E R O T I C A
(1992)


TRACKLIST
  1. Erotica
  2. Fever
  3. Bye Bye Baby
  4. Deeper And Deeper
  5. Where Life Begins
  6. Bad Girl
  7. Waiting
  8. Thief Of Hearts
  9. Words
  10. Rain
  11. Why's It So Hard
  12. In This Life
  13. Did You Do It?
  14. Secret Garden
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  1. Erotica (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [5:17]

    Erotica, romance (repeat)
    My name is Dita
    I'll be your mistress tonight
    I'd like to put you in a trance

    If I take you from behind
    Push myself into your mind
    When you least expect it
    Will you try and reject it
    If I'm in charge and I treat you like a child
    Will you let yourself go wild
    Let my mouth go where it wants to

    Give it up, do as I say
    Give it up and let me have my way
    I'll give you love, I'll hit you like a truck
    I'll give you love, I'll teach you how to ...

    I'd like to put you in a trance, all over
    Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
    Erotic, erotic

    Once you put your hand in the flame
    You can never be the same
    There's a certain satisfaction
    In a little bit of pain
    I can see you understand
    I can tell that you're the same
    If you're afraid, well rise above
    I only hurt the ones I love

    Give it up, do as I say
    Give it up and let me have my way
    I'll give you love, I'll hit you like a truck
    I'll give you love, I'll teach you how to ...

    I'd like to put you in a trance, all over
    Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
    Erotic, erotic

    Erotica, romance
    I'd like to put you in a trance
    Erotica, romance
    Put your hands all over my body

    I don't think you know what pain is
    I don't think you've gone that way
    I could bring you so much pleasure
    I'll come to you when you say
    I know you want me
    I'm not gonna hurt you
    I'm not gonna hurt you, just close your eyes

    Erotic, erotic (repeat several times)
    Put your hands all over my body
    All over me, all over me

    Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
    I'd like to put you in a trance
    Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
    I like to do a different kind of
    Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
    I'd like to put you in a trance
    Erotica, romance
    Put your hands all over my body

    Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better
    Only the one that inflicts pain can take it away

    Eroti - ca


  2. Fever (J. Davenport and E. Cooley) [5:00]

    You give me
    You give me fever

    Never know how much I love you
    Never know how much I care
    When you put your arms around me
    I get a fever that's so hard to bear
    Listen to me baby, hear every word I say
    No one can love you the way I do
    'Cause they don't know how to love you my way

    Chorus:

    You give me fever, when you kiss me
    Fever when you hold me tight
    Fever in the morning
    Fever all through the night

    Sun lights up the daytime
    Moon lights up the night
    My eyes light up when you call my name
    'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right
    Bless my soul I love you, take this heart away
    Take these arms I'll never use
    And just believe in what my lips have to say

    (chorus)

    Everybody's got the fever
    That is something you should know
    Fever isn't such a new scene
    Fever started long ago

    You give me fever, fever
    You give me, you give me fever

    (chorus)

    Romeo loved Juliet
    Juliet, she felt the same
    When he put his arms around her
    He said Julie baby, you're my flame
    He gave her fever

    Sun lights up the daytime
    Moon lights up the night
    My eyes light up when you call my name
    'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

    (chorus)

    Fever, with his kisses
    Fever when he holds me tight
    Everybody's got the fever
    That is something you should know
    Fever isn't such a new scene
    Fever started long ago

    Captain Smith and Pocahontas
    Had a very mad affair
    When her daddy tried to kill him
    She said, daddy oh don't you dare
    He gives me fever
    With his kisses
    Fever when he holds me tight
    Fever, I'm his Misses
    Daddy, won't you treat him right

    Fever, when you kiss them
    Fever, if you live and learn
    Fever, 'til you sizzle
    What a lovely way to burn (repeat twice)


  3. Bye Bye Baby Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [3:55]

    This is not a love song
    Bye bye baby

    I keep on waiting, anticipating
    But I can't wait forever
    You say you love me
    You're thinking of me
    But we're never together

