Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love Album Lyrics

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Black Summer

A lazy rain am I
The skies refuse to cry
Cremation takes its piece of your supply
The night is dressed like noon
A sailor spoke too soon
And China's on the dark side of the moon

(Hit me now)

Platypus are a few
The secret life of roo
A personality I never knew (get it on)
My Greta weighs a ton
The archers on the run
And no one stands alone behind the sun

It's been a long time since I made a new friend
Waitin' on another black summer to end
It's been a long time and you never know when
Waitin' on another black summer to end

Crack the flaming whip
A-sailing on a censorship
Riding on a headless horse to make the trip

Been a long time since I made a new friend
Waitin' on another black summer to end
It's been a long time and you never know when
Waitin' on another black summer to end

I been waitin'
I been waitin'
Waitin' on another black summer to end
I been waitin'
I been waitin'
Waitin' on another black summer to end
I been waitin'
I been waitin'
Waitin' on another black summer to end

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Here Ever After

I was brave and I love my cuz
She was wavin' that dope man up
Banged a mom 'cause I see no future
Sat her down when I poured that tea
I don't know 'cause I got big temper
Stick close to my rainbow side
Candy corn and that dancing leopard
That's all, folks, that's all

She's the kinda girl who make you wanna go faster now
She's the kinda girl who make you steal your child
She's the kinda girl, she's in the here ever after now
There's a cry for help and I don't deny

I don't know, but it's finally just one more mile
Peaches are sold and all giving up on that Humpty style
At the Caldwell 'cross from the black top, she's Eurasian, met her at the Quick Stop
We danced at Tito's Go Go, girlfriend's back, now she's gone solo

She's the kinda girl who make you wanna go faster now
She's the kinda girl who make you steal your child
She's the kinda girl, she's in the here ever after now
There's a cry for help and I don't deny

Wet my beak and I give it up to that drugstore nose
So unique and I live it up 'til that liquor store close
In the laundry, queen ballistic, mangy face with the messed up lipstick
My thing is blacked out loco, smoke and tears, now take my photo

She's the kinda girl who make you wanna go faster now
She's the kinda girl who make you steal your child
She's the kinda girl, she's in the here ever after now
There's a cry for help and I don't deny
I don't deny

Bangin' hard with those daddy issues, hanging out with that Chevron dude
Knocked her out, so I let her kiss you, redneck fights, ah, Hercules bit you
Big box, hoppin' on detox, fast food trash when you're livin' in the crosswalk
Catch me out like motel hoes do, blood on fries, now that's my go-to

She's the kinda girl who make you wanna go faster now
She's the kinda girl who make you steal your child
She's the kinda girl, she's in the here ever after now
There's a cry for help and I don't deny
I don't deny

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Aquatic Mouth Dance

Lookin' back at the years gone by
When The Message changed my life
Heavy metal, the nest was dead
Well, and the rappers gave delight
But I don't know who
Was looking out for anyone like me and you
A-maybe here with Siouxsie Sioux
Day to day was the way we play
Well, everyone needs to eat
Girl is gone and the front door too
Well, I guess we move our feet
And I don't know why
The color of your eyes was stolen from the sky
And earthquakes never need to lie

Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you now
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you

Everyone and their best friend knew
That the west was overdue
Growing out of the fertile dirt
Well, and the cracks kept fallin' through
But I don't know what I'm looking for
I only know the deepest cut
It's coming from my gut
Parking lot of the old Starwood
Where the Misfits like to go
Billy Zoom and his the silver string
Well, it might just be John Doe
Well, I don't know where
I'm gonna sleep tonight
Please tell me, can you spare
A pillow for my head and hair?

Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you now
Now's here, my love
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you now

Pucker up for the hologram
I better find out who I am
Let it out with a downtown scream
Because we need more space to jam
But I don't know how to turn it down
I end up being so damn loud
Ah, bend your brow, ah, bend it now
Prototropical Sunday nights
Smog flowers, they don't bite
Dirty skies never worked so hard
Better step to the Angels Flight
And I don't know if
The embers of my burning flame are from this spliff
The greatest gift, the greatest gift

Peppered up at the Cathay bash
And with a forty-five to split
Spilling beer is a good fountain
Just like the milk from a mother's tits
But I don't know slow
Someone has to come and teach me self-control
Or should I just say, "F*ck it", and we go?

