i tell you how i feel, but you don't care
i say tell me the truth but you don't care
you say love is a hell you cannot bear
and i'll say gimme mine back and then go there- for all i care
i got my feet on the ground and i don't go to sleep to dream
you got you're head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem
this mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
so don't forget what i told you, don't come around, i got my own hell to raise
i have never been so insulted in all my life
i could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride
first you run like a fool just to be at my side
and now you run like a fool, but you just run to hide, and i can't abide
(chorus)
don't make it a big deal, don't be so sensitive
we're not playing a game anymore, you don't have to be so defensive
don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain
don't even show me your face, cuz it's a crying shame
take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim-
and don't forget the blame
(chorus)
Shadow Boxer
once my lover, now my friend
what a cruel thing to pretend
what a cunning way to condescend
once my lover, now my friend
oh, you creep up like the clouds
and you set my soul at ease
then let your love abound
and you bring me to my knees
oh, it's evil, babe, the way you let your
grace enrapture me
when well you know, i'd be insane-
to ever let that dirty game enrapture me
you made me a shadow boxer, baby
i wanna be ready for what you do
i been swinging all around me
'cause i don't know when you're
gonna make your move
oh, your gaze is dangerous
and you fill your space so sweet
if i let you get too close
you'll set your spell on me
so darlin' i just wanna say
just in case i don't come through
i was on to every play
i just wanted you
but, oh, it's evil, my love, the way you've
no reverence to my concern
so i'll be sure to stay wary of you, love
to save the pain of
once my flame and twice my burn
(repeat chorus)
Criminal
i've been a bad bad girl
i've been careless with a delicate man
and it's a sad sad world
when a girl will break a boy
just because she can
don't you tell me to deny it
i've done wrong and i want to
suffer for my sins
i've come to you cause i need
guidance to be true
what i need is a good defense
'cause i'm feelin' like a criminal
and i need to be redeemed
to te one i've sinned against
because he's all i ever knew of love
heaven help me for the way i am
save me from these evil deeds before i get them done
i know tomorrow brings the consequense
at hand
but i keep this livin' day like
the next will never come
oh help me but don't tell me
to deny it
i've got to cleanse myself
of all these lies till i'm good
enough for him
i've got a lot to lose and i'm
bettin' high
so i'm beggin' you before it ends
just tell me where to begin
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