Meredith Brooks - Blurring The Edges

I Need

I need some good luck
I need a best friend
I need a rough dog
I need a mountain
I need some new clothes a TV, a cause, 
a trip to nirvana, the thrill of applause
I need a wet kiss
I need to confess
I need a vision, religion, the right to be silent
and then to be heard
a week on an island
a diet that works

I need a dose of the Bible
another course of survival
just talking 'bout the essentials
to make me feel alive

Thats all I need
see how easy I am to please
Thats all I need
see how easy I am

I need some money, more money and more time
a strong cup of coffee, a haircut, a lifeline
a stranger to trust me, my father to love me
Seattle, a sunburn, and lots of Todd Rundgren
I need a guitar to do it on all fours
Cool friends, weekends and someone to die for

When I'm alone on my couch
Nothing can settle me down
I'm adding on to my list
It makes me feel alive

Thats all I need
see how easy I am to please
Thats all I need
see how easy I am, I am, I am

yeah thats all I need

I need a guru
I need to chill
I need a Mercedes 280 SL
yeah that'll fix it- I'll be complete
I need a -- I need I need a

That's all I need
see how easy I am to please
Thats all I need
Maybe then I will be complete

That's all I need
I'm not asking for everything
That's all I need
See how easy I am- I am

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Bitch

I hate the world today
You're so good to me, I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you but you looked at me like 
maybe I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and Sweet

Yesterday I cried
You must have been relieved to see the softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you 
I'm a little bit of everything, all rolled into one

*
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, 
I'm a child, I'm a mother,
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed, 
I'm your hell, I'm your dream,
I'm nothin in between,
You know you wouldn't want it any other way.
*

So take me as I am
This may mean you'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous 
And I'm goin' to extremes 
Tomorrow I will change and 
today won't mean a thing

(Chorus)

Just when you think
You got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool,
You do what you do
And don't try to save me

(Chorus 2x)

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you're hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way.....

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Somedays

Somedays it goes your way
your on a road you can't explain
and then it all goes down the drain
Your cat's hit by a car
the ATM eats you card
you're wondering what changed from yesterday

Save me from - from going mental
Save me from just spinning out

Somedays are better than others
Somedays you just can't figure out
Somedays you can't explain

My best friend and me one night
Were drinking peace on crescent height
Just like that we end up in a fight
like a yo-yo up and down
you're heading north
you end up south

Save me from - from going mental
Save me from just spinning out

Somedays are better than others
Somedays you just can't figure out
Somedays are better than others
you can't explain somedays away
someday

Save me from - from going mental
Save me from spinning out

Somedays are better
Somedays are never
Somedays - whatever
Somedays are better than lovers
Somedays you just can't figure out
Somedays are better than others
Somedays you just can't get out
Someday, yeah yeah

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Watched You Fall

You were my wild companion
we were forever high high high
we burned the night around us
sleeping could wait until we die
You were the scars of passion
and since the crashing came
You've broken every promise I walked away

I watched you fall
I was blind to ya
was lying to ya
like everyone else who watched you fall
say they love you 
but they're laughing when you crawl

It's such a weary feeling
When you've been stealing from yourself
wishing the world away
blaming someone else
no one can do this for you
straighten you hair fix your face
Take all the pain inside you wash it away

I watched you fall
I was blind to ya
was lying to ya
like everybody else who watched you fall
say they love you 
but they're laughing when you crawl

Did I hear you?
Did I try?
Can I forgive myself for not standing by?

I watched you fall
I was blind to ya
was lying to ya
like everybody else who watched you fall
say they love you 
but they're laughing, laughin' when you crawl

I was blind to ya
was lying to you
said I love you 
but I'm laughing when you crawl 
was blind to ya you fall
I watched you fall
I watched you

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Pollanne

Here we go again
Same old argument
You're callin' me Miss Pollyanne

You see the world as cruel
And bein' mad is cool
You're thinkin' I don't give a damn

*
You don't have to shout to be heard
Who said dark is deep
You'd rather flip the bird
I'd rather show you signs of peace
Love ain't a dyin' art as far as I can see
Oh sentimental me
*

Fist up in the air
My knees should be up there
You only give yourself away

So paint your roses black and blue
Use the fuck word, I can too
When I have nothing else to say

(chorus)

Here we go again
We may never change
So you can call me Pollyanne.

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Shatter

Prick of the pin
no blood on me
I've been tested, total wasted, and too deep
To the zone
I retreat
what doesn't kill you makes you strong eventually

Blade to my skin, 
blurring the edge
seven doves are waiting for me up ahead
I just breathe in
I just breathe out
I've taken every hairpin curve by now

I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack but it doesn't matter
I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack

Promise the world
dropped in a pool
Was it fun? Did you enjoy acting so cool?
Well here's the thing
still have my head
I stumbled hard but I'm not sleeping in your bed

Saved by the sun, 
no shame on me
Come out screaming, it's the only time we're free
I just breathe out
I just breathe in
I ride the wave until I come again

I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack but it doesn't matter
I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack
but I'll never shatter cause:

I still have a secret
In the dark I keep it closed
I still have a secret no one knows...

