Becky Bishop

Shapeshifting Lyrics

How Does It Feel - (Becky Bishop)
Because - (Becky Bishop)
Full Moon Over Babylon - (Becky Bishop, Scott Richardson)
Don't Wake Me Up - (Becky Bishop)
Wild Streak - (Scott Richardson)
I Can't Get Enough - (Becky Bishop)
Bigger Than Us - (Becky Bishop)
Drinking Alone - (Will Birch)
Stalkin' The Flock - (Billy Bremner)
East of the Sun, West of the Moon - (Becky Bishop)
The Fine Line - (Becky Bishop)
The Parting Glass - (Traditional)

How Does It Feel

What would it feel like on top of the world
Or when the bottom drops out
How would it feel to be in control
How would it feel to not be

How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel

What would it feel like to express yourself
When nobody really cares
Kind of like standing up naked in church
Invisible to everyone there

How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel

Somebody's lyin' somebody's cryin'
Somebody's gonna be without
Somebody's gonna be unhappy
Unless they got something to whine about

What would it feel like to be somebody else
Someone you really want to be
Everybody would come to your party
Giving you anything you want or need

How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel

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Because

I'm foolish and I'm reckless never stay in one place long
I'm living life from day to day, anywhere I can belong
I get into moving and it gets into me
I've made my bed and I lay in it
That's the way it's gonna be

I am the way I am
You are the way you are
Don't ask me why 'cause I don't know
It's just because

You don't have to say I love you just because you do
Words don't ever mean a thing, it's your actions that hold true
Every time you tell a lie it all comes down on you
That's the way it always goes
There's nothing you can do

I am the way I am
You are the way you are
Just like planet Earth goes spinning 'round among the stars

I am the way I am
You are the way you are
Don't ask me why 'cause I don't know
It's just because

When you're feeling bored to the core
Just go on out beyond your front door
And nothing is the same anymore

I'm foolish and I'm reckless never stay in one place long
I'm living life from day to day, anywhere I can belong

I am the way I am
You are the way you are
Don't ask me why 'cause I don't know
It's just because

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Full Moon Over Babylon

Words & Music by Becky Bishop
Additional lyrics by Scott Richardson © 2004
All Rights Reserved

Mission bells are ringing all over today
For an innocent who got in someone's way
And somewhere in the night the bad guys hiding in the dark
Laughing 'cause they think they got away

Ambulance arriving as a cop car pulls away
Having interviewed a witness who went blind
Blinded by the bright lights of the television crews
Filming all the drama they can find

There's a full moon over Babylon
For the guilty and the innocent too
A full moon over Babylon
While Heaven hides inside of you

Mission bells are ringing all over today
For the killers who were just caught by surprise
And as the red sun goes down into the west
An ancient silver light is on the rise

There's a full moon over Babylon
For the guilty and the innocent too
A full moon over Babylon
Seeing everything we do

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Don't Wake Me Up

Don't wake me up if I am dreaming
Turn out the light as you are leaving
You know I've been a little bit wild
But now I'm sleeping like a child
Kiss my once or twice before you go

I close my eyes and see your face
Your strong warm body I embrace
And my reflection in your eyes
I get so dizzy deep inside
Feeling naked I try to find a place to hide

And I call your name in the dark
And I call your name in the dark
Over and over
Over and over again

Don't wake me up when I am sleeping
I could lay here forever dreaming
I get a vision in my head
You come and creep into my bed
And Idon't ever want to see the light of day

And I call your name in the dark
And I call your name in the dark
Over and over
Over and over again

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Wild Streak

Words & Music by Scott Richardson

I've always had a dark side
I was born with scars inside
From my daddy's rage
In his assembly line cage

He's sit and listen to Hank
Drinking shots of Jack
And many is the time I felt
His belt right across my back

Wild streak
That's all it taught me
Burnin' like a fever
Never let you be

I've always been in trouble
And trouble been in me
I took the road to the city
I learned the blues for free

Wild streak
That's all it taught me
Burnin' like a fever
Never let you be
Wild streak
Bad company
I'll love you then I'll leave you
That's my legacy

The road is cold and lonely
But it's still my home
I came into this world myself
And I'm goin' out alone

Wild streak
That's all it taught me
Burnin' like a fever
Never let you be
Wild streak
Bad company
I'll love you then I'll leave you
That's my legacy

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I Can't Get Enough

If love is a lie then keep on talking
I'll just close my eyes and keep on walking
And if life is an illusion then let it be
Let it lead me on, let it mystify me

Well I've been pushed, I've been shoved
I've been pulled through the tunnel of love
And just when all of my bruises mend
Buy me another ticket and I'm ready again

Cause I can't get enough
Of luck or money or too much fun
But you know I'm strong and you know I'm tough
Cause I can't get enough
No I can't get enough

Did you ever play with the devil
In the full moonlight?
Eye to eye, face to face
Do you know what it feels like?