    Chorus:

    Bye bye baby bye bye
    It's your turn to cry
    That's why we have to say goodbye
    So say goodbye

    Bye bye baby bye bye
    It's your turn to cry
    This time we have to say goodbye
    So say goodbye

    You had your chances
    All your romances
    And now I just don't want you
    I know I love you because I hate you
    And now I'd rather haunt you

    (chorus, repeat)

    You're so beautiful
    What makes you feel exciting?
    What wakes you up inside?
    Does it make you feel good to see me cry?
    I think it does
    That's why it's time to say bye bye

    (chorus, repeat)

    I don't wanna keep the bright flame
    Of your ego going
    So I'll just stop blowin' in the wind
    To love you is a sin
    Adios

    Uh, this is not a love song
    I'd like to hurt you

    What excites you? What turns you on?
    What makes you feel good?
    Does it make you feel good to see me cry?
    I think it does
    That's why it's time to say goodbye
    Bye bye

    The first time and the last time
    You can forget about it baby
    Forget the rules, forget the fools
    Forget your fears, forget my tears
    You can forget about it baby, bye bye baby bye bye
    You can forget about it baby
    'Cause it's the first time and the last time
    You'll ever see me cry
    You f*cked it up


  4. Deeper And Deeper Madonna, Shep Pettibone and T. Shimkin) [5:33]

    Deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper
    Sweeter and sweeter and sweeter and sweeter

    Chorus:

    I can't help falling in love
    I fall deeper and deeper the further I go
    Kisses sent from heaven above
    They get sweeter and sweeter the more that I know

    When you know the notes to sing
    You can sing most anything
    That's what my mama told me
    Round and round and round you go
    When you find love you'll always know
    I let my father mold me

    Bridge:

    Daddy couldn't be all wrong
    [Not gonna let you slip away, I'm gonna be there]
    And my mama made me learn this song
    [You're gonna bring your love to me, I'm gonna get you]
    That's why

    (chorus)

    The deeper I go
    All is fair in love she said
    Think with your heart, not with your head
    That's what my mama told me
    All the little things you do
    Will end up coming back to you
    I let my father mold me

    (bridge)
    (chorus, repeat)

    Someone said that romance was dead
    And I believed it instead of remembering
    What my mama told me
    Let my father mold me
    Then you tried to hold me
    You remind me what they said
    This feeling inside
    I can't explain
    But my love is alive
    And I'm never gonna hide it again

    (bridge)
    (chorus)

    Deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper
    Never gonna hide it again
    Sweeter and sweeter and sweeter and sweeter
    Never gonna have to pretend
    (repeat)

    You got to just let your body move to the music
    You got to just let your body go with the flow
    Falling in love, falling in love, falling in love
    I can't keep from falling in love with you
    You know there's nothing better that I'd like to do


  5. Where Life Begins (Madonna and A. Betts) [5:57]

    Warm inside, yeah
    I'd like to direct your attention
    To something that needs directing to
    A lot of people talk about
    Dining in and eating out
    I guess that's what this song's about

    I know this is not a dining room conversation
    And you don't have to listen if you don't have the time
    But let me remind you in case you don't already know
    Dining out can happen down below

    Bridge:

    Everybody's talkin' 'bout
    Wanting that and needing this
    I'd just like to know
    If you want to learn a different kind of kiss

    Chorus:

    So won't you go down where it's warm inside
    Go down where I cannot hide
    Go down where all life begins
    Go down that's where my love is

    Now what could be better than a home cooked meal
    How you want to eat it depends on how you feel
    You can eat all you want and you don't get fat
    Now where else can you go for a meal like that
    It's not fair to be selfish or stingy
    Every girl should experience eating out
    Sometimes when I come home from a hard day at work
    I swear it's all I can think about

    (bridge, substituting "way to" for "kind of")
    (chorus)

