Beverley Knight

Written By Knight/McIntosh

I never see you anymore, you're absent without leave

In life I learned a lot of things and what it brings to ya
And how it's good to be alone sometimes
I should've known you'd get an itch and you would switch on me
And runaway when day turned into night

'cause you're a good time sister, always out for something better
Just when I need a friend, you're absent without leave
Good time brother, called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend, you're absent without leave

So many people that I found say they're down with ya
Then like a ship they sail on with a breeze
See in the sun, they get a touch and it's too much for 'em
They fall around you like the winter leaves

A little rain and they would run for cover (I can still remember)
When no one else could see the need to shelter (How could I forget?)
And knowing better times were round the corner (O I can still remember)
So now when summer skies turn into grey, here's what I say

Chorus (x2)

I never hear I never see you
I never hear I never see you no more (x3)

Chorus (x3)

Written By Knight/McIntosh

I never see you anymore, you're absent without leave

In life I learned a lot of things and what it brings to ya
And how it's good to be alone sometimes
I should've known you'd get an itch and you would switch on me
And runaway when day turned into night

'cause you're a good time sister, always out for something better
Just when I need a friend, you're absent without leave
Good time brother, called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend, you're absent without leave

So many people that I found say they're down with ya
Then like a ship they sail on with a breeze
See in the sun, they get a touch and it's too much for 'em
They fall around you like the winter leaves

A little rain and they would run for cover (I can still remember)
When no one else could see the need to shelter (How could I forget?)
And knowing better times were round the corner (O I can still remember)
So now when summer skies turn into grey, here's what I say

Chorus (x2)

I never hear I never see you
I never hear I never see you no more (x3)

Chorus (x3)

Intuition I could not ignore
Came to help me in my time of danger
Wasn't easy walking out the door
But I knew any other place was safer
And the freedom that I now enjoy
Helps the bruises in my heart to face
'Cause I know I am not afraid

You can never feel the joy and pain
That you've never known
Far too much emotion to explain
In a story that is not your own

How you gonna try to sing the blues
When the only key you know is major?
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes
And the ups and downs have got to change ya

You can't tell me that you understand
'Til my bitter tears roll down your face
'Til you're standing in my place

You can never feel the joy and pain
That you've never known
Far too much emotion to explain
In a story that is not your own

Now I've got it together
I will always remember
Where I've been, where I'm going
Why I'm here, why I'm living
Now I've got it together
There's no more desperation
Only my affirmation
To live for me

You can never feel the joy and pain
That you've never known
Far too much emotion to explain
In a story that is not your own

After you...
I felt the pain of losing my pride
And I walked away from the tears that you cried
But now I realize...
No sun ever shines through the shadows of dawn
I wish I could dream but the nightmare goes on
I miss you day and night

I felt it coming
I started running
But love was there behind me
After you

(Chorus:)
Nothing is real, nothing is sure,nothing is forever
After you..
Nothing goes on, everything's wrong, nothing makes it better
After you...

All that i gained you've taken away
I ain't gonna beg cause there's nothing to say
Just emptiness inside...
You opened the door to heaven for me
Now Im outside and you've taken the key
And every dream i had has died

I saw it coming I started running
But everything reminds me
After you

(Chorus)

After all the times I've tried
Nothing keeps me satisfied
After all the nights i prayed
Oh you seem so far away...
After you there's nothing left... nothing left there's nothing left
After you babe...

(Chorus)

After you...
I felt the pain of losing my pride
And I walked away from the tears that you cried
But now I realize...
No sun ever shines through the shadows of dawn
I wish I could dream but the nightmare goes on
I miss you day and night

I felt it coming
I started running
But love was there behind me
After you

(Chorus:)
Nothing is real, nothing is sure,nothing is forever
After you..
Nothing goes on, everything's wrong, nothing makes it better
After you...

All that i gained you've taken away
I ain't gonna beg cause there's nothing to say
Just emptiness inside...
You opened the door to heaven for me
Now Im outside and you've taken the key
And every dream i had has died

I saw it coming I started running
But everything reminds me
After you

(Chorus)

After all the times I've tried
Nothing keeps me satisfied
After all the nights i prayed
Oh you seem so far away...
After you there's nothing left... nothing left there's nothing left
After you babe...

(Chorus)

In my life I have but one obsession
It consumes my thought both night and day
It shows in everything I've done
The will to be a number one
That's just how I pray
I've gotta run..

