DIED IN THE 70’s REVISED

The Best of Sister Sledge (1973-1985)

We Are Family (1995 Remaster)

[Intro]
 "Yeah... I know I love her... never recover..."


[Verse 1]
Yo, I'm stuck here, watching my time just pass by slowly
Another day gone, feeling so low, damn lonely
Swear it's true, I dream of you when my eyes close
This concrete box, it keeps me away from all I know
Spoke to a lifer inside, we shared our everything
He said, "Son, keep your hope alive, that's everything."
He wished I'd go free, that lifer was so genuine
Told me, "Hold onto that love, it's what makes this living worthwhile."

[Pre-Chorus]
I talked to my baby on the telephone all this night
Feel like a kid with a teenage crush on a school day
Never again did I miss someone so bad
"so bad"

[Chorus]
I know that I love her
I'm hoping that I never recover
She's good for me
And it would really make me happy
To never let her slip away

[Verse 2]
Life in this concrete cage, man, it is so hard
It's so tough to be locked down, being so far
When I close my eyes and I just think about her
These stone cold walls don't seem quite so far away
The guards look at me with real hatred
And I truly fear going to the Block B basement
I push these drugs and other things just to get by
Trying to stay afloat 'til the day I can fly.
No real choice, you know the hard life I live
Just trying to survive, with nothing else to give.

[Pre-Chorus]
I talked to my baby on the telephone all this night
Feel like a kid with a teenage crush on a school day
Never again did I miss someone so bad
"so bad"

[Chorus]
I know that I love her
I'm hoping that I never recover
She's good for me
And it would really make me happy
To never let her slip away

[Bridge]
But I miss her (Yeah, I miss her so bad)
I read her letter every single day (Every single day, yeah)
She is so good for me (Oh, she's good for me)
Couldn't survive without her, no way!
You never felt this cell, feeling so damn empty
Only her voice, that's what truly keeps me
I must get out, they gave all my boys bids
So I fight these demons, these silent, lonely kids.
Nobody truly held me when my long sentence came
But her love keeps whispering, calling out my name.

[Chorus]
I know that I love her
I'm hoping that I never recover
She's good for me
And it would really make me happy
To never let her slip away

[Outro]
I wish I could speak to my baby every single day
I love her, I really, truly love her…
Each woman I talk to thinks I'm seeing twenty girls
But my heart beats for one, in this lonely, broken world.
"Never recover... slip away... her love..."

Can't Get Enough of Your Love

Taylor Dayne

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