Tricky
Nearly God lyrics




 
 

   
Tattoo
(written by Sioux / Severin / Budgie, originally performed by Siouxsie & The Banshees)
   
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Tricky:
Color me, color me
When you're sitting all alone in the middle of the floor
There's something uncontrollable
You sit there watching the door
Color me, color me

I really feel ill,
Tattoo your bad side
Slap your thigh,
Slap your calf
Sing your mantra,
Leave your walk,
Color me, color me

Something fierce along my spine
Just givin' lovin' from behind
Fortify my arms
Fortify my arms
Color me, color me

When you're sitting all alone in the middle of the floor
There's something uncontrollable
You sit there watching the door
Color me, color me

I really feel ill,
Tattoo your bad side
Slap your thigh,
Slap your calf
Sing your mantra,
Leave your walk,
Color me, color me

Something fierce along my spine
Just givin' lovin' from behind
Fortify my...
Fortify my...
Color me, color me
Color me, color me
Color me

Something fierce in the middle of the floor
There's something uncontrollable
You sit there watching the door
Color me, color me

I really feel ill,
Tattoo your bad side
Slap your thigh,
Slap your calf
Your mantra,
Leave your walk,
Color me, color me

Something fierce along my spine
Just givin' lovin' from behind
Fortify my arms
Fortify my arms
Color me, color me

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Poems
   
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Tricky:
I can vibe to anything
Do I have to hide from everything?
Everybody wants a piece of me
Reach their origin and cease to be
Sit back and let it happen,
Let us take your time away.
I don't understand you.
I don't want your time of day.
If you're gonna walk, might as well walk your way
Always walk the hallways,
Forget the punk, I pack the funk.
I'm gonna take a piece of you.
Making money for good health,
But first I learn to see myself
But first I learn to see myself
You promised me poems
You promised me poems
You promised me poems

Terry Hall:
I ruse the day that I ever met you,
And deeply regret you getting close to me.
I cannot wait to deeply neglect you,
Deeply forget you, Jesus believe me
You promised me poems.
You might have been my reason for livin'
I gave up on givin', gave up everything.
We were a right pair of believers
A couple of dreamers,
So how come you hate me?
You promised me poems
You promised me poems
You promised me poems
Promised me poems

Martina:
Dreamed of ringing voices,
And contemplated choices.
Taste like a real kiss,
To heighten my awareness.
With all fairness, greatness with gratitude.
And simply riled with attitude
Now do promotion on TV, and ya still can't see.
We're down the hill cascade
And keep away the masquerade,
Dreamed of ringing voices,
And you promised me poems
You promised me poems
You promised me poems
You promised me poems


from: nearly godpoems
source: Always on the run
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Together Now
   
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Neneh Cherry:
Into the morning
Got me through the night
I've seen the light
I see the light
I live of what I need
I've got greed
I've been a sinner for as long as I know
So help me understand
The little that I know
Shadow dancing with my spirit
Got to face your demon on your own
Take my body and put it through the dust
I've been buried in the crust
Together now
So help me understand
The little that I know
Together now, together now
It's us now, It's us now
And there's them, and there's them
And should we start again
Together now, together now
It's us now, it's us now...
The descendants of Christ
And it's you
Will you help me I'm confused
What you gonna do
With the little that I know
With the little that I got
We're together now, we're together
It's us now
And there's them, and there's them
And should we start again
Together now, together now
It's us now, it's us now...


from:_nearly god
source: Neneh Cherry - Man booklet
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Keep Your Mouth Shut
   
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Sample (Das FX):
Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up,
I tell them shut the fuck up
(2x)

Björk:
All that she meant was good
All that she meant was good
Give her some time
Give her some room
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
Better keep your mouth...
I'm serious, please
Better keep your mouth closed, baby
And keep it close to your chest
I'm serious
You better keep your mouth closed, baby
Keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth closed, baby
Keep it close to your chest
It's best you keep....

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
I'm going down that road
I'm going down that road
I'm going down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
I'm going down that road
I'm going down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better, better
Better keep your mouth shut, baby

Björk:
Give her some time

Tricky:
Keep it close to your chest

Björk:
Give her some space
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
I'm going down that road
I'm going down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better, better, better, better
Better keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to the rest

Bjork:
Icelandic?

Tricky:
Mother, I'm hungry
Mother, I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Father, will you feed me
Mother, I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Mother, I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Mother, I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me

Björk:
How you reacted was right
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Not going down that road
Not going down that road
Not going down that road

Björk:
Give her some time
Give her some space

Tricky:
Not going down that road
Not going down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right
Ooohh

Tricky:
Not going down that road
Not going down that road
Not going down that road
Not going down that road
Mother, I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Not going down that road
Not going down that road

It's best you keep....
Best you keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to your chest
It's best you keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to your chest
It's best....
Not going down...
Not going down...

Björk:
?

Tricky:
Keep your mouth shut, baby

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I Be The Prophet
   
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Tricky:
I can't relax I need to meditate
Yeah, I'll make 'em wait
I can't relax I need to meditate
Yeah I'll make 'em wait
Time moves in numbers
I count the summers, direct the drummers
I can't relax I need to meditate
Yeah, I'll make 'em wait
Time moves in numbers
I count the summers, direct the drummers
Tell me you don't feel nothing
Would you like to ride on my train or
Would you like to drink from my vein?
My vibe's just a fuckin' feeling
I see the ceiling
And adjust to such a feeling
I be the prophet, slay me then we'll cross it
I'm ready on the other side
I'm already on the other side
I'm already on the other side
I'm already on the other side

Martina:
I can't relax I need to meditate
I'll make them wait
Time moves in numbers
I count the summers, direct the drummers
Would you like to ride on my train or
Would you like to drink from my vein?
My vibe's just a feeling
I see the ceiling
And adjust to such a feeling
I be the prophet, slay me then we'll cross it
I'm already on the other side
I'm already on the other side
I'm already on the other side

