Nikka Costa - Pebble To A Pearl (2008) by Nikka Costa (보컬) on maniadb.com

If you a star
I be your milky way
If you a bar
I drink up everyday
If you the town
I be the talk
If you the talk
Baby
I be the walk

If you wanna dig
I be your gold baby
If you wanna live
I be your old age
You be the time
I be the clock
You be the tick
I be the tock

If you wanna race
I run like crazy
If you wanna ride
I drive ya daily
If you a beach
I be the sand
You wanna give
I be your hand

[Chorus: x8]
You got me
Stuck to you

If you a case
I be a jury
If you a sin
I be your mercy
If you a beat
I be the moves
If you a tree
Baby
I be the roots

If you made
For walkin'
I be your boots

If you a bride
I be your wedding
If you a soul
I be
Your Otis Redding
If you a verse
I be your song
If you a king
I be your kong

[Chorus: x8]

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

Headed
For a breakdown
(Headed
For a breakdown)
I'm a fool
I'm a clown
(She's a fool
She's a clown)
But you
Stuck me so good
That's right
I been shot down

[Chorus: x16]

Stuck it to me
Good now
Baby
I'm stuck to you

Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon
Clap hands
C'mon (C'mon)
You got me
Stuck to you

Bendin' over backwards
You walk on shells like a prisoner
But it's shaky ground when you livin'
In a house of cards

Your nerves are shot
You can barely cope
(You're) spread so thin like a tightrope
Trippin' over yourself to make sure
You never miss a mark

[Chorus]
Don't you know
You can't please everybody
No you can't please everybody
No matter how hard ya try

What you lookin' at me for
I used my tears to mop the floor
One stick one stone ain't enough to make me fall apart

Somebody waits for you with a crown
And somebody else wants to take ya down
It don't matter which side of the fence
That you choose to ride

[Chorus]

You need someone to hold your hand
Someone to understand
But you tiptoin' tryin' to find it's just a waste of time
So many people up in your face
Only hold ya back
Only slow your pace
You'll lose it if ya keep on tryin'

Hey hey hey

[Chorus]

Baby girl too shy to shine
Let everybody else take the light
Didn't want to burn too bright
So she kept it all inside

Little girl go beat your drum
Go and see what all you can become
Playin' small don't serve no one
Face your fears and you will overcome

'Cause the tears that we been cryin'
Been workin' overtime

It's about time that we got our joyful
That we got our joyful on

Don't be afraid to live out loud
Never squash who you are be proud
You're a universal sound
Whatcha gotta say, say it loud

Baby don't ya act demure
So nobody else feels insecure
Be yourself and liberate the world
Don't ya be a pebble be a pearl

Where is my someone
Who'll always understand
The person who'll give everything
Just to take my hand
What if I never feel it
What if I never know
And what if it just gets easier
To spend this life alone

Rollin' with the punches
Hope my black and blue don't show
Put the bright in my eyes
So no one ever knows
How I feel on rainy days
Or what I'd do to have always
My hopes are almost suffocating
But inside I know there's...

Someone for everyone ooh
Someone for everyone

There's got to be more
Than just getting thru the day
But I don't want to settle
Just to numb the pain away
I'm holdin' out for everything
The obvious and in betweens
And some say pride lets heartache in
But inside I just know there's

[Chorus]
Go ahead and cry baby
Cry baby all night long
Just like I cried baby
On the pillow that you used to lay on

The sun is out and my
Sorrows finally drowned
So go on and turn it up
"Cause it's my favorite song
I sucked it up
And washed your memory down
I've finally let you go
And now you comin' back around

One minute sooner and my heart
Was good as gold
But time's a bitch and now it's
Turned my heart to stone, so

[Chorus]

You made our bed
And now I gladly lay in it
"Cause there's way more room
And I use every single bit
It's true it's sad
"Cause you and I we were the shit
"Cause our love was real
And all you got now's counterfeit

But it's cool I'm feelin' better all the time
As long as I know that you sittin' home cryin' , so

[Chorus]

No wonder you cry baby
Cry baby all night long
Just like I cried baby
On the pillow that you used to lay on

One minute sooner and my heart
Was good as gold
But time's a bitch and now it's
Turned my heart to stone, so

[Chorus]

Need a little something to make me feel better
Need a little something to make me feel better

Tired of oozing sentimental like a candy store
Tears trickling down like blood from a sore
"Cause your sun don't shine anymore
It's just a manufactured star on a worldwide tour

C'mon try to touch somebody with your ten foot pole
Microwave yourself put some fire in your soul
Instant joy being bottled and sold
It's a new generation wearin' a sugar coat

What you so busy lookin' for
When you know you're already there
But we keep wanting more
Yeah we keep wanting more
But we end up with less

Watch the smoke you blowin' don't inhale the fumes
So busy flossin' but it don't get to the root
I'm so sick of tryin' to consume
Another one trick pony singing in my living room

When the man's
Got ya down
Ain't no love
To be found

[Chorus]
Keep pushin' keep pushin'
Keep pushin' keep pushin'

When the sky
Fallin' in
Feel like
You'll never win

[Chorus]

When ya try
To get ahead
But ya fall
Back instead

[Chorus]

When the lies
Outweigh the truth
Feel like nothing
You can do

[Chorus]

I have lived among the non-believers
They'll tell ya that it can't be done
The fool will have you second guess the dreamer
But I'd rather be the one that tried
So I'm just goin' keep on

