking out I got a feeling Feelings don't lie Don't let the words escape me now Escape me now Escape me now Gotta

Almost Tracy Chapman

Almost got what I want Almost found what I lost Almost saved you and myself Almost won but it doesn't count And never does Never does One green light One more ring of the telephone One more step

Bridges Tracy Chapman

Sometimes the best intentions Still don't make things right But all my ghosts they find me Like my past they think they own me In dreams and dark corners they surround me Till I cry I cry Let

In The Dark Tracy Chapman

some do in the dark The things some do in the dark The things some do in the dark Make me remember Make me forget Make my mind unable To force the body to do its will Let it be right for belief

Over In Love Tracy Chapman

Cold wind blows Shivers loose Hard rain to my skin soaked through So over in love with you I dont't even care Sky turns gray Black and blue Fall on me I can't be moved So over in love with you

Don't Dwell Tracy Chapman

Don't dwell on the past Of there was lost and didn't last That summer bloom is fading fast But I'm falling for you Don't dwell on the pain The tears you've cried and autumn rain That that weather

Speak The Word Tracy Chapman

Unsettled hearts Promise what they can't deliver Bring me the wine And the cold night air to clear my head Gray matter memory house Master of this trembling flesh Steady still my doubts Let me

Less Than Strangers Tracy Chapman

You and me Had some history Had a semblance of honesty All that has changed now We shared words Only lover speak How can it be We are less than strangers Oh it hurts to lose in love Let anger

I'm Ready Tracy Chapman

I want to wake up and know where I'm going Say I'm ready Say I'm ready I want to go where the rivers are overflowing and I'll be ready I'll be ready to let the rivers wash over me I'm ready to let

Never Yours Tracy Chapman

porch I laugh at all your jokes But you look bored I´ve been a lot of things but never yours You never cross my mind You can be sure You´ll never catch my eye Waiting for you watching the door I let

I\'m Ready Tracy Chapman

I want to wake up and know where I\'m going Say I\'m ready Say I\'m ready I want to go where the rivers are overflowing and I\'ll be ready I\'ll be ready I\'m ready to let the rivers wash over

Before Easter Tracy Chapman

I may beg Beg for money I may lie an lay my body down Sell what I would give with love One day before Easter comes But I won´t let Jesus find me I walk I eat I sleep In these streets I may be found

Smoke And Ashes Tracy Chapman

bad press has never scared me off So I burned a path to figure out How to get me some of what you got I've got a red hot heart If the talk is true your's is the same And we should be together And let

Subcity Tracy Chapman

People say it doesn't exist 'Cause no one would like to admit That there is a city underground Where people live everyday Off the waste and decay Off the discards of their fellow man Here in

Subcity Tracy Chapman

People say it doesn't exist 'Cause no one would like to admit That there is a city underground Where people live everyday Off the waste and decay Off the discards of their fellow man

Freedom now Tracy Chapman

righteous have their way Unjustly tried are free And people live in peace I say Give the man release Go on and set your conscience free Right the wrongs you made Even a fool can have his day Let

It's Ok Tracy Chapman

It's ok Love is only meant for some I'm the rock The shoulder you can cry on I keep the walls from falling down I keep the walls from falling down I keep the walls from falling down I'll play it

Tell It Like It Is Tracy Chapman

Tell It Like It Is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is Say it say it say it Tell it like it is What breaks your heart What keeps you awake at night What makes you want to breakdown and cry

This time Tracy Chapman

gonna love myself More than anyone else I'm gonna treat me right I'm gonna make you say That you love me first And you'll be the one with the most to lose tonight This time This time I won't let

Broken Tracy Chapman

And something for nothing Everybody thinks you're joking The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken The picture makes a promise The flesh lets it be broken You want to be the one

Born to fight Tracy Chapman

beast alive that can beat me 'Cause I'm born to fight They're tryin' to dig into my soul And take away the spirit of my god They're tryin' to take control And monitor my every thought I won't let

Another Sun Tracy Chapman

see another sun Another sun another sun <Interlude> If I lay down and wake to see The bright light of the morn Rise up every day To blind beat and burn Show me no mercy For need or want Let

