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Don't You Need

I had a dream late last night, the water was running low.
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky, my body was moving slow.
And when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouth.
And I realized my heart had abducted my mind,
And they were last seen headed south.
Now I can't sleep, I'm so wired, and I find myself screaming out:

(CHORUS)
Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone?
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real.
Don't you bleed, don't you need?

There's no quenching the thirst, there's no relief for the hungry at heart.
And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief entertaining in the dark.
But it's you that holds the cards now that the joker is wild.

Don't you want to lay it down and feel your skin against the ground?
Don't you want to ride the storm and then sleep inside the calm?
Don't you want to get that high, don't you want to be satisfied?
Well if you don't want it from me, don't you need?

I had a dream late last night, the water was running low.
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky.
How was I to know that I burn every night in my dreams?
And only morning can set me free...

(CHORUS)

copyright Melissa Etheridge, "Don't You Need" from the self-titled album Melissa Etheridge, used without permission

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