Oh... sugar
When ya gonna come?
Oh...sugar
When ya gonna come?
I spend my life gettin older
But you still got me on the run

Oh...sweetness
When will you be mine?
Oh...sweetness
When will you be mine?
I spend my days getting' colder
But I still want you all the time

Oh the grass is growin greener
On the other side
Nothing else has meaning
When I got you on my mind
I so wanna see you
Don't they say that love is blind?
Oh love is blind
Love is blind

I got so much trouble gettin into this
Can't decide if its hell or bliss
Sometimes I feel like I don’t exist
Cut my veins and slit my wrists
“Goodbye goodbye”
That's all she wrote
As she tied that knot around her throat
Wipe my eyes
Dry my tears
Wait for you for a thousand years

Oh... lover
Make me yours again
Oh...lover
Make me yours again
Even though your thrill is gone
All my feelins still remain
Even though your thrill is gone
I'm gonna love you just the same

Can't you see that i'm addicted
To the notion of a someone
Who could take me from this wretched state
Save me from the bitterness and hatred of humanity
Its so screwed up
Tired of bein' down on luck
Tired of bein' beaten up
Tired of bein' so screwed up
Tired of all this desperation
Tired of all this mad frustration
Tired of all the aggravation
Sick and tired of devastation
Give it some consideration

It’s a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
That you’re never gonna find me there, oh no
I’ve got an open door
It didn’t get there by itself
It didn’t get there by itself

There’s a feeling
But you’re not feelin’ it at all
There’s a meaning
But you’re not listening anymore
I look at that open road
I’m gonna walk there by myself

And if you catch me
I might try to run away
You know I can’t be here too long
And if you let me
I might try to make you stay
Seems you never realize a good thing
Till it’s gone...

Maybe I’m still searchin’
But I don’t know what it means
All the fires of destruction are still
Burnin’ in my dreams
There’s no water that can wash away
This longin’ to come clean
Hey yea yea…

I can’t find the joy within my soul
It’s just sadness takin’ hold
I wanna come in from the cold
And make myself renewed again
It takes strength to live this way
The same old madness every day
I wanna kick these blues away
I wanna learn to live again…
Hey hey hey hey...

It’s a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
You’re never gonna find me there oh no
I’ve got an open door
It didn’t get there by itself
It didn’t get there by itself

I saw your picture
It made me sorry
For all the things
I never said
It seems that you
Have cause to worry
It seems that you
Don’t wish me well

Behind the victim
Behind the trouble
Are all the things
You’ve not expressed
I see you standing behind your mother
I see you hiding behind her dress

So don’t make me sad
I couldn’t stand to watch you fall
’Cause everybody has a tender heart
Remember this
I didn’t mean to break it down to smithereens

I heard you crying
I learned the story
I saw the shadows behind the past
They fall behind you
And creep up slowly
We’re only human
Behind the mask

So don’t take me down
I couldn’t stand to watch you fall
‘Cause everybody has a broken heart
Remember this
I couldn’t stand to break it down to smithereens

And you say
Everybody is an island of their own
And you say
Everybody has a tender heart
Remember this
I couldn’t bear to break it down to smithereens
I didn’t mean to break it down
I didn’t mean to smithereens
Everybody is an island to themselves
Don’t you know
Everybody is an island to themselves

Woa come and take this pain away
Woa come and take this pain away
Woa come and set my spirit free
I’ve seen too much
I know too much
I hurt too much
I feel too much
I dread too much
I dream too much
I’m caught up by the ghosts in my machine

I’m bruised and battered by the storm
Can’t find a place to keep me warm
My mind is broken and forlorn
I think too much
I do too much
I fall too much
I fail too much
I cry too much
I die too much
I’m haunted by the ghosts in my machine

Gimme some of that medicine
To make me forget
I need some amnesia
Cause I ain’t found it yet
Oh womankind was born for pain
My soul keeps hurtin’ just the same
Woa come and take this pain away.
I give too much
Get used too much
I lose too much
Get bruised too much
I bleed too much
I need too much
I’m sleepin’ with the ghosts in my machine

Ooh I still want you Baby
I guess I’ll always do
Ooh I still love ya Baby
I guess I’ll always do

One more time for the womankind
(This is for the Womankind)
Check it out

Ooh Baby’s got precious eyes and when he smiles the sun comes shinin’
To make the day seem like each cloud contains a silver linin’
I would be so happy if he could be with me forever
But I know it’s not to be
It’s not part of my destination
Ooh...

