Occasionally - Melissa Etheridge

I saw you with your new friends You wear them so well Broken shoes and loose ends Gee you look swell Me I’m drinking my coffee And I’m smoking cigarettes I’m a deputy of habit I just can’t forget I’m only lonely when I’m driving in my car I’m only lonely after dark I’m only […]

Precious Pain - Melissa Etheridge

Everybody’s got a hunger No matter where they are Everybody clings to their own fear Everybody hides some scar Precious pain Empty and cold but it keeps me alive I gave it my soul so that I could survive Keeping me safe in these chains Precious pain Everybody’s got a reason To abandon their plan […]

I Want You - Melissa Etheridge

I can see your darkened eyes Across the room turn into lies and laughter And asking for my name again Then introduced as just a friend Well it was no fantasy the passion burned You touched me the evening turned to midnight I can’t forget the naked trust One quenchless night of shaking lust and […]

Chrome Plated Heart - Melissa Etheridge

I got a chrome-plated heart I got wings on these fingers trying to tear it apart I got angels crying from up above And they got rust in their eyes They got rust on their love But I have learned to leave no stone unturned And keep the wall against my back And the love […]

The Late September Dogs - Melissa Etheridge

Just outside my window I hear the late September dogs And I understand their warning I understand their song Since you left I feel the change in the air And night after night I’m searching for mercy everywhere So I wake in the street and I call out your name I shout to the sky […]

Don’t You Need - Melissa Etheridge

I had a dream late last night The water was running low And my fields were on fire, burning my sky My body was moving slow And when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouth And I realized my heart had abducted my mind And they were last seen headed south […]

Bring Me Some Water - Melissa Etheridge

Tonight I feel so weak But all in love is fair I turn the other cheek And I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night air And I know you’re only human And I haven’t got talking room But tonight while I’m making excuses Some other woman is making love to you […]

Similar Features - Melissa Etheridge

Go on and close your eyes go on imagine me there She’s got similar features with longer hair And if that’s what it takes to get you through Go on and close your eyes it shouldn’t bother you You never had to wait for nothing in your life I guess wanting me must have been […]

Watching You - Melissa Etheridge

That’s a good question Why am I standing out here alone I guess I don’t know enough to come in from the rain I was watching your window From here below I think I just might stay here all day Cause I gotta do something If I can’t love you I don’t want to love […]

Like The Way I Do - Melissa Etheridge

Is it so hard to satisfy your senses You found out to love me you have to climb some fences Scratching and crawling along the floor to touch you And just when it feels right you say you found someone else to hold you Does she like i do Tell me does she love you […]