I may crack but I'll never shatter
Destiny wasted over and over
I may crack but it doesn't matter
In the darkness I won't shatter

Shake down just did in time
It's amusing that I'm still on fire
I just breathe in
I just breathe out
I may crack but I'll never shatter cause:

I still have a secret
In the dark I keep it closed
I still have a secret no one knows
In the dark I keep it closed

I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack but I'll never shatter
I may crack...

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My Little Town

We lock the doors at night, all the sirens scream
I don't drive my car-- insurance is too high
I live here in the city-- my hometown's far away
I work out with concrete, I don't drive my car

The stars come out at night to see them on the strip
Everybody arms themselves, there's no other place like this
I'll never leave the small town girl behind
The place were I come from is with me all the time

Oh, You could walk the streets 
when the sun goes down in my littletown
You don't need defenses 
when the sun goes down in my little town

Back home on the street - after ten at night
Mrs. Avery walks her dog, checks to see what's going on
She doesn't lock the door, she lives here in good health
You don't hear the harm when Mrs. Avery walks her dog

All I every wanted was a view of city lights
Break away from here - leave behind the quiet nights
Spend half your life trying to make a change
And the other half trying to get back again

Oh, You could walk the streets 
when the sun goes down in my little town 
You don't need defenses 
when the sun goes down in my little town

Look down the road - look up the highway
Look past the fences - look at the faces
What do you have on the other side?

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - oh

Oh, you could walk the streeets 
when the sun goes down in my little town
You don't need defenses 
when the sun goes down in my - my town
You could walk the streets 
when the sun goes down in my little town
You don't need defenses in my little town 
where I come from

Yeah Yeah, in my little town
You don't need a gun in my little town where I come from
Yeah Yeah, in my in my in my in my little town

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What Would Happen

Electricity
eye to eye
Hey do I know you?
I can't speak

Stripped my senses
on the spot
I've never been defenseless
I can't even make sense of this
You speak and I don't hear a word

*
What would happen if we kissed?
Would your tongue slip past my lips?
Would you run away?
Would you stay?
Or would I melt into you?
Mouth to mouth
lust to lust
Spontaneously combust
*

Room is spinning
out of control
You act like you didn't notice
brushed my hand

Forbidden fruit
ring on my finger
Your such a moral, moral man
Would you throw it away? - A question
Will I pretend I'm innocent?

(chorus)

What would happen if we kissed?
Ah...

I struggle with myself again
Quickly the walls are crumblin'
Don't know if I can turn away

What would happen if we kissed?
Would your tongue slip past my lips?
Would you run away?
Would you stay?
Or would I melt into you?
Mouth to mouth
If we kissed...

Would your tongue slip past my lips?
Would you run away?
Would you stay?
Or would I melt into you?
Mouth to mouth
If we kissed......oooooooo ahhhhh 
If we kissed......oooooooo ohhhhh
ooooo ahhhh

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It Doesn't Get Better

Woke up this morning with my head so heavy...

Thought about leaving on the next train comin'
Sometimes it gets so easy running from town to town
But changing beds won't change this feeling 
that I'm going to drown
Too many hearts are broken-- we're never asked why
Too many sunsets are just passing us by
Come over here now don't be shy
Do you want to be happy or you want to be right?

It don't get much better than this
There's nowhere left to run to
No use worryin' about what you missed
Cause here it is baby it don't get better than this

We talk and talk and never know what it means
It really doesn't matter 
'cause nothin's ever what is seems
All I ever wanted is here with you
But sometimes, baby, I get wrapped up and confused
So lets go on down to the edge of the sand
Take some time and take my hand
So much here we don't understand
So kiss me like the world is going to end!

It don't get much better than this
There's nowhere left to run to
No use worryin' about what you missed
Cause here it is baby: It don't get better than this
Oh, better than this

Come on
Come on - take my hand
It don't get much better than this
There's nowhere left to run to
No use worryin' about what you missed
Yeah here it is baby: it don't get better than this
Oh Oh Oh

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Birthday

When's your birthday, what's your middle name? 
Who's your hero? 
What's your favourite flavour icecream? 
Can you tell me, tell me this? 
Are you Aries? 
Are you on the coast of Cancer? 
Wanna get to know you better, what? 
No. It's not a quiz.

Well you can trust me now  
we'll dig a little deeper, 
let's trade numbers, let's trade beepers, 
I can find you any place. 
Why are you looking at your watch? 
We haven't had desert, it's early. 
Just 8:30 only our first date!

I wanna know do you love me yet? 
Do you feel the same? Be my everything.
I wanna know, isn't true love great? 
Come on, tell me...when's your birthday?

Where are you going? Why you leaving? 
After all we've been through, can't you think of me? 
I'll think of you! Don't throw it all away. 
I'll quit my job I'll have your children, 
you work hard I'll spend your millions. 
Ain't no pressure, you've got time, 
just don't make me wait!

I wanna know, do you believe in fate? 
When you moving in, be my everything? 
I wanna know, is it for always? 
Come on tell me, when's yourbirthday, yeah, 
when's your birthday?

And it isn't, just an observating high. 
I've never felt this way about, any other guy before. 
I'm not getting any younger, I'm not fooling anymore.

I wanna know, do you love me yet? 
Wanna wear your ring, be your everything. 
I wanna know, isn't true love great? 
Come on tell me. Come on, tell me. 
I wanna know, do you believe in fate? 
Do you feel the same?
Be my everything. I wanna know, is it for always? 
Come on, tell me, when's your birthday?

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