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Tracy Chapman
Quotes from the songs
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"I was blinded
by devotion/ My unwatering love for you/ So blinded that I thought your
lies were true/ But now I know for certain since you've gone away/ It was just a smoldering
fire I mistook for a blaze." (Smoke and Ashes) |
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"You say it's
only smoke and ashes baby/ I'm crying all the time/ salty stinging tears and
mourning for the past carbon-dated years/ But knowing now for certain that you were always
right/ Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life it's only smoke and ashes baby"
(Smoke and Ashes) |
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"I'd climb a mountain if I had to /And risk my life so I could have you /Everyday I'm
psychoanalysed /For my lover for my lover /Is this love worth /The sacrifices I make"
(For my Lover) |
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"You can look
to the stars in search for the answers/ Look for God or life on distant
planets/ Have your faith in the ever after/ While each of us holds inside the map to the
labyrinth/ And Heaven's here on earth/ We are the spirit/ The collective conscience/ We
create the pain and the suffering/ And the beauty in this world/ Heaven's here on earth/
In our faith in humankind/ In our respect for what is earthly/ In our unfaltering belief
in peace, love and understanding." (Heaven's here on earth) |
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"Poor people
gonna rise up /And get their share /Poor people gonna rise up /And take
what's theirs" (Talkin' Bout a Revolution) |
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"You got a
fast car /And I got a job that pay all our bills /You stay out drinking late
at the bar / See more of your friends than you do of your kids /I'd always hoped for
better" (Fast Car) |
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"Newspapers
print the story /And racist tempers fly /Next day it starts a riot / Lots
of people hurt and angry" (Across the Line) |
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"Last night I
heard the screaming /Then a silence chilled my soul /I prayed that I was
dreaming /When I saw the ambulance on the road"
(Behind the Wall) |
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"Sorry /Is all
that you can't say / I love you /Is all that you can't say"
(Baby can I Hold You) |
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"Renounce all those material things you gained by /Exploiting other human beings"
(Mountains o' Things) |
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"Why not leave
why not /Go away /Too much hatred /Corruption and greed / Give your
life /And invariably they leave you with /Nothing"
(She's got her Ticket) |
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"Why do babies
starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so
many of us /Are there people still alone" (Why) |
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"Now love's
the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon
it may be costly" (If Not Now) |
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"There's no
words to say /No words to convey /This feeling inside I have for you /Deep
in my heart" (For You) |
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