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Not the One

I'm not the person that you thought I was
I'm not the one you thought you knew
I'd do most anything to make you think that I'm the one
I'd do it all to get to you

You see me as the perfect compliment
You think that I'm someone to choose
You see me in a way that makes me want to reinvent
A person I could turn into

Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna come
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna run
Blue strides are callin' and I can't stop fallin'
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna run

I don't look like myself in photographs
Long days of time have been unkind
I miss the you, the one that makes me want to redefine
I'm not the one you fell into
I'm not the one, the one for you

Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna come
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna run
Blue strides are calling and I can't stop fallin'
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I wanna run

Give me the love and I'll tell you when I'll wanna come
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I'll wanna run
Blue strides are calling and I can't stop fallin'
Give me the love and I'll tell you when I'll wanna run

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Poster Child

Melle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bell
When someone heard a rebel yell, I think it was an infidel
Adam Ant and Robert Plant were center of a sycophant

And used to buy Ulysses Grant to record at the Record Plant
Islamabad is on the nod, Havana at the riot squad
And if you want to be a Mod, you'll have to meet me at the quad

You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

Parliament's Atomic Dog that hats were filling up with fog
A talk about the life and death of every penny analog
The seventies were such a win, singing the Led Zeppelin
Lizzy lookin' mighty thin, the Thompson's had another twin

I thought I won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me
Ramones had a lobotomy, so spin me like a pottery

I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
La da da da, bum bum ba dum

A funky piece, the Sandinista, me and minor Mona Lisa
Judas Priest has whipped the beast, the mother love was named Teresa
Bubble gum, I come bazooka, dirty dandy nanda loop
A smoke banana in your hookah, now I know the band Ruca
Bernie Mac and Caddyshack were dusty as the bric-a-brac

And if you ask me for the time, I'll tell you that the future's back

You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

Steve Miller and Duran Duran, the Joker dancing in the sand
Van Morrison, the Astral man, the festival of hurricanes
Speak of Chico and the Man, the silence of a certain lamb
MC5 kick out the jam, a poncho full of contraband
Dairy Queen was on the scene on every preteen magazine
The Motorhead and mystic queen, I must've needed Valvoline

I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La da da da, bum bum ba dum

You got me on this
Well, then I can't get off
With no one else but you
You turn me on too
Well, then I can't get up, ooh
For no one else but you

Creem magazine, A Love Supreme, the ballad of a Billie Jean
And now we know the Status Quo, but God would never save the Queen
Dave Mushegain, Copenhagen, copper goose of Ronald Reagan
Dollar savers, Flavor Flav the cosmic moves are power saving
And my fist a double kissed unlisted number purplemist
The Chubby Checker do the twist, and everyone's a narcissist

You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

The waterbed was takin' meds, a beaver with the house of red
A fatty for the natty dread, a pocket full of Talking Heads
M.I.A.'s making paper planes, addiction to the ways of Janes
My stuff is made of purple rain, ten fingers in the lion's mane
Giant squid, Karate Kid, Sid Vicious in the Katie-did
The planet that we must forbid, the English speakers in Madrid

I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La da da da, bum bum ba dum
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La da da da, bum bum ba dum

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The Great Apes

She's a box car rollin' by
Like a black star in the sky
She's a failure once or twice
Like a trailer spinnin' out upon dizzy ice

Flowers fly when we grow old
Snakes get high, or so I'm told
She's an eagle out on the road
Like my favorite Beatle everyone bought and sold

All my love and half my kisses
Superstar don't do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails, but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free

She's a rain bird on the prowl
Like an urge to be yourself that you won't allow
She's a forest that we burned
Just a blueprint for a life that we never learned

Flowers fly when we grow old
Snakes get high, or so I'm told
She's a lynch mob on the street
Take another step and I will kill the beat

All my love and half my kisses
Superstar don't do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails, but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free

She's a bus stop, glockenspiel
She's a simulation life that you thought was real
She's an image that we blurred
It's a pixelated panther, now let it purr

All my love and half my kisses
Superstar don't do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails, but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free

I just want the great apes to be free
I just want the great apes to be free

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It's Only Natural

She was a London girl, knew enough now to get herself alright
He was a Southend boy, not enough smile, but he sure could fight
She was a daddy's girl, pride of all Brixton with dragon sight
But she can't go home tonight

It's only natural
And lovers will show you how to break it down
In spite of attraction, well
It's only natural
And people will show you how to break it down
In spite of your love, steady up

They were a perfect pair, a clash of two beauties and the rash of vein
Nobody knows just when lightning will strike but it always came

