Tracy Chapman


Albumi:


Tracy Chapman (1988)

   1. Talkin' Bout a Revolution
   2. Fast Car
   3. Across the Lines
   4. Behind the Wall
   5. Baby Can I Hold You
   6. Mountains o' Things
   7. She's Got Her Ticket
   8. Why?
   9. For My Lover
  10. If Not Now...
  11. For You

Crossroads (1989)

   1. Crossroads
   2. Bridges
   3. Freedom Now
   4. Material World
   5. Be Careful of My Heart
   6. Subcity
   7. Born to Fight
   8. A Hundred Years
   9. This Time
  10. All That You Have Is Your Soul

Matters Of The Heart (1992)

   1. Bang Bang Bang
   2. So
   3. I Used to Be a Sailor
   4. The Love That You Had
   5. Woman's Work
   6. If These Are the Things
   7. Short Supply
   8. Dreaming on a World
   9. Open Arms
  10. Matters of the Heart

New Beginning (1995)

   1. Heaven's Here on Earth
   2. New Beginning
   3. Smoke and Ashes
   4. Cold Feet
   5. At This Point in My Life
   6. The Promise
   7. The Rape of the World
   8. Tell It Like It Is
   9. Give Me One Reason
  10. Remember the Tinman
  11. I'm Ready

Telling Stories (2000)

   1. Telling Stories
   2. Less Than Strangers
   3. Speak the Word
   4. It's Ok
   5. Wedding Song
   6. Unsung Psalm
   7. Nothing Yet
   8. Paper and Ink
   9. Devotion
  10. The Only One
  11. First Try

Collection (2001)

   1. Fast Car [Tracy Chapman 1988]
   2. Subcity  [Crossroads 1989]
   3. Baby Can I Hold You [Tracy Chapman 1988]
   4. The Promise [New Beginning 1995]
   5. I'm Ready  [New Beginning 1995]
   6. Crossroads [Crossroads 1989]
   7. Bang Bang Bang  [Matters Of The Heart 1992]
   8. Telling Stories [Telling Stories 2000]
   9. Smoke And Ashes  [New Beginning 1995]
  10. Speak The Word  [Telling Stories 2000]
  11. Wedding Song  [Telling Stories 2000]
  12. Open Arms [Matters Of The Heart 1992]
  13. Give Me One Reason [New Beginning 1995]
  14. Talkin' Bout A Revolution [Tracy Chapman 1988]
  15. She's Got Her Ticket [Tracy Chapman 1988]
  16. All That You Have Is Your Soul  [Crossroads 1989]


Let It Rain (2002)

   1. Let It Rain
   2. Another Sun
   3. You're the One
   4. In the Dark
   5. Almost
   6. Hard Wired
   7. Say Hallelujah
   8. Broken
   9. Happy
  10. Goodbye
  11. Over in Love [instrumental]

Where You Live (2005)

   1. Change
   2. Talk to You
   3. 3,000 Miles
   4. Going Back
   5. Don't Dwell
   6. Never Yours
   7. America
   8. Love's Proof
   9. Before Easter
  10. Taken
  11. Be and Be Not Afraid
  12. Lose Your Love (Bonus track on the Japanese version)

Talkin' Bout a Revolution

Don't you know
Their talkin' about a revolution
It sound like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It's sounds like a whisper

While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know
Their talkin' about a revolution
It sound like a whisper

Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

Don't you know
You better run, run, run...
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run...
And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin'about revolution

Yes finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin'about revolution oh no

While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know
Their talkin' about a revolution
It sound like a whisper

And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin'about revolution

Yes finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin'about revolution oh no
Talkin'about revolution oh no
Talkin'about revolution oh no

Fast Car

You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
His body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

So remember when were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
We go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

So remember when were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
I got a job that pays 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
Thought maybe together you and me find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So remember when were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way

Across The Lines

Across the lines, who would dare to go
Under the bridge, over the tracks
That seperates whites from blacks
Choose sides or run for your lifes, tonight the riots begin

On the back streets of America
They kill the dream of America

Little black girl gets assaulted, ain't no reason why
Newspaper prints the story, and racist tempers fly
Next day it starts a riot, knives and guns are drawn
Two black boys get killed, one white boy goes blind

Across the lines, who would dare to go
Under the bridge, over the tracks
That seperates whites from blacks
Choose sides or run for your lifes, tonight the riots begin

On the back streets of America
They kill the dream of America

Little black girl gets assaulted, don't no one know her name
Lots of people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame

Across the lines, who would dare to go
Under the bridge, over the tracks
That seperates whites from blacks
Choose sides or run for your lifes, tonight the riots begin

On the back streets of America
They kill the dream of America

Behind The Wall

Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
Won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all

Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
Won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all

And when they arrive
they say they can't interfere
With domestic affairs
Between a man and his wife
And as they walk out the door
The tears well up in her eyes

Last night I heard the screaming
Then a silence that chilled my soul
Prayed that I was dreaming
When I saw the ambulance in the road

And the policeman said
"I'm here to keep the peace
Will the crowd disperse
I think we all could use some sleep"

Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
Won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all

Baby Can I Hold You

Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry

Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine

I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine

Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
You'd be mine
You'd be mine....

Mountains O' Things

The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a life of ease
And mountains Oh mountains o' things
To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention
And mountains Oh mountains o' things
Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you'll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money's worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o' nothing at birth
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won't die lonely
I'll have it all prearranged
A grave that's deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o' things
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It's gonna take all my mountains o' things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a life of ease
And mountains Oh mountains o' things
I'll be dreaming, dreaming... Dreaming...

She's Got Her Ticket

She's got her ticket
I think she gonna use it
I think she going to fly away
No one should try and stop her
Persuade her with their power
She says that her mind is made
Up

Why not leave why not
Go away
Too much hatred
Corruption and greed
Give your life
And invariably they leave you with
Nothing

Young girl ain't got no chances
No roots to keep her strong
She's shed all pretenses
That someday she'll belong
Some folks call her a runaway
A failure in the race
But she knows where her ticket takes her
She will find her place in the sun

And she'll fly, fly, fly...

Why

Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free

But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Amidst all these questions and contradictions
There're some who seek the truth

Tell me,

Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free

But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth

Tell me,

Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free

For My Lover

Two weeks in a Virginia Jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover

And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you

The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...

Everyday I'm psycoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover

And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you

The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...

I follow my heart
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake

I follow my heart
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make

Two weeks in a Virginia Jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover

Everyday I'm psycoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover

And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you

The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...