Natasha Bedingfield

"Single"

Ah yeah that's right
All you single people out there
This is for you

I'm not waitin' around for a man to save me
(Cos I'm happy where I am)
Don't depend on a guy to validate me
(No no)
I don't need to be anyone's baby
(Is that so hard to understand?)
No I don't need another half to make me whole

Make your move if you want doesn't mean I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't

[Chorus:]
This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant

I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be
I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be

Ah yeah Uh Huh that's right

Don't need to be on somebody's arm to look good
(I like who I am)
I'm not saying I don't wanna fall in love 'cos I would
I'm not gonna get hooked up just 'cos you say I should
(Can't romance on demand)
I'm gonna wait so I'm sorry if you misunderstood

[Chorus]

Everything in it's right time everything in it's right place
I know I'll settle down one day
But 'til then I like it this way it's my way
Eh I like it this way

Make your move if you want doesn't mean I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't
'Til then I'm single

This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant

"Unwritten"

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, yeah, yeah

"If You're Gonna Jump"

I got a short attention span
Can't sit around couch potato land
I wanna do all kinds of stuff
Talking about it's not enough
I wanna go to the extreme
I wanna stretch my limousine
I wanna take it way off road
Go where I'm not supposed to go

Life is music, play it louder

If you're gonna jump, then jump far, fly like a sky diver
If you're gonna be a singer, then u better be a rockstar
If you're gonna be a driver, then u better drive a race car
Cause I'm looking for a guard dog, not buying a chihuahua

I like my food with chili in
I like to laugh til it turns in
I wanna stare fear in the face
I wanna take it all the way

Life is music play it louder

If you're gonna jump, then jump far, fly like a sky diver
If you're gonna be a singer, then u better be a rockstar
If you're gonna be a driver, then u better drive a race car
Cause I'm looking for a guard dog, not buying a chihuahua

If you're gonna jump, then jump far,
If you're gonna
If you're gonna hit the high notes, you gotta be a diva
If you're gonna play a guitar, you gotta play til you blister
Cause I'm looking for a guard dog not buying a chihuahua

No happy apples for my tea
It's hot or cold no in between

If your gonna jump
If your gonna jump
If your gonna jump

If you're gonna jump, then jump far, fly like a sky diver
If you're gonna be a singer, then u better be a rockstar
If you're gonna be a driver, then u better drive a race car
Cause I'm looking for a guard dog, not buying a chihuahua

If you're gonna jump, then jump far,
If your gonna
If your wanna hit the high notes, you gotta be a diva
If your gonna play a guitar, you gotta play til you blister
Cause I'm looking for a guard dog not buying a chihuahua

"Silent Movie"

We're in a picture black and white
Who took the light out of my life
When you, gave in
We're playing out of different roles
We should be wanting the same goals
Listening, forgiving

Oh, why can't we communicate
When the main feature is just begining
In the silent movie there's no talking
You're just an actor
So break into my story
Take it over
Paint me with colour

Everybody's speaking, but you don't know what they're saying
You're jus guessing meanings
Interpreting emotion through a window that is broken
We're jus testing feelings

Oh, why can't we communicate
When the main feature is just begining
In the silent movie there's no talking
You're just an actor
So break into my story
Take it over
Paint me with colour

Step into the movie, you can be my leading man
Break into the silence, so your heart can understand
Step into the movie, we could walk along the sand
Let me stand beside you, put ur life into my hand

Don't you know you love me, like you never love yourself
Don't you know you love me, like you never love yourself
Don't you know you love me, like you never love yourself
Don't you know you love me, like you never love yourself

In the silent movie there's no talking
You're just an actor
So break into my story
Take it over
Paint me with colour

In the silent movie there's no talking
You're just an actor
So break into my story
Take it over
Paint me with colour

"We're All Mad"

Oh, I think the lady did protest too much
She wouldn't take the flower from my hand
She only saw the shadow of my circumstance
Perception can describe what makes a man

I didn't mean to interrupt your stride
But a rose was all I had to give
Sometimes beauty isn't recognised
When it contrasts with what you feel inside

Who's to say the darkened clouds must lead to rain
Who's to say the problems should just go away
Who's to point a finger at what's not understood

Because, we're all mad in our own way
Colours fade the grey away
Different people all the same
Each reveals the meaning
We're all mad in our own way
Fill the sky with different shades
Read the story on each page
Each reveals the meaning

Each reveals the meaning

Sometimes I think I over analyse
As if I cant control the time and place
Life isn't something you try on for size
You can't love without the give and take

Who's to say the darkened clouds must lead to rain
Who's to say the problems should just go away
Who's to point a finger at what's not understood

Because, we're all mad in our own way
Colours fade the grey away
Different people all the same
Each reveals the meaning
We're all mad in our own way
Fill the sky with different shades
Read the story on each page
Each reveals the meaning

We're all mad in our own way
Colours fade the grey away
Different people all the same
Each reveals the meaning
We're all mad in our own way
Fill the sky with different shades
Read the story on each page
Each reveals the meaning

