Starchild

Teena Marie Starchild Lyrics
1.Out on a Limb

Lyricist:Teena Marie

Tender was the kiss when you held me
Captive in your sweet embrace
My lips begin to burn and my heart
Beats faster than the normal pace

I try hard to resist that familiar smile
That melts me just like wax
But what's the use, I'm yours and that means
Forever, there's no turning back

Baby, baby, baby, it's a mystery
Ooh, you got me spinnin' around
What have you done to me

Suspended animation, I'm lost inside of you
I feel so insecure and yet I've never felt so sure
What am I gonna to do

I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again
Baby, baby, I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again

Sweeter than the taste of a
Midnight rendezvous, so sensual
The look upon your face when you
Loved me tender and my cup was full

Oh, softer than the sigh when
It all was over and I slumbered deep
Lost inside your love like
There's no tomorrow as I fall fast asleep

Baby, baby, baby, it's a mystery
Ooh, you got me spinnin' around
What have you done to me

Suspended animation, I'm lost inside of you
I feel so insecure and yet I've never felt so sure
What am I gonna to do

I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again
Baby, baby, I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again

Hold me, keep me warm inside you
And love me, love me right away
This one thing is true
I would die for you

Ooh, ohh, ohh baby
I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again
Baby, baby, I'm out on a limb
I'm giving in to you again

Baby, I'm, baby, I'm
Baby, I'm out on a limb for you
I'm giving in to you
I'm out on a limb
Baby, I'm giving in to you again

Ooh, baby, I'm out on a limb
I'm out on a limb
Baby, baby, I'm out on a limb
I'm on a limb
I'm giving in to you again, babe


2.Alibi

Lyricist:Teena Marie, Fred Mirza

Photographic memories, scanners on our love affair
Like we were the L.A. Times, the headlines read, 'Beware'
I don't deal in hearsay, calculation ain't my game
But today I see you and I hang my head in shame

Lipstick on your collar, and the color isn't mine
White lines on the dresser, and you even drank my wine
Babe, your face is flushed, it's more than just a hunch
Tell me, what's this fear, maybe she's still here?

Baby, you're an alibi, you cross your heart and hope to die
Promising to tell no lies, baby, you're an alibi

Looking out the window, I can hear an engine roar
Cobalt Blue Pantera dashes through the garage door
Now you cry injustice and synthetic violins
Every night outside my door, a candle in the wind

Lipstick on your collar, and the color isn't mine
White lines on the dresser, and you even drank my wine
Babe, your face is flushed, it's more than just a hunch
Tell me, what's this fear, maybe the picture is clear

Baby, you're an alibi, you cross your heart and hope to die
Promising to tell no lies, baby, you're an alibi

Ooh ah, baby, ooh ah, alibi
Ooh ah, baby, ooh ah, alibi

Lipstick on your collar, and the color isn't mine
White lines on the dresser, and you even drank my wine
Babe, your face is flushed, it's more than just a hunch
Tell me, what's this fear, maybe the end is near

Alibi, you crossed your heart and hoped to die
Promising to tell no lies, baby, you're just an alibi

Alibi, you crossed your heart and hoped to die
Promising to tell no lies, baby, you're just an alibi

You're just an, just an, just an, just an
Alibi, you crossed your heart and hoped to die
Promising to tell no lies, baby, you're just an alibi

I flash back to another time zone
When you were late most every night
I was a prisoner by my own device

And what about your distant cousin?
You know the one that lives in France
No introduction, only a harlequin romance

Ooh, alibi
(Love, lines, angles and rhymes)
Alibis, you crossed your heart and hoped to die
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Alibis, you're gonna hurt me, baby, alibi


3.My Dear Mr. Gaye

Lyricist:Mary C Brockert, Alicia Gladden, T Marie, L Ware

Come inside from the rain
Let me make love to you until the drops dry on the windowpane
Heart to heart you took my soul
And now my feelings must be revealed and our love we must unfold

Like all the ladies loved you my dear Mr. Gaye
All the ladies loved you my dear Mr. Gaye

Trouble man now you're home
Let me hear you whisper softly secret words to me alone
Free your mind and take my soul inside your feelings
Sing one for me for my love it sings for you

Like all the ladies loved you my dear Mr. Gaye
All the ladies loved you my dear Mr. Gaye

Soon you will see
A pretty rainbow shining through the clouds
Open up the heavens God has sent an angel
And just like rain comes down you will always be around


4.Jammin'

Lyricist:Teena Marie

Baby, I was just a young girl
When you came on the scene 10 years ago
I thought I was hip, I could deal with the trips
No matter how fast or slow

I was like a moving violation
Give me a ticket and I'm ready to ride
Thought I was the queen of syncopation
You know you can't give the queen no bad advice

Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby
Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby

'Cause when you kissed my lips
When you kissed my lips
I was jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time
Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

Baby, I was young, I was green
When you showed me the ropes 10 years ago
I thought I was cool, I could break all the rules
No matter how fast or slow

I was like a moving violation
Give me a ticket and I'm ready to ride
Thought I was the queen of syncopation
You know you can't give the queen no bad advice

Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby
Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby

'Cause when you kissed my lips
When you kissed my lips
I was jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time
Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

I was just a girl from the streets
Dancin' to the beat
Of a different kind of drummer
Little Ms. Know-it-all, you don't know it all

Caught up in the rhythm of sound
Living to get down
As the song became my lover
Attitude keeps your head up to the sky
Then you kissed my lips, ooh
I lost my cool

