Melissa Etheridge Lyrics

Album: Breakdown

Beloved Lyrics

They say that they don't know me

 Never saw my face

 And if they've never been there

 Can they be sure there's such a place

 They think if they don't answer

 The world will pass them by

 But there's a fire in their kitchen

 And the water's three feet high and risin'

 

 My beloved

 The only one I see standing up for me

 

 Someone's shouting at me

 You're all going to hell

 Must not be too far away

 Sometimes I can never tell

 My shoes are still as empty

 A mile they never walked

 Send in their donation

 And they never have to talk again

 

 My beloved

 The only one I see standing up for me

 My beloved

 Close my eyes heal my pride

 

 I just want to show them who I am

 I just want to show them what I can do

 There's not much use to curse the damned

 And there's power in nothing to lose

 

 Someone's spitin' blood

 Face down in the dirt

 Someone's thinking about a gun

 To try and stop the hurt

 Someone drew conclusions

 On the wall of destiny

 Someone's getting louder

 And that someone would be me

 

 You think if you don't answer

 The world will pass you by

 But there's a fire in your kitchen

 And the water's three feet high and risin'