Annie Lennox Album

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 feelin'
But you're not feelin' it at all
There's a meaning
But you're not listening any more
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 there too long
And if you let me I might try to make you stay
Seems you never realise 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 in 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 everyday
I wanna kick these blues away
I wanna learn to live again

Hey hey hey

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... ooh
It didn't get there by itself

Oh sugar, when you gonna come
(Oh sugar, when you gonna come)
Oh sugar, when you gonna come
(Oh sugar, when you gonna come)
I spend my life getting older
But you still got me on the run
(when you going to come)

Oh sweetness, when will you be mine
(Oh sweetness, when will you be mine)
Oh sweetness, when will you be mine
(Oh sweetness, when will you be mine)
I spend my days getting colder
And I still want you all the time
(when will you be mine)

All the grass is growing greener on the other side
Nothing else has meaning when I got you on my mind
I so want to see you. Don’t they say that love is blind
Whoah, love is blind, love is blind

I got so much trouble getting into this (Yeah!)
Can’t decide if it’s hell or bliss
Sometimes I feel like I don’t exist
Cut my veins and slit my wrists
Good-bye, good-bye that all she wrote
And she tied that knot around her throat
Wipe my eyes, dry my tears
I waited for you for a thousand years

Oh lover, make me yours again
(Oh lover, make me yours again)
Oh lover, make me yours again
(Oh lover, make me yours again)
Even though your thrill is gone
All my feelings still remain
Even though your thrill is gone
I’m no longer just the same

Don’t you see that I’m addicted to the
Notion of a someone who can
Take me from this wretched state
Save me from the bitterness and
Hatred of humanity, it’s so screwed up

Tired of being down on luck
Tired of being beaten up
Tired of being 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

Tired of being so screwed up…

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 the dress

So don't make sad
Don't take me down
I couldn't stand to watch you fall
'Cause everybody has a tender heart
Remember this
I couldn't bear 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
You'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 stand to break it down to smithereens
Woh oh yeah

I couldn't bear to break it down
I couldn't bear the smithereens
I couldn't stand to break it down
I couldn't bear the smithereens

You said
Everybody is an island to themselves
Everybody is an island to themselves
Everybody is an island to themselves
Don't you know
Hey yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah

Oh come and take this pain away
Oh come and take this pain away
Oh 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

Give me some of that medicine
To make me forget
(I can't find it)
I need something easier
(can't find it)
'Cuz I ain't found it yet
I ain't found it yet
I ain't found it
No no no no

Oh womankind was born of pain
My soul keeps hurting just the same
Oh come and take this pain away

I give too much
Get used too much
I lose too much
Get bruised too much
I need too much
I bleed too much
I'm sleeping with the ghosts in my machine

I said I love you baby
Guess I always will
I said I love to baby
Guess I always will
I said I love you baby
Guess I always will

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

Oh baby’s got precious eyes
And when he smile
The sun comes shining
To make the day seem like
Each cloud contains a silver lining
I would be so happy if he belonged with me forever
But I know it’s not to be
It’s not part of my destination

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

Hear my prayer
Don’t you know I’m tired of waiting
Hear my prayer
Won’t you give it a chance
Hear my prayer
Don’t you know 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 kind of dream
They call the great affinity
I want to turn it into something like reality
Hold me now
I’m tired of waiting
Hold me now
Hold me now, I’m asking you
Hold me now
No more anticipating
Why won’t you come to my rescue

Oooh, baby’s got precious eyes
And when he smiles the sun comes blasting
I wish that feeling of contentment
Could be everlasting
I would be so happy
To give him all my dedication
I would be so happy
But it’s so in my imagination

This is for the womankind

How many doors must I go through
These constant dreams that I pursue
I can see possibilities in you
Yeah here we go again
Is it all too good to be true
Yeah 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 she feels
Too bare for you to see
Yeah every desire go through the fire
This is what I give of me
If I could just be free
Baby, won’t you rescue me

I want to be under your skin

Caught up in the middle
But I’m taken to the end
It’s coming back together
Then it’s breaking down again
If I can find a reason
I’d say you were my friend
If I can find a reason
I’d say it once again

When I’m with you
The days are bittersweet
I still can’t remember
What it feel to be complete
I’ve tried pretending
But it drives me off my feet
I don’t know what it’s coming to
But I’m looking through the glass darkly

Bright lights come and go
Playing blue songs on my radio
Shadows still appear in the house tonight
Ghosts have come in from the past
All those ghosts that keep on coming back
Sliding through the walls and my windows

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 coming to
But I’m looking through the glass darkly

Can I find you
Can I find you
I can’t find you

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 parts where the hero gets stung
I want to savour 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 going dim
I wanna hide again
The nights are caving in
On my coloured bedspread

I wanna drift so far
To slip out of the crowd
It doesn’t matter how
On my coloured bedspread

We’ll make the stars dissolve
Like sugar melting in my mouth

Some people come and go
But the won’t ever know
About the things we do
On my coloured bedspread

I remember places I’ve been to
Remember things I never knew
Remember dreams that all came true
On my coloured bedspread

We’ll make the stars collide
I touch the planets through your eyes

Ooh can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

We’ll make the stars dissolve
Like sugar melting in my mouth
Beneath my coloured bedspread

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 fear
Now 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
(Ooh)
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

Sing, my sister, sing
Let your voice be heard
What won’t kill you will make you strong
Sing, my sister, sing

Sing out
Sing loud
Sing proud

Sing, my sister, sing
Let your voice be heard

Sing, my sister, sing
Let your voice be heard

Sing, my sister, sing
Let your voice be heard

Sing, my sister, sing
Let your voice be heard

Big sky
I’m going to 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 looking out for you
When were you by my side

When I’m breathing
When I’m sleeping
I can think of nothing else
All my longing
All my waiting
All the things you never felt
All my weeping
All my wailing
All my standing 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
Giving you the blame
How can I ever put a stop to this
Look you in the face again

When I’m breathing…..

Won’t you say it isn’t so
Watch me falling
Se me falling
I slip through the vortex of the sky

Darkness and light
It’s 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 nothing to hide
I've got nothing 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 favours
To stay out of my sight
Suspended like glass
All ancient and new
Allof 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
I'm 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 wi the sky
Come out and see me
See me sometimes
'cause I'm here alone
After all we've been throuch
With the distance between us
Between me and you
It dont matter how long
Itdon't matter howear
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