Tracy Chapman - Revolution

Don't you know you're talking about a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

Don't you know they're talking about a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

While they're standing in the welfare lines

Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation

Wasting time in unemployment lines

Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know you're talking about a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

Poor people are gonna rise up

And get their share

Poor people are gonna rise up

And take what's theirs

Don't you know you better

run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

Oh I said you better run,

run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run,

Finally the tables are starting to turn

Talking about a revolution

Finally the tables are starting to turn

Talking about a revolution oh no

Talking about a revolution oh no

While they're standing in the welfare lines

Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation

Wasting time in unemployment lines

Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know you're talking about a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

And finally the tables are starting to turn

Talking about a revolution

Finally the tables are starting to turn

Talking about a revolution oh no

Talking about a revolution oh no

Talking about a revolution oh no

Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason To Stay

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around

Because I don't want leave you lonely

But you got to make me change my mind

Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine

But you know that I called you I called too many times

You can call me baby you can call me anytime

But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around

Because I don't want leave you lonely

But you got to make me change my mind

I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life

I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life

I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need

But I'm too old to go chasing you around

Wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around

Because I don't want leave you lonely

But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why

Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why I should stay

Because I told you that I loved you

And there ain't no more to say

Tracy Chapman - Why

Why do the babies starve

When there's enough food to feed the world

Why when there're so many of us

Are there people still alone

Why are the missiles called peace keepers

When they're aimed to kill

Why is a woman still not safe

When she's in her home

Love is hate

War is peace

No is yes

And we're all free

But somebody's gonna have to answer

The time is coming soon

Admidst all these questions and contradictions

There're some who seek the truth

Tell me Why do the babies starve

When there's enough food to feed the world

Why when there're so many of us

Are there people still alone

Why are the missiles called peace keepers

When they're aimed to kill

Why is a woman still not safe

When she's in her home

Love is hate

War is peace

No is yes

And we're all free

But somebody's gonna have to answer

The time is coming soon

When the blind remove their blinders

And the speechless speak the truth

Tell me Why do the babies starve

When there's enough food to feed the world

Why when there're so many of us

Are there people still alone

Why are the missiles called peace keepers

When they're aimed to kill

Why is a woman still not safe

When she's in her home

Love is hate

War is peace

No is yes

And we're all free

Tracy Chapman - Broken

You can close your eyes
And see the picture perfect life
Inside of your mind
Dreaming only of the days ahead
Wanted and wished for more than now
Or the days behind

You waste your time
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

You can never think
You can't even stop yourself
Before the words have been spoken
And you've already said
You would give everything
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
Made over be your own
Before and after
And a supermarket
Beauty in a bottle queen
Who'll one day grace a check-out counter
Magazine front cover
Though the fine print reads

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Broken

Your life is never what you wanted
Not even halfway normal
Just tarnished and soiled
When in your reach
A framed and frozen moment
So far from perfection
Not truth or transcendence
Will set you free
Still you don't believe

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

Tracy Chapman - For You

There're no words to say
No words to convey
This feeling inside I have for you
Deep in my heart
Safe from the guards
Of intellect and reason
Leaving me at a loss
For words to express my feelings
Deep in my heart

Look at me losing control
Thinking I had hold
But with feelings this strong
I'm no longer the master
Of my emotions

Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain

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

Let it go
No mother no father no home
Forget as all others
Have forgotten
When I'm alone

But give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most
Give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most

Let it come
Love that lifts me up
Pain that brings me down
Everything I'd ever want and don't
When I'm not strong

But give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most
Give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most

Let it rain
Let it flood these streets and wash me away
To where it makes no difference who I am
Or what the future holds
When I don't know

But give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most
Give me hope
That help is coming
When I need it most

Tracy Chapman - The Promise

If you wait for me
then I'll come for you
Although I've traveled far
I always hold a place for you in my heart

If you think of me
If you miss me once in a while
Then I'll return to you
I'll return and fill that space in your heart

Remembering
Your touch, Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting

If you dream of me
like I dream of you
In a place that's warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart

Remembering
Your touch, Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting

I've longed for you
and I have desired
To see your face your smile
To be with you wherever you are

Remembering
Your touch, Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
Please say you'll be waiting

Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end
You can make a promise
if it's one that you can keep
I vow to come for you
If you wait for me

And say you'll hold
A place for me in your heart