I wish I had a lover who could turn this water into wine
I wish I had a lover who could give me love at any time
I wish I had so many things
And all my wishes would come true
It’s got me thinkin’ that I want to get too close to you

Hear my prayer
I’m tired of waitin’
Hear my prayer
Give it a chance
Hear my prayer
I’m clearly statin’
I need to change this circumstance

You could be the best damn thing
That hasn’t happened yet to me
You could be the best thing
To come into my mythology

We could have the kinda dream they call  “A Great Affinity”
I want to turn it into something like reality

Hold me now
I’m tired of waitin’
Hold me now
I’m askin’ you
Hold me now
No more anticipatin’
Why won’t you come to my rescue?

Ooh Baby’s got precious eyes
And when he smiles
The sun comes blastin’
I wish that feelin’ of contentment
Would be everlasting
I would be so happy
To give him all my dedication
I would be so happy
But it’s only my imagination
Ooh…

This is for the womankind
Ooh…
Singin’ for the womankind
Ooh…
That’s right for the womankind
Ooh…

How many doors must I go through?
These constant dreams that I pursue
I can see possibilities in you
Here we go again
Is this too good to be true?
I had this thing called love
Still don’t know what it is
Maybe I’ve had enough
Oh save me please
All my wants are becoming needs
Tell me what you feel
Stripped bare for you to see
This is what I give of me
If I could just be free
Baby won’t you rescue me?
Yea every desire go through the fire
Lay me down I wanna be under your skin

I’m caught up in the middle
But I’ll take it to the end
It’s comin’ back together
And it’s breakin’ down again
If I could find a reason
I’d say you were my friend
If I could find a reason
I’d say it once again

When I’m with you the days are bitter sweet
I still can’t remember what it feels to be complete
I tried pretending  but it drives me off my feet
I don’t know what it’s comin’ to
But I’m lookin’ through the glass darkly
Yea.....

Bright lights
Come and go
Playin’ blues songs on my radio
Shadows still appear
In the house tonight
Ooh Yea
Ghosts that come in from the past
All those ghosts that keep on comin’ back
Slidin’ through the walls
And my windows
Ooh Yea...

When I’m with you
The nights are cold and long
Still can’t remember what
It feels like to be strong
I’ve tried to blend in
But it seems I don’t belong
I don’t know what it’s comin’ to
the glass darkly… Yea
Can I find you? Can I find you? I can’t find you… Yea

This is the sound of the planes in the night
Coming out of the darkness
And into the light
Shining alarmingly
Curiously bright

This is the sound of those murderous drums
The marching of footsteps
The twisting of thumbs
Over and over
Again here it comes...

We’re lost
(Baby come again don’t let me fall)
We’re lost
(Baby come again despite it all)
We’re lost...

Tell me the story
‘Bout when you were young
I want to hear it again
Leave in the part
Where the hero gets stung
I want to savor it
I want to play it again...

