A Private Heaven Lyrics

Strut
He said, "Baby, what's wrong with you? Why don't you use your imagination
Nations go to war over women like you, it's just a form of appreciation
Come on over here, lay your clothes on the chair
Now let the lace fall across your shoulder
Standing in the half light, you're almost like her
So take it slow like your daddy told you"

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Strut pout, put it out, that's what you want from women
Come on baby, what'cha taking me for
Strut pout, cut it out, all taking and no giving
Watch me baby while I walk out the door

I said, "Honey, I don't like this game, you make me feel like a girl for hire
All this fascination with leather and lace is just the smoke from another fire"
He said, "Honey, don't stop a speeding train before it reaches its destination
Lie down here beside me, oh, have some fun too
Don't turn away from your true vocation"

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I won't be your baby doll, be your baby doll
I won't be your baby doll, be your baby doll

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Sugar Walls
Where I came from there's a place called heaven
That's the place where all the good children go
The houses are of silver, the streets are gold
But there's more where you come from, my sugar walls

Blood races to your private spots, that lets me know there's a fire
You can't fight passion when passion is hot
Temperatures rise inside my sugar walls

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Lemme take you somewhere you've never been
I could show you things you've never seen
I could make you never wanna fall in love again
Come spend the night inside my sugar walls

Take advantage, it's alright

I feel so alive when I'm with you
Come and feel my presence, it's reigning tonight
Heaven on earth inside my sugar walls

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I can tell you want me, it's impossible to hide
Your body's on fire, admit it! Come inside
Come inside my sugar walls
Come spend the night inside my sugar walls



Hungry Eyes
The east is red tonight, she's really gonna do it right
She bought a ticket on the midnight flight, that takes her home to you
She tried living in an ivory tower, but every night around the midnight hour
She'd begin to feel the power, can't you feel it too?

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Dark sunglasses and a cheap disguise, never gonna hide those hungry eyes
Everybody knows when the girl walks by, never gonna hide those hungry eyes

Black night like a velvet sky, the kinda evening when the world is high
You can leave it, you can let it die, and never feel the heat
She says, "If you wanna run away with me, if you wanna set the lions free
We can take it to the nineth degree, down between the sheets"

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Hard To Say It's Over
Time to count the hours, time to know that now is time just slipping away
You say how you need me, I'm still waiting to see time keep slipping away

I'm still chasing that rainbow, you always reach it too soon
Why is it we're never quite in tune, where did all the time go?

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It's hard to say it's over, it's hard to say goodbye
When you love someone, when you need someone
Who's the only one you want in your life
The world is all but ending, but I can't lay down and die
I miss you now, most all of the time
And I can't help but wonder why, oh oh oh

Time to say you're sorry, time to see how far the time's been slipping away
You reach out your hand, I try to understand, we look for something to say

Me with my map to the treasure, you'd rather give it away
Wish we'd held back on yesterday, where did all the time go?

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It's hard to say it's over, it's hard to say goodbye
When you love someone, when you need someone
Who's the only one you want in your life, oh oh oh



Swear
I won't bother asking what you've done
Though the rumors all point to something going on
See the past is the past, I'm not gonna dwell
But I better never catch you with someone else

So I'll put it to you once, but never again (swear)
If you wanna be a lover, if you wanna be a friend (swear)
Then take five fingers, and put it to your heart (swear)

S.W.E.A.R.

Hand over heart and swear that you love me, swear that you need me

Get a judge and jury, bible in your hand
Gotta tell the whole truth, nothing less than that, boy

(Swear) That you love me! (Swear) That you need me
(Swear) That you want me! (Swear) Tell the truth!
Hand over heart and swear that you love me, swear that you need me

Swear!