Faster than the lead
Just can't stop, can't go slow
I've gotta drive beyond full speed
Just can't stop still I know
No matter what you desire, how much you pursue
Well, it all comes to you

Mama says I gotta learn a lesson


From those who crash and burn and fade away
She tells me there's a higher hand
Presiding on a master plan
So what's in store who can say?
So I try to run

[chorus]

Possibility are infinite
I'm not the kind to wait
Maybe all the things you really need
To choose
What my mama said
But I've gotta run...

I never see you anymore, you're absent without leave

In life I learned a lot of things
And what it brings to ya
And how it's good to be alone sometimes
I should have know you'd get an itch
And you would switch on me
And run away when day turns into night
'Cos you're a...
Good time sister
Always out for something better
Just when I need a friend you're...
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend you're...
Absent witout leave
So many people that I've found say they're down wit ya
Then like a ship they sail on with the breeze
See, in the sun they get a touch, but it's too much for 'em
They fall around you like the winter leaves

A little rain and they would run for cover
(I can stil remember)
When no-one else could see the need to shelter
(How can I forget?)
Knowing better times are round the corner
(Oh I can still remember)
So now when summer skies turn into grey, here's what I say...
Good time sister
Always out for something better
Just when I need a friend you're...
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend you're...
Absent witout leave

Good time sister
Always out for something better
Just when I need a friend you're...
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend you're...
Absent witout leave

II never hear, I never see you (I never hear)
I never hear, I never see you no more
I never hear, I never see you (I never hear)
I never hear, I never see you no more
II never hear, I never see you (I never hear)
I never hear, I never see you no more
I never hear, I never see you (I never hear)
I never hear, I never see you no more

Good time sister
Always out for something better
Just when I need a friend you're...
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend you're...
Absent witout leave

Good time sister
Always out for something better (absent... summer brother)
Just when I need a friend you're...
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Ain't got no time to spend you're...
Absent witout leave

Good time sister
Always out for something better
Just when I need a friend you're...(yeah ain't got no time to spend you're)
Absent without leave
Good time brother
Called you friend when I knew better
Just when my sky falls in you're...
Absent witout leave

Beverley Knight : Guess my mama knew exactly what she meant the day she said,
"Be careful what you wish for. It will come to you"
Little did I know the day I met you.
You would demonstrate
How everything in mama's words would ring so true,
Independent people with a different take on living,
Now how did we become more than just good friends?

Chorus: Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction,
Together we are in no two ways the same,
Baby, we make such a beautiful contradiction,
And it's the very thing that sparks the flame.

Musiq Soulchild : You and I should be like oil and water.
But somehow we mix
Together and we make a very special blend.
Everyday we clash on politics, religion.
But we learned the
Art of how to kiss and make up in the end yeah.
Sometimes I beileve that we were born on different planets,
Alien invasion of my heart and soul.

Chorus.

I realise it.
You learn.
You gotta cry.
You gotta respect and
feel somebody you gotta fall.
You gotta rise
To really understand the things that make this little world go round.
That's what really makes us.
That's how we learn.

Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul.

Chorus.

The cab I didn't call, didn't come
It's four in the morning
Sometimes I know you're telling me the truth
Just Like I know you're lying now

I'm still coming
I'm still standing and staying
I'm not swaying
I'll taste your tears when I hold you near

You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You an only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar

The 'yes' you're waiting on will not come
It must come from you
Sometimes I know you're lying to everyone
It's all too easy to see through

I'm still coming
I'm still standing and staying
I'm not swaying
I'll taste your tears when I hold you near

You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You an only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar
Below my radar

So you run and I run, but you stick close to me
You're in front and you're faster, but just by degrees
You don't give it easy, not even an inch
Why do I find you so hard to convince?
Oh lord

You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You an only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar
Below, below my radar

Oohhh you hit me like a high speed freight train
Just when I thought all was lost
Now intrigue desire racing all through my brain
I opened Pandora's box
My best friend done told me that you were the shit
See that added fuel to my fire
With the eyes of an angel and a mouth made for sin
Speaking words made to inspire

Something gotta hold of me
Hell 'O- automatic chemistry
This is the way I feel
You're just like a Bestseller mystery
I can't put down
I need to read to the end
Baby you flow so heavenly
Gotta turn to page one
Start you all over again

Blazing front cover in every which way
Tell me, what's behind that little smile?
I done read a couple things
I done read a coupla chapters
I like your turn of phrase
And oohh those lips beguile

(Chorus)

I just gotta know
Can I show just what it is
What it is you do, what you do to me
I just gotta know if I explode, you won't run away from me boy
I just gotta know , does it show in my face the way you look at me boy
I just gotta know can I go, unveil the mystery?

