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Heather Nova — Walk This World
Album: Oyster
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:43
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I have slept beside the winter and the green is growing slow
I have watched you find the places hidden by the snow
I have tripped into a valley that is blue till you can see
I want you to come walk this world with me

(CHORUS)
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on 'til we believe
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come walk this world with me

And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies
And I dig a hole to climb in and I build some wings to fly
And I think that I could love you 'cause you know how to be free
I want you to come walk this world with me

(CHORUS)
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on 'til we believe
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come, I want you to come
I want you to come walk this world with me

And it's burning in our fingers and it's burning on the road
And I like the way you're broken and I'll like you when you old
And I see you in the garden and I feel you plant the seeds
I want you to come walk this world with me

(CHORUS)
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on 'til we believe
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come, I want you to come
I want you to come walk this world with me
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Good bass line...
Posted 4 days ago by jcleworth    [ Reply ]
 clayworx wrote:

"And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies."
Amen. 


Sounds like trump and his minons 
Posted 2 weeks ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:


well. that is more 'aquamarine' than heather, which is kinda purple…
Posted 4 weeks ago by jimwwsmith    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:

this one could be retired forever and i wouldn't mind.



Its annoyingly terrible
Posted 2 months ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Such a hot song! Very lesbian vibes {#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 months ago by PockettVenus    [ Reply ]
"And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies."
Amen. 
Posted 9 months ago by clayworx    [ Reply ]
hmmm...
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Supernova?
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Posted 11 months ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
sounds like Edie Brikel
Posted 11 months ago by conniemusic    [ Reply ]
another cracker RP discovery, uplifting on a monday morning!
Posted 2 years ago by Ben_Smedley    [ Reply ]
that chorus gets me to "come" over here to the comments to see all those with dirty minds... not as many as one would think.
she really puts the emphasis on come
Posted 2 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Well then!  If there were ever a time for the well known Donna Summer song to be played next....this might be it!  And oddly enough, the song seems as loving as it does horny.  Got a "rise" out of me...bumping my 6 to an 8 (almost had to go to 9 hehehe) LONG LIVE RP!!
Posted 8 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]


                              I want you to, play 'Come together' next.


 
Posted 8 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 bartolomeo wrote:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libido it goes both ways, not just a male thing.

 
I was not referring to the word "libido", I was referring to the simile "like a firehose", which would have more of a male connotation.
Cheers. {#Cheers}
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Curious choice of simile to describe a song by a female recording artist, but still, your point is clear.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libido it goes both ways, not just a male thing.
 


Posted 8 years ago by bartolomeo    [ Reply ]
 chasech5 wrote:
Its an RP classic. Not really sensual, but using libido like a firehose. Still, its pretty cool.

 
Curious choice of simile to describe a song by a female recording artist, but still, your point is clear.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
One of my all times favorites
Posted 9 years ago by dhalevi    [ Reply ]
Its an RP classic. Not really sensual, but using libido like a firehose. Still, its pretty cool.
Posted 9 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
Oddly enough this song was worming through my brain this morning and I was planning to see if I could hear it later via Apple Radio. Thanks for the synchronous response to my unexpressed yearnings.
Posted 9 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
I've caught this song on RP like 5 times so far this year. It's one of my favorites, but aside from my own CD in the 90s I've never heard it anywhere else. 

{#Laughing}{#Laughing}{#Laughing} 
Posted 9 years ago by JasondotG    [ Reply ]
this one could be retired forever and i wouldn't mind.
Posted 9 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Wow that's good stuff! Thanks Bill 
Posted 9 years ago by Stefan_Lutz    [ Reply ]
Wow that's interesting. 
Posted 9 years ago by Stefan_Lutz    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. But I know I'm a perv, I'm just wondering if she is too!

 
I think she just likes ... long walks ... in the garden, and she seems to want "you" to come with her.  Right?  Seems straightforward to me.
Posted 10 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
subtle...
Posted 10 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Blondie is crooning, "I'll give you some head....and shoulders to lie on".
Posted 10 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
20 years later, still love it. 
Posted 10 years ago by JasondotG    [ Reply ]
"I'm not touched, but I'm achin' to be." Hit me like a velvet two by four!
Posted 10 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
I never ever seem to get tired of the groove she ruts in with this hot number! Wow, I agree, it's one of the most sensual songs out there
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Inspired by the Divinyls?
Posted 11 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Is this song really naughty, or am I just a perv?
 

yes, and also yes.
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 JasondotG wrote:
I remember seeing this video on 120 Minutes in '94 when I was a teenager. It was love at first sight/sound. Still is. 

  More like' 96;-)
Posted 11 years ago by ShayAvigan    [ Reply ]
I remember seeing this video on 120 Minutes in '94 when I was a teenager. It was love at first sight/sound. Still is. 
Posted 11 years ago by JasondotG    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Is this song really naughty, or am I just a perv?
 