When the world's
Cavin' in
You can barely
Find a friend

[Chorus]

When they say
Go away
We don't need
No one like you

[Chorus]

When ya hangin'
By a thread
Dig your heels
In instead

[Chorus]

I have lived among the non-believers
They'll tell ya that it can't be done
The fool will have you second guess the dreamer
But I'd rather be the one that tried
So I'm just goin' keep on

People wanna know
Why I'm so persistent
Swim against the tide
Resisting the system
Don't I wanna be ridin' the charts
All she gotta do is forget about art

Shakin' their fingers but I'm holdin' steady
Goin' bout my bi'ness I'll wait till they're ready
Keeping my truth in whatever I do
Makin' sure the light inside of me
Still shines through

You can't keep a home
And you can't repay a loan
And both your cars have just been repossessed
I'd love to love you less

When we're alone
Half the time you're on the phone
Well maybe baby if I sent it in a text
I'd love to love you less

Much to my horror
You ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
It's a good thing my friends ain't hard to impress
I'd love to love you less

Oh but I'd be sad I'd be blue
And if you left I'd cry about you
But I'd eventually forget
If it wasn't for this tattoo
You made me get

Oh but look what you made me do
Now I'm stuck with you
And so is everyone who'll ever see me undressed
I wish I loved you less

Oh what can I say what can I do
My heart can't help but pound for you
And no matter how hard I try
And Lord knows how hard I've tried
Your hold on me just won't undo

But don't you cry for me
I've always had weak knees
For somebody who can go all night
Without rest
I'd love to love you less
I must confess I'd love to love you less
Oh yes I'd love to love you less

A flame can put a light in your heart
But burn you just the same
You will gamble any price at the start
But in the end the game

Leaves ya cold and alone
While you wait by the phone
Without love

You can count on many things in your life
You can count the times you choose
You can try and try once more to make
Things right
But in the end you'll lose

When you give everything
Just get heartache and pain
Again

Without love you'll never catch me cryin'
Without love I'd never feel like dyin'
I'd have blue skies and dry eyes
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you

For everyone who's been in love before
I don't need to explain
When you hear that knock upon your door
You just can't open it again

'Cause you finally moved on
You're better off on your own
Without love

Without love you'll never catch me down
Without love no tears would hit the ground
I'd have sunshine, I'd be fine
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you
Without love I'd have everything but you

When you give everything
Just get heartache and pain
'Cause you finally moved on
You're better off on your own
Without love

You'll never catch me cryin'
Without love I'd never feel like dyin'
I'd have blue skies and dry eyes
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you

You'd never catch me down
Without love no tears would hit the ground
I'd have sunshine, I'd be fine
I wouldn't miss a thing
Without love I'd have everything but you
Without love I'd have everything but you

Why is it when I get with you
I lose my cool
And end up playin' myself this way
I can raise a baby, get paid and captivate
So why I let you make me crazy

When we're lyin' here I'm in deep
I disappear
You got me feelin' oh, oh, oh
But nothing rips out of bliss like
An accidental slip
Now he knows I'm whipped

What'd I say that for?
Damn I said it first
Why'd I say it first?
Damn I said it first

I know better than to show my hand
I understand don't jump the gun
Just play the game
I spoke too soon and now I'm wonderin'
Does he or doesn't he feel the same

I could kick myself for all that
Comin' out my mouth
I'd take it back if I could
I couldn't hold it in, hold my breath
Just pretend
He just makes me feel too good

What'd I say that for?
Damn I said it first

Now my head's in my hands
Ladies you understand
When you profess to your man
He'll run for cover

The air's getting thicker
He's getting dressed quicker
Ya start to feel sick
"Cause you said I love ya

Now it's too late
You'll just have to wait
Nothin' you can say
Goin' make it better

Three little words
Come out and shake up your world
And now you're freaky and needy
"Cause you said I love ya

Damn I said it first

I hear the people talk
Whistlin' when you walk
Your kind is all hard to find and
Darling I'm glad you're mine
Just wanna let you know that
I'll never let you go
I'm cool as I can be
Knowing you belong to me

Loving you
In the morning
Loving you
In the evening
Loving you
You are all there is
And then some

You call me on the phone
You say Nikka what's going on?
I jump off in my ride
'Cause I want you by my side
Now I can hardly wait
Till I get to your gate
Nothing can brake our date
'Cause baby you take the cake

You are all there is
And then some
You are all there is
And then some

I never leave you alone
You gave me a jones
I'm hooked just on your hug
A junkie now for your love
Now I can hardly wait
Till I get to your gate
Nothing can brake our date
'Cause baby you take the cake

When your faith lights the canon
When your pride is pulling triggers
And nobody is left standing
Tell me where's the God in that

You can say the war is over
Try and sell that to a mother
Sent away her heart and got back a stone
Now it's quieter than she's ever known

Takes one second to breathe in and out
One decision to believe or doubt
One heart beating echoes in a crowd
Cryin' for change and only tears get out

Mam's cryin' bullets in the sky
Raining, raining tears on each side
Fight for love don't love the fight
Mama's cryin' bullets in the sky

Now the fewer and the braver
Hope and pray their faith won't waiver
Then fate taps them on the shoulder
A blink of an eye

The path of fear we're being led to tread
Is paved with wasted life