(Chorus)

It's funny how we see the worst of things
we look at our stress and strains
even measure our labour and pain
and it's all in vain.
Why do we feel some things will never change
feeding on a negative vibe.
Wheeling on a downward site
But I learned...

That thru' it all, I couldn't fall
on you I call; you deliver me
When fading fast, all troubles past
On you I cast; for you said,
"Let me carry all your problems
your fears are my concern, and in return
I ask you...

"Cast all your cares on me
Nothing is too much for me to bear
Cast all your cares on me
Understand that I will be there
Cast all your cares on me
Things will be alright, I'm telling you
Cast all your cares on me
for I care for you

The little things help me to realise
that I have a friend in you
even when I don't feel like I do
though inside I knew
And when I need to feel that I'm loved again
All I do is call your name ("Abba father")
and my pressure starts to wane

Lord I just call your name
and with your spirit you bring me love
Lord I just call, Lord I just call your name, your name
I know you're listenin'
Lord I just call, Lord I just call your name,
you answer my prayer
Anytime I need a friend, I call you Lord, I do I do
and when you touch me with your goodness
I could never feel the same

The weather's hot like hell
It's sort of casts a spell
I want a friendly face
Inside a cool dark space

Yeah, summers begun
This is where one, needs to be two
Yeah I know i'm bold
But baby I'm sold on me with you

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

So are we good to go?
Don't act like you don't know
This is a brand new dress
Don't want to make no mess...

Yeah, summers begun
We can have fun, playing for kicks
Yeah habits to feed
And baby I need to get my fix

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who feel
What a sista like me is talking bout
Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who feel
What a sista like me is talking bout

Hey, hey, hey!

Come as you are
Come on

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

The weather's hot like hell
It's sort of casts a spell
I want a friendly face
Inside a cool dark space

Yeah, summers begun
This is where one, needs to be two
Yeah I know i'm bold
But baby I'm sold on me with you

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

So are we good to go?
Don't act like you don't know
This is a brand new dress
Don't want to make no mess...

Yeah, summers begun
We can have fun, playing for kicks
Yeah habits to feed
And baby I need to get my fix

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who feel
What a sista like me is talking bout
Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who feel
What a sista like me is talking bout

Hey, hey, hey!

Come as you are
Come on

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

You're a medicine baby
Just a little dose and I feel so fine
You're everything that I want
Yet everything that I fear
You are

You're an enema baby
You don't feel right but you can't leave my system
You're everything that I have
Yet nothing that I own (this is so wrong)

Damn the reason why
Can't get you off my head and say goodbye
And do I have to live this life a fool?
Knowing when I'm lonely I just keep coming back to you
Damn the reason why
Can't get you off my head and say goodbye
And do I have to live this life a fool?
Always coming back to you

(Gotta tell you)
You're an opiate baby
Send me on a high but in the end you'll kill me
I need to keep my sanity
That's the one thing that you'll take from me

(Ooh ooh ohh ooh baby)
You're a tidal wave baby
Dangerous to ride, but the rush is amazing
You've made me what I have become
Something I should have never have begun

And how is it so
That you stay with me like my own shadow
Hell, I've got my pride
So why do I keep coming on back
To
You
And oh

Chorus

Ain't nothing but those silly games
That's bonding you to my mind
Ain't no rhyme or reason other than "ooh bedtime"
Simply put, I just love to look at you
'Cos to love ya is a waste of time
That's the sum of it
No denying it
Cos we both know we're through

Oh! Damn the reason
That you should make me want you so
When I'm lonely - that's when you come
Why do I invite this misery?
Oh! Damn the reasons that make me cover both my eyes
So I can't see just what you are
And what you've done to me

Chorus (x2)

I'm a fool, just keep on coming back to you

You're a medicine baby
Just a little dose and I feel so fine
You're everything that I want
Yet everything that I fear
You are

You're an enema baby
You don't feel right but you can't leave my system
You're everything that I have
Yet nothing that I own (this is so wrong)

Damn the reason why
Can't get you off my head and say goodbye
And do I have to live this life a fool?
Knowing when I'm lonely I just keep coming back to you
Damn the reason why
Can't get you off my head and say goodbye
And do I have to live this life a fool?
Always coming back to you

(Gotta tell you)
You're an opiate baby
Send me on a high but in the end you'll kill me
I need to keep my sanity
That's the one thing that you'll take from me

(Ooh ooh ohh ooh baby)
You're a tidal wave baby
Dangerous to ride, but the rush is amazing
You've made me what I have become
Something I should have never have begun

And how is it so
That you stay with me like my own shadow
Hell, I've got my pride
So why do I keep coming on back
To
You
And oh

Chorus

Ain't nothing but those silly games
That's bonding you to my mind
Ain't no rhyme or reason other than "ooh bedtime"
Simply put, I just love to look at you
'Cos to love ya is a waste of time
That's the sum of it
No denying it
Cos we both know we're through

Oh! Damn the reason
That you should make me want you so
When I'm lonely - that's when you come
Why do I invite this misery?
Oh! Damn the reasons that make me cover both my eyes
So I can't see just what you are
And what you've done to me

Chorus (x2)

I'm a fool, just keep on coming back to you

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

I recall the rise and fall
In the funky little jams we used to throw down to
Am I coming through?
For those who know the two-step flow
You'll remember how we used to love the 'tic tac toe'
It was strong but slow

Let it overcome you
'Til you got no choice to
Tune in to what we wanna see you do

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (oh get down)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

As you chill, recall the thrill of intoxicaing moves that make you feel so high
Like the Butterfly
And I would doubt you'd be without the best of what the DJ had to play to you
Like he oughtta do

Let it overcome you
'Til you got no choice to
Tune in to what we wanna see you do

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (get down, get down)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Move your body to the funk!
(Just move it)
Move your body to the funk!
(Oh won't you get down?)
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
(Just move it)
Move your body to the funk!
(Move it, move it, move it, move it up for me)
Move your body to the funk!

Let it overcome you (Let it overcome you)
'Til you got no choice to ('Til you got no choice to)
Tune in to what we wanna see you do (sing it, sing it, oh won't you go and get down)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
(Get up) Get down, (get up) get down (get down)
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (you gotta, you gotta, you gotta get down)

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (oh have you got it people?)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
(Get up) Get down, (get up) get down (get down)
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (wont you sing it wont you?)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (Rpt X2)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

I recall the rise and fall
In the funky little jams we used to throw down to
Am I coming through?
For those who know the two-step flow
You'll remember how we used to love the 'tic tac toe'
It was strong but slow

Let it overcome you
'Til you got no choice to
Tune in to what we wanna see you do

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (oh get down)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

As you chill, recall the thrill of intoxicaing moves that make you feel so high
Like the Butterfly
And I would doubt you'd be without the best of what the DJ had to play to you
Like he oughtta do

Let it overcome you
'Til you got no choice to
Tune in to what we wanna see you do

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (get down, get down)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Move your body to the funk!
(Just move it)
Move your body to the funk!
(Oh won't you get down?)
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
Move your body to the funk!
(Just move it)
Move your body to the funk!
(Move it, move it, move it, move it up for me)
Move your body to the funk!

Let it overcome you (Let it overcome you)
'Til you got no choice to ('Til you got no choice to)
Tune in to what we wanna see you do (sing it, sing it, oh won't you go and get down)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
(Get up) Get down, (get up) get down (get down)
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (you gotta, you gotta, you gotta get down)

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game (oh have you got it people?)
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game
Go down for the one
Bump up on the two
Go down for the funk game

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
(Get up) Get down, (get up) get down (get down)
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (wont you sing it wont you?)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down
Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down (Rpt X2)

Down, like you know you should
Better get up on the old school flavour
Down, like you know you should
Get down, get down

Stranger on the face of it,
Brother in the heart of a nation that prays for you,
Loves you.
Calls you by name

Struck out. Like some criminal,
Cut down like an animal.
Suddenly everything I know,
Just ain't the same.

We ask for solution?
Did anyone hear us?
For your retribution
Did anyone care?
So while this world marches on with the memory gone
My heart will remember.

You are my fallen soldier,
One of our many martyas,
I would have loved to know you,
Still you're my fallen soldier.

You are my fallen soldier,
One of our many martyas,
I would have loved to know you,
Still you're my fallen soldier.

You are my fallen soldier,
One of our many martyas,
I would have loved to know you,
Still you're my fallen soldier.

Through these misty eyes
It's plain to see
Even though you're here
You're not with me
Tortured by the thought, torn in two
Reason needs no voice, when you know it's true

But oh, we make our love again
And oh, it's easy to pretend
There's so much pleasure through this pain
I lie

I try to speak
But my tongue gets tied
I try to seek
But you're hard to find
My will is weak
'Cause my soul's resigned
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time

Still I feed my faith
Though it has no ground
And I tell myself I'm safe
As we're falling down
You said you'd let me know
If the end was near
Now do I let you go?
It's still unclear

But oh, good sense has gone to waste
And oh, it fades in your embrace
I know what keeps me in this place
Your smile

I try to speak
But my tongue gets tied
I try to seek
But you're hard to find
My will is weak
'Cause my soul's resigned
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time

And oh (whenever I try to speak) my tongue gets tied
And oh (whenever I try to seek) you're hard to find
And oh (whenver I try to feel) my soul's resigned
It's like I'm seeing you, for the first time
It's like I'm seeing you
It's like I'm seeing you
It's like I'm, I'm seeing you
It's like I'm seeing you

I try to speak (whenever I try to speak)
But my tongue gets tied
I try to seek (whenever I try to seek)
But you're hard to find
My will is weak (whenever I try to feel)
'Cause my soul's resigned
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time

I try to speak, yeah (whenever I try to speak)
But my tongue gets tied
I try to seek (whenever I try to seek)
But you're hard to find
My will is weak (whenever I try to feel)
'Cause my soul's resigned
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time
It's like I'm seeing you for the first time

Feel the flavour for your feet

Everybody need a place to chill
Gotta stop the world standing still
Don't you know I got a place to go? I tell ya
Funky people let me come back to ya
Understand we got the stuff to move ya
Anybody with the funk oughta know

So you don't have to play around
Take someone you love
Show them where it's at
'Cos there's a time for getting on
Time to feel the flow
like we used to know, and can we....

Keep the flavour of the old school
See what happiness we're bringing
Keep the flavour of the old school
Everybody's got that feeling
Keep the flavour of the old school
See what happiness we're bringing
Keep the flavour of the old school
Everybody's got that feeling, that feeling

Keep the flavour for the babies growing
Pass it on so we can keep them knowing
that positivity is going on, I tell ya
I think about it with your head in motion
Funky music ain't the strangest notion
When you feel it in your soul

Feel the flavour for your feet
'Cos it's the one to make you move
Feel the flavour on the street
this is the one to make you groove

Feel the flavour for your feet

Everybody need a place to chill
Gotta stop the world standing still
Don't you know I got a place to go? I tell ya
Funky people let me come back to ya
Understand we got the stuff to move ya
Anybody with the funk oughta know

So you don't have to play around
Take someone you love
Show them where it's at
'Cos there's a time for getting on
Time to feel the flow
like we used to know, and can we....

Keep the flavour of the old school
See what happiness we're bringing
Keep the flavour of the old school
Everybody's got that feeling
Keep the flavour of the old school
See what happiness we're bringing
Keep the flavour of the old school
Everybody's got that feeling, that feeling

Keep the flavour for the babies growing
Pass it on so we can keep them knowing
that positivity is going on, I tell ya
I think about it with your head in motion
Funky music ain't the strangest notion
When you feel it in your soul

Feel the flavour for your feet
'Cos it's the one to make you move
Feel the flavour on the street
this is the one to make you groove

Hear me!

Yeah-ah
Oh oh
Ooh-ooh
Uh, hear what, hear what, hear what

Watch the way that people change
Flip the script and rearrange
Hoping they can just belong
Even when it's wrong, uh huh

Searching for identity
What's the next philosophy?
What's the next big thing in town?
That they can surround?

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Go and do your thing,
hear me...

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

Watch the way that people go
To the cat that runs the show
Next thing they are rolling thick
Down with that clique, hmm

Soon enough they act the same
Walk the same and talk the same
Until these so called inspired
State the look is tired

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Go and do your thing,
Let me hear you say...

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

(Get up! Get up!)
Yeah
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up)
Stand up on me
(Get up! Get up!)
Alright
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up!)
Yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
(Ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Feel it!

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Oh, go and do your thing,
Let me hear you say....

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around (oh no)
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up and)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me (hold on)

Get up, get up and hold your ground (uh)
You don't care what goes around (get up and)
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up and)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

Hear me!

Yeah-ah
Oh oh
Ooh-ooh
Uh, hear what, hear what, hear what

Watch the way that people change
Flip the script and rearrange
Hoping they can just belong
Even when it's wrong, uh huh

Searching for identity
What's the next philosophy?
What's the next big thing in town?
That they can surround?

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Go and do your thing,
hear me...

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

Watch the way that people go
To the cat that runs the show
Next thing they are rolling thick
Down with that clique, hmm

Soon enough they act the same
Walk the same and talk the same
Until these so called inspired
State the look is tired

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Go and do your thing,
Let me hear you say...

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

(Get up! Get up!)
Yeah
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up)
Stand up on me
(Get up! Get up!)
Alright
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up!)
Yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
(Ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Feel it!

(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to yourself)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Oh, go and do your thing,
Let me hear you say....

Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around (oh no)
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up and)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me (hold on)

Get up, get up and hold your ground (uh)
You don't care what goes around (get up and)
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up and)
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

Some people never recognise it
though it's right before their eyes
and shines in all its glory
they never ever see
they choose something that looks just like it
and it may glitter all the time
but gold it will never be
i guess you never held on to quality
or you woulda regognised by now
something so special so true
when it's standing right in front of you

chorus
I'm gold babe
catch me in the slipstream
passing by the fools who just don't know
pure gold babe
you're looking at the real thing
if you knew my worth you wouldn't let go
x2

oh no

Gold lies in rivers undiscovered
hidden from the sight of those
who don't know what to look for
they ain't never gonna find it
sometimes the value is uncovered
other times it's cast aside
by those who are just unsure

I guess you never held on to quality
or you would of recognised by now
something so special so true
when she's standing right in front of you

chorus

All the things you failed to see
separated you from me
i decides who wins my time
and who comes inside yeah
cause what is true and what is real
finds a way of being revealed
i don't even have to try
cause i'm certified... pure

chorus 2x

Some people never recognise it
though it's right before their eyes
and shines in all its glory
they never ever see
they choose something that looks just like it
and it may glitter all the time
but gold it will never be
i guess you never held on to quality
or you woulda regognised by now
something so special so true
when it's standing right in front of you

chorus
I'm gold babe
catch me in the slipstream
passing by the fools who just don't know
pure gold babe
you're looking at the real thing
if you knew my worth you wouldn't let go
x2

oh no

Gold lies in rivers undiscovered
hidden from the sight of those
who don't know what to look for
they ain't never gonna find it
sometimes the value is uncovered
other times it's cast aside
by those who are just unsure

I guess you never held on to quality
or you would of recognised by now
something so special so true
when she's standing right in front of you

chorus

All the things you failed to see
separated you from me
i decides who wins my time
and who comes inside yeah
cause what is true and what is real
finds a way of being revealed
i don't even have to try
cause i'm certified... pure

chorus 2x

Written By Knight/Sharbek

Starting at the beginning in a history of pain
It's hard to realise, a dream I've fantasised for so long
Suddenly my position turns around within one day
A transformation came born with freedom's name

This brave new world I live in seems a little easier to face
This deep blue sea I swim in, bears me up enough so I can float away

Hey hello good morning world
Yesterday's another girl
Lovin' every minute of my life, my life
Morning came to right the wrong
Yesterday's another song
Lovin' every minute of my life, my life

Got a whole new religion, I got a change of scenery
And yet in different ways, nothing ceases to amaze me
I'm a whole new woman, In a different kind a'way
Yet I remain unfazed my mind and body still un-swayed

This brave new world I live in never seems to hurt me anymore
This deep blue sea I swim in always seems to bring me to a safer shore

Chorus

Hello, good morning, how are you? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are ya doin? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are you? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are ya doin? Fine so fine

This deep blue sea I swim in always seems to bring me to a safer shore

Chorus (x3)

Written By Knight/Sharbek

Starting at the beginning in a history of pain
It's hard to realise, a dream I've fantasised for so long
Suddenly my position turns around within one day
A transformation came born with freedom's name

This brave new world I live in seems a little easier to face
This deep blue sea I swim in, bears me up enough so I can float away

Hey hello good morning world
Yesterday's another girl
Lovin' every minute of my life, my life
Morning came to right the wrong
Yesterday's another song
Lovin' every minute of my life, my life

Got a whole new religion, I got a change of scenery
And yet in different ways, nothing ceases to amaze me
I'm a whole new woman, In a different kind a'way
Yet I remain unfazed my mind and body still un-swayed

This brave new world I live in never seems to hurt me anymore
This deep blue sea I swim in always seems to bring me to a safer shore

Chorus

Hello, good morning, how are you? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are ya doin? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are you? Fine so fine
Hello good morning, how are ya doin? Fine so fine

This deep blue sea I swim in always seems to bring me to a safer shore

Chorus (x3)

Written By Beverley Knight

Goodbye innocence, you didn't stay too long
You were her haven, her solace while she was young
But Fate decreed that fear would form her personality
And she would cry when daylight passed, knowing that the night would bring
...Daddy

Goodbye innocence, you made her happy
Goodbye innocence, you saved her from pain
But you weren't enough, to break the heavy fall
Goodbye
Goodbye innocence

Now a woman, her character's 'unclean'
Childhood haunts her, she's fighting the things unseen
A slave to memory, relived as she sleeps
And freedom like the prisoner, whose fate is sealed by hate
Is a dream

Chorus

If only she found a reason to trust somebody
She would find a friend in me, o yes
See, I can't take away the pain, that she endured no, no, no
But I try to ease her misery

Chorus

Written By Knight/Thomas/Pheto

It's a good thing the air feels cool today
And it's better that God, don't send the rain
And it's best if heaven holds back the clouds
Cuz inside 'o' me there's fire untamed

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life
And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life

It's a good thing your heater broke down today
And it's better you keep them drinks on ice
And it's best if you got them chills down in your soul
Cuz the heat inside 'o' me will surely suffice

And none of the world's restraints could ever hold me
and none of the superficial could tie me down
and none of the pain I felt was enough to break me
See my face was never made to from

Chorus

And I'm feeling... (Good)
Could you qualify that? (Never better)
And what day is today people? (The greatest day of my life, ah-ooh!) (Good)
Ohh (Never better ooh)
And what day is it?
(Whoah greatest day, greatest day)

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

Chorus (x3)

Written By Knight/Thomas/Pheto

It's a good thing the air feels cool today
And it's better that God, don't send the rain
And it's best if heaven holds back the clouds
Cuz inside 'o' me there's fire untamed

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life
And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life

It's a good thing your heater broke down today
And it's better you keep them drinks on ice
And it's best if you got them chills down in your soul
Cuz the heat inside 'o' me will surely suffice

And none of the world's restraints could ever hold me
and none of the superficial could tie me down
and none of the pain I felt was enough to break me
See my face was never made to from

Chorus

And I'm feeling... (Good)
Could you qualify that? (Never better)
And what day is today people? (The greatest day of my life, ah-ooh!) (Good)
Ohh (Never better ooh)
And what day is it?
(Whoah greatest day, greatest day)

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

Chorus (x3)

Written By Knight/Thomas/Pheto

It's a good thing the air feels cool today
And it's better that God, don't send the rain
And it's best if heaven holds back the clouds
Cuz inside 'o' me there's fire untamed

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life
And I'm feeling good, never better
In fact it's the greatest day of my life

It's a good thing your heater broke down today
And it's better you keep them drinks on ice
And it's best if you got them chills down in your soul
Cuz the heat inside 'o' me will surely suffice

And none of the world's restraints could ever hold me
and none of the superficial could tie me down
and none of the pain I felt was enough to break me
See my face was never made to from

Chorus

And I'm feeling... (Good)
Could you qualify that? (Never better)
And what day is today people? (The greatest day of my life, ah-ooh!) (Good)
Ohh (Never better ooh)
And what day is it?
(Whoah greatest day, greatest day)

See everyday I find that 4 leaf clover
And everyday Lady Luck is at my door
And all of the fear I fight is in remission
To come around no more

Chorus (x3)

Chorus : Call me hurricane Jane.
Dry season's over.
Here comes the rain.
Sweeping over your plain.
Blazing as I go.
Call me hurricane Jane.
This kind of weather's hard to contain.
Nothing's ever the same.
When I start to blow.

Far from home.
Lonely time,
Thinking about.
You and I.
Pictures form in my mind.
All of them remain.
Here I go like before.
Signs that I can't ignore.
Close my eyes.
Cue the storm.
Ready for the change....
Call me.

