Tracy Chapman – Fast Car

You’ve got a fast
I wanna a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we can make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
Me myself I’ve got nothing to prove

You’ve got a fast car
I’ve got a plan to get us out of here
Been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
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 means to be living.

You see my old man’s got a problem
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is
He says his body’s too old for working
I say his body’s too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody’s got to take care of him
So I quit school and that’s what I did.

You’ve got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast I flet like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
And I,E,I had the feeling that I belonged
And I,E,I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You’ve got a a fast car
And we go cruising entertain ourselves,
You still ain’t got a job
Now I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted
We’ll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I,E,I had the feeling that I belonged
And I,E,I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You’ve got a fast car
And I’ve got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I’d always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans and I aint going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I,E,I had the feeling that I belonged
And I,E,I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You’ve got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

Tori Amos – Mary

Everybody wants something from you,
Everybody want a piece of mary
Lush valley all dressed in green
Just ripe for the picking

God i want to get you out of here
You can ride in a pink mustang
When i think of what we’ve done to you
Oh, mary, can you hear me?

Growing up isn’t always fun
They tore your dress and stole your ribbons
They see you cry, they lick their lips
But butterflies don’t belong in nets

Oh mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you’re bleeding
Mary, don’t be afraid
We’re just waking up
And i hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like jimmy said
Mary, don’t be afraid
’cause even the wind…
Even the wind cries your name

Everybody wants you, sweetheart
Everybody got a dream of glory
Las vegas got a pin-up girl
They got her armed as they buy and sell her

Rivers of milk are running dry
Can’t you hear the dolphins crying
What’ll we do when our babies scream
Fill their mouths with some acid rain

Oh mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you’re bleeding
Mary, don’t be afraid
We’re just waking up
And i hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like jimmy said
Mary, don’t be afraid
’cause even the wind…
Even the wind cries your name

Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay, ooh ooh
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay

Oh butterflies don’t belong in nets

Oh mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you’re bleeding
Mary, don’t be afraid
We’re just waking up
And i hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like jimmy said
Mary, don’t be afraid
’cause even the wind…
Even the wind cries your name
’cause even the wind cries your name
’cause even the wind cries your name
Cries your name…
Cries your name…
Cries your name…

The city’s decorated up for Christmas
All the stores are open late tonight
People hurry through the frozen streets
I take a walk…

Every child has a thousand wishes
Every window has a thousand lights
Every soul has a need for peace
I take a walk…

There’s a star that still outshines the night
You can find it if you close your eyes
And see the light

Take a walk through Bethlehem
Come and kneel before the lamb
Good news for every man
Walk through Bethlehem

Every night another TV special
Merchants counting down the shopping days
But something’s missing underneath the tree
I take a walk…

Cause every heart longs for more than tinsel
Something more than just a holiday
Come and celebrate the baby King
Let’s take a walk

You don’t have to travel anywhere
Faith and hope and love will bring you there
Bring you there

Take a walk through Bethlehem
Come and kneel before the lamb
Good news for every man
Walk through Bethlehem

Tori Amos – Girl

From in the shadow
She calls
And in the shadow
She finds a way
And in the shadow
She crawls
Clutching her faded photograph
My image under her thumb
Yes with a message for my heart
She’s been everybody else’s girl
Maybe one day she’ll be her own
Everybody else’s girl
Maybe one day she’ll be her own

And in the doorway
They stay and laugh
As violins fill with water
Screams from the bluebells
Can’t make them go away
We’ll I’m not seventeen
But I’ve cuts on my knees
Falling down
As the winter takes one more cherry tree
Rushin’ rivers thread so thin limitation
Dreams with the flying pigs turbid blue
And the drugstores too safe
In their coats
Anda in their do’s
Yeah smother in our hearts
A pillow to my dots
One day maybe
One day
One day she’ll be her own

And in the mist
There she rides
And castles are burning in my heart
And as I twist I hold tight
And I ride to work every morning
Wondering why
“Sit in the chair and be good now” And become all that they told you
The white coats enter her room
And I’m callin’ my baby
Callin’ my baby
Callin’ my baby
Callin’ everybody else’s girl
Maybe one day she’ll be her own