    Colonel Sanders says it best
    "Finger lickin' good"
    Let's put what you've learned to the test
    Can you make a fire without using wood
    Are you still hungry; aren't you glad we came
    I'm glad you brought your raincoat
    I think it's beginning to rain

    (bridge, substituting "way to" for "kind of")
    (chorus, repeat)

    That's where my love is
    Come inside
    That's where all life begins
    It's warm inside


  6. Bad Girl (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [5:22]

    Something's missing and I don't know why
    I always feel the need to hide my feelings from you
    Is it me or you that I'm afraid of
    I tell myself I'll show you what I'm made of
    Can't bring myself to let you go

    Bridge (first time without first "I"):

    I don't want to cause you any pain
    But I love you just the same
    And you'll always be my baby
    In my heart I know we've come apart
    And I don't know where to start
    What can I do, I don't wanna feel blue

    Chorus1:

    Bad girl drunk by six
    Kissing someone else's lips
    Smoked too many cigarettes today
    I'm not happy when I act this way

    Chorus2:

    Bad girl drunk by six
    Kissing some kind stranger's lips
    Smoked too many cigarettes today
    I'm not happy, I'm not happy

    Something's happened and I can't go back
    I fall apart every time you hand your heart out to me
    What happens now, I know I don't deserve you
    I wonder how I'm ever gonna hurt you
    Can't bring myself to let you go

    (bridge)
    (chorus1)
    (chorus2)
    This way

    (bridge)
    (chorus1, repeat)
    I'm not happy this way
    (chorus1)
    (chorus2, substituting "someone else's" for "some kind stranger's")
    This way

    I'm not happy this way
    Kissing some kind stranger's lips


  7. Waiting (Madonna and A. Betts) [5:47]

    Well, I know from experience
    That if you have to ask for something more than once or twice
    It wasn't yours in the first place
    And that's hard to accept when you love someone
    And you're led to believe in their moment of need
    That they want what you want but they don't

    Bridge:

    Don't go breaking my heart like you said you would
    Baby, you're no good
    And you hurt me like no other lover ever could
    Don't go making me cry
    You're gonna say goodbye
    Baby, tell me why
    Tell me why or you're gonna have to justify this

    Chorus (substituting "This" for "I'm" in 2nd line):

    Waiting for you
    I'm waiting
    Can't you see I'm waiting for you
    Don't break my heart

    (repeat chorus)

    It was so easy in the beginning
    When you didn't feel like running from your feelings like you are now
    What happened? What do I remind you of?
    Your past, your dreams
    Or some part of yourself that you just can't love?
    I wish I could believe you
    Or at least have the courage to leave you

    Life has taught me that love with a man like you
    Is only gonna make me blue
    But I love you anyway no matter what you do
    You don't come around here like you did before
    When you did adore
    Tell me what I did to deserve this

    (chorus)
    (chorus, substituting "Just" for "I'm" in 2nd line)

    Intermediate:

    Finally I see a different man
    Only love can hurt like this can
    Finally I see a different face
    Tell me who is going to take my place

    (bridge)

    I knew it from the start that you would desert me
    You're gonna break my heart
    Baby, please don't hurt me
    (repeat)

    (intermediate)

    (chorus, repeat)

    I knew it from the start that you would desert me
    You're gonna break my heart
    Baby, please don't hurt me
    (repeat)

    (chorus)

    Break my heart
    Don't break my heart
    (repeat twice)

    Break my heart
    You broke my heart (repeat twice)

    Uh, next time you want pussy, huh
    Just look in the mirror baby


  8. Thief Of Hearts (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [4:50]

    Bitch!
    You're a thief of hearts and now you'll have to pay
    How many licks does it take?
    You're a thief of hearts and now you'll have to pay
    Which leg do you want me to break?
    You'll be sorry

    Here she comes, little miss thinks she can have what she wants
    In a blink of an eye
    Here she comes, acts like she's your best friend
    Then you turn your back and she's off with your guy

