For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game

One I wish I never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand

Self professed… profound
Till the chips were down
…know you’re a gambling man
Love is a losing hand

Though I’m rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned

Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

(Amy Winehouse)

(v1)
Learning to curb the feelings, fake it, say I’m alright
Lie through clenched teeth when asked if I loved you
I am an actress, a word smith, I am a play write

Push it down farther, smash it like petals
Don’t write cuz that brings it to the surface, a surface I can’t face
never again that warm touch, never that sweet embrace

(ch)
hold it down push it down let it fade away
twice removed, bitter lies, baby lead astray
hold it down push it down let it die inside
better than reality live the bitter lie

(v2)
Don’t feel any more, the numbness taken over
its easier to fake it, pretend it was all a lie
then to face the bottom line that you didn’t try

No more honesty, its all dirty fiction
go back into the shell
where I am safe from the friction

(ch)

(b)
you knew the real me, but now she’s gone,
ran away with the real you, hid for so long
bound together and pretend they never belonged
neither had the strength to carry on

(ch)

(v1)
floating lightly, transmundane visions
whispered words above the ground
wrapped arms, head on beating hearts
soft the stillness motion sound

struggle drowning for control
heavy heaving, regretful sobbing
bled so deeply through my chest
pressed on temples, remorseful throbbing

(ch)
and I the smaller of us two
kept you safe from harm
and I the braver of us two
held you closer in my arms

(v2)
in thoughts He doesn’t love you
unworthy of the praise
within the grasp its all renewed
mapping emotional maze

step one closer to acceptance
lost faith once found
it is not me who gives forgiveness
but accepts you completely with resound

(ch)

(b)
knowledgeable, as He is, of your sins, I won’t save you from yourself
steadfast in my resolve to not leave you empty on the shelf
but I the smaller of us two, will keep you safe from harm
and I the stronger of us two, will settle down your alarm

and I the smaller of us two
keep you safe from harm
and I the braver of us two
held you closer in my arms

(ch out)

(v1)
I could never see you
cuz when we’d say goodbye
the pain so overwhelming
I would just lay down and die

we say we can’t talk about it
but the reality is true
hashing over worthless lies
no subscription to renew

(c)
you try a little harder to make me love you
throw more fuel on the fire
could you try a little harder to make me love you
unsure I’m your hearts desire

(v2)
you say I make
fuck me eyes with my voice
you’re the one now
to make the choice

voice or eyes
don’t listen, don’t see
I won’t cry when
its time to leave

(c)
you try a little harder to make me love you
throw more fuel on the fire
could you try a little harder to make me love you
unsure I’m your hearts desire

(b)
And you say
the voice may have been the beginning
but its not what drives me now
in this play of blatant sinning
curtain closed now take a bow

(c)
you try a little harder to make me love you
throw more fuel on the fire
could you try a little harder to make me love you
unsure I’m your hearts desire

(intro)
He said fathers be good to your daughters, but what about the ones that have none
she tries to love him as memories fade, strong line walked when you know love was gone

(v1)
empty childhood of scotch and sodas, cigarettes and beds
she’s the prettiest one, if only inside her pretty head
empty mornings alone or with a friend
who’s names she forgets when the tide starts to bend

its hard when she doesn’t have enough love to start
she was cast aside for other ones he created
little girl running to arms that won’t lift her up
she stands alone, sinking faster the hook was baited

(ch)
I sing to her the lullaby that he should have been singing
tell her all the pretty things that she should be believing

(v2)
She fights to find the love within,
the tears drop down her face
tells herself to keep up her chin,
she feels the pain, feels the disgrace

though he’s gone he’s left his mark
burned soul, stained heart
What did she do wrong, why didn’t he love her
Did she come on too strong, she was just his first daughter

(ch)

(b)
can’t love a man the way she should cuz he didn’t love her first
So proud the first time he held her, then she didn’t know the worst
I think about her greatness, and all that she could be
if he had only loved her like I do, she makes due with the love from me

_Why_ didn’t he love her
What did she do _wrong_?
She was just his first daughter
Did she come on too strong
I sing to her the lullaby that he should have been singing
tell her all the pretty things that she should be believing

I sing to her the lullaby that he should have been singing
tell her all the pretty things that she should be believing

(intro)
Sweet honey won’t you lay down, let me run my lips all over you
softly, sweetly, honey, as to not miss any part of you

(v1)
Let me begin, with what you do to me
love me deep, knees and shoulders
you take my love, you set it free
because of this I’m feeling bolder

your pleasure my passion tonight
sweet baby, you’ve been on my mind
stay with me late to the morning light
let me show you, let me take my time

(ch)
Drinking you in, drinking you deep
You are my secret and for that I will keep
Drinking you in, drinking you deep
Don’t make no sound honey, don’t make me repeat

(v2)
Sweet honey, won’t you stay by my side
down on my knees, I’m gonna smile at you
you know my tricks, I’ll make it worth wild
make you beg for my mercy before I am through

my sexual awareness set on overkill
lay down baby, let me be your thrill
I _will_ hear you say my name
breathlessly, over and over and over again

(b)
Tonight is all about you honey, tell me what you want me to do
I’ll be the pleaser, and you be the pleased, lay back down we are not through
hands bound, hearts tied, lips flourish for the ride
swallow hard, deep inside, your intense pleasure is all in mind

(ch)

Don’t make no sound honey, don’t make me repeat
Don’t make no sound honey, not til you’re complete
Don’t make no sound honey
Don’t make no sound