I Want It Back

Shawn Colvin

I lost the thread I lost the map



It's not a feeling it's a fact



I had it once I was on track



Why won't it stay? I want it back



I see you there in that magazine



You're looking smart you sound supreme



You got such lip you know the street



You been around you took some heat




You mighta killed you might be cruel



You might be stupid but we love you



You're in the paper you're in the air



You're in my head, you're everywhere




I want it back




You're so extreme, you're feast or famine



You got one mission, just like a salmon



You said in life, mistakes are many



How come you never admit to any?




Are you for real or are you bluffing?



You really get me, famous for nothing



And every morning you got a name



In a world where people all look the same




I want it back




I can't give love, I don't know how



I write in code so you won't know



I was on drugs, I took a nap



I didn't mean it, I want it back




I dreamed again of paradise



I floated steady, it felt so nice



to sell your soul, just think of that



I'm halfway there, I want it back




I want it back