Neneh Cherry

Songwriter: Booga Bear Neneh Cherry

Producer: Wil Malone Mark Saunders Dynamic Duo (다이나믹듀오)

I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the last stretch,on the last stretch
I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the left foot, with the right foot

I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the last stretch,on the last stretch
I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the left foot, with the right foot

You could have reached for me, saved me from lying and I wanted to touch you
But I was stuck on my island
With a puddle of misunderstanding like a sea between us
When we anchored our love in the harbour seems so long ago
When we anchored our love in the harbour seems so long ago

I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the last stretch,on the last stretch
I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the left foot, with the right foot

Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto
Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto

Chasing you is haunting me, but I know that girl is lying
You upset my chemistry
Baby I'm sick of crying
Forever is only like the sky and the sea between us
When we anchored our love in the harbour seems so long ago
When we anchored our love in the harbour seems so long ago

Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto
Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto

I can't see a way every day we are the same
Turning round and round I pick you up and then you let me down
Never will I blame, never will I hate
I'll just have to go saving you from saving me

I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the last stretch,on the last stretch
I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the left foot, with the right foot

Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto
Come rain come shine I'm leaving this love ghetto

I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the last stretch,on the last stretch
I'm in a home run, I'm in a home run
On the right foot, with my left foot
On my right foot

What your eyes tell you, your ears can be deceived
And the poor teacher can always be relieved
In the love ghetto
In the love ghetto

What your eyes tell you, your ears can be deceived
And the poor teacher can always be relieved
In the love ghetto
In the love ghetto

What your eyes tell you, your ears can be deceived
And the poor teacher can always be relieved
In the love ghetto
In the love ghetto

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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