I was thinking the same thing. But I know I'm a perv, I'm just wondering if she is too!
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Is this song really naughty, or am I just a perv?
 
Maybe both? ;)
Posted 11 years ago by RandomousJam    [ Reply ]
Heather is fantastic live, too. 
Posted 12 years ago by Fumbling    [ Reply ]
Is this song really naughty, or am I just a perv?
Posted 13 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
This song is so 90's. She sounds as if she's working really hard to sing accurately (which she doesn't) and that is a bit annoying to my ears. Anyways it's a 7 for me since I really liked this song once.
Posted 13 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
One of the very FEW that rate a "10" from me.  I LOVE Heather Nova!

Posted 14 years ago by RadioFlyer219    [ Reply ]
I like it instantly.  I had heard of Heather Nova but not really properly listened until this station turned me on to the beautiful album The Jasmine Flower.  Probably time I explored more of her cattle dog.

Also I have to say romeotuma that there are many ways in which it could be suggested that the video you posted has very little to do with the music and is just an opportunity to stare at lingerie models for a few minutes...not that i'm complaining at having giving it a go.
Posted 14 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
" I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies" . That's just killer.


Posted 14 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
 lixy wrote:
"...All over me" ?
 
{#Roflol} Solid 7.

Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
MORE HEATHER NOVA!!
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Great song. Very ... distracting {#Good-vibes}
Posted 15 years ago by chudd    [ Reply ]
 huebdoo wrote:

Doesn't do anything for me ... she is trying to use provocative language to catch attention ... which when done right is smart and clever as anything ( Wynona Big Brown Beaver) for example, however the pause after "I want to come" ... it seems so freaking obvious

Maybe I am jaded - to each his / her own ... I personally will pass on this


 
Couldn't disagree more!

Yeah, the double entendres pretty much bowl you over, and I won't deny the obvious - that Heather was being deliberately provocative - but the power of the melody, and the palpable elation of embarking on a spiritual expedition on the Silk Road with someone who ignites your senses, are intoxicating!

Heather Nova

I don't get too distracted by the "risqué" lyrics...  obviously, she was having some fun with this...  when you write your own songs, and they're good, you're entitled to some slack - it's called "poetic license"!

But there is some deeper stuff here, too:

And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies
And I dig a hole to lie in and I build some wings to fly
And I think that I could love you 'cause you know how to be free
I want you to come walk this world with me.

It's a fubar world, hopelessly distorted by lies.  I suppose it has probably always been that way.  If you toss out the baby with the bath water, you miss that part of what she is saying...  especially the part about "I'm sucked in by the wonder and...  I build some wings to fly".

But you're right... "to each his/her own"...


Posted 15 years ago by Aegean    [ Reply ]
It was a little embarrassing to have this on loud in the coffeeshop with some sweet elderly people by me—-cuz it was so sexual; but they didn't seem to mind. No biggie, I guess.
Posted 15 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]

Doesn't do anything for me ... she is trying to use provocative language to catch attention ... which when done right is smart and clever as anything ( Wynona Big Brown Beaver) for example, however the pause after "I want to come" ... it seems so freaking obvious

Maybe I am jaded - to each his / her own ... I personally will pass on this


Posted 15 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
I've been a big fan of Heather for years. This is the song that got it all started for me. The entire album is great. I got to see her live in the late 1990's at a small club in Scottsdale. Very good show. It's too bad she hasn't toured the U.S. in over a decade.
Posted 15 years ago by grungepuppy    [ Reply ]
I hope she comes as well.
Posted 15 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
hands down favorite Heather Nova song {#Hearteyes}
Posted 15 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I feel you in the garden
I watch you plant the seed
I want you to COME
I want you to COME
I want you to COME Doesn't get much more blatant than that.


Once during the time when this was being overplayed on the alt-whatever station, after it ended the (female) dj said with a smirk you could hear over the waves, "Demanding, isn't she?" Just the way she said it cracked me up.

Posted 16 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
stewliscious wrote:
Maybe she could help Norah Jones? She doesn't know why she didn't come.

Maybe because her mother told her so?

Posted 17 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard this before.  Something about her voice reminds me of Edie Brickell.
Posted 17 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Also find it ironic that she wants you to come but her last name is "Nova".  No va = "it doesn't go".  So they would come to walk this world with her but when they got there they would find that she couldn't go.  I would be pissed if it were me.
Posted 17 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:
My vote for a follow-up song would be AC/DC's "You shook me all night long"

"she told me to come but I was already there"
 
Maybe she could help Norah Jones?  She doesn't know why she didn't come.  Now that I think about it, those 2 together would make a great "duet".

Posted 17 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
bev wrote:
Bleeeech. Had generously given a 2 on first listen. On second listen it's a solid 1.