Oh, each reveals the meaning
Oh oh oh yeah, oh

We're all mad in our own way
Colours fade the grey away
Different people all the same
Each reveals the meaning
We're all mad in our own way
Fill the sky with different shades
Read the story on each page
Each reveals the meaning

We're all mad in our own way
Colours fade the grey away
Different people all the same
Each reveals the meaning
We're all mad in our own way
Fill the sky with different shades
Read the story on each page
Each reveals the meaning

We're all mad

"Frogs & Princes"

The in and out of dating got me all cofused
I built up expectations and I'm feeling used
Seems that everybody's into fast food,
Everybody's into quick
I want some one to take the time fine dining not rushing

Now it's nearly 7:30, I'm slipping on a dress
I keep my fingers crossed, you're not like all the rest,
So when you come to pick me up come right to my door
Don't stay in your car and beep beep the horn

Baby I'm a hopeless romantic
You pick the sounds for the background to our drive into town
Baby don't be one of the traffic
Had too many nights with the wrong guys
Caught me at red lights

Tell me how many frogs do I have to kiss
Before I find my prince, before I find my prince
All you girls that are going through this
Tell 'em how it is, tell 'em how it is

Pull up to a premire, red carpet good
You take my coat, get my chair, like I hoped you would
You're funny and your flirting is really working for me
But where it goes from here
Better wait and see

Baby I'm a hopeless romantic
You pick the view to kiss to
Make me go ooo ooo
And baby it'll all turn out tragic
And you'll push for more
Back at my front door
More than I'm ready for

Tell me how many frogs do I have to kiss
Before I find my prince, before I find my prince
All you girls that are going through this
Tell 'em how it is, tell 'em how it is

Tell me how many frogs do I have to kiss
Before I find my prince, before I find my prince
All you girls that are going through this
Tell 'em how it is, tell 'em how it is

You gotta tip the waiter, that's how it works
You cant skip the starter and go straight to desert
You've gotta pop the cork before you taste the wine

is woah,
We get hooked up but the shame is
Too much connection followed by rejections
Gonna hurt a girl 'til she learns her lesson

Tell me how many frogs do I have to kiss
Before I find my prince, before I find my prince
All you girls that are going through this
Tell 'em how it is, tell 'em how it is

Tell me how many frogs do I have to kiss
Before I find my prince, before I find my prince
All you girls that are going through this
Tell 'em how it is, tell 'em how it is

Oh, yeah yeah

"Drop Me In The Middle"
(feat. Bizzare from D12)

[Natasha:]
Woah woah, woah woah, woah woah, woah woah
[Bizzare:]
Bizare from D12, my girl Natasha, from the low-end, hahaha

[Natasha:]
I think I found the recipe of creativity
Put all you've got, then add some heart
They fence us in to break us down
But stil they can't shut us down
The walls are thin
But stil we're strong
We're broken but we beat as one

[Natasha:]
Oh, I'm coming from the streets of London
What I'm saying happens everywhere,
[Bizzare:]
Yeah
[Natasha:]
Oh, so tryna do something different, something different
[Bizzare:]
Sumthin' different
[Natasha:]

don't care
Oh, but I wanna be where it's happening, where it's happening
[Bizzare:]
What what what what what

[Natasha:]
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple effect
Upon the ocean I'll be the moon that turns the tide
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple
A domino effect, falling through the sands of time

De de de de deh de de de deh de de de de deh de de de deh de
[Bizzare:]
Uh, huh

[Natasha:]
Think I'll change the temperature
'Til its the right weather
Here in the core, its getting warm
Too many channels, nothing on
To turn it off, it just takes one

[Bizzare:]
Yeah

[Natasha:]
Oh, I'm coming from the streets of london
What I'm saying happens everywhere
[Bizzare:]
What
[Natasha:]
Oh, so tryna do something different, something different
[Bizzare:]
Gotta do somethin'
[Natasha:]
So if youre standing on the side just watching get up get over here
Oh, cause you gotta be where its happening, where its happening
[Bizzare:]
What what what what what

[Natasha:]
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple effect
Upon the ocean ill be the moon that turns the tide
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple
A domino effect falling through the sands of time

De de de de deh de de de deh de de de de deh de de de deh de
[Bizzare:]
Affectin' the world
Yeah, ah, D12
Bizzare the big kid that raps
A thousand kids with shower caps
How u like that
People hear D12 and start ??
But we be partyin' from Detroit to London
On the grassy hoods, wherever you want it
Matter of fact you can wiggle ma big stomach
Born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I need a medal for gettin the hell out the ghetto
Cause all I do is wap and you stinks
And wish, the world was a better place
Cause when your up they try to take you down
Mess your day and turn your smile into a frown
and you aint worry, and I aint either
F bush, make bizzare a leader
Cause rap is my only way out
Ima dye my hair green and join no doubt

[Natasha:]
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple effect
Upon the ocean ill be the moon that turns the tide
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple
A domino effect
[Bizzare:]
Affectin' the world
[Natasha:]
Falling through the sands of time

Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple effect
Upon the ocean I'll be the moon that turns the tide
Drop me in the middle so I can make a ripple
A domino effect falling through the sands of time

[Bizzare:]
Why you little
I've seen you big boy
[Natasha:]
Drop me in the middle
[Bizzare:]
Tasha bizzare
[Natasha:]
Drop me in the middle
[Bizzare:]
The big guy

"Wild Horses"

Hmmm woah yea...

I feel these 4 walls closing in
My face up against the glass
Im looking out... hmm
Is this my life im wondering
It happened so fast
How do I turn this thing around
Is this the bed I chose to make
Its greener pastures i'm thinking about hmm
Wide open spaces far away

All I want is the wind in my hair
To face the fear but, not feel scared

[Chorus:]
wild horses I want to be like u
Throwing caution to the wind
I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love, like im longing too
Run with the wild horses, run with the wild horses!
Ohh yeaaa yea

I see the girl I wanna be
Riding bare back, care free along the shore
If only that someone was me
Jumpin head first headlong without a thought
To act and damn the consequence
I wish it could be that easy
But fear surrounds me like a fence
I wanna break freee ee yeah ohh

All I want is the wind in my hair
To face the fear but, not feel scared
Hoohhh woah woah

[Chorus:]
wild horses I want to be like u
Throwing caution to the wind
I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love, like im longing too
I wanna run with the wild horses, run with the wild horses!
Ohh yeaaa yea

I wanna run too.
Hohhh woah oh woah oh

Breaklessly abandoning my self b4 u

I wanna open up my heart tell him how I feel

[Chorus:]
wild horses I want to be like u
Throwing caution to the wind
I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love, like im longing too
I wanna run with the wild horses, run with the wild horses! [X2]
Hooaah woah ohh woah
Yeeaaaah

I wanna run with the wild horses

"Size Matters"

Bu-bada Bu-bada Bu-bada bada ba ba ba
Bu-bada Bu-bada Bu-bada bada ba ba ba

I’ve been sizing you up and stuff
Watching you live life large
Enough for the both of us
To big up the love

Got the measure of the man in you
It’s more than the sum of the quarters
It’s true what they say
You’ve got to big up the love

I was checking out the things you do
Standing in the Starbucks queue
You buy coffee for a stranger
Who’s down on their luck

Random acts of kindness flow
Compassion from a hand I’d like to hold
It does it for me
And I can’t get enough

Ohh
Don’t confuse me when I say
Ohh
Please don’t take this the wrong way

You can lead a heart to love
But you can’t make it fall
I’m tired of loving small
‘Cause…

Size matters (size matters)
And not how you think
I’m talking bout your heart
And what you do with it

The more seeds you plant them
More flowers will grow
So…
Big up the love ‘till it overflows

Most brookes to shallow to swimm in
Only interested in one thing
It’s all so meaningless
‘Cause paddles dry up
A view of the world so small
It limits the size of the dream
And you achieve in it

(A new panorama)

And you put your arms around me
I see my life how it should be
You can lead a heart to love
But you can’t make it fall
I’m tired of loving small
‘Cause…

Size matters (size matters)
And not how you think
I’m talking bout your heart
And what you do with it

The more seeds you plant them
More flowers will grow
So…
Big up the love ‘till it overflows
(Big up the love)
Big up the love ‘till it overflows

Big it up, big it up
(big it up)
Big it up, big it up

(size matters)

Big it up, big it up
(big up the love)
Big it up, big it up

Oh Oh
Ohhh…

You can lead a heart to love
But you can’t make it fall
I’m tired of loving small

Bu-bada Bu-bada Bu-bada bada ba ba ba
Bu-bada Bu-bada Bu-bada bada ba ba ba

Size matters (size matters)
And not how you think
I’m talking bout your heart
And what you do with it

The more seeds you plant them
More flowers will grow
So…
Big up the love ‘till it overflows
(Big up the love)
Big up the love ‘till it overflows

Big it up, big it up
(big it up)
Big it up, big it up

It’s the little things you do
That show me how big you are

Big up the love ‘till it overflows

"Peace Of Me"

Standing still but still moving
Lying down but not resting
Breathing air, suffocating
All the while, I'm debating

Life was never what I thought
Never what I wanted it to be

Had a plan, couldn't follow
Had a dream, it was hollow
Everywhere felt like nowhere
Everything was so boring

Life was never what I wanted
Never what I thought
Until you came and turned it all around

Oh, you found the peace of me
It was missing; it was broken
You put soul into it
Oh, you found the whole of me
I was empty, now I'm better
All my peace is back together

Restless ways for a living
Fitting in 'cause I was driven
Saying yes when I meant no
Holding on, should've let go

I was scattered all around
Left shattered on the ground
You picked me up

All I wanted was a little bit of hope
Couldn't find it
You showed me something
That I never knew I owned
You put a light to it

Oh, you found the peace of me
It was missing; it was broken
You put soul into it
Oh, you found the whole of me
I was empty, now I'm better
'Cause you pieced me back together

What a life, always tried
What a life, lived without you
Don't leave me, and I won't
Fall apart, I won't leave you
And it's cold and I'm blind
And I would and it feels good
What a waste on my mind
Everytime, all the time

Oh, you found the whole of me
It was missing; it was broken
You put soul into it
Oh, you found the whole of me
I was empty, now I'm better
'Cause you pieced me back together