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My Back Door
Melissa Etheridge
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When I was a child, I dreamed like a child of wonder
With my back in the grass, my eyes to the sky to see
I believe in the stars and I knew they cast a spell that I was under
With my fingers in the dirt, I was a part of the earth
Every living thing was part of me
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But it's gone, it's gone
It's gone, it's gone, gone
I can't feel it, I can't feel it
Must've found a way out my back door
Must've run away out my back door
Because it's gone, gone, gone
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Then I fell in love, love gave me a shot of pure desire
There was nothing else like this, this unimagined bliss this ecstasy
Deep inside the night I believed I saw the light ignite a fire
And it burned into the dark, it burned deep inside my heart
I thought it would burn eternally
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But it's gone, it's gone
It's gone, it's gone gone
I can't feel it, I can't feel it
Must've found a way out my back door
Must've run away out my back door
Because it's gone
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So I run into the street
And I shout into the phone, asking everyone I meet
I say, have you seen it on my doorstep
Did you see it in my car
Have you seen it in the alley was it on the back of some guitar?
Is it sleeping in the hallway
Does it cry all night alone
Is it selling itself for money
Does it want, does it want to come home
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Then I saw the world, wounded deep and curled up on my sidewalk
With their mouths all white and pale telling all their tales reality
So I picked up a sign and I found my place in line and I shouted no talk
The men all painted proud, their words empty and loud
Are trying hard to sell my dream
They tell me it's gone, they say it's gone
They say it's
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But I can feel it
Oh I wanna feel it
I can't let it run away out my back door
I can't let it run away out my back door
If I look out there, if I look out there everyday
I can't wait run away
Let it run away
Oh if I look out there
Everyday
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