La Woman (Live) - Absolutely Live

Exuma you hear We gotta take our time Gettin' this one started Hey mamma soul mamma soul papa Hey body soul body soul body soul body Soul body soul body soul body Soul body soul body soul body Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey hey yah gonna take my time Gettin' this one togheter Gonna take my time Gettin' this one togheter Gotta go home now Gotta go home yea You know about the holy roller church? Ain't that were it started? Ha Ha I know We've outgrown it now And I cry that I think that I can't do I like money yah I like fine clothes I like all of it But I know where my roots are You hear me Sometimes my daughter says "Mamma I don't understand them people" I don't either, but I'm fond of 'em, heard me? And I like it Au Say hey hey hey hey Need your help, hey hey Cool down now, hey hey hey yeah Obeah woman Yes, I'm the Obeah woman Do you know what one is? Ha do you know what an Obeah woman is? I'm the Obeah woman from beneath the sea To get to satan you gotta pass through me 'Cause I know the angels name by name I can eat thunder and drink the rain Been through enough Yeah they call me Nina and Pices too There ain't nothing that I can't do If I choose to, if you let me Ha I'm the Obeah woman, above pain I can eat thunder and drink the rain I kiss the moon and hug the sun And call the spirits and make 'em run You hear me? You hear me? 'Cause I ain't praying, never was Just waiting for my time Waiting for to die Hackle and patience Hackle and patience oh yeah Obeah now Obeah Obeah now I'm the Obeah woman from beneath the sea To get to satan baby you gotta pass through me I know the angels name by name I can eat thunder and drink the rain How you think I lasted this long? Alright, alright I kiss the moon and hug the sun O yeah oh well oh well You people from the islands Know about the Obeah woman I did't put the name on myself And I don't like it sometimes The weight is too heavy The weight is too heavy Let' finish it

I hear your voice on the wind And I hear you call out my name "Listen, my child," you say to me "I am the voice of your history Be not afraid, come follow me Answer my call, and I'll set you free" I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain I am the voice of your hunger and pain I am the voice that always is calling you I am the voice, I will remain I am the voice in the fields when the summer's gone The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow Ne'er do I sleep thoughout all the cold winter long I am the force that in springtime will grow I am the voice of the past that will always be Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields I am the voice of the future, bring me your peace Bring me your peace, and my wounds, they will heal I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain I am the voice of your hunger and pain I am the voice that always is calling you I am the voice I am the voice of the past that will always be I am the voice of your hunger and pain I am the voice of the future I am the voice, I am the voice I am the voice, I am the voice

I don't buy the lines in magazines That tell me what I've gotta be I don't base my life on a movie screen I don't fit the mold society has planned I don't need to be 19 years old Or starve myself for some weight I'm told Or turn men's heads down that road And I thank God I finally know just who I am I ain't a movie star may never see the view from where they are And this old town may be as far as I'm goin' And what he'll hold tonight in his hands He swears there's so much better than Anything that this old world can show him I'm a real live woman In love with this man I see lyin' here next to me Lost in the way that he's holdin' This real live woman In the arms of a man where I'll fall asleep Knowin' there's nothin' on earth he loves more than This real live woman I work 9-5 and I can't relate To millionaires who somehow fate Has smiled upon and fortune made their Common lives a better place to be And I no longer justify Reasons for the way that I behave I offer no apologies For the things that I believe and say And I like it that way 'Cause I'm a real live woman In love with this man I see lyin' here next to me Lost in the way that he's holdin' This real live woman In the arms of a man where I'll fall asleep Knowin' there's nothin' on earth he loves more than This real live woman

My head, yeah (mmm) Yeah (oh, oh, oh-oh, oh) (Oh-oh, oh-oh) You're actin' like it doesn't matter Like it never happened Somethin' close to magic Dissapeared then back again In time for the repeating pattern, atoms Magnetic attractions Habits have to happen Wrapped around like rings of Saturn Land it, stranded I'm wonderin' like Alice Wonderin' what could happen Underneath the poison chalice Patterns, absence Your love comes in fragments Pieces of your passion Too random to understand them Ooh (oh), oh (oh), oh (oh) Oh (oh), oh (oh), oh (oh) 'Round and 'round we go 'Round and lyin' low We goin' on and on and on and on And on and on and on and on Just when I think that I'm movin' on I am the vibe, I got the stuff (stuff, oh, no) Can we all do a star? Tell me, how do I fly this? Repeating patterns, atoms Magnetic attractions Habits have to happen Wrapped around like rings of Saturn Land it, stranded I'm wonderin' like Alice Wonderin' what could happen Underneath the poison chalice Patterns, absence Your love comes in fragments Pieces of your passion Too random to understand them Oh (yeah) Yeah (oh, oh, oh, oh)

I cry, waterslides Runnin' rivers in my eyes, right When I think of you and I I don't know why (These waterslides) I cry, waterslides Runnin' rivers in my eyes, right When I think of you and I I don't know why I cry, every night Kinda makes me wanna die, but I just do it for the ride These waterslides If I could cry it off I would swim to your love I could cry you the Nile 'Cause you out, then you in You been gone with the wind Oh, your loving is tidal Baby, with just a touch, we be back at the start You got me going in spirals 'Cause, oh, baby, I I keep on running to you I cry, waterslides Runnin' rivers in my eyes, right When I think of you and I I don't know why I cry, every night Kinda makes me wanna die, but I just do it for the ride (These waterslides) I cry, waterslides Runnin' rivers in my eyes, right When I think of you and I I don't know why I cry, every night Kinda makes me wanna die, but I just do it for the ride (These waterslides) Every time I try to get you, off my mind I can't help it, I backslide Every time I try and try to drown my eyes I can't help that my eyes cry I can't help, that I love you, but really Just to cleave, while I'm crying, in the feeling So much has started, but just start a new life When you're not here, my eyes cry I cry, waterslides Runnin' rivers in my eyes, right When I think of you and I I don't know why (These waterslides)