Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Canonical path: /tracy-chapman/speak-the-word
Related lyric paths: 6
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Speak The Word
Read Speak The Word lyrics by Tracy Chapman on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Speak The Word
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Unsettled hearts
Promise what they can't deliver
Bring me the wine
And the cold night air to clear my head
Gray matter memory house
Master of this trembling flesh
Steady still my doubts
Let me speak the word that precedes bliss
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
These weakened knees
Have not touched ground or pew in ages
I haven't bowed my head
To offer thanks to any god or to ask for favors
But watch me now
I'm falling down
Praying
To speak the word that precedes bliss
To speak the word
To speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
Let me speak the word
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Tracy Chapman performs "Speak The Word", and this lyric page sits inside the Tracy Chapman catalog on LyroVerse.
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