Letras Tracy Chapman

8/13/2019 Letras Tracy Chapman

1/8

ALMOST Tracy Chapman

Almost got what I want

Almost found what I lost

Almost saved you and myself

Almost won but it doesn!"t countAnd never does

#ever does

One green light

One more ring of the telephone

One more step

One more second

And I almost

Almost

Almost got what I wantAlmost found what I lost


Almost won but it doesn!"t count

And never does

#ever does

One hello

$ust one %iss before the tears come

One yes

One chance

And I almost

Almost almost almost





And never does

#ever does

One day one year&'((( wee%s

A life of good wor%s and good deeds

Let me be let me be closer

Or let me be

Let me be

Let me be

)hen I!"ve almost got what I want


Almost saved you and myselfAlmost won but it doesn!"t count

And never does

#ever does

One good guess

A *uestion with an answer that I %now

One ideaOne grand notion

And I almost

Almost almost almost





And never does

#ever does

#ever does#ever does


2/8

L+T IT ,AI# Tracy Chapman

Let it rain

As I wal% these streets un%nown

To no one named

#ot even myself)hen I!"m low

-ive me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

-ive me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

Let it go

#o mother no father no home.orget as all others

/ave forgotten

)hen I!"m alone

0ut give me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

-ive me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

Let it come

Love that lifts me up

1ain that brings me down

+verything I!"d ever want and

don!"t

)hen I!"m not strong

0ut give me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most-ive me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

Let it rain

Let it flood these streets and wash me

away

To where it ma%es no difference who I

am

Or what the future holds

)hen I don!"t %now

0ut give me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most

-ive me hope

That help is coming

)hen I need it most


3/8

A#OT/+, S2# Tracy Chapman

Trouble won!"t find me

Sorrow won!"t call

Sadness will turn away

Searching for a new soul/ardship won!"t come by

All pain will cease

Somebody will ta%e my place

And suffer for me

If I never see another sun



Another sun another sun

If no love will comfort meIf no %ind words come

To offer hope or peace

)hen I have fallen

If I be a stranger

.riend of no one

I!"ll gladly ta%e my place

In the world beyond





If I lay down and wa%e to see

The bright light of the morn

,ise up every day

To blind beat and burn

Show me no mercy

.or need or want

Let somebody ta%e my place

)hen the new day dawns






4/8

0,O3+# Tracy Chapman

4ou can close your eyes

And see a picture perfect life

Inside of your mind5reaming only of the days ahead

)anted and wished for more than now

Or the days behind

4ou waste your time

The picture ma%es a promise

The flesh lets it be bro%en



4ou can never thin%4ou can!"t even stop yourself

0efore the words have been spo%en

And you!"ve already said

4ou would give everything

And something for nothing

+verybody thin%s you!"re 6o%ing





4ou want to be the one

Made over be your own

0efore and after

And a supermar%et

0eauty in a bottle *ueen

)ho!"ll one day grace a chec%7out

counter

Maga8ine front cover

Though the fine print reads





Lets it be bro%en

Lets it be bro%en

Lets it be bro%en

Lets it be bro%en

Lets it be bro%en0ro%en

0ro%en

)hen your life is never what you

wanted

#ot even halfway normal

$ust tarnished and soiled)hen in your reach

A framed and fro8en moment

So far from perfection

#ot truth or transcendence

)ill set you free

Still you don!"t believe






5/8

-OO504+

.or you

It!"s all in a day

One day in a life

It!"s all in the one wordThe one word is goodbye

.or me

It!"s all in what you say

Though you!"ve tried to be %ind

It!"s all in the words

.rom the lips that once touched mine

with a sigh

-oodbye

.or youIt!"s all in your face

The laugh and worry lines

It!"s all in the one word

4ou hope will ma%e you young again

-oodbye

It!"s all in the play

Someone spea%s the line

It!"s all in the one word

That stops and steals the time

-oodbye

-oodbye

-oodbye

.or me

It!"s all in a day

It!"s the part in life

)hen it!"s all in the words

To fate and circumstance resigned

-oodbye

/A114 Tracy Chapman

Should be happy to be loved

/appy to be

2nburdened by the thought

I could still be lonely

I thin% you!"re the one

+veryone agrees

0ut some can see the face of love

And turn away in disbelief

+very time we get close


6/8

I 6ust run

And the wind on my face

Last rays of the sun

Shine on my s%in

My heart slow me down

Is all that I can feelAll that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel


/appy to be

)ith someone who %nows

And understands me


+veryone agrees

0ut some can touch the hand of loveAnd pull away in disbelief


I 6ust run



Shine on my s%in


Is all that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel


/appy to be

1ossessed by nothing but

A heart that!"s chosen freely


+veryone agrees

0ut some can feel the grace of love

And wal% away in disbelief


I 6ust run



Shine on my s%in


Is all that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

All that I can feel

Should be happy to be loved/appy to be


/appy to be


7/8

I AM 4O2,S Tracy Chapman

)hen all my hopes and dreams

/ave been betrayed

I stand before youMy hands are empty

I am yours

If you are mine

)hen I fall and stumble

.lat on my face

)hen I!"m shamed and humbled

In disgrace

I am yoursIf you are mine

)hen voices call me

To *uestion my faith

)hen misperception

Taints my love with hate

I am yours

If you are mine

)hen time decides

It won!"t stop for me

)hen the haw%s and vultures

Are circling

I am yours

If you are mine


8/8

.O, 4O2 Tracy Chapman

#o words to say#o words to convey

This feeling inside I have for you

5eep in my heart

Safe from the guards

Of intellect and reason

Leaving me at a loss

.or words to e9press my feelings

5eep in my heart

5eep in my heartLoo% at me losing control

Thin%ing I had a hold

0ut with feelings this strong

I:m no longer the master

Of my emotions

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