Look at me I'm jammin'
And every thing's happenin'
I'm feelin' the bliss and the reason for this
Is the love in your kiss, baby
Jammin'

Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time
Jammin', jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

I was like a moving violation
Give me a ticket, baby
Thought I was the queen of syncopation
You know you can't give the queen no bad advice

Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby
Thought I knew it all, baby
But I didn't know it all, baby

'Cause when you kissed my lips
And my backbone slipped
I was jammin'
Jammin' for the first time

The square root of a positive groove
Times a happening melody equals a jam
Give some to the back

No
Ooh, baby
No
You got me movin' and I'm jammin' for the first time

No
Ooh, baby
No
You got me movin' and I'm jammin' for the first time

I was like a moving violation
Give me a ticket, baby
Thought I was the queen of syncopation
You know you can't give the queen no bad advice

I was like a moving violation
Give me a ticket, baby


5.Light

Lyricist:Teena Marie

Last night Jesus shined a heavenly light
Through my window in the dark of night
He made me see all of the joys His love could bring

He makes my spirit move endlessly, I am a child of the heavens
Alleluia, my Jesus died for me
Thank You, Father for all the songs You've given me


6.Help Youngblood Get to the Freaky Party

Lyricist:Bendrix, Teena Marie

Two weeks ago last Sunday, I was on my way from church
I met a guy named Youngblood, who was totally berserk
He told me he was looking for a place to lay his head
I read him Romans 8:14 and this is what he said

'Girl, some of my homeboys told me 'bout a freaky party
Down on 63rd and Babylon
Come on girl, let's go, I got plenty of blow
And it's more fun doing wrong '

'The ladies call me lover 'cause I got the gift of gab
And a few other specialties
I'd really like to make you, if you'd only let me date you
You'd belong only to me'

He said, 'I know that there's a freak deep down inside of you
Dying to get out and ooo'
He asked me to help, Youngblood get to the freaky party
Freaky party, party, freaky party

I'm not gonna help Youngblood get to the freaky party
I'm not gonna help Youngblood get to the freaky party
(I'm not gonna help)
I don't want to help Youngblood get to the freaky party

I can't begin to tell you of the sadness in my mind
Knowing there was no contentment in two eyes so blind
I told him how the joy would surely bring eternal bliss
I read Galatians Chapter 4 and he said, 'Baby, check this'

'Girl, some of my homeboys told me 'bout a freaky party
Down on 63rd and Babylon
And it's more fun doing wrong

The ladies call me baby 'cause I've got a killer smile
And they love my smoothy touch
Only time will tell if there's Heaven or Hell
Or if I'm just out to lunch

He said, 'I know that there's a freak deep down inside of you
Dying to get out and ooo'
He asked me to help, Youngblood get to the freaky party
Freaky party, party, freaky party

But I'm not gonna help Youngblood get to the freaky party
I'm not gonna help Youngblood get to the freaky party
(I'm not gonna help)
I don't want to help Youngblood get to the freaky party

Girl, some of my homeboys told me 'bout a freaky party
Down on 63rd and Babylon
It's more fun doing wrong

And the ladies call you lover 'cause you got a killer smile
And they love your smoothy touch
But all that you have done, you can tell to the one
Who has given you so much

He said, 'I know that there's a freak deep down inside of you
Dying to get out and ooo'
He asked me to help, Youngblood get to the freaky party
Freaky party, party, freaky party
But I'm not gonna help Youngblood get to the freaky party, yeah

No, no, I'm not gonna help
Won't get me to help
Oh, I refuse to help, you won't get me to

I can't begin to tell you of the sadness in my mind
Knowing there was no contentment in two eyes so blind
I told him how the joy would surely bring eternal bliss
I read Galatians Chapter 4 and they said

Yes, I'm not gonna help


7.We've Got to Stop (Meeting Like This)

Lyricist:Mary C Brockert

You know, baby we go back a long way
It hasn't always been easy you know
I mean, you living on the east coast,me living on the west coast
It's tearing me apart, we've got to stop meeting like this

Try to understand
When I say how much I care
It hurts me so inside, each time we say goodbye
And it's so unfair

And I've cried, yes, I've cried
As I face my calendar
I mark red X's off and with each tear that drops
Baby, it gets harder to bear

'Cause your love could send a rocket up to the moon
Your love hit me just like a lead balloon
So let's make a wish, seal it with a kiss, my baby
You know we've got to stop meeting like this

Try to understand
Our long distance love affair
Has gotten out of hand, it's more than I can stand
Ooh, girl, this I swear

And it hurts, yes, it hurts
Baby, as I face my calendar
I mark red X's off and with each tear that drops
Baby, it gets harder to bear

Your love could send a rocket up to the moon
Your love hit me just like a lead balloon
So let's make a wish, seal it with a kiss, my baby, yeah
You know we've got to stop meeting like this

Can you find a way to say goodbye without really saying goodbye
Can you make it easier on me
Can you stop these tears I cry, baby, I can only try
Can you find a reason why love shouldn't die

I hear what you're saying and my love will be waiting
I hear what you're saying and my love will be here
After your other lovers fall
If you'll only stop meeting like this, baby

You know we've got to stop, my love
This hurting in our hearts, my love
I've been blind, so blind, so blind baby
Time after time

You know we've got to stop it, baby, ooh
Know we've got to stop, my baby
I've been going crazy, out of my mind
Time after time, yeah, baby