Shakespears Sister

Songwriter: Siobhan Fahey Marcella Detroit Richard Feldman

Producer: Shakespears Sister Alan Moulder

[Intro]
The things I said about you
Maybe we could work it out someday

[Verse 1]
Things were going pretty well 'til I died
On that sunny afternoon
When you broke down before my eyes
Well I got a streak of meanness (Oh yeah)
A clumsy way of speaking
And I don't know where I get it from
It must run in my family

[Chorus]
Do I have to go down on my knees?
This is my sixteenth apology to you
With friends like me who needs enemies?

[Verse 2]
I got a river inside the size of my rage
Which is really something else
When you think of my tender age
Well I got a way about me (Oh yeah)
But it's hard for me to see it (Oh yeah)
And I don't know when I'm in the wrong
Why am I so hard to please?

[Chorus]
This is my sixteenth apology to you
Do I have to go down on my knees for you? (Yeah)
With friends like me who needs enemies?

[Bridge]
The things I said about you
Were all said yesterday
I didn't mean to hurt you
Maybe we could work it out someday

[Verse 3]
Now I got a streak of meanness (Oh yeah)
A clumsy way of speaking
And I don't know when I'm in the wrong
Why am I so hard to please?

[Chorus]
Do I have to go down on my knees?
This is my sixteenth apology to you
With friends like me who needs enemies?

[Outro]
Didn't your mother ever tell you
To err is human, to forgive is divine?
Oh well, I'll see you in the next life

Shakespear’s Sister is a pop-rock duo formed in 1988 by Siobhan Fahey, who left Bananarama after disagreements with the musical direction the band was going. The band was originally intended to be Fahey’s solo project, but immediately became a duo after she recruited American singer Marcella Detroit (aka Marcy Levy).

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