Molasses - Alec Bailey

I think I'd like to shift this weight off my chest Soon as I figure out my right from my left Don't make me smoke from the golden cigar Don't make me go in, rather wait in the car I thought the party started quarter to nine Soon after found out that I'd ruined the surprise They all just stood there laughing loud as can be Like sugar canes my face was melting To molasses To molasses You can pour To molasses Sometimes I wanna trade this brain for a new And picking memories in bloom with the view Please don't mistake this for a hell of a time Hold back my tears, so I don't spoil your wine I thought the party started quarter to nine Felt like an idiot for ruining the night They all stood stinging from the salt in their sea Like sugar canes my face was melting To molasses To molasses You can pour To molasses Yes you can melt me Then you can swallow I'll slowly creep down your throat, and turn Ma ma ma my molasses Ma ma ma my molasses Ma ma ma my molasses You can pour Ma ma ma my molasses Ma ma ma my molasses Ma ma ma my molasses Ooooo

Honey Molasses Ebony Majesty Chocolate Brown Sugar Sweet epiphany I waited for your call But you chose not to call me I wondered what happened Where you in side a safe space And too I wondered Were you thinking about me and if you were Why was I feeling so lonely By the phone Alone to the bone Although the night before You were in my home my body My dome In a circle of passion we Paris italy Japan africa rome We made music We trombone It was magic the way it happened Pure electricity I felt so inspired And afraid at the same time I don't know whether sing or to Rhyme Call me Honey Molassess Ebony majesty Chocolate Brown Sugar Sweet epiphany

Left your tracks, runnin' through my front door, oh-oh-oh When you rolled by every night at nine And you're tellin' me, you wanna fix what's broken, oh-oh-oh Yet, you're gone before the morning light You sure know how to shake this house And leave a man restless I love you shouldn't leave your mouth 'Cause that's when things get reckless 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Yeah, I'm already headed off of these two rails Flyin' straight back to where we fell I wanted the fast track, but now I want you back Since you left, I'm just a trainwreck And all these problems, should've hit 'em head on, girl, oh-oh-oh Instead, we let all the crazy drive And all these memories are hittin' home harder, oh-oh-oh Can't keep my eyes between the yellow lines 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Yeah, I'm already headed off of these two rails Flyin' straight back to where we fell I wanted the fast track, but now I want you back Since you left, I'm a trainwreck You sure know how to shake this house Leavin' me restless (restless) I love you keeps runnin' its mouth Keepin' us reckless 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Up and down them County lines Dodgin' every caution light on my way back to you Should've hit the brakes, should've used my mind It's too late, I'm pullin' in your driveway Ain't no getting 'round it tonight, we're a trainwreck

Desolate Isolated in a crowd of friends Innocent So well again until the night ends And now she's going, going, gone Left with her facade Got her heels halfway on When she goes back to where she's from She's barely holding on But she's dancing on tables Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got Oh god, Bailey You spend your Daddy's credit card Then complain that money's hard And your pictures compensate for your lack for your fun And you wonder why you're alone Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got, Bailey Formulaic My calendar is just a book of poems So how are we playing? Are we running like kids? Are we over it? And now she's going, going, gone Left with her facade Got her heels halfway on When she goes back to where she's from She's barely holding on But she's dancing on tables Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got Oh god, Bailey You spend your Daddy's credit card Then complain that money's hard And your pictures compensate for your lack for your fun And you wonder why you're alone Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got, Bailey Thought we had it figured out Such a treacherous chase of a boy But Bailey, will you slow down? I can't lie Bailey, nothing's figured out Tracing the steps to your porch And I can't Can't slow down now Can't slow down now But I can try Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got Oh god, Bailey You spend your Daddy's credit card Then complain that money's hard And your pictures compensate for your lack for your fun And you wonder why you're alone Oh god, Bailey You think you're funny but you're not When the look is all you got Bailey

She works the nights, by the water She's gone astray so far away From her father's daughter She just wants a life all for her baby All on her own, no one will come She's got to save him She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life You're gonna grow up, have a good life I'm gonna do what I've got to do" So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye, rockabye Rockabye-bye-bye-bye... Now she got a six-year-old Trying to keep him warm Trying to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe When she says, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Oh, rockabye Oh, rocka-bye-bye-bye Oh, rockabye Oh, rockabye bye-bye-bye Oh, so, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry 'Cause somebody's got you