I've Got the Music In Me - Thelma Houston

Ain't got no trouble in my life No foolish dream to make me cry I'm never frightened or worried I know I'll always get by I heat up, I cool down When something gets in my way I go around it Don't let life get me down Gonna take it the way that I found it (3 times) (3 times) They say that life is a circle But that ain't the way that I found it I'm Gonna move in a straight line Keeping my feet firmly on the ground I heat up, I cool down I got words in my head so I say them Don't let life get me down Catch a hold of my blues and just play them (3 times) (3 times) Feel funky, feel good Gonna tell you, I'm in the neighborhood Gonna fly like a bird on a wing Hold on to your hat honey, sing, sing, sing Heat up, cool down I got words in my head so I say them Don't let life get me down Catch a hold of my blues and just play them (3 times) (3 times)

"You Got Your s In Me" I just can't understand for the life of me What I see in you Yet every time you talk of leavin' me I get so shook up, I don't know what to do Oh, oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me And I, oh I, oh I'm caught like a fish And, baby, I just can't break free You know this thing is killin' me I must like it or, or I wouldn't be here, baby Every time I get behind your back I tell my friends I'm leavin' you And when you question me about it, baby I swear what they're sayin' just ain't true, no, no Oh, oh, oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me And I, oh, oh, I'm caught like a fish, ya And, baby, I just can't break free You know this thing is killin' me, killin' me Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me (I'm going to keep on loving you, loving you, loving you) Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me Oh, but, and I must like it, I must, I must like it, like it Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me (Baby, what you do to me, what you do to me) Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me (I said woman, it's good to me, good to me, so good to me) And I like it, and I like it Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me (I'm in love with you woman, and I don't want to quit) I just don't want to quit I want to hold you, I want to hold you close to me Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me Oh sweet woman, I love, I'm loving you And I'm hooked, I'm hooked, oh baby, oh baby Oh, baby I got, I'm gonna get away You got poor me hangin' on a string, darlin' Oh, I must like this thing, woohoo So woman, woman, do the things that you do The way, the way you call my name, woman, I like I'll be goin' around tellin' all my friends that I'm leavin' No, but I ain't never goin' nowhere, no, no I said woman, I said woman The way, the way you love me, way you love me I feel, feel, feel, feel like I feel, I want, got to have it Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me Oh, baby, I guess you've got your hooks in me Oh, baby, I guess Little girl, you got me, you got me

Late in September we had the fire in us Forbidden lovers, just undercover winners But did we care then, the only school affair How could we know then, a fire never cares The street was calling so we put out the light Was on the first time, still had the fire to fight I did it my way, but now I'm over the line I'm only dancing, you're not for yesterday night Don't walk away from the phone (I got this flame inside me) Don't walk and leave me alone (A second time would kill me) Don't put a press on our love (Cause you are all that I need, babe) (It's always the same, I got the fire in me) Don't walk away from the line (I got your pain inside me) Don't try to leave me this time (This pain is burning in me) Just gotta get me a sign (And then we'll pick up the pieces) (Wherever it pleases, got the fire in me) Don't ask no questions, just let this feeling get ya You got me spellbound, and now I'm gonna betcha If for the music, lazin' another picture I'm gonna beg ya to put the fire in me Can't make my mind up, just while we're drifting apart Not broken hearted, I'm just a joker at heart You heard me humming, but you're not needing this part And now your painting has caused this fire to start Don't walk away from the phone (I got this flame inside me) Don't walk and leave me alone (A second time would kill me) Don't put a press on our love (Cause you are all that I need, babe) (It's always the same, I got the fire in me) Don't walk away from the line (I got your pain inside me) Don't try to leave me this time (This pain is burning in me) Just gotta get me a sign (And then we'll pick up the pieces) (Wherever it pleases, got the fire in me) Please, gotta know Just while we're drifting apart now, baby You are my love I'm just a joker at heart now, baby You gotta know I'm just a joker at heart, baby.

If I changed my mind If I changed my faith Every time a stop light signaled Each time I made mistakes I don't think that I would be where I am today I live my life without regrets What you see is, what you see is What you see is what you get and I'm Unashamed of the life I lead Unashamed of the strength on my knees The choices I've made, of the love that I've saved Of things I've done, my belief in the one Unashamed of the words of my friends I know who they are make mistakes, make amends Follow my instincts, my star, on my sleeve I wear my heart Unashamed, unashamed Adding up my life, it totals all my dreams I'm counting all my blessings and the gifts I have received Still there's always someone, something to overcome Took all my life to understand that I am what I am, who I am Unashamed Unashamed of the life I lead Unashamed of the strength on my knees The choices I've made, of the love that I've saved Of things I've done, my belief in the one Unashamed of the words of my friends I know who they are make mistakes, make amends Follow my instincts, my star, on my sleeve I wear my heart Unashamed Do you wanna know how it goes? Do you wanna control how I feel? Do you wanna stay in my life? Then listen here and listen good You got to get it, got to get it, got to get it right Unashamed Unashamed of the life I lead Unashamed of the strength on my knees The choices I've made, of the love that I've saved Of things I've done, my belief in the one Unashamed of the words of my friends I know who they are make mistakes, make amends Follow my instincts, my star, on my sleeve I wear my heart Unashamed Unashamed of the life I lead Unashamed of the strength on my knees The choices I've made, of the love that I've saved Of things I've done, my belief in the one Unashamed of the words of my friends I know who they are make mistakes, make amends Follow my instincts, my star, on my sleeve I wear my heart Unashamed

Got me a postcard and a twenty dollar bill I told you I'd meet you in Memphis if you bring me those pills And I got high and I got dry for far too long And the gypsy train to Houston is gonna take me along They called me the wild card And they called me their fool I told them I'd bring 'em that money If they'd get me back to you And I got cash and I got robbed for all I own And the gypsy train to Houston is gonna take me back home I got clean and I got a steady job No longer was I running from the emblems of the law And I got clean and I got mean to the bone And the gypsy train to Houston won't leave me alone And the gypsy train to Houston won't leave me alone

Oh, pour me up a drink, there's a bottle and a seat I'm only halfway to crazy by now We're past that breaking point, past that road of choice And there ain't nothin' left in this town I thought by now I'd've figured shit out You and me, we got some bad reputations We dance 'round like thieves in the night I bet your halo could use some reconsideration But it's the only thing that makes this all right Heaven knows time ain't slowin' down Yeah, we still kick around Our same ol' stomping grounds And life, it'll pass you by As you drink all through the night Under a Houston County sky So roll me up a smoke, I'll take a toke for hope I'm only halfway to 80 by now You was a Peanut Queen, I was 17 and mean You wanted so bad to leave this town Ain't it funny how it all works out Ain't nothin' left but making love and raising babies There ain't nothing wrong with the simple life Hey darling, I love you, but the smoke is gettin' hazy Maybe we should just get drunk and fight Down at The Gin on a Saturday night Heaven knows time ain't slowin' down Yeah, we still kick around Our same ol' stomping grounds And life, it'll pass you by As you drink all through the night Under a Houston County sky Heaven knows time ain't slowin' down Yeah, we still kick around Our same ol' stomping grounds And life, it'll pass you by As you drink all through the night Under a Houston County sky A Houston County sky A Houston County sky