    Chorus:

    She's a thief of hearts
    What will happen to the thief of hearts
    What she's done is a crime
    She's a thief of hearts
    Someone please arrest her
    She's a thief of hearts
    No one ever takes what's mine

    And gets away with it
    Not this time

    Here she comes, acting all dejected
    So you give advice and she gives you her poison
    Here she comes, little miss black widow
    First she spins her web and she's stealing your boyfriend

    (chorus)

    Thief of hearts, bitch

    Intermediate:

    You'll do it, you'll take it
    You'll screw it, you'll fake it
    Undo it, you'll break it
    You're over, you can't take it
    (repeat)

    You can't take it, not what's mine
    I could break you, 'cause what you've done is a crime, bitch
    He's mine

    Here she comes, little miss thinks she can have his child
    Well anybody can do it
    Here she comes, little susie ho-maker
    Thinks she'll get respect if she screws it

    (chorus)

    Thief of hearts, bitch

    (intermediate)

    You can't take it, not what's mine
    You'll be sorry, 'cause what you've done is a crime

    She's a thief of hearts
    Thief of hearts, what she's done is a crime
    She's a thief of hearts
    Thief of hearts, no one ever takes what's mine
    She's a thief, thief
    She's a thief, thief of hearts
    No one ever takes what's mine

    You're a thief of hearts and now you'll have to pay
    How many licks does it take?
    You're a thief of hearts and now you'll have to pay
    Which leg do you want me to break?
    Stop bitch
    Now sit your ass down


  9. Words (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [5:54]

    Chorus:

    Words, they cut like a knife
    Cut into my life
    I don't want to hear your words
    They always attack
    Please take them all back
    If they're yours I don't want anymore

    You think you're so smart
    You try to manipulate me
    You try to humiliate with your words
    You think you're so chic
    You write me beautiful letters
    You think you're so much better than me

    Bridge:

    But your actions speak louder than words
    And they're only words, unless they're true
    Your actions speak louder than promises
    You're inclined to make and inclined to break

    (chorus)

    You think you're so shrewd
    You try to bring me low
    You try to gain control with your words

    (bridge)
    (chorus)

    Friends they tried to warn me about you
    He has good manners, he's so romantic
    But he'll only make you blue
    How can I explain to them
    How could they know
    I'm in love with your words
    Your words

    You think you're so sly
    I caught you at your game
    You will not bring me shame with your words

    (bridge)
    (chorus)

    Too much blinding light
    Your touch, I've grown tired of your words
    Words, words
    A linguistic form that can meaningfully be spoken in isolation
    Conversation, expression, a promise, a sigh
    In short, a lie
    A message from heaven, a signal from hell
    I give you my word I'll never tell
    Language that is used in anger
    Personal feelings signaling danger
    A brief remark, an utterance, information
    Don't mince words, don't be evasive
    Speak your mind, be persuasive
    A pledge, a commitment, communication, words


  10. Rain (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [5:25]

    I feel it, it's coming

    Chorus:

    Rain, feel it on my finger tips
    Hear it on my window pane
    Your love's coming down like
    Rain, wash away my sorrow
    Take away my pain
    Your love's coming down like rain

    When your lips are burning mine
    And you take the time to tell me how you feel
    When you listen to my words
    And I know you've heard, I know it's real
    Rain is what this thunder brings
    For the first time I can hear my heart sing
    Call me a fool but I know I'm not
    I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
    Till I feel your

    (chorus)

    When you looked into my eyes
    And you said goodbye could you see my tears
    When I turned the other way
    Did you hear me say
    I'd wait for all the dark clouds bursting in a perfect sky
    You promised me when you said goodbye
    That you'd return when the storm was done
    And now I'll wait for the light, I'll wait for the sun
    Till I feel your

    (chorus)

    Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
    And I say, never go away

