Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins

You know I got this feeling That I just can't hide I try to tell you how I feel I try to tell you but I'm weak Words don't come easily When you get close I shiver I watch you when you smile I watch you when you cry And I still don't understand I can't find the way to tell you I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide Don't try to run away There's many things I wanna say No matter how it ends Just hold me when I tell you I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide All I need is a miracle Oh baby, all I need is you All I need is a love you give Oh baby, all I need is you Baby you I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide I wish I was your lover I wish that you were mine Baby I got this feeling That I just can't hide Just wanna be your lover Just wanna be the one Let me be your lover Let me be the one

I tell you I can visualise it all Too real it all seems But once again, runnin' away with me But once again, runnin' away with me This couldn't be a dream Runnin' away with me Runnin' away with me And I stop myself for a minute See if my heart's still in it Say a few things just to win it Funny how it works out innit? And told her, "Some things have their time How can I be yours if you're not mine?" She said, "They should take this pain And give it a name" Tonight, I wish I was your boy (Run away from me, run away from me) I (Run away from me, run away from me) Tonight, I think I fucked it royally (Run away from me, run away from me) (Run away from me, run away from me) Give yourself a new name Change your voice on the train Have her complain about your fame Tell me that it's all a rigged game She told me, "Some things just take time How can you be sure if you won't try?" She said, "I guess I'll take this pain Instead of your name" Tonight, I wish I was your boy (Run away from me, run away from me) I (Run away from me, run away from me) Tonight, I think I fucked it royally (Run away from me, run away from me) (Run away from me, run away from me) And it's been playing on my mind Unfortunately, I've been to this place in my life far too many times Sunday's nearly over so I'll just lie awake Tonight, I wish I was your boy, I Tonight, I think I fucked it royally And tonight, I wish I was your boy (Run away from me, run away from me) I (Run away from me, run away from me) Tonight, I think I fucked it royally (Run away from me, run away from me) (Run away from me, run away from me)

I scream at you for sharing I curse you just for caring I hate the clothes you're wearing They're so pretty I tell you not to see me I tell you not to feel me I make your life a drag It's such a pity I watch your warm glow paling I watch your sparkle fading You realize you're tailing 'Cause you're so good I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crying to get through If only I could make it easier Then I would I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would've seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while It's no use me pretending You give and I do all the spending Is there a happy ending? I don't think so 'Cause even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it Through my head I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would've seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while

I scream at you for sharing And I curse you just for caring I hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty And I tell you not to see me And I tell you not to feel me And I make your life a drag, it's such a pity And I watch your warm glow palin' And I watch your sparkle fadin' As you realise you're failin', 'cause you're so good No, I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crime to get through If only I could make it easier then I would Oh, I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while It's no use me pretendin' You give and I do the spendin' Is there a happy ending? I don't think so 'Cause even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it from my head Oh, I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while

My heart's in chains And still remains in Deja Vu But first I wanna spend the night with you Everything you need Come get it from me Set your emotions free Oh, yes baby Come on and give in the name of love And let our bodies slowly touch Tonight let's move on 1 - Yes I do Take you to be How about you and me Damn I wanna be your lover Don't refuse Cuz I need you Damn I wanna be your lover (I wanna be your love, your lover, oh baby, yeah, yeah) Why don't you stay Desert will make you Call out my name My first and my last name That she is being All you'll ever need To take you higher than eyes can see Oh, yes baby Why don't you give in the name of love And let our bodies be common Cuz tonight I wanna give you all Baby, let's move on Repeat 1 (I wanna be your lover, your lover, your lover, baby) I don't wanna have to compromise The things you make me visualize Intuition keeps on telling me These emotions need to be set free Don't you want to give it to me We'll feel the heaven's prophecy Take a visit to my paradise We can hang around For the rest of our lives Repeat 1 until fade

Please take away from me All these things I do not need Use me to keep your conscience clean Show me what to do To sacrifice for you I gladly give my life to you I've wandered far enough to never have given up too much And now I'm offering you everything I am Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine You are my destiny The path I'm cutting tirelessly And searching for you endlessly Even when I'm Surely in the heart of you I still persist on collecting proof that You are never known and though I feel you I have grown to wonder if I'll ever really understand Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine 'Cause I've been a fool Pretending to be free When all I could do was run away When the spot light caught me Heal me with your sweet love 'Cause I do believe When I open my eyes in front of you I see Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine 'Cause I've been a fool Pretending to be free When all I could do was run away When the spot light fell on me Heal me with your sweet love 'Cause I do believe When I open my eyes in front of you It's the truth I see

Guilty undertaker sighs Lonely organ grinder cries Silver saxophones say i, I should refuse you Cracked bells and washed out horns Blow into my face with scorn It's not that way I wasn't born to lose you I want you I want you Darling, i want you So bad Drunken politicians leap Onto the street where mothers weep And saviors who are fast asleep They wait for you And I'll wait for them to interrupt me Drinking from my broken cup And ask me To open up the gate for you I want you I want you Darling, I want you So bad I want you Darling, I want you, oh Oh, I want you Oh, so bad Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love, they've been without it And all their daughters, they still put me down 'Cause I think about it I will return to the queen of spades Talk with my chamber maid She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her She's good to me There's nothing she don't see She knows where I would rather be But that doesn't matter Your dancing child with his chinese suit He spoke to me, I stole his flute No, I wasn't that cute to him Was I? I did it though because he lied Because he took you for a ride Because time was on his side Because, I want you Darling, I want you I want you Oh, I want you I want you So bad Oh, don't joke with me now, baby I want you I want you Let's go home I want you...

I'm a wounded soldier on a downtown train to your place You've launched a secret heart with your face You don't always say what I want to hear but you move me Across the rooftops and into the deep blue sea Did we not choose each other? Are we just heroes for a day? This time I will stand by you And mine is the heart I will save, yeah I drew a hard line but I just can't see it Your colors are bleeding all over my bullshit I wanna be your star but I gotta learn to feel myself I want your love and I need your help Did we not choose each other? Are we just heroes for a day? This time I will stand by you And mine is the heart I will save Can we not judge each other? I'd rather wipe your tears away I can follow my heart till the end But I just can't choose the way Just because we live like dolphins together So many reasons to break the wave We can swim from street lamp to street lamp forever We can be kissing in the rain Can we not judge each other? I'd rather wipe your tears away I can follow my heart till the end But I just can't choose the way Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go