Nelly Furtado

Whoa Nelly (2000)
[Hey, Man!]
[On The Radio (Remember The Days)]
[Baby Girl]
[Legend]
[I'm like a bird]
[Turn Off The Light]
[Trynna Finda Way]
[Party]
[Well, Well]
[My Love Grows Deeper Part 1]
[I Will Make U Cry]
[Scared Of You]


Hey, man!
Hey, man, don't look so scared
You know I'm only testing you out
Hey man, don't look so angry
You're real close to figuring me out

We are a part of a circle
It's like a mobius strip
And it goes round and round until it loses a link

And there's a shadow in the sky 
And it looks like rain, oh oh
And shit is gonna fly once again

Hey, man, we look at each other 
With ample eyes and
Why not some time to discover 
What's behind your eyes, and 
I've got so many questions 
That I want to ask you
I am so tired of mirrors 
Pour me a glass of your wine

And there's a shadow in the sky 
And it looks like rain, oh oh
And shit is gonna fly once again

Ah ah, ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah

I've got a bunch of government cheques at my door
Each morning I try to send them back 
But they only send me more
I look at myself in the mirror; am I vital today? 
Hey, man, I let my conscience get in the way
Oh no

And there's a shadow in the sky 
But it looks like rain, oh oh
And shit is gonna fly once again, oh oh

And I don't mean to rain on your parade
But pathos has got me once again
And I don't want ambivalence
No I don't want ambivalence no more, ah

No I don't want ambivalence
No I don't want ambivalence no more, eh yeah yeah

I said I don't want ambivalence
No I don't want ambivalence no more
No more

I said I don't want ambivalence
No I don't want ambivalence no more
No more
On the radio
Oh oh, oh oh

You liked me 'til you heard my shit on the radio
Well I hate to say but pop ain't going solo
You liked me 'til you heard my shit on the radio
But now I’m just too mainstream for you, oh no

You liked me 'til you seen me on your TV
Well if you’re so low below then why you watching
You say good things come to those who wait
Well I’ve been waiting a long time for it

Chorus
I remember the days
When I was so eager to satisfy you
And be less then I was 
Just to prove I could walk beside you

Now that I’ve flown away 
I see you’ve chosen to stay behind me
And still you curse the day 
I decided to stay true to myself

You say your quest is to bring it higher
Well I never seen change without a fire
But from your mouth, I have seen a lot of burning
But underneath I think it’s a lot of yearning

Your face, the colors change from green to yellow
To the point where you can’t even say hello
You tell me you’d kill me if I ever snob you out
Like that’s what you’d expect from me, like that’s what I’m about

Chorus

It’s so much easier to stay down there 
Guaranteeing you’re cool
Than to sit up here exposing myself 
Trying to break through

Than to burn in the spotlight
Turn in the spitfire
Scream without making a sound
Be up here and not looking down 
Because we’re all afraid of heights

Chorus

Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Myself, myself, myself
Baby girl
I’ve seen a man cry
I’ve seen a man die inside
I’ve seen him say to me that he is only mine
That he gotta do what is best for him
Never let me in, not even begin

To tell me I’m the one under his moon and sun
That I am the thing that revolves around him
But while on top of him 
I know what’s best for him
I’ll show him how to win 
And let me in cuz

Chorus
I don’t wanna be your baby girl
I don’t wanna be your little pearl
I just wanna be what’s best for me
To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun

We’re all sorry now, I didn’t mean to wow
Make you cry like that, it’s just a little spat
Still I want you to know, though I love you so
It’s mostly me dreaming, forcing, believing

That you’re an ideal, hell I never steal
But I stole you from, from another one
So take yourself and wrap around my little finger
Cuz that’s how I think it should swing

Chorus

Why can’t he see
Why can’t he see
What’s inside of me, yeah

Don’t you, don’t you call me coochie-coo, a little girl now
Don’t you gaga goo no coochie-coo girl now 
I’m so much more, can’t you see? 
Can’t you see?