And she can't go home tonight
No, she can't go home tonight

It's only natural
And lovers will show you how to break it down
In spite of attraction, well
It's only natural
And people will show you how to take it down
In spite of your love, steady up

But she can't go home tonight

It's only natural
And lovers will show you how to break it down
In spite of attraction, well
It's only natural
And people will show you how to break it down
In spite of the love
It's only natural
And lovers will show you how to break it down
The perfect subtraction, well
It's only natural
And people will show you how to take it down
In spite of the love, steady up

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She's a Lover

The flower pink on the tree
But if you pick it to see
Will it be wild and free?
You say you wanted a piece
Is it for sale or for lease?
Oh, that's the easy police
(Come on down)
Outside the world within ya
Bend to the Woolf Virginia
Take to the bridge that's under
Hunt for the sun to wonder
Whatcha wanna do today?
I'm your favorite kid, let's play
Dedicated to the ones we serve
She's so full of learning curves
I, oh, I

She's a lover
She's a lover
She's a lover
She's a lover

Love me, love me
Wake up and hug me
I will be a torrid beast
Well, if you need me, need me
Wake up and squeeze me
Nothin' but a sweet relief
I, oh, I

And when I'm fallin' asleep
Please give me somethin' to keep
Me warm and kind of complete
Long time to go without ya
Try slow to know about ya
For now is my better
Less time in forever
Please, love, can I have a taste?
I just wanna lick your face
Any other day and I would say
You're Atlantis manta ray

She's a lover
She's a lover
She's a lover
She's a lover
She's a lover, unlimited love again
Gotta love her, unlimited love again
She's a lover, unlimited love again
Little lover, unlimited love again

Love me, love me
Wake up and hug me
I will be a torrid beast
Well, if you need me, need me
Wake up and squeeze me
Nothin' but a sweet relief
Look at you

Love me, love me
Wake up and hug me
I will be a torrid beast
Well, if you need me, need me
Wake up and squeeze me
Nothin' but a sweet relief
Nothin' but a sweet relief
I will be a torrid beast
I will be a torrid beast
I will be a torrid beast

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These Are the Ways

Make me a fist
Purple Mountain road that I can't miss
Have we all had enough?
Have we all had too much?
Lost in a dream
Please step down from your bully machine
Can we all back it up?
Can we all give it up?

These are the ways when you come from America
The sights, the sounds, the smells
These are the ways when you come from America
I don't wanna die and she's gonna take good care of ya
I just wanna thrive and there's gonna be hysteria

Don't be late
Walk us through the golden gate, yeah
Bruce and George
Singing for their own reward

Take me inside
Twenty-three windows and it's gonna be a long ride
All had enough?
Have we all had too much?
Sing me the blues
Cowgirl's tight in her basketball shoes
Can we all back it up?
Can we all give it up?

These are the ways when you come from America
The sights, the sounds, the smells
These are the ways when you come from America
I don't wanna die and she's gonna take good care of ya
I just wanna thrive and there's gonna be hysteria

Don't be late
Walk us through the golden gate, yeah
Bruce and George
Singing for their own reward

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Whatchu Thinkin'

I got no reason to believe
Just a theory that we do appease
I don't know what you want from me
Where you go to get your ecstasy
Start tapping rhythm from the source
Maybe I could be your Crazy Horse
We only wanted to be
We only wanted to be sure
What is it for?
Come get me
We only wanted to be
We only wanted to be

What you thinkin'?
Got more than enough for you, yeah
Over and over and over again, well
Over and over until it sends
What you thinkin'?
White buffalo be drinkin' dirty
Over and over and over again, well
Over and over with all my friends

I think the two of us should go
For a drive, like maybe Idaho
Road trip circuits just around the bend
I could be your beneficial friend
Call me every name in the book
Punk-ass fascist and a dirty crook
We only wanted to be
We only wanted to be sure
What is it for?
Come get me
We only wanted to be
We only wanted to be

What you thinkin'?
Got more than enough for you, yeah
Over and over and over again, yeah
Over and over until it sends
What you thinkin'?
White buffalo be drinkin' dirty
Over and over and over again now
Over and over with all my friends

I got these things in mind, you know
South Dakota, show the buffalo
In the Black Hills you could find it all
Blood runs thick like from a waterfall
This broken native entity
Dreaming clean-up on the century
This horse is crazy not to be
This horse is crazy

What you thinkin'?
Got more than enough for you, well
Over and over and over again, yeah
Over and over until it sends
What you thinkin'?
White buffalo be drinkin' dirty
Over and over and over again now
Over and over with all my friends

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Bastards of Light

Anything at all
Anything and I will find you
Anything at all
Can I be your first brawl?

