lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ON THE INSIDE

(Rosanne Cash) « © '90 Chelcait Music, BMI »
We crawled night and day through the tears and debries
Now I'm reaching out to you but I'm keeping my hands clean
The tables are turning the tempo slows down
And we're gettin' off this misery-go-round
It's a brand new world baby now things have changed
A brand new picture in a brand new frame
A turn of the page with a blink of your eye
Our two steps in rhythm our hearts beatin' time
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

A critical moment I know you'd agree both of us separate but neither one free
We traded our papers for new walking shoes
But I had no idea how I'd feel without you
We watched it unravel we heard it unwind imprisoned by anger embittered by time
No one could tell me we'd be standing here today
Steeled by the fire and sealed by the pain
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

I'm holding on to you and I know you're holding on to me too
We gave it one more chance and found the key to romance
Now none of it happens like we think it should be
Hey it'd all be disaster if left up to me
By the power of love and protection divine
We found we hold hands through the darkness and then there was light
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside
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2.

DANCE WITH THE TIGER

(Rosanne Cash - John Stewart) « © '89 Chelcait Music, BMI / Bug Music, BMI / Bugle Publishing, BMI »
In every woman and man lies the seed of the fear
Of just how alone are all who live here
Denying the fear is the name of the game to stare at the fear is going insane
Forgiving the fear is one up on Cain is to dance with the tiger and laugh at the rain
Don't give me your life I have one of my own it was a brilliant idea inventing the home
Creatures of habit American fools reaching for stars while we're standing on stools
Letting it go is jumping the train is to dance with the tiger
Letting it go won't be the same it's the name of the game
Letting it go is to dance with the tiger and laugh at the rain
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3.

ON THE SURFACE

[ # 69 country hit ] (Rosanne Cash - Jimmy Tittle) « © '89 Chelcait Music, BMI / Bughouse, ASCAP / Wild Babies Music, ASCAP »
On the surface everything seems right no one notices the dimness of the light
For the world outside our door our smiles are oh so bright
On the surface everything's all right
We have the grace of actors on the stage
We orchestrate the moves that complement the play
But the things that we believe in we just throw them away
On the surface everything's okay
[ guitar ] We say goodnight and then we close our eyes
To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight
Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight
And on the surface everything's all right
What are you thinking tonight I don't know you (I don't know you) My words disappear in the night and there's no one there to notice
Maybe our lives will never be the same
But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today
I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away
But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay
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4.

REAL WOMAN

(Rodney Crowell - Rosanne Cash) « © '90 Coolwell Music, ASCAP / Sony Tunes, ASCAP / Chelcait Music, BMI »
I don't want to be a star I don't want to talk through glass
I don't want to check my appearance in your eyes
I don't need a million bucks baby it don't take much
I don't need to play the princess all the time
I want to be a real woman changing every day
I want to be a real woman real in every way I want to be a real woman

I don't want to be admired I don't want to take my smile
I don't want to use my charm to disarm you
You don't have to spin your wheels oh baby I know how that feels
You don't have to pass some test just to impress me
I want to be a real woman...

Real is how I deal with what I deal with
Real is how I feel when I know how I'm feelin'
[ guitar ] I don't want to be a man I just want to be what I am
I don't want to hide my light so yours keeps shining
If you don't want to face the truth then you're not gonna like what I do
You're not gonna make or break me so don't start trying
I want to be a real woman...
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5.

THIS WORLD

(Rosanne Cash) « © '89 Chelcait Music, BMI »
I read about this baby she got beat up by her dad
She was nine months old and he was a full grown man
She may have been learning how to crawl and he put a fist in her face
And the doctor said this baby's gone she can't be replaced
Now you read a lot of things in the daily news
But I'm laying awake at nights wondering what to do
I pray the Lord her soul to keep cause all down here are fast asleep
But I want to say this baby belongs to me and you
So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you
[ guitar ] Everyday when I wake up in this world and it's spinning out of control
Who's at the wheel seems no one knows
We're all just like a baby frightened and so sad
Feeling beat up by someone who looks like dad
Now you read a lot of things...
So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you
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6.