Look who’s writing now a token of their love
Can’t you see love that it’s just because
I wanted a cheap way to get inside your head
And not a cheap way to get inside your bed

Oh you’re running now, with that silly one
It’s all over now, this woman’s just begun
Maybe we’ll see about the will and the way
Butterflies return some day

Chorus
Legend
He wants to be, he wants to be
With everything under the sun
He wants to be, he wants to be
With everything under the sun

And like a legend who rises and then falls 
I cannot be his only one

He makes me feel, he makes me feel
Like you used to, whoa
Like you used to
He makes me feel, he makes me feel
Like you used to, whoa
Like you used to

And like a fickle flower when it first sees the light 
I cannot show just how I fight
And like a fickle flower when it first sees the light 
I cannot show just how I fight

Babe I saw you walking, it was after midnight
Carrying nothing except for a flashlight
You wanted to be Romeo so low at my window
You wanted to be Romeo so low at my window
Will you open the door for me if you believe in chivalry
Will you open the door for me if you believe in chivalry
For I do not think you low though you bow to me so-so
I do not think you low though you bow to me so-so

I know you want to drink from the purest wine, from the purest wine
But the drink is far more sour then you would ever think, think, think, think, think, no

He wants to be, he wants to be 
With everything under the sun
And she wants to burn, she wants to burn
Hot like that sun, whoa
Hot like that sun

Just like a legend that rises and then falls 
I cannot be his only one
And like a callous, cold, callous woman 
She’ll never see what she did done

So like this legend that rises and then falls 
I’ll never be his only one
I'm like a bird
You're beautiful, that's for sure
You'll never ever fade
You're lovely, but it's not for sure
That I won't ever change
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus:
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is
(And baby all I need for you to know is)
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is
(And baby all I need for you to know is)

Your faith in me brings me to tears
Even after all these years
And it pains me so much to tell
That you don't know me that well
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus

It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just that every time you try to tell me that you love me
Each and every single day I know 
I'm going to have to eventually give you away
And though my love is rare
And though my love is true
Hey I'm just scared
That we may fall through

Chorus 3x 
Turn of the light
It’s getting so lonely inside this bed
Don’t know if I should lick my wounds or say 'woe is me' instead
And there’s an aching inside my head
It’s telling me you're better off alone

After midnight
Morning will come
And the day will see 
If you will get some

Chorus
They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough
Well it’s 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough
Well it’s 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down down 
'Til you see all my dreams
Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems

I looked above the other day
Cuz I think I’m good and ready for a change
I live my life by the moon (by the moon)
If it’s high play it low, if it’s harvest go slow and if it’s full, then go

But after midnight
Morning will come
And the day will see, yeah
If you’re gonna get some

Chorus

I’m searching for things that I just cannot see
Why don’t you don’t you don’t you come and be with me
I pretend to be cool with me, want to believe
That I can do it on my own without my heart on my sleeve

I’m running, I’m running, catch up with me life
Where is the love that I’m looking to find
It’s all in me, can’t you see
Why can't you, why can’t you see it’s all in me

Where is your logic (turn off the light, turn off the light)
Who do you need (turn off the light, turn off the light)

And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down
'Til you see all my dreams
Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems

Follow me follow me down down down down
I do not need I do not need nobody (turn off the light, turn off the light)
(Repeat)

Follow me follow me follow me down down down
'Til you see all my dreams
Follow me follow me follow me down down down
'Til you see all my dreams

Where is your logic
Who do you need
Where can you turn
Trynna finda way
I left my heart in San Francisco with some club kids 
On a crowded street somewhere 
The sky was red and he said
"Would you like to come be a part of my North American
Dream?"

