Song Lyrics Amel Larrieux - Giving Something Up    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Amel Larrieux Singer Lyrics [Amel Larrieux other resources]>> Giving Something Up Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Amel Larrieux Music Title/Track: Giving Something Up Theme ID: 18621 Album: N/A VERSE 1 '76 when a man Told his wife 'baby doll sorry i can't stay' Left with 5 kids she was forced to become Superwoman and go earn some pay A college-educated girl Washing dishes in a man's world Now what good is a degree When you've got mouths to feed She is that girl, maybe you know her Maybe you've been, maybe you are today Insert your year where the year is If to this story you can relate CHORUS Giving something up We're always giving something up We are giving somethin up We're always giving something up We are giving something up We're always giving something up We are giving something up We're always giving something We're always giving something up VERSE 2 '97, a mother has no choice But to go find work and leave her kids alone Far from heaven, so she's gone 5 days out the week to bring a piece home Her man is off somewhere up some dress Bringing her back some other woman's sickness Her baby girl is crying 'Mama please When you're gone the neighbor's chasing me' Around the world, from Pakistan Down to Soweto, back to New York City Insert your year where the year is If to this story you can relate CHORUS BRIDGE (background repeated w/ each line: Giving, yes, ah) Giving, trying, self-relying Feeling, teaching, always preaching Dreaming, losing, being abused and Dying, crying, sacrificing Hurting, being told we're worthless Birthing, buried alive in the earth and Hoping, mending, spirits broken Flying and somehow surviving CHORUS (repeated w/ ad libs till end) Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Weather, Your Eyes, Big Big World, A Message To The Masses, Bleed To Know, Bring Me the Heads, Broken Design, Burning Rubber, Calvin Kleins The Killers, Celebrate Annhilation, CK Killer, Coma America, Dead on the Bible, Decir Adios, Dont Sleep, Down Human, Drive, Everything Is Untrue, Exterminate!, Fevered, Fin Del Tiempo, Freak Down, Fuck In LA, Hello, Hello (One Chord Lovers), Heres the Poison, Heres The Poison, I Dont Sleep, In Your Suit, Justified, L.a. Decorum, Liberation for..., Like You Burn, May Day, Mayday, Money Infection, Monkey, Neutron Liars, No Cure for the Pure, Oblivion Stereo, Operate, Piss Virus, Please Kill Me, Private, Refuse Amen, Resignation / Naked And Violent, Resignation/Naked and Violent, ResignationNaked And Violent, Safety In Suicide, Se Que Tu No Estas Solo, Other Amel Larrieux song Lyrics All I Got Lyrics Beyond Lyrics Bravebird Lyrics Congo Lyrics Dear To Me Lyrics Down Lyrics Even If Lyrics Every Second Lyrics For Real Lyrics Get To Lyrics Get Up Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Amelia Lyrics Amen Lyrics Amen Corner Lyrics AMERICA Lyrics America Gomorrah Lyrics American Beauty Soundtrack Lyrics American Breed Lyrics American Culture eXperiments Lyrics American Folk song Lyrics American Football Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy