Sinéad O’Connor

Released: June 21, 2005

Featuring: BlockHeadz

Songwriter: Chaz Jankel Ian Dury

[Verse 1]
You come awake
With a gift for womankind
I'm still asleep
But the gift don't seem to mind
Rise on this occasion
Halfway up my back
Sliding down my body
Touching my behind

If I look so self-possessed
Please disturb my rest
It's lovely when I'm sleeping
But wide awake is best

[Chorus]
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love

[Verse 2]
I come awake
In a horny morning mood
And have a proper wriggle
In the naughty naked nude
Roll against my body
Get me where you want me
What happens next is private
It's also very rude

[Break]

You'll go and get the post
And make some tea and toast
You have another sleep, love
It's me that needs it most

[Chorus]
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love

[Break]

[Chorus]
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love

Wake up and make love
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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