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Carly Simon – Slave lyrics
(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman)

Listening for your footsteps
Just waiting like a fool
Burning with a fever
Only you can cool

The clock beside my pillow
Has ticked away the night
Like a heartbeat mocking me
Until the light

Gotta stop these thoughts about you
Gotta learn to live without you
Gotta find some freedom for this weary slave
'Cause I'm hungry for you
And I'm longing for you
And I'm burning for you

I worship your opinions
I imitate your ways
I try to make you grace me
With a word of praise

However much I tell myself
That I'm strong and free and brave
I'm just another woman
Raised to be a slave

Slave, nothing but a slave
Mind of a slave
Body of a slave

I find I gave away the soul
That I wanted you to save
I'm just another woman
Raised to be a slave

Hungry for you
And longing for you
Burning for you
And I'm longing for you
Burning for you
And I'm yearning for you
Longing for you
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(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman) Listening for your footsteps Just waiting like a fool Burning with a fever Only you can cool The clock beside my pillow Has ticked away the night Like a heartbeat mocking me Until the light Gotta stop these thoughts about you Gotta learn to live without you Gotta find some freedom for this weary slave 'Cause I'm hungry for you And I'm longing for you And I'm burning for you I worship your opinions I imitate your ways I try to make you grace me With a word of praise However much I tell myself That I'm strong and free and brave I'm just another woman Raised to be a slave Slave, nothing but a slave Mind of a slave Body of a slave I find I gave away the soul That I wanted you to save I'm just another woman Raised to be a slave Hungry for you And longing for you Burning for you And I'm longing for you Burning for you And I'm yearning for you Longing for you Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: CARLY SIMON, JACOB BRACKMAN
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