{#Yes}

Posted 17 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
My vote for a follow-up song would be AC/DC's "You shook me all night long" "she told me to come but I was already there"
Posted 17 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
RP should play more of her live tracks. Vastly superior to the overproduced studio albums. I blame her usual producer (which is also her husband - duh!) for overproducing her albums. Her 2003 release "Storm" was a return to form, after stints of poppy attemps. And that album was a collaboration with the fellows of Mercury Rev, and shows clearly that with proper guidance, she's absolutely great. The live albums ('Live from the Milky Way', 'Blow' and to a lesser measure "Wonderlust") show her true talent, without the interference of her husband - er, producer. My personal favorite is "Live from the Milky Way", which is absolutely brilliant, albeit a bit short (it's an EP with only 6 tracks - but all brilliant). That's the only album I ever ran to the store to buy after hearing it on the radio (college radio, of course). Saw her live for the 'Oyster' tour in a very small club and that was amazing. Got to see her a couple more times after that ('Siren' and 'Red Bird' tours) and that wasn't as brilliant. The sheer energy of her old tracks when played live was just amazing ("Throwing Fire at the Sun" comes to mind)... Unfortunately, she's been overproduced and underrated (causality anyone?) in the last years...
Posted 17 years ago by oheb    [ Reply ]
Anyone have live Heather shows to trade? I have about 30 at (click here), would like to hear some recent stuff after her baby break...
Posted 17 years ago by kaz    [ Reply ]
I listen to RP because you guys dig these needles out of haystacks. Nice one.
Posted 17 years ago by jwb    [ Reply ]
Yet another female musician that falls victim to mediocrity and the redundancy of many. Please No more... Maybe something real like Lucinda
Posted 18 years ago by rmt    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I feel you in the garden I watch you plant the seed I want you to COME I want you to COME I want you to COME Doesn't get much more blatant than that.
my kinda Lady
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Lucinda's Come On from West would fit nicely before or after this....
Posted 18 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Jamunca wrote:
Still listening eh, Rachoh? I noticed all the comments you and I made earlier this morning were deleted after the server restart.
Really? Boo.
Posted 18 years ago by Rachoh    [ Reply ]
Rachoh wrote:
Thought this was Poe for a second. Might as well be.
Still listening eh, Rachoh? I noticed all the comments you and I made earlier this morning were deleted after the server restart.
Posted 18 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Poe for a second. Might as well be.
Posted 18 years ago by Rachoh    [ Reply ]
"...All over me" ?
Posted 18 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
I'll wager that virtually everyone who is sexually experienced knows what it's like to want your lover to come.
Posted 18 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Matts wrote:
This song doesn't make me feel comfortable, especially when my wife is around
This song makes me look forward to my wife being around . . .
Posted 18 years ago by oldkcscdj    [ Reply ]
Hmmmm, lemme look this up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
This song doesn't make me feel comfortable, especially when my wife is around
Posted 18 years ago by Matts    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I feel you in the garden I watch you plant the seed I want you to COME I want you to COME I want you to COME Doesn't get much more blatant than that.
I'm surprised Poe's I Want to Blow You (Away) wasn't next on the playlist.
Posted 18 years ago by youngj    [ Reply ]
WonderLizard wrote:
Hold on! I'm comin'!
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Bleeeech. Had generously given a 2 on first listen. On second listen it's a solid 1.
Posted 18 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I feel you in the garden I watch you plant the seed I want you to COME I want you to COME I want you to COME Doesn't get much more blatant than that.
Yea not too subtle is it... I don't think I'll go, but thanks. 5 (in)Decent.
Posted 18 years ago by mattc296    [ Reply ]
Hot. I love this song.
Posted 19 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
And I think that I could love you 'cause you know how to be free Nice -- but it ain't gonna pay the bills...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
I feel you in the garden I watch you plant the seed I want you to COME I want you to COME I want you to COME Doesn't get much more blatant than that.
Posted 19 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
billca42 wrote:
Oh my! Was that full of double entendres, or do I just have a dirty mind?
It's not like she's singing about a big black horse and a cherry tree, like some songs you hear on the radio these days!
Posted 19 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Tireux_De_Roche wrote:
I wonder if Ms. Nova realizes that the latter part of the refrain is a double-entendre. ;)
Do ya think?
Posted 19 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
Does anyone hear Jewel?
No, I hear Heather Nova.
Posted 19 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Does anyone hear Jewel?
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I touch myself by the Divinyls comes to mind.
Posted 19 years ago by BruceN    [ Reply ]
I wonder if Ms. Nova realizes that the latter part of the refrain is a double-entendre. ;)
Posted 19 years ago by Tireux_De_Roche    [ Reply ]
This song is not doing anything for me.
Posted 19 years ago by Bizzarefall    [ Reply ]