Everyone that's there is someone
Everyone that's here is someone
Everyone, I swear, is someone's daughter

And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
When the bastards come to fight
And it won't be long before they carry me home
I'm the bastard of your light

When it's said and done
Meet me at the old meat market
When it's said and done
Can I please make you come?

Everyone that goes is someone
Everyone that throws is someone
Everyone that knows it's in the water

And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
When the bastards come to fight
And it won't be long before they carry me home
I'm the bastard of your light
And it feels so fine to know my shattering bones
When it's all those lefts and rights
And it won't be long before I'm buried alone
I'm the bastard of your light

I'll decorate your face
It's time to get it on
How does that crimson taste?
What, what, what, what?
It's time to bob and weave
You gotta move your feet
It's an honor to receive
Tomato cans on tap
Another dandy chap
How 'bout a canvas nap?
One, two, three, four

And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
When the bastards come to fight
And it won't be long before they carry me home
I'm the bastard of your light
And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
When the bastards come to fight
And it won't be long before they carry me home
I'm the bastard of your light

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White Braids & Pillow Chair

I'm a tangled tiger and I wanna rip it all to shreds
So I can ask it why
She's a loaded cobra and she wanted to be with me for the ride
In a Sunday diner, I'm reminded there's no finer place to kiss
Than one like this

But babe, I can see what's right with you
White braids and pillow chair
I could spend my nights with you
This pussy willow
Babe, I can see all sides of you
White braids and pillow chair
I don't know what I would do without your pillow

She's a Bobby Darin singing to the fish and herring sacrifice
Oh, that's her knife
There's a Karmann Ghiah parked out back and we believe it is alive, oh
You can see the river running through my devastated concrete eyes
They don't deny

But babe, I can see what's right with you
White braids and pillow chair
I could spend my nights with you
This pussy willow
Babe, I can see all sides of you
White braids and pillow chair
I don't know what I would do

California blue
Sing to you things to do
California blue
Sing to you
Deep Ventura sky
Rolling by, rolling why
Deep Ventura sky
Rolling by
Santa Cruz in June
Either blue, surf the moon
Santa Cruz in June
Surf the moon
San Francisco Bay
Safe to say, paved the way
San Francisco Bay
Paved the way

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One Way Traffic

Come from the sun in San Marino
Guess that makes me Angeleno
Friends got married, had them dogs
Now they read those catalogues
This commerce makes me nauseous
When did life get so damn cautious?
So I drive in search of smiles
XM on, let's check out Miles

This slice of life when you're out on the road
Is always extra nice when there's someone to hold

Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic jam?
Ayo, ayo
Spirographic anagram
Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic jam?
Ayo, ayo
Would you be mine?

Anyway, I was headed south
Taste of coffee in my mouth
Up that off-ramp 405
Angry drivers on both sides
Got a call from my good friend Dave
He said, "Yo, let's get that wave"
I said, "Yes, just tell me where"
Board's up top, wind in my hair
From the mind of Frida Kahlo
Show me love and I will follow
From the words of my old man
Conversations in the sand

This slice of life when you're out on the road
Is always extra nice when there's someone to hold

Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic jam?
Ayo, ayo
Spirographic anagram
Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic jam?
Ayo, ayo
Would you be mine?

I got a slice of life that's built for you
Oh, now, come and give me something to spread my bread onto
Time and time again, we get a window and a clue
Time and time again, life-changing rendezvous

Anyway, made a left on third
Got distracted, jumped that curb
Unaware and on her walk
I hit the brakes, made time to talk
She said, "Can I get that ride?"
Oh my God, just get inside
It was all that I imagined
Born to ride, enthusiasm
Packed our bags and headed west
PCH, I'm so impressed
My friends said, "Having fun yet?"
We drove off into the sunset

This slice of life when you're out on the road
Is always extra nice when there's someone to hold

Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic jam?
Ayo, ayo
Spirographic anagram
Ayo, ayo
Would you be my traffic ma'am?
Ayo, ayo
Would you be mine?

