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Two weeks in a Virginia jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover
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And everybody thinks
That I'me the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover
I follow my heart
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake
I follow oy heart
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover
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That I'me the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make
Song Info
Submitted by
nelly On Mar 08, 2002
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According to Wikipedia: "Some people view the song as being about an unhealthy relationship but when viewed with the knowledge of her sexual orientation and its legality at the time, it takes on a different possible context."
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This song is great. "evereyday i`m psychoanalyzed" Fav. line in this song!
A relationship that nobody approves of...but to her it doesn't matter what anybody thinks because she'd do anything for the one she loves "I'd climb a mountain if I had to And risk my life so I could have you"
I like this song. It has a Bonnie and Clyde feel to it.
Im feeling that mate! This song is so much better when ur sad!
Her voice is so raw and so real that almost everything she sings, even songs with the most simple melodies, seem to reach right down to your soul and touch you on the most personal level. This song is a great example.
what awesome use of guitar in this song. You can just feel yourself getting lifted up in the music just before that last 'two weeks in a virginia jail'. You gotta love tracy chapman
I love this song. It makes me think of a movie I saw as a kid, "Badlands." It starred Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as young lovers on a murder spree. It also kinda reminds me of "Sugarland Express" with Goldie Hawn.
I love the country, rural sound and feel to the song. The mentionings of Virginia add to that. It's also very sad. The narrator is totally in love, totally loyal to her lover, even though that mate is probably nothing but trouble. The narrator probably never got much love at all, so she holds steadfastly onto whatever love she can get, even if it is harmful to her.
Maybe it's just me, but the use of the word "lover" makes me wonder if this is about a gay couple. I suppose that could just be my connotation of the word. I think it's somewhat sophisticated, and I don't imagine the narrator of the song being very sophisticated. Also, where I come from "lover" is/was often the term of choice to describe a gay person's special friend.
All the sacrifices she made for her love, who, to her, is worth every one.
$20,000 bail sounds a bit much for 2 weeks porridge!
definitely seems like this song is written for/about a gay/lesbian couple...