Tracy Chapman - New Beginning - lyrics.txt
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
01. Heaven's Here On Earth
You can look to the stars in search of the answers
Look for God and life on distant planets
Have your faith in the ever after
While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth
We are the spirit the collective conscience
We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding
Of ordinary people leading ordinary lives
Filled with love, compassion, forgiveness and sacrifice
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding
Look around
Believe in what you see
The kingdom is at hand
The promised land is at your feet
We can and will become what we aspire to be
If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity
But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven
We are born inside the gates with the power to create life
And to take it away
The world is our temple
The world is our church
If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief
In peace and love and understanding
This could be heaven here on earth
02. New Beginning
All wrong
You see we need to change it now, this world with too few happy endings
We can resolve to start all over make a new beginning
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
The world is broken into fragments and pieces
That once were joined together in a unified whole
We can resolve to come together in the new beginning
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
We can learn, we can teach
We can share the myths the dream the prayer
The notion that we can do better
Change our lives and paths
Create a new world
And Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Make a new beginning
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
We need to make new symbols
Make new signs
Make a new language
And start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
03. Smoke And Ashes
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
But a little bad press has never scared me off
So I burned a path to figure out
How to get me some of what you got
And we should be together
When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm
I thought my friends had lied
But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew
I had to get some of what you got
And we should be together
I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other
But my right is your wrong
Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes
Only smoke and ashes baby
Salty stinging tears
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
But knowing now for certain that you were always right
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
Only smoke and ashes baby
I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes baby
04. Cold Feet
There was a little boy once upon a time
Who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind
For every copper penny and clover he would find
Make a wish for better days the end of hard times
For no more cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
His clothes were always clean
His face was always scrubbed
There was food on the table enough to fill him up
But when winter days arrived
There was never money enough to shod his cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
He grew up to be a worker determined to succeed
He made a life for himself, free from worldly wants or needs
No body to keep him warm at night
Cold cold cold cold feet
Searching for a shooting star a benevolent God
When a woman passing by brushed his arm
He turned and found love
He then wished for the courage to ask this stranger
Who she was to not have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
So he promised more than he could buy
And he promised her the sun and moon to not have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
He worked day and night his fingers to the bone
Hi worried mind guilty conscience drive him on
He wants to give her what he thinks she wants
Her sad-eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on and his cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
Proud that the dirt on his palms was the soil of the land
But some guys he knew from high school days
Said they had a plan to get rich quick
Cold cold cold cold feet
He thought about their offer accepted it without qualms
The comfort that would come without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
He decided to tell his wife things would soon turn around
He said the little boy is dead
A man stands with you now without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
Without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
With cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
05. At This Point In My Life
At this point in my life
And if I take your hand I might lead you down the path to ruin
At this point in my life
At this point in my life
At this point in my life
Before we take a step
Before we walk down that path
Before I make any promises
Before you have regrets
Before we talk commitment
Let me tell you of my past
At this point in my life
At this point in my life
As if redemption was in sight
As if the search to live honestly
Is all that anyone needs
No matter if you find it
Birds and angels get the wings to fly
If you can believe in this heart of mine
If you can give it a try
All the sweetness that I have
At this point in my life
At this point in my life
06. The Promise
If you wait for me
I always hold a place for you in my heart
If you think of me
If you miss me once in awhile
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
If you dream of me
L like I dream of you
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
A 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
Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end
If you can make a promise
I vow to come for you
If you wait for me
A place for me
I in your heart.
07. The Rape Of The World
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the wold
This the beginning of the end
This the most heinous of crimes
This the deadliest of sins
The greatest violation of all time
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
You know the sun shines
Hotter than ever before
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
Some claim to have crowned her
A queen
With cities of concrete and steel
But there is no glory no honor
In what results
From the rape of the world
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness
To the rape of the world
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the world
If you listen you will hear her cries
If you care you will stand and testify
And stop the rape of the world
Stop the rape of the world
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
08. 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
Say it say it say it
So everyone can hear
Say it say it say it tell it like it is
What breaks your hear
What keeps you awake at night
How your anger and grief
Make you want to cry out
And tell it like it is
What is rotten with a sugarcoat
And tell it like it is
Say it say it say it
So no one can forget
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 break the ties that silence and bind
And tell it like it is
And live in a silent world
When a lie could cross your lips
And tell it like it is
Say it say it say it, Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it, Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it, Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it, Say it say it say it
09. Give Me One Reason
Give me one reason to stay here
Give me one reason to stay here
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
Give me one reason to stay here
But you got to make me change my mind
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
Wasting my precious energy
Give me one reason to stay here
Give me one reason to stay here
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
10. Remember The Tinman
There are locks on the doors
And chains stretched across all the entries to the inside
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 away
Who took away the part so essential to the whole
Left you a hollow body
Skin and bone
What robber what thief who stole your heart and the key
Who stole your heart
The smile from your face
The innocence the light from your eyes
Who stole your heart or did you give it away
And if so then when and why
Who took away the part so essential to the whole
Left you a hollow body
Skin and bone
What robber what thief
Who stole your heart and the key
Now all sentiment is gone
Now you have no trust in no one
Who stole your heart
Did you know but forget the method and moment in time
Was it a trickster using mirrors and sleight of hand
A strong elixir or a potion that you drank
Who hurt your heart
Bruised it in a place
That no one and nothing can heal
But still all sentiment is gone
But still you have no trust in no one
If you can tear down the walls
Throw your armor away remove all roadblocks barricades
If you can forget there are bandits and dragons to slay
And remember the tinman
Found he had what he thought he lacked
Remember the tinman
Go find your hear and take it back
Who stole your heart
Maybe no one can say
One day you will find it I pray
11. I'm Ready
I want to go where the rivers are overflowing and
If the waters can redeem me
I want to wake up
I want to go where the rivers are over-flowing
12. Save A Place For Me (Hidden Track)
Save a place for me
Save a space for me
In your heart
In your heart
Save a place for me
Save a space for me
In your heart
In your heart
If you wait, I will come for you
If you wait, I will come for you
If you wait, I will come for you
If you wait
If you wait
If you wait
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