Would you be mine?
Would you be mine?
Would you be mine?
Would you be mine? (You know, woo)

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Veronica

My name is Veronica
I come from the South Side of Chicago
Remember my raincoat
We love you the same way, and
My life is a rope swing
Always heading back to from where I came
Got no need to blame you

Danger, danger
Everyone goes for a ride
Danger, danger
Everyone loses their mind

My name is Nebraska
I live in a matchbox of Omaha
It's nothin' fantastic
We love you the same way, and
You call me Maria
My life on the North Side of Miami
I might come and see ya

Danger, danger
Everyone goes for a ride
Danger, danger
Everyone loses their mind

My name is, "I Love You"
I come from the same place as everyone
Just lucky to be here
We love you the same way, and
This heart is relentless
I love you the most when you're down and out
Please come to my senses
'Cause we all play the same game

Danger, danger
Everyone goes for a ride
Danger, danger
Everyone loses their mind

Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my toll
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my soul
I don't want it to be broken up
I don't want it to be without love

This is the end
My passionate friend
My passionate friend
I send my love from, now
This is the end
My passionate friend
My passionate friend
Ayy, yeah, yeah, yeah
(I don't want it to be broken up) been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my soul
(I don't want it to be without love) been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time, yeah

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Let 'Em Cry

Cry, cry, let 'em cry
We don't need no reason why
I'ma touch you up with every loving rough emotion
Cry, cry, let 'em cry
Bleeding from my restless eye
Our laws are breaking
And no physics can define us
Tell my wife and dog
I'll be home at 3 AM
To kiss you in the mornin'
Cry, cry, let 'em cry
Know what I have deep inside
It's time to break free from the mouse trap when it's storming

Up, up the lover, we got the mother
Touch up the neighbor, she don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Nirvana
All I know is I feel fine
Up, up another, we got the cover
Touch up the Raiders, they don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Madonna
All I know is I feel fine

Shine, shine, let' em shine
Hit me with that lion's prize
Ten thousand heavens are about to shed their glory
Shine, shine, let 'em shine
Hit me with that Guggenheim
I'ma tell you everything and how to build a story
Trust in love, my man
You can feel it raining down so early when it's forming
Slide, slide, let it slide
My street is preoccupied
I'd like to kiss her face if I could only find her

Up, up the lover, we got the mother
Touch up the neighbor, she don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Nirvana
All I know is I feel fine
Up, up another, we got the cover
Touch up the Raiders, they don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Madonna
All I know is I feel fine

Cry, cry, let 'em cry
We don't need no reason why
I'ma touch you up with every loving rough emotion
Cry, cry, let 'em cry
Bleeding from my lefty eye
Our laws are breaking and no physics can define us

Up, up the lover, we got the mother
Touch up the neighbor, she don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Nirvana
All I know is I feel fine
Up, up another, we got the cover
Touch up the Raiders, they don't mind
Up, up the fauna, we got Madonna
All I know is I feel fine

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The Heavy Wing

Golden light streamin' from your eyes
Give me a piece of the real thing
And I live with you this life
Stripped and clean, a restless wolverine
An eloquent part of the whole dance
And I stray

Tell the whole world to slow down
We gotta get off and we gotta go 'round
Tell the whole world to roll down
The window is broken, forever unspoken
Only whenever

Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I come slow now for everything
The heavy wing
Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I bleed into your pleasantries
The memory
Chemistry

Death to rise, subtraction of advice
The criminal ties of my rival
And I'll roll these dice
Cold supply, scraping to get by
Blatantly flooding the low rise
And I'll throw this dice

Trace me now through your innocence
Tell me it's part of the program I started
Space me now through your citizens
Tell me it's part of the whole plan now
Bringing my slow hand

Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I come slow now for everything
The heavy wing
Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I bleed into your pleasantries
The memory
A chemistry

Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I come slow now for everything
The heavy wing
Oh, I know that it's only gold
And I bleed into your pleasantries
The memory
A chemistry

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Tangelo

When I'm with you, I feel like myself
No stranger, the shadow of somebody else
When I feel you holding my hand
I get touched, ain't this life grand?

But the form of a life is long never ending
And the smell of your hello, I know
And the smile of a knife is seldom befriending
And the smell of tangelo, I know

When I'm near you, I feel like a king
A life force inside to do anything
When I'm downtown, I pick up the phone
I hear you and I'm not alone

But the form of a life is long never ending
And the smell of your hello, I know
And the smile of a knife is seldom befriending
And the smell of tangelo, I know

But December came strong, the mending went wrong
And the clothes on the line never dried
And the crows on my hill came in for the kill
But the dream of this love never died

When I lost you out in that field
My crooked eyes could hardly conceal
Tell me one time and bring me my tray
Oh, let it go and now I must pray
Let's pray