hey
hey
ohh ohh ohhh
fell in love
so presently i’m standing
here right now you’re so demanding
tell me what you want from me
concluding concentrating on my music lover and my babies
make me wanna ask a lady for a ticket outta town
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so can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a ticket outta town
a look around and a safe touch down
can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a chance to fly
a chance to cry and a long bye
post hook
but i i need you to want me
i need you to miss me
i need yo’ attention yes
i need you next me heh
oh i i need someone to clap for memmhmm
i need your direction
somebody say come back
come back baby come back
i want you to need me
come back come back baby come back
come back come back baby come back
come back come back baby come back
so out my mind i’m tusslin’
back and forth ‘tween here and hustlin’
i don’t wanna time travel no mo’
i wanna be here my thinkin’
say on this porch i’m rockin’
back and forth like lightnin’ hopkins
so if anybody speak to scotty
tell him beam me up
hook
so can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a ticket outta town
a look around and a safe touch down
can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a chance to fly
a chance to cry and a long bye
post hook
but i i need you to miss me
i need somebody come get me
i need your attention yes
and i need your energy and i do
ohh ohh i i need someone to clap for me
and i need your direction
somebody say come back
come back baby come back
i want you to need me
come back come back baby come back
come back come back baby come back
come back come back baby come back
hook
so can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a ticket outta town
a look around and a safe touch down
can i get a window seat
don’t want nobody next to me
i just want a chance to fly
a chance to cry and a long bye
they play it safe are quick to assassinate what they do not understand they move in packs ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another they feel most comfortable in groups less guilt to swallow they are us this is what we have become afraid to respect the individual a single person within a circumstance can move one to change to love herself to evolve
Artist: Erykah Badu
Year: 2010
Decade: 10s
Language: en
Word Count: 275