Going Back Tracy Chapman

No picnic no barbecue out in the back A yard for parked cars left to rot and forget For chained-up mad dogs for garbage to sit Get lost get lost a part from it I can´t see through it But I can see

Open Arms Tracy Chapman

open arms, open arms You come hem you've had a hard day Every door you tried to open Was closing in your face I'm right here I'll be right here I'll embrace you I'll be open with my heart I'll let

Remember The Tinman Tracy Chapman

inside There's a gate and a fence And bars to protect from only God knows what lurks outside Who stole your heart left you with a space That no one and nothing can fill Who stole your heart who took it

If These Are The Things Tracy Chapman

nightmares And wake up with cold sweat Coming through my pores Why don't I dream anymore I'm in the garden All the trees bear fruit I have to pick them before they fall I finally grab one I hold it

Talkin' Bout A Revolution Tracy Chapman

Don't you know They're talkin' bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines

She's Got Her Ticket Tracy Chapman

She's got her ticket I think she gonna use it I think she going to fly away No one should try and stop her Persuade her with their power She says that her mind is made Up She's got her ticket I

You're The One Tracy Chapman

that you're no good Say your family's cursed with bad blood But I think you're cute and misunderstood And I wouldn't change you if I could Let'em talk you down Call you names My mind's made up It

Be careful of my heart Tracy Chapman

took half my life to learn When you give all yourself away Just tell them to be careful of your heart Be careful of my heart, heart Be careful of this heart of mine Be careful of my heart, heart It

If not now... Tracy Chapman

good as none You can wait 'til morning comes You can wait for the new day You can wait and lose this heart You can wait and soon be sorry Now love's the only thing that's free We must take it

So Tracy Chapman

So some people starve a little While you get fat While you get fat So you grind and grind And you push and shove And claim that those most worthy Will get what they deserve What they deserve It

The Love That You Had Tracy Chapman

What turned it to stone? What made you forget?

Dreaming n A World Tracy Chapman

Dreaming n A World I know I may be wishing On a world That may never be But I'll keep on wishing No matter how hopeless Or foolish It may seem I'll keep on wishing I'll toss my coins in

Fast car Tracy Chapman

working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it

Matters Of The Heart Tracy Chapman

make a fool of myself In matters of the heart But I asked before Your reply was kind and polite One wants more When one's denied I make a fool of myself In matters of the heart I won't call it

The Times They Are a-Changin' (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) Tracy Chapman

Come gather round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth saving Then you'd better start

New Beginning Tracy Chapman

New Beginning The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing It's time to start all over, make a new beginning There's too much pain, too much suffering Let's resolve to start all over make

Change Tracy Chapman

How bad, how good does it need to get? How many losses? How much regret? What chain reaction would cause an effect?

Change (Album Version) Tracy Chapman

How bad, how good, does it need to get? How many losses? how much regret? What chain reaction would cause an effect?

Telling Stories Tracy Chapman

There is fiction in the space between The lines on your page of memories Write it down but it doesn't mean You're not just telling stories There is fiction in the space between You and me There

Material world Tracy Chapman

Material world You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding blood Our own ancestors Are hungry ghosts Closets so full of bones They won't close Call it upward

All that you have is your soul Tracy Chapman

Found out the hard way one can't possess another And all that you have is your soul I thought thought that I could find a way To beat the system To make a deal and have no debts to pay I'd take it

Across the lines Tracy Chapman

the riots begin On the back streets of America They kill the dream of America Little black girl gets assaulted Ain't no reason why Newspaper prints the story And racist tempers fly Next day it

Behind the wall Tracy Chapman

Behind the wall Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late If they come at all And

Bang bang bang Tracy Chapman

Bang bang bang What you go and do You go and give the boy a gun Now there ain't place to run to Ain't no place to run to When he hold it in his hand He feel mighty he feel strong Now there ain't

I Am Yours Tracy Chapman

mine I am yours If you are mine When voices call me To question my faith When misperception Taints my love with hate I am yours If you are mine I am yours If you are mine When time decides It

Mountains O' Things Tracy Chapman

all Renounce all those material things you gained by Exploiting other human beings Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it

Nothing Yet Tracy Chapman

Good times and bad Seen them both Hope fly out the window Fortune walk through the door Learned not to believe This is as good as it gets Because we ain't seen nothing yet Hands untied But