    (Spoken:)
    Waiting is the hardest thing
    [It's strange I feel like I've known you before]
    I tell myself that if I believe in you
    [And I want to understand you]
    In the dream of you
    [More and more]
    With all my heart and all my soul
    [When I'm with you]
    That by sheer force of will
    [I feel like a magical child]
    I will raise you from the ground
    [Everything strange]
    And without a sound you'll appear
    [Everything wild]
    And surrender to me, to love

    Rain is what the thunder brings
    For the first time I can hear my heart sing
    Call me a fool but I know I'm not
    I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
    Till I feel your

    Rain, I feel it, it's coming
    Your love's coming down like
    (repeat)

    (chorus)

    Rain, I feel it, it's coming
    Your love's coming down like
    (repeat)

    Rain
    [I'll stand out on the mountaintop
    And wait for you to call my name]
    Rain


  11. Why's It So Hard (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [5:22]

    Why's it so hard to love one another
    Why's it so hard to love
    (repeat)

    What do I have to do to be accepted
    What do I have to say
    What do I have to do to be respected
    How do I have to play
    What do I have to look like to feel I'm equal
    Where do I have to go
    What club do I have to join to prove I'm worthy
    Who do I have to know

    Chorus:

    I'm telling you brothers, sisters
    Why can't we learn to challenge the system
    Without living in pain
    Brothers, sisters
    Why can't we learn to accept that we're different
    Before it's too late (first time only)
    Why's it so damn hard (all other times)

    What do I have to learn to know what's right for me
    What do I have to know
    What am I going to do when I feel righteous
    Where do I have to go
    Who should get to say what I believe in
    Who should have the right
    What am I going to do with all this anger
    Why do I have to fight

    (chorus)

    Bring your love, sing your love
    Wear your love, share your love
    (repeat twice)

    Bring your love, sing your love
    Wear your love, show your sister how

    Brothers, sisters, what do I have to say
    Brothers, sisters, how do I have to play
    Brothers, sisters, who should have the right
    Brothers, sisters, why do I have to fight

    Why's it so hard to love one another
    Love your sister, love your brother
    (repeat)

    Why's it so hard to love one another
    Why's it so hard to love

    (chorus)

    Sing your love
    Share your love
    (repeat 3 times)

    Love your brother now
    Show your sister how
    Love your brother now
    Show your sister
    (repeat)


  12. In This Life (Madonna and Shep Pettibone) [6:22]

    Sitting on a park bench
    Thinking about a friend of mine
    He was only 23
    Gone before he had his time
    It came without a warning
    Didn't want his friends to see him cry
    He knew the day was dawning
    And I didn't have a chance to say goodbye

    Chorus:

    In this life I loved you most of all
    What for?
    'Cause now you're gone and I have to ask myself
    What for?

    What for?
    Driving down the boulevardv Thinking about a man I knew
    He was like a father to me
    Nothing in the world that he wouldn't do
    Taught me to respect myself
    Said that we're all made of flesh and blood
    Why should he be treated differently
    Shouldn't matter who you choose to love

    (chorus)

    Intermediate:

    People pass by and I wonder who's next
    Who determines, who knows best
    Is there a lesson I'm supposed to learn in this case
    Ignorance is not bliss

    (chorus)
    (intermediate)

    Have you ever watched your best friend die [what for]
    Have you ever watched a grown man cry [what for]
    Some say that life isn't fair [what for]
    I say that people just don't care [what for]
    They'd rather turn the other way [what for]
    And wait for this thing to go away [what for]
    Why do we have to pretend [what for]
    Some day I pray it will end

    I hope it's in this life
    I hope it's in this life time
    (repeat)


  13. Did You Do It? (Madonna and A. Betts) [4:53]

    Tick tick tock, Mo is on the jock
    I did her in the limo as we went around the block
    Sucked the mole on her hip, licked the lipstick off her lip
    She got real excited, yo she started to flip
    She says 'Dre baby 'Dre baby oh
    I said just relax, yo chill Mo
    We made a right turn onto Central Park West
    One hand gripped the car, the other on her breast