WHAT WE REALLY WANT

[ # 39 country hit ] (Rosanne Cash) « © '90 Chelcait Music, BMI »
We tried to make ourselves pay for something we've never done
We threw the best parts of life away on street talk strangers and drugs
What we really want is love what we really need is love
[ guitar ] I wanna call out your name I wanna hold out my hand
A woman silent in the mirror tonight wants to talk to your mirror man
And what they really want is love and what they really need is love
[ guitar ] We are ships in the night the water is deep in between
There is reason and we can't find the light so we sail off into our dreams
And what we really dream is love and what we really need is love
What we want is love what we need is love
[ guitar ] We tried to make it feel right in someone else's world
We sat and looked out my window last night
And knew that things had changed with this girl
Cause what I really found was love cause what we really need is love
What we really want is love what we really need is love
What we want is love what we need is love
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7.

MIRROR IMAGE

(Rosanne Cash) « © '88 Chelcait Music, BMI »
A cold night and the wind keeps blowin' a cold heart here but no one knows it
I look at you and I see myself down that lonely road
A woman frozen and a man still on fire the crime of fear and the pain and desire
You and me and the mirror between us that begs to explode
No one feels better now no one really tries no one gets to the truth past these eyes
[ dobro ] Old memories linger still a cup of coffee and a dollar bill
Lay on the table like a fortune waiting for us to read
But no news seeps in today the old blues decide to stay
No passion breaks this train running through my mind
No one feels better now no one really cares no one takes time to look they just stare
No one feels better now no one makes it through
No one gets past these eyes to the truth
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8.

LAND OF NIGHTMARES

(Rosanne Cash - Vince Melamed) « © '88 Chelcait Music, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I love you till I just can't feel I need you till it makes me numb
We hang on a noose of subtle abuse like there's nothing to fear
Living in the land of nightmares
The ocean's calm outside my door the storm rages inside my head
In perfect control so no one could know I smile but I'm not even there
Living in the land of nightmares
[ keyboards ] A vision full of sound and light I think she's holdingback the night
With bitter desire she stoops to conspire she is the reason I'm here
Living in the land living in the land of nightmares
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9.

I WANT A CURE

(Rosanne Cash) « © '89 Chelcait Music, BMI »
Distance makes the heart start wondering absence makes the anger grow
The world may just be spinning through us and separation lets it show
I walk away the fear and anger I'm talking through the tears each day
I push myself to points of danger but nothing makes it go away
I want a cure a mental geographical cure a phiysical chemical
Sugar or shopping drinking or dropping the emotional highs of my life in disguise
There's one thing for sure I want a cure
[ guitar ] Love seems like a fancy theory fame a substitude for friends
Those who love me can't get near me those who don't are moving in
A heart is like a broken window pain depends on point of view
The world may just be slowly stopping and no one knows but me and you
I want a cure...
Where no one can see me no one knows how I'm feeling
[ guitar ] I want a cure...
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10.

PARALYZED

(Rosanne Cash) « © '88 Chelcait Music, BMI »
I picked up the phone you were both on the line
Your words to each other froze me in time
A lifetime between us just burnt on the wires
Dissolved in a dial tone consumed in your fires
Your footsteps beside me the phone in my hand I can't move I can't stand
[ piano ] Our faces in places facades on the floor
The pretense between us for a moment destroyed
I don't want to go on with these words in my heart
But the ghost of your anger will tear us apart
Now my little world just went up in smoke I'm too young I'm too old
One day soon I'll know one day soon I'll just let it go
I run from the bedroom with legs paralyzed
I carve out my future part prophet part blind
It's nobody's business no one is to blame
We'll meet in the distance new numbers new names
I've lifted the veil I've walked through the fire I'll move on I'll go higher
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