Mountains O' Things - Tracy Chapman

It's like whatever I do (oh-oh) Just can't get through to you (oh-oh, oh-oh) I'm never gonna tell you nothing wrong Listen Now, now she love me, shorty, I loved her Used to jump up in the Maybach and roll out Used to care, she used to share The love that she used to give me can't be found I lost my way, she said she'd stay And lately I been sleeping with a ghost My stock is down and out I used to be worth my weight in gold That was before the great depression kicked in and rocked us And that was before the hurricane came in and stopped us I told you to leave, but you lied to me when you said that Baby, no worries, I promise to get us back I know sorries, just wouldn't do it Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to travel through But it's like moving mountains It's like moving mountains, hey But I keep climbing and hoping things would change Then the sky turns gray And the water from the rain washes progress away It's like moving mountains (moving moutains) It's like moving mountains (moving moutains) Why you just leave me, just leave me be Just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be Y-oh, y-oh Y-oh, y-oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh She, she don't touch me, I don't touch her We ain't really ever say a word I really wanna give her everything she deserves But the bad took away the good She thinks that I'm full of it, arguments Always pissed, man I'm tired Every kiss that I miss Girl, you know I'm trying You never believe when I say And I never believe it when you say I love you, and I shouldn't complain about it I should take it like a man and walk up out it 'Cause we will never be the same, oh I've been standing in gas And you have been the flame So I know sorry, just wouldn't do it Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to get through Gotta move this mountain, yeah It's like moving mountains hey But I keep climbing and hoping things would change Then the sky turns gray And the water from the rain washes progress away It's like moving mountains (ooh, babe) It's like moving mountains (ooh, babe) Well, baby, why you just leave me, just leave me be Just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be This must be a slow death that I'm traveling on It feels so wrong, I'm barely holding on See no matter what it takes, I've gotta get it together, baby, yeah And these hills that I'm traveling up She ain't showing me love, I'm down on my luck Ooh, I'm done, oh I know sorries just wouldn't do it Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying, I'm trying my boo But it's like moving mountains, oh It's like moving mountains, moving this mountain But I keep climbing and hoping things would change Then the sky turns gray And the water from the rain washes progress away It's like moving a mountain (damn, I'm tryin') I'm trying to move this mountain (to move this mountain) Well baby why you just leave me, just leave me be Just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be Why you just leave me, just leave me be, oh Baby, baby Oh, oh, oh, baby

A shot to the veins Taste the rush I was lost on an escape to love Untraceable It's not the same Not enough You and me was like a vivid dream Why'd you wake me up? Why'd you wake me up? You were my coming down And my solid ground Paramount You were my coming down And my solid ground Paramount Paramount Distant screams The biggest lie What are we if never intertwined Forever undefined Take my hand Now or not at all Sow a seed, grow a plant Watch it spire tall Ever higher My love You were my coming down And my solid ground Paramount You were my coming down And my solid ground Paramount Paramount Paramount Paramount Nights are longer now And I am, I am stronger Without you Without you I have come around Life is ocean, we were just travellers in the bayou In the bayou That we outgrew In the bayou In the bayou

I'm falling out With everything around me now Losing what I used to be And I'm over it They have been to the moon I'm just a caterpillar dead in my cocoon Swept by my mind's typhoon And I'm all at sea I wish it could be different Wish there was no dampness here Oh we shouldn't have listened To the angst and the fear I had it all Rivers of gold and forest so tall But I ran my canoe down a waterfall Started a wildfire I wish it could be different Wish there was no dampness here Oh we shouldn't have listened To the angst and the fear I wish it could be different Wish there was no dampness here Oh I shouldn't have listened To the angst and the fear Here I sit in silence as it's rising at me And I'm afraid that I'm not taking my chances How do I know it's light in the horizon that I see? I've seen questions, but never answers Darkness to me is only water to the sea I've only ever heard of drought I used to be the one with the grandest of dreams But how can hope keep believing through the war?

Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To find our long-forgotten gold The pines were roaring on the height The winds were moaning in the night The fire was red, it flaming spread The trees like torches blazed with light

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour