from Underneath
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There's no sense in talking about music,
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but talking of sex can be done
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The abstraction of music's confusing;
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the directness of sex is more fun
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And the road that will take you to both of them is known for its races and wrecks,
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so there's less of a mystery in music if we get some directions from sex
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It's too easy to stop st the surface
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when spirit and flesh are willing
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In sex, as also in music,
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there are layers and levels of thrilling
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So you've got to be honest and caring,
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you have to be humble and real
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but you've got to be fearless and daring,
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and find all the truth you can feel
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sacred ground
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The big machine is moving
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sacred ground
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We're standing in the way
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sacred ground
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They want to pave it over
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sacred ground
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Make it all the same
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At first you say you'll do it for love,
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but then you do it with friends
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but as soon as you do it for money,
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right there's where the innocence ends.
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For how will you navigate better and worse
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with just numbers of people to count?
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See, the pop charts are just cutting notches
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for the number of units you mount
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And when spirit gets lost in accounting,
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the counting takes its toll.
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You find yourself craving more numbers;
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it's the sex-drug of rock and roll.
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And it leads you to strange addictions
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like image and marketing spin
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You're just trying to get them to like you,
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and how could that be such a sin?
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[chorus]
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Well what do you want them to like you for,
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that's the question to ask
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Would it help you if everyone knew your face,
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if that face were only a mask?
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And why do you want them to like you,
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what change are you trying to bring?
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Do you lust after just their attention;
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do you want them to come when you sing?
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Do you wish you could capture their beauty,
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so that you could feel loved for an hour?
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The power of being attractive,
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or just the attraction of power?
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See, sex and music are much the same,
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we feel with hearts and skin
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And what you are going to get out of them both
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is just what you put in.
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[chorus]
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¨Ï1999 Midnight Ocean Bonfire Music(ASCAP)/Cindy Lou My Dear (ASCAP)
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All Rights Reserved/International Copyright Secured
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Sex and Music
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David Wilcox |