This is the sound of a baby’s first breath
The dying of footsteps
The touching of flesh
To hold in your memory
To keep by your chest

We’re lost
So lost
Lost

Bright lights are growing dim
I wanna hide again
The nights are cavin’ in
On my colored bedspread
I wanna drift so far
To slip out of the crowd
It doesn’t matter how
On my colored bedspread
You make the stars dissolve
Like sugar melting in my mouth

Some people come and go
But they won’t ever know
About the things we do
On my colored bedspread
I remember places I’ve been to
Remember things I never knew
Remember dreams that all came true
On my colored bedspread

We make the stars collide
I touch the Planets
Through your eyes
Can you feel it?
Tell me can you feel it now?
You make the stars dissolve
Like sugar melting in my mouth

“This is a call for the National implementation of Mother To Child Transmission Prevention Program... In all the maternity hospitals in South Africa…”

Sing my Sister… Sing!
Let your voice be heard
What won’t kill you will make you strong
Sing my Sister…Sing!

You don’t need
To disrespect yourself again
Don’t hide your light behind your fears
My women can be strong
You’ve known it all along
What you need
Is what you haven’t found
So…
Sing my Sister… Sing!
Let your voice be heard
What won’t kill you will make you strong
Sing my Sister…Sing!

Women are the mothers of the world my friend
I tell you womankind is strong
Take your Beautiful Self up to the heights again
Back to the place where you belong
So…
Sing my Sister… Sing!
Let your voice be heard
What won’t kill you will make you strong
Sing my Sister…Sing!

C’mon my sisters now
Sing loud and sing proud
Sing my Sister Sing!
Use your voice to call out
Let your voice be heard
Use your voice for Freedom
Let your voice be heard
Everywhere you go
For Freedom
Yes Freedom

Big sky
I’m gonna hurt you
Big Sky
You’ll remember this
Big sky
Up above the rain
How can I ever put a stop to it
Look you in the face again?

Big sky
I’ll never let you go
Big sky
Baby I told you so
Big sky
Look at this swollen pride
I got so busy lookin’ out for you
When were you by my side?

When I’m breathin’
When I’m sleepin’
I can’t think of nothin’ else
All my longin’
All my waitin’
All the things you never felt
All my weepin’
All My wailin’
All my standin’ on the shelf
How am I ever gonna get through this
Back to myself again?

Big sky
I never knew you
Big sky
Let me down again
Big sky
I’m givin’ you the blame
How did I ever get stuck in this?
Give me some grace again

Won’t you say it isn’t so?
Watch me fallin’
See me fallin’
I slipped through
The vortex of the sky....

Darkness and light
That’s what’s  inside
Darkness and light
Is what’s inside

Fingernail moon
Up in the sky
Come out and see me
See me sometimes
‘Cause I’m here alone
Stuck in the blue
No distance between us
Between me and you
I’ve got nothin’ to hide
I’ve got nothin’ to lose
You’ll be by my side
C’mon tell me the truth

Elegant moon
You cut like a knife
It does me no favors
To stay out of my sight
Suspended like glass
All ancient and new
All of space lies between us
Between me and you
There’s no need to be shy
There’s no need to be scared
I need you tonight
Come on out if you dare

I’m just a girl with my feet on the ground
Im just a girl with my head goin’ round
I feel so sad
There’s something unsettling under my skin
I don’t know the reason or where to begin
Caught in the circles I’ve found myself in
But I want to reach out and touch you
My sweet sickle moon
Up in the sky
Come out and see me
See me sometimes
‘Cause I’m here alone
After all we’ve been through
With the distance between us
Between me and you
It don’t matter how long
It don’t matter how far
I’ll meet you tonight
Under the stars

I was floating in the cool of your river
I was drifting in a tide of pure water
Oh wash me in the flood of creation
Don't take me down
Don’t take me down with you

My innocence has all but been taken
Oh given to the cruelty of strangers
Who took me out from safety to danger
Don't take me down
Don't take me down with you

Don't take me down my friend
I wanna live my time again Yea
Got so used to loser's luck
But I don't wanna give it up

I'm comin' up to take my breath again
Oh love is like a pool of forgiveness
I wish that I could fly with the angels
Don't take me down
Don't take me down with you

I've been caught by the spell of temptation
I've been burned by the hell of damnation
And I don't need to be taken there again
All I want's for this wounded heart to mend