Tricky and Martina:
I can't relax I need to meditate
Yeah I'll make 'em wait
Time moves in numbers
I count the summers, direct the drummers
Time moves in numbers
I count the summers, direct the drummers
Tell me you don't feel nothing
Would you like to ride on my train or
Would you like to drink from my vein?
My vibe's just a feeling
I see the ceiling
And adjust to such a feeling
I be the prophet, slay me then we'll cross it
I'm already on the other side


from: nearly godi be the prophet
source: I Be The Prophet inlay
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Make A Change
   
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Alison Moyet:
Make a change for Maisey
She don't understand the daisy
Without different days
There be no baa baa baa baa baa baa black sheep
'Cause Maisey's not a slave
Break away the chains
You know nothing else remains
No more last night
No more last night

If you come alone realize
Realize
Stay for the A-train / hatred
Stay for the A-train / hatred
If I make a change for you
Who's gonna make a change for me?
If i'm not with you
Who's it gonna be?
Wanna know my real reason
Wanna know my real truth
Wanna know my real reason

It's your turn to fuck the things that they say
It's your turn to fuck the things they say yeah
I will make the change fantastic
I will make the change fantastic
Fantastic, fantastic
Gonna make it last forever
Gonna make it last forever, forever
Take it from me
Then its time to sever, sever
Seize the chance to change
Seize the chance to change
Seize the chance to change
I'm going, I'm going to
I'm going to, to
Make the change fantastic
Make the change fantastic
Fantastic


from:_nearly god
source: Always on the run
with corrections by Kerry
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Black Coffee
(written by Solomon Burke / P.F. Webster, originally performed by Ella Fitzgerald and others)
   
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Tricky:
One, one, two, one, one, two,
Move over, move over, yeah you heard what I said, move over

Martina:
I feel so lonely, haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor, and watch the door
And in between I drink black coffee
Love's a hand-me-down brew
I'll never know why sunday in this weekday room
I'm talking to the shadows, one o'clock till four
And Lord how slow the moments go
All I do is pour black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye,
I'm hanging out on monday,
But sunday dreams too dry
They say a man is born to go a lovin'
And a woman is born to weep and fret
To stay at home and drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes
I'm moody all the morning, moody all night
And in between I drink black coffee
Black coffee

from:_nearly god
source: lyricsdownload.com
originally performed by Sarah Vaughan (and others)
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Bubbles
   
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Terry Hall :
The first hundred years are the toughest
On this bubble
An open sky, flying high
Take a bride, get some trouble

Tricky :
The first one will do
I'm just passing through
The second one needs more
I've been here before
I've been here before
I've been here before

Terry Hall :
Springtime falls, summer calls
You slip and slide until you hit december
Believe my eyes, they'll bleed you dry
If I wasn't a genius
I'd lose my temper

Tricky :
The first one will do
Just passing through
The second one needs more
I've been here before
I've been here before
Wanna make me weak while you cry
It's not such a thing, because still you die
Gotta go I get high
Gotta go I get high
Deceiver deceived us
And I deceived them
Carry my troubles home
Married with the humble home

Terry Hall :
The first hundred years are the toughest
on getting smothered
Life is just one bloody thing
After another

from:_nearly god
source: Always on the run
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I Sing For You
   
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Cath Coffey:
We're the only ones here so speak your mind
I feed your appetite, now you feed mine
I sing for you, so you can find your way home

There's nothing to fear but fear itself
If you know how to look inside yourself
I sing for you

Forget all you learned from yesterday
If you learn how to change, you'll change today
I sing for you, so you can find your way home
I pray for you

And I breathe aside my impurities
But I can't take your insecurities
If you trust, then trust me now
Can you trust?

Cath Coffey and Dedi Madden:
Round and round together, round and round forever
Pray for me, pray for me, so I can find my way home

Cath Coffey:
Leave me now, so I can be alone
Can you be alone?

Cath Coffey and Dedi Madden:
We're the only ones here so speak your mind
I feed your appetite, now you feed mine
I sing for you, so you can find your way home

There's nothing to fear but fear itself
If you know how to look inside yourself
I sing for you

Forget all you learned from yesterday
If you learn how to change, you'll change today
I sing for you, so you can find your way home
I pray for you

And I breathe aside my impurities
But I can't take your insecurities
If you trust, then trust me now
Can you trust?

Cath Coffey:
Round and round together, round and round forever
Pray for me, pray for me so I can find my way home
Leave me now, so I can be alone
Can you be alone?

from:_nearly god
source: Always on the run
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Yoga
   
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Tricky in the background:
I'm no mystic
She treats my 'tistic'
 A 'tastic'
Now I'm feeling fantastic

Bjork & Tricky:
Don't hold me
Don't forbid me
Just do it
Yoga, I leave it after you
Ooohhh

I'll find to get after you
(And I will do it for you)
Oooohh
I don't chance it
(And I will do for you)
All the pieces
I do yoga
All the people ....

Don't hold me down
Don't forbid me
I can want it

I'll slide around in seconds
Ooohh
I'll slide around and solve me
Ooohh
(And I will do for you)
I don't chance it
(And I will do for you)
I don't need the love to dance it
I don't chance it
I don't chance, at least the love's here

Just do it
Don't forbid me
Don't hold me down
I'm jumpin'

I'll stay and leave there
May though you come and leave there
I don't share it
Yoga after I go
and leave the lair
I'll send light, this sad soul laments
Ooohh
It can tell that I love, so I waste
Ooohh

I'll find how to get after you
I don't chance it
(fade out)


from:_nearly god
source: Always on the run
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