I could try to chase life down
Down the street and I'd find 
The separation of fact and fiction

Chorus
I'm tryna find a way
I'm tryna find a right
And if I budge I just might
I'm tryna find a way
I'm tryna find a right
And if I budge I just might

I left my conscience somewhere with my rythym
I heard about it from the mouth of a man
He was hopping some trains and combing the land
Looking for a lover (kiss) planted in the east
Trying to run from the dreaded fist beast, beast, beast, yeah

And it lies, it lies 
In the picket fence call
It was my own paradise with 
My own private corridor

Chorus

So I'm dancing to a new beat 
And it came to me in bed
My veins became a strain of light 
That I let to flow instead
And a wish came to me like Peter Pan at my window 
And said
Evolve your destiny child and you'll never walk alone, no

You'll never walk alone, but
Travel to the land of surrender 
Til you can't cry no more
Til you can't, til you can't
And you'll never walk alone

All this inspiration is passing me by
All I can do is chill when I really wanna fly
And this pollution do nothing but dirty up my mind
Faster than forever in the blink of an eye
To see past my lethargy is hard I feign
The beauty of my youth is gone 
But the chemicals remain

Chorus x2

They're fighting, they're fighting, they're fighting for my attention
Hello, you have my attention
Do I have your attention?
Can I have your attention please?
Please, you've made such such such an impression on me
Party
I’m talking to the mirror again but it’s not listening
I’m cleaning my dirty mind like a toilet but it won’t give in
I’m drinking spirits in the hopes that I will find myself one
All I can rectify is that the party’s just begun

Chorus
Party’s just begun
Party’s just begun
Party’s just begun
Party’s just begun

I feel like falling asleep and never waking up
It’s not that my glass is empty but I need another cup
When all of the doors around me just shut one by one
I feel like falling asleep but the party’s just begun

Chorus

Shaky, shaky steps in the middle of the day
A fire in my path and a cool decay
Of limbs and tooth under my skin
Oh, freedom, where do I begin

I’m changing my inflection and how I say the words
Maybe it will sound like something they’ve never heard
Oh, death of the party
I picked up the chalice of malice

And drank till I was full
I drank till I was full
I was thirsty but I drank till I was full
I drank till I, till I,till I was full

There’s a fever in my bones that I know so well
I keep my head low low low to avoid the swell
But it’ll be cold in hell, it’ll be cold in hell
Before they put me in that chamber
So I’m cleaning up as fast as I can
I’m cleaning up as fast as I can

Cuz you can’t unbreak what you break
You can’t unfake the very fake
You cannot fuel without a tank,
No you can’t unbreak what you break, what you break

Chorus x2
Well, well
I want to know where you go
I want to know where you go
At night
When you leave my bed, yeah yeah

And when I saw you on the ?? I knew
You had no time for me left in your love
So I'm gonna hold my baby, blown away, blown away
So far, ah

Chorus
But I feel you
Don't want to let you go
I feel you
Hey man I love you so
I feel you
Alone here in the night
I feel you

So if you want to try, you can make it right, right

Oh, you are such a little child
Oh, you are such a little child
And you won't give anything away
No way, no way, oh

And when I saw you in the rain
When I saw you creepin' is when I know
You have no time for me in your life
So boohoo, now you're gone

Chorus

It's not too late
To catch me while you can
I will be waiting for you
You know it's not too late
Ay yeah

It's not too late, oh baby when I'll wait
I'll wish he could have stayed here
But it's not too late, yeah ay

Cuz I feel you
Don't want to let you go
I feel you
Hey man I love you so
I feel you
Alone here in the night
I feel you, you, yeah

And if you, if you want, I could give you a chance
And you could make it right, make it right
If you want, I could give you some time
And you could make it right, make it right
(Repeat)

Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Don't want to let you go)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Hey man I love you so)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Alone here in the night)
Come make it, haha
My love grows deeper part 1
Chorus
My love grows deeper every day
And takes a little piece of me
My love grows deeper every day 
And takes a little piece of me
My love grows deeper every day
Deep into the sea
But takes a little piece of me
A little piece of me

Oh it’s so beautiful out and I can’t see 
Why we’re not allowed to be
Up in the sky with the birds counting the flowers
And oh my powers have failed me again 
When I can’t see beginning to end
And I try to test it again through the hours

I get so stuck on leaving 
But I guess I think I’ll stay
I’ll be hanging around here anyway
I get so stuck on leaving
Hell I think I’ll go
Cuz they don’t want me around here
No, no

Chorus

Oh why can’t I be green as the grass beneath my feet
As fresh as the dew hits the ground in the morning
And not yellow like bumble bees
Please take me off my knees, my knees
I don’t wanna be red forever