(Swear) That you love me! (Swear) That you need me
(Swear) That you want me! (Swear) Tell the truth!
Hand over heart and swear that you love me, swear that you want me

I won't bother asking what you've done
Though the rumors all point to something going on
See the past is the past, I'm not gonna dwell
But I better never catch you with someone else

So I'll put it to you once, but never again
If you wanna be a lover, if you wanna be a friend
Then take five fingers, and put it to your heart

S.W.E.A.R. (don't lie)

(Swear) Do I need a judge and jury, (swear) with a Bible in your hand
(Swear) To make you tell the whole truth, (swear) nothing less than that

(Swear) Should I strap a lie detector
(Swear) To your heart, to your heart, to your heart
(Swear) Can I make you tell the whole truth
(Swear) Cross your heart, cross your heart, cross your heart
(Swear) That you want me, (swear) that you need me, (swear) that you love me
(Swear) Tell the truth, tell the truth, don't lie!



Love And Affection
I am not in love, but I'm open to persuasion

East or west, where's the best for romancing?
With a friend I could smile, but with a lover I could hold my head back
Really laugh, really laugh

Thank you, you took me dancing 'cross the floor, cheek to cheek
But with a lover I could really move, really dance, really dance, really move

If I can feel the sun in my eyes and the rain on my face, why can't I feel

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Love and affection, sing me another love song
But this time with a little dedication, sing it, sing it
You know that's what I want, love, ooh-whoo, once more with feeling

With friends I still feel so insecure
Little darling I believe you could help me a lot
Just take my hand and take me where you will
No conversation, no wave goodnight

Just give me love, make - chorus

Give me love, give me love... love... ooh

Give me - chorus

Give me love, make love with affection, sing me another love song
But this time with a little dedication, sing it, sing it
You know that's what I like, love oo-whoo! Make love with affection
Give me love, gimme gimme gimme gimme love, ooh, give me love, give me love



Back In The City
Warm nights in the city, someone's playing Latin in the park
Street lights shining pretty, shadows on the lovers in the dark

It's the reason for the getaway
Lay upon the roof and just forget about the day

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Back in the city, everybody moves to a different beat in the city
See the motion, feel the heat of the city
Something's happening in the streets of the city

Cool breeze on the river, making you aware that you're alive
Bodies start to shiver, passions start to shift to overdrive

Picture feelings that you can't control
Elementary voices calling deep inside your soul

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You Make Me Nervous
A mixed emotion, a state of mind, infatuation of a different kind
Hesitation's holding me back from you, fascination's drawing me near
There's a strange reaction caught between attraction and fear, oh oh

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You make me nervous, makin' me nervous
You make me nervous, I wanna hold you but I'm scared I lose control
You make me nervous, makin' me nervous
You make me nervous, what you're gonna say or what I'll do I never know

Anticipating your every move, my nervous breakdown is up to you
Doesn't take a psychoanalyst's mind to see
Just what it is that's keeping me here
There's a strange reaction caught between attraction and fear, oh oh

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All By Myself
Starlight shining on the boats in the harbour
One night maybe I'll be sailing away
How could you leave me now, without saying a word, to carry on

All by myself, all by myself

Love flows in and out my life like a river
And I know maybe I won't make it this time
But if you were with me now, I would surely be falling apart, so I'll carry on

All by myself, all by myself

Every night I close the light and lose myself in you
I wonder why the good things die, leaving all the dreams to see me through

I can't hold on, I can't hold on to you

I'm all by myself, I'm all by myself

All by myself, all by myself (repeats out)



Double Standard
Caught you with her, I let it slide
Egg on my face, swallowed my pride
But it's happened again, oh, it's too many times
It seems the code you live by just isn't mine, just isn't mine

You got

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Double, double standards, you got a different point of view
You got double, double standards
The rules that you applied to me, you don't apply to you
Double, double standards, we got different states of mind
You got double, double standards
If you can do it, I can do it, there's no dividing line

Don't worry about me, I'll be alright
Go have your fun, stay out all night
But I won't be waiting, I've got someone new to meet
He treats me fifty-fifty, it's a two way street, you're a one way street

With your

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