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Get Under My Skin

from Heaven by Alice Bierhorst

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brash vocals and laid-bare lyrics about spending the night with a new lover: "I take off my clothes while I'm reading you your rights..."

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Get Under My Skin
©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

Welcome to my armor; you're bumping up against it
Who said skin is a living organ
The only shivers that I get are in my mind
But in my wildest dreams you dig deep enough to
GET UNDER MY SKIN

Well I'm not the kind of girl who gives secrets out like candy
I play my cards close to my chest
But if I let you have a glimpse of what my heart can do
Would it scare you off and be more than we bargained
Or would you call my bluff and take me in your arms?

I take off my clothes while I'm reading you your rights
I'm not looking for promises that you'll love me for the rest of my life
I take off my clothes and I stand in my stocking feet
The world that we know isn't all that it's cracked up to be

CHORUS
Just be good to me
All I need's a little recognition, not your sympathy
Just some reassurance that you really see me
Just be good to me
You don't have to stick around until morning
Just be good to me and
GET UNDER MY SKIN

I'm a modern day heroine; impervious to pain, or so I pretend
But I'm sick and tired of self-control, where will it end?
Someday I'll get stuck in the "off" position then where will I be
Like a broken toy abandoned on the shelf
I'll feel like a broken toy, have to fend for myself

I take off my clothes…
I'm not asking for miracles when we turn out the lights
I take off my clothes…
I'm not looking for answers, you don't have to tell me what these kisses mean

CHORUS

You don't have to stick around until morning
You don't have to stick around
Just be good to me and
GET UNDER MY SKIN

credits

from Heaven, released February 12, 1996
Alice Bierhorst: vocals, guitars
Erik Pearson: bass, guitar, vocals
Adam Weissman: drums

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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