I get so stuck on leaving
But I guess I think I’ll stay
I’ll be hanging around here anyway
I get so stuck on leaving 
So hell I think I’ll go
Cuz they don’t want me around here
No, no, no, no

Traveling far, all up in the blue, traveling far
Bould not be born because of you, you, you, you
Traveling far, up in the blue
Could not be born because of you
Because of you, you, you, you, you, you, you

I get so stuck on leaving
But I guess I think I’ll stay
I’ll be hanging around here anyway
Oh I get so stuck on leaving
Hell I think I’ll go
Cuz you don’t want me around here
No more

I get so stuck on leaving
I get so stuck on leaving
I get so stuck on leaving
Stuck on leaving
Stuck on, stuck on leaving
Stuck on leaving
Hell I think I'll go
You cut my wings long time ago

Chorus Fade
I will make u cry
Chuva, chuvinhao 
Venh, venh, venh ca, rapaz
Chuva, chuvinhao
Venh, venh ca, rapaz

This is not political, it's just that I, I 
Demand attention when I walk into the room
(Venho, venho, venho)
Hey
(Venho, venho, venho)

And it's not that I can't play ball hard, it's just that I don't want to
And the more I think about this pressure love, I don't want you
And I can't have you, and that's what hurts the most
I cannot show you these things I boast
Throw my heart out, keep my head up, I cannot fuck up cuz

I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that)
I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only bring on the rain, yeah yeah

So I'll prefer to run this road rough around the edges 
Good for something but too good to give it to you
You run your own course at your own pace but I just got impatient
See, I wanted to explore 

Forsake you, forsook you, abate you, dissipate you 
So turn fate around, I believed that I was free of you (not)
I still believe in those days on benches at sunset or the waves in July
Or was it March
We weathered weathers and storms real and imagined, such fragile tenderness
You are truly blessed
I stress this as I blow you this kiss as I blow it in the wind, mwah

I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that)
I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only bring on the rain

Chuva, chuvinhao
Venh, venh ca, rapaz

Gonna make you cry 
So damn hard 
You're gonna curse your drawers and wish you weren't a boy
Gonna make you cry 
So damn hard 
You're gonna curse your drawers and wish you weren't a boy

I will make you cry
I will make you cry
(Boohoo)

They say time is made of memories
Well I remembered and I'm tired
This is not political
It's just that I remember the fire

Babe you left me with my head held high 
And I feigned to be more than I was, didn't I
I thought I could do without sugar love 
But this chocolate has turned into sweet bubble gum
Candy is sweet but honey is sweeter
It tastes like the real thing but candy is much much cheaper (cheaper)

I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that)
I, I got what you need boy (baby I do) 
But I will only bring on the rain

(Rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha)
(Rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha)
(Rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha)

Time crying
You'll be crying
I'm sorry I made you cry
I didn't mean to
Let me wipe those tears away
Wipe those tears away
Don't cry baby
It's only rain
Scared of you
I’m sorry 
I forsake you
I’m sorry 
That I left you
I’m sorry 
I did forget you

Mmm
Mmm

And I’m sorry 
That I made myself feel better
By making you feel never good enough

I know you’ll shine much brighter 
Than I ever could
Maybe that is why I was

Scared of you 
(And in everything I do I’m still thinking of you)
Oh you, you
I know you were scared of me 
(But everytime I tried to love you I just fell through)
Too, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

Desculpa me 
Se te ofendi
Desculpa me
Se te esqueci
Desculpa me 
Se eu te deixei
Eu te deixei

E desculpa me 
Por mi sintir bem com tu ador
Sabes que te adore 
Mais sei que tu estrela a maior 
Do que minha, do que minha
E por isso

Eu tenho medo deste amor 
(Os dias passo pensando en ti) 
Amor
Medo deste amor 
(Salve me porque agora estou caindo) 
Amor

Scared of you 
I was
I was
Scared of you 
I was
I was
Scared of you, you, you, you, you, you, ooh
I was
I was
Scared of you
Scared of you