What I love about Radio Paradise: they play songs like this, which have been in my playlist for years but I never expected to hear them again (or ever, in some cases) on the radio. Hooray, RP, for not letting all this wonderful music fade into oblivion just because it wasn't blessed by Clearchanel!
Posted 19 years ago by jone_ston    [ Reply ]
WonderLizard wrote:
Hold on! I'm comin'!
This song should definitely be followed by Sam and Dave doing 'Hold on, I'm coming'.
Posted 19 years ago by underarmor    [ Reply ]
halfgazo wrote:
I've liked all of her stuff. Especially her cover of wild horses.
She first came to my attention when I heard her cover during the end credits of some movie. Now I can't seem to find any information on it, but I definitely remember looking for the artist in the credits when I heard such an excellent version of the song.
Posted 19 years ago by texastimr    [ Reply ]
halfgazo wrote:
I've liked all of her stuff. Especially her cover of wild horses.
Are you confusing her with The Sundays?
Posted 19 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
I like her voice!
Posted 19 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
"I want you to come !"
Posted 19 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
WonderLizard wrote:
Hold on! I'm comin'!
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
I've liked all of her stuff. Especially her cover of wild horses.
Posted 19 years ago by halfgazo    [ Reply ]
I have not heard this in years.
Posted 19 years ago by pixidrizzl    [ Reply ]
A good song, but the chorus is a bit of a let down...
Posted 19 years ago by Clobyn    [ Reply ]
9. I think these lyrics are great, and i'm a woman...
Posted 19 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
Hold on! I'm comin'!
Posted 19 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
We definitely need more from Heather on RP. She has so many great songs on her first three discs. Instead, we get that second-rate hand-me-down Gloomy Sunday. Great track this.
I agree, I absolutely loved this album - many great tracks!
Posted 19 years ago by MKG    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
We definitely need more from Heather on RP. She has so many great songs on her first three discs. Instead, we get that second-rate hand-me-down Gloomy Sunday. Great track this.
Hear Hear, this girl tops all the other girl singers that have come along in the past 5 years! She is an original. Much like Fiona but with more commercial appeal. Her depth and understanding, beautiful arrangements and just all around awareness need more exposure. A definite 9 just for being Heather Nova. Note to Bill: PLAY MORE OF HER
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
We definitely need more from Heather on RP. She has so many great songs on her first three discs. Instead, we get that second-rate hand-me-down Gloomy Sunday. Great track this.
Posted 19 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Can't go wrong playing heather nova...
Posted 20 years ago by MikeCloud    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
... And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies ...
Wow...sucked, fucked, and come in the same song...is this a tribute to George Carlin? ;-) Guilty pleasure, but I like this tune. Too bad it's not "Gloomy Sunday", right Trustocity?
Posted 20 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
radiojunkie wrote:
Exactly.
can't argue with that...cheap way to get a good rating, but it worked. "What's wrong with being sexy?"
Posted 20 years ago by moshevelvul    [ Reply ]
hamer12string wrote:
She wants me to what?!!
Exactly.
Posted 20 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
borderlessworld wrote:
she was in town for a concert a while ago and a lot of boys/guys were in the audience. much more than girls. a lot of my friends who normally don't listen to the female singer/songwriter stuff (neither do I). it's great to hear her on RP, it's a pity she receives so little attention. great voice, great lyrics. the real alanis morissette in my opinion.
last time i checked alanis morissette was the real alanis morissette.
Posted 20 years ago by abbefaith    [ Reply ]
I have slept beside the winter and the green is growing slow I have watched you find the places hidden by the snow I have tripped into a valley that is blue till you can see I want you to come walk this world with me With the light in our eyes it's hard to see Holding on and on to what we believe I'm not touched but I'm aching to be I want you to come walk this world with me And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies And I dig a hole to lie in and I build some wings to fly And I think that I could love you 'cause you know how to be free I want you to come walk this world with me With the light in our eyes it's hard to see Holding on and on 'til we believe With the light in our eyes it's hard to see I'm not touched but I'm aching to be I want you to come, I want you to come I want you to come walk this world with me And it's burning in our fingers and it's burning on the road And I like the way you're broken and I'll like you when you're old And I see you in the garden and I feel you plant the seed I want you to come walk this world with me With the light in our eyes it's hard to see Holding on and on 'til we believe With the light in our eyes it's hard to see I'm not touched but I'm aching to be I want you to come, I want you to come I want you to come walk this world with me
Posted 20 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
She wants me to what?!!
Posted 20 years ago by hamer12string    [ Reply ]
she was in town for a concert a while ago and a lot of boys/guys were in the audience. much more than girls. a lot of my friends who normally don't listen to the female singer/songwriter stuff (neither do I). it's great to hear her on RP, it's a pity she receives so little attention. great voice, great lyrics. the real alanis morissette in my opinion.
Posted 20 years ago by borