Luscious Jackson

Yesterday winter spoke
and told me you had gone
I guess I should've known
you wouldn't stay too long
and I've never been closer to the sea
I've never been closer to the sea
went to the widow's walk
to see if you'd returned
walked 'til I couldn't speak
and all my words had burned
I've never been closer to the sea
I've never been closer to the sea

Do I speak too soon
Under the lover's moon?

So I keep lookin? out
the waves keep me alive
I serenade every night
just waitin' for a sign
I hope that they send you
back to me
I hope that they send you
back to me

Do I speak too soon
Under the lover's moon?

one day i was telling you
all about coming from dust
cashed it i to buy a few locks i knew wouldn't rust
if i lock you up
will the edges fade
will you understand
how simple i am

i can walk for many miles
thinking that i'll never comprehend
i can't argue worth a damn
'cause i know my questions never end

if i walk away
will the phrases play
or will they all become one
under the sun

*and when the pleasure is done
why don't i want to know it all.
why don't i want to know it all
and when the measuring's done
somehow i already know it all

answers never satisfy
i wear them out as soon as they come
i lie in between the sides
i'm happy when the fighting is done
so i'll read the news
and i'll get the blues
and i'll make it matter
for a minute or two

* Repeat

sometimes somebody can bring you down so far
below anywhere you've gone
sometimes somebody can bring you down so far
below anywhere you know
so much so fast feels like you can't
take the pain but remember
there's no going back
something's so broken down
busted and underground
but here's your chance to surrender

thanks to you
i had a nervous breakthrough

lay down your gun, lay down your pack
it's time to recognize the fact
that all the best things make you nervous
and all the best things come in disguise
so much so fast feels like you can't take the pain
but remember there's no going back
somethings so broken down
busted and underground
but here's your chance to surrender

It's the thing that creeps into your feet
It's the thing that flows into the beat
It's the thing that puts music in your soul
It's the thing that lets everybody know
It's the thing that creeps into your feet
It's the thing that flows into the beat
I was off kilter, now I got shelter
thanks to you I'm gonna breakthrough.

If you need me to be sweet
then I can give you what you need
'cause I know you never came first baby
I'm so tired of my guns and my vanity
I'd like to trade them in for some sanity
and I know it didn't come too easy
It didn't come easy to me either
from the freezer to believer in love

Well I got ladyfingers baby
I got kidgloves
baby I got heart

I bet you didn't know that I could treat you right
that underneath the armor
there's another girl
she's standing with a suitcase
ready to run
in case you're wondering
why she's so quick to come and go
why she's so quick to come and go
she might be new, she might be old
she might be scared as hell
she might not be so bold
she might not be so bold

Christine was the Queen of Teens
she sang into the shadows to be free
always lookin' for something beautiful to sing to
When school nights kept her in
she listened to the records in the basement
always lookin for something beautiful
to sing to

Christine/she's free

Guitar playin' through the night
nobody could hear her 'cause she played so quiet
lookin' for something beautiful to sing to

Morning comes and the ghosts go in
she sang right through 'em til they
went to sleep
lookin for something beautiful
to sing to

Lightship lover
interplanitary other
sci-fi brother
if you are somewhere above us
airwave raver
cybercrazed savior
pest resistant, optimistic, send me a sign
I'm a low-meg rapper
fertile futuristic flapper
regenerating cells and
sending out spells

Hear me now/I'm an alien lover

I'm lovesick baby
for your saturine behavior
heard your flavor
makes you come off even stranger
hear my whisper
when I tell you I'm your sister
Fly me first class
over to your pad

We're all rockin' it you should be rockin' it
bringin' it on til the break of dawn
if you're diggin' it/you should be singin' it
keep, keep on/so we're bringin' you all the fine
ladies/and we do like foolin' around/so bring
all your cats and your fanny packs/get up,
get up, get down

Such a long hot summer day
How I wish you'd come to play
We could have so much fun
In this lazy haze of the afternoon sun
I gotta be closer to you....

A certified casino bride
I roll in with the dealer's high
forever yours I'm never sure
I'll bake the apple pies you like
American like it or not
I'll take you for all that you got
a certified casino bride
I roll in with the dealer's high
and I am looking for the slots
I'm filing down my heart
desert, be kind to this traveler

I'm a sexy hypnotist
lost on the strip
a sexy hypnotist
and I'll bear it all
cause abs and buns are so much fun

I'm flying down the road of life
there's no sign of the past in sight
the men I knew ain't seen me since
I left the sheets and hit the strip
the palaces I left behind
the palaces I hope to find
I ride the tiger in the light
I roll in with the dealer's high
some chick offers me a drink
I'm not like her I think
all tarted up in some
burned out shade of pink

I got my freaks to the East
I got my freaks to the West
Let's get together...
Let's celebrate...
You know I can't say no to a good time with my friends
Where would I be...
without my friends...

I'm an underwater fraulein
I'm an underwater fraulein
all I know is my rhyme
all I know is my rhyme
long lost daughter of mine
can you send me a sign
can you send me a sign

Feels like devotion
under my skies
feels like devotion
makes the rockets fly

And I don't know if a word
can explain all the possibilities
and I hope it is clear
I don't think complaining is
the answer here
I'm an underwater fraulein
I'm an underwater fraulein

And I think sometimes you're right
when I'm wrong
and I think sometimes you're wrong
when I'm right
Thank God I can see your side

I believe you believe in the myth of yourself
I believe you believe you couldn't be anywhere else
And you're fabulous, so fabulous
You're so fantastic darlin'
I wouldn't want anyone else

Fantastic Fabulous
You look so wonderful
Fantastic Fabulous and
completely out of your mind

Getting thin like your twin on the scene
it's a factory
makin' up all the friends that you have
for the friends you need
and you're fabulous, so fabulous
your so fantastic darlin'
I wouldn't want anyone else.

When the sun breaks through the clouds
That's when you'll see me appear
I've been watching you for a million years
I'll be watching you for a million more
Way beyond space and time
I've seen every human space
I know you used to be so carefree
I know you were bold just like a baby...

Saw you by the avenue
selling ends and means
full of incidents and schemes
when you lied and when you lagged
you were such a drag
but I loved you like a friend
Beloved
Make it feel like summer
make it feel like summertime
Beloved
I'm coming undone sonny
in the danger of the ride

I liked to lie out in the wind
calling love and sin
sympathetic pharmacies
I tried to make it right
coming straight from Hell
preacher without a prayer for myself.

Tension's rising
I can't see the sky
No room to breathe
There's dirt in my eye
I hear the country calling me.
I long for the sweet smells of the summertime
Where the tall grass grows
Out on the stretch of the hillside
I hear the country calling me?

She got unlimited missions
supernatural visions
superlunar ambitions
extreme expeditions
I got all my own reasons
and I've only just begun
I can't live inside of fear
not in my space age

All the divas are doin' it

Somebody said something
they said never be too good
'cause that would be too much
yeah that would be too much
well the jaws of life will decide
will you?

Space Diva I'm a believer
Space Diva be a believer

Well I need some Diva
some divine diva
to wake up and wander
to walk like a soldier
'cause I need to fly sometime
with all due respect to you.

I was on an amusement park ride
The belt got loose and I fell
Up into the sky
Up, up away. I'm flying high
I don't wanna ever come down
It feels so right
Believe me when I say we can fly?

i cry for the love in your eyes
i try to let you be free
if you're blue
don't let it worry you
you'll make it through
and if you don't believe me
faith will come humbly down
fear will come tumbling down

cynics may fill the books
critics may give you looks
but i'll stand by you 'til you die
and i'll be wise in the afterlife

faith will come humbly down
fear will come tumbling down (x3)

feel the beat
lose the beat
move your feet
stomp your feet
do the freak
feel the heat
i'm so sweet
so petite
i got pretty little feet they're so petite
i got shiny little legs so nice and neat
my belly button i q-tip it clean
they call me wicked witch because my mouth's so mean
my toes
so short and sweet
they used to call me stubby now they lick my feet
smoke in the bowl
smokin' thru the toll
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go
i got pretty little panties
i like a seville
i'll give em to ya free for a dollar bill
so sweet
so petite
so sweet
so petite
my body baby so complicated
once you get to it you'll be glad you waited
cause baby's the lady
sexy like sadie
no g no r baby she's x-rated
to all the fly boys to all the fly boys to all the fly boys why doncha enjoy
schooly school y'all
hangin' in the hall y'all
he never goes to the mall y'all
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go
with whole lotta soul
appetizin'
young firm and...???
appetizin'
kaos kaos ya don't stop with the schism that makes a primal drop
like that y'all
to the top y'all
i just wanna q-pump the rock y'all
cuz the beat the beat it's so luscious
we'll make your body move but don't rush us
because the beat's so vicious
and the ladies on top is so delicious
take control
lose control
find your soul
lose your soul
take it slow
let it go
the more you know
the less you know
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself get down
let yourself go

hey what you'd say your name was
rubber back
you got a brain you ain't using
you got charm you're abusin
too busy out there floosin
or lying at home snoozin
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
why you wanna waste away
lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
time moves along
you don't have a life anymore
time moves along
you don't have a job
i got four
spend my money on cigarettes
midnight dragon and off track bets
get up at three
turn on the tv
for all i know you got a dangerous disease
so i gotta move along
i gotta move along
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
nature has it
you got no cajones
a dog in heat
a one trick pony
lover of the life of leisure
i love to love you but i might leave you
i'm a lover of the life of leisure if you don't like it you can leave it
time on your hands
rubber on your back
rubber in your hand
too much time on your back
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
why you wanna waste away
lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
tell me why a woman who loves a man
who never gives her all he can he sleeps all day and scams all night
thinkin his service makes it alright
ladies wanting the service
me always give them the service
ladies wanting the service
me always give them the service
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
why you wanna waste away
lover of the life of leisure
why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
lover of the life of leisure
ladies wanting the service
me always give them the service
ladies wanting the service
me always give them the service