Chorus.

Rushing in like a flood.
Barren Land.
Turns to mud
Every thought heats the blood.
Temperature will rise.
Ready to pump and it's all good,
I love me better than anyone could,
You insipre like you should and I cannot deny.

Chorus.

Said I rage like a fire.
And I flow like the water.
Ain't no surprise I was born under aries sign.
This is my body.
So I do what I choose.
Nothing to hide when I'm alone.
Cause there aint no rules.

Chorus.

Hello
Good morning
How are you?
How am I, I'm doing
(Fine)
So fine
(So fine)
So fine
Hello
Good morning
How are you?
How am I doing?
(fine)
(so fine)

Even when you don't know
I'll be right by your side
Even when you think you're all alone
I'll be by your side, yeah

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I'll be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

When nobody else is
I am on your side
Baby when you're not even yourself
I am on your side

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

Even when you've lost your faith in love
Even when there is no light above
Even when you wanna run and hide
I'll be on your side

I don't think you even know
How far I'm about to go
If you put your trust in me
I'll keep it coming
Ain't nobody stopping me
When it comes to you and me
Nothing's like it used to be
I'll keep it coming

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

I don't think you even know
How far I'm about to go
If you put your trust in me
I'll keep it coming
Ain't nobody stopping me
When it comes to you and me
Nothing's like it used to be
I'll keep it coming

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

I will be your sister
I will be your brother
I will be your friend
I will be your lover
I will be your everything, yes I will, yeah
Baby I will keep this fire burning

Even when you don't know
I'll be right by your side
Even when you think you're all alone
I'll be by your side, yeah

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I'll be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

When nobody else is
I am on your side
Baby when you're not even yourself
I am on your side

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

Even when you've lost your faith in love
Even when there is no light above
Even when you wanna run and hide
I'll be on your side

I don't think you even know
How far I'm about to go
If you put your trust in me
I'll keep it coming
Ain't nobody stopping me
When it comes to you and me
Nothing's like it used to be
I'll keep it coming

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

I don't think you even know
How far I'm about to go
If you put your trust in me
I'll keep it coming
Ain't nobody stopping me
When it comes to you and me
Nothing's like it used to be
I'll keep it coming

I'll be right behind you
Keep on going
In whichever way the wind is blowing
I will be there 'til the
World stops turning
Baby I will keep this fire burning

I will be your sister
I will be your brother
I will be your friend
I will be your lover
I will be your everything, yes I will, yeah
Baby I will keep this fire burning

Written By Knight/Drakes/Shorten/Noble

From a place that had no meaning
From the wilderness of time
To the land of new beginning
Starting with a new design
Never doubted for a second
That I'd do it on my own
And I held onto my corner
Trusted in the things I know

You will never feel
How good it is to love me
Rather than control me
I don't need the world weighing down my shoulders
But that's all over here I am

I made it back
From a place called nowhere
I made it back
To do this once again
I made it back
From a place called nowhere
I made it back
Once again I made it back

Got a chance to fix up neatly
Set it off and not too late
Saw the light and walked towards it
I'm the master of my late
Coming up just wasn't easy
It took all the strength I had
Now I'm ready for the action
Mamma got a brand nu bag

You will never feel
How good it is to love me
Rather than control me
I don't need the world weighing down my shoulders
But that's all over here I am

Chorus (x2)

Flava, flava, flava
Brand new flava, flava flava

Written By Knight/Drakes/Shorten/Noble

From a place that had no meaning
From the wilderness of time
To the land of new beginning
Starting with a new design
Never doubted for a second
That I'd do it on my own
And I held onto my corner
Trusted in the things I know

You will never feel
How good it is to love me
Rather than control me
I don't need the world weighing down my shoulders
But that's all over here I am

I made it back
From a place called nowhere
I made it back
To do this once again
I made it back
From a place called nowhere
I made it back
Once again I made it back

Got a chance to fix up neatly
Set it off and not too late
Saw the light and walked towards it
I'm the master of my late
Coming up just wasn't easy
It took all the strength I had
Now I'm ready for the action
Mamma got a brand nu bag

You will never feel
How good it is to love me
Rather than control me
I don't need the world weighing down my shoulders
But that's all over here I am

Chorus (x2)

Flava, flava, flava
Brand new flava, flava flava