    Chorus:

    Did you do it? Ya know I did it
    Did you do it? Ya know I did it
    Did you do it? Ya know I did it
    I let the seat recline and I hit it
    Did you do it? I said I did it
    Did you do it? I said I did it
    Did you do it? I said I did it
    But I backed out quick because I thought I split it

    Waiting for you, just waiting
    Waiting for you
    Waiting for you, just waiting
    Waiting for you

    Uh, Ho's in the front for the 1990's
    Walkin' around showing off their hinies
    Wigglin' they're jigglin' they're swingin' and flingin'
    9-7-0 Yo Ho, your phone's ringin'
    You get a call from your John, you meet him at the mot'
    He's chillin' in a pamper and a fur coat
    Your head starts spinnin', you drunk too much gin in
    Your jaw starts grinnin', and this is the beginnin'
    Of a night of an average Ho
    It ain't all about working on the streets no more
    Here's another episode of dropping off a load
    Peter was on the beater, I was about to explode
    I couldn't hold back [so whadja do]
    I took her to my place [yo, did she sit on your face]
    She was so good just like uh, Campbell's soup
    I won't try to front so here's the rude scoop
    I dipped it and I stripped it and I ripped it like before
    I had her screamin', nope no diddily, nope no more
    I can't stop once I get started
    But yo honey, uh, get them legs parted

    Waiting for you, just waiting
    Waiting for you
    Waiting for you, just waiting
    Waiting for you

    (chorus)

    They come with the rough stuff, boy we hit it, split it, and forgit it
    In the same order as ya hear, boy I'm not frontin' [me not front]
    Don't ask what, me tell ya the truth, you understand me eye?
    The iron eye can get busy, you know what I'm saying?
    Clean up me rifle, clean up me rifle
    Clean up me rifle, me elephant rifle
    Clean up me rifle, you clean up me rifle
    Clean up me rifle, elephant rifle

    I flipped her from the top of my head, enough said
    I'm the brother with the short short dreads
    A couple different styles, a couple different 'fros
    Just some that my souls about some girls I know
    I gotta hit it hard because I go for the gusto
    And I cover up the moans by turnin' up my stereo

    (chorus)

    You didn't do it, he didn't do it
    I made her go

    Waiting for you, just waiting
    Waiting for you
    (repeat and fade)


  14. Secret Garden (Madonna and A. Betts) [5:32]

    In my secret garden, I'm looking for the perfect flower
    Waiting for my finest hour
    In my secret garden, I still believe after all
    I still believe and I fall
    You plant the seed and I'll watch it grow
    I wonder when I'll start to show
    I wonder if I'll ever know
    Where my place is
    Where my face is
    I know it's in here somewhere
    I just wish I knew the color of my hair
    I know the answer's hiding somewhere
    In my secret garden, there's

    Chorus:

    A petal that isn't torn
    A heart that will not harden
    A place that I can be born
    In my secret garden
    A rose without a thorn
    A lover without scorn

    If I wait for the rain to kiss me and undress me
    Will I look like a fool, wet and a mess
    Will I still be thirsty
    Will I pass the test
    And if I look for the rainbow, will I see it
    Or will it pass right by
    'Cause I'm not supposed to see
    'Cause the blind are never free
    Even at my secret garden
    There's a chance that I could harden
    That's why I'll keep on looking, for

    (chorus)

    I still believe, I still believe
    'Cause after all is said and done
    I'm still alive
    And the boots have come and trampled on me
    And I'm still alive
    'Cause the sun has kissed me, and caressed me
    And I'm strong, and there's a chance
    That I will grow, this I know
    So I'm still looking for

    (chorus, inserting "It's" before "In my secret garden")

    Somewhere in fountain blue
    Lies my secret garden

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