Well it's been one great big ball
But I can't say that I've done it all
I need a little time, just one more day
I need a little more fun and I'll be on my way

Cause I can't get enough
Of luck or money or too much fun
But you know I'm strong and you know I'm tough
Cause I can't get enough
No I can't get enough

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Bigger Than Us

I hope you're happy wherever you may be
I hope that sometimes you think about me
When you're in the shower, when you're all alone
Listen my message on your answer phone

If you would pardon a few bad habits of mine
Four letter words I don't mean to be unkind
Please ignore me when I bitch and whine
And you will be the biggest saint of all time

We all are part of something bigger
We all are part of something bigger
We all are part of something bigger
Than us

I could be almost anything I wanna be
As long as I got room to breathe and wishes are free
Here we all are dreaming in red, white and blue
Doing almost anything we want to do

We all are part of something bigger
We all are part of something bigger
We all are part of something bigger
Than us

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Drinking Alone

Words and Music by Will Birch and Graham Revell

Sittin' on a bar stool in a lonely saloon
Waitin' for a friend to phone
Lookin' at the clock, shootin' at the moon
It ain't easy when you're drinkin' alone

The bar is getting crowded and you're fed up to the teeth
Now you're in the twilight zone
Don't wanna leave your seat, but you're busting for a leak
It ain't easy when you're drinking alone

Now some folks like their fun
And some folks like their liquor
Yeah, Whiskey's pretty good, but Gin is so much quicker
And you never wanna go, so set 'em up Joe
It ain't easy when you're drinkin' alone
It ain't easy when you're drinkin' alone

And now it's getting late, closing time is near
Still waitin' for that friend to phone
You really oughta go, but have another beer
It ain't easy when you're drinkin' alone

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Stalkin' The Flock

Words and music by Billy Bremner

A wolf finds a sheep just as easy as pie
It's the same on the streets where the stakes are high
When the wolf finds a kill the victim don't get a chance
Like the thief on the street don't give the rich guy a chance

Stalkin' the flock is what the bad guys call it
Stalkin' the flock they're hungry for your wallet
Muggin' and rollin' don't matter to them
When you're stalkin' the flock it works it out just the same

When the fox see the hen house from a long way away
It's the same for the thief he knows you've just been paid
Mr. Fox does the business and is gone in a flash
Mr. Tealeaf is two blocks away counting your cash

Stalkin' the flock all bad guys call it the same
Stalkin' the flock that's the name of the game
Sentimental value to them don't mean a hoot
When you're stalkin' the flock can't take a chance that they'll shoot

I guess you know that wolves hunt in packs
They feel safer 'cause a bear might have them on their backs
But out on the street it's a different thing
A thief takes a risk on his own and he keeps everything

Stalkin' the flock is what the bad guys call it
Stalkin' the flock they're hungry for your wallet
Muggin' and rollin' don't matter to them
When you're stalkin' the flock it works it out just the same

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East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon

These clean bare feet could take me far
Take a whip to my back, take a knife to my heart
You can't hold me back, try and stop me now
I can't help myself, I don't know how

East of the sun, West of the moon
I would lie, I would cheat, even kill for you
East of the sun, West of the moon
I will run away with you

You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth
Oh you have no fears and you have no doubts
The moon and stars you could take with ease
You've got everything, including me

East of the sun, West of the moon
I would lie, I would cheat, even kill for you
East of the sun, West of the moon
I will run away with you

Cross my heart and hope to die
I want you bad, now I can't lie

East of the sun, West of the moon
I would lie, I would cheat, even kill for you
East of the sun, West of the moon
I will run away with you

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The Fine Line

It's a cold silent warning
I'll be a wreck in the morning
I lay in my bed, the wheels turn in my head
I can't turn it off, these consuming thoughts
Are visions of you in shades of deep blue

I walk the fine line between love and hate
I walk the fine line between Heaven and Hell's gate
I walk the fine line between pleasure and pain

I do way too much dreaming
For all the wrong reasons
No faults I'll find because love is blind
You're my obsession in my deepest confession
If that ain't enough I'll sign it in blood

I walk the fine line between love and hate
I walk the fine line between Heaven and Hell's gate
I walk the fine line between pleasure and pain

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The Parting Glass

Traditional/Public Domain

Of all the money that I ere I had
I spent it in good company
And all the harm I've ever done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be to you all

Fill to me the parting glass
And drink to health and happy thoughts
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

Of all comrades that ere I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all sweethearts I've ever had
They wish me one more day to stay
Since it fell into my lot
That I should go and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

Since it fell into my lot
That I should go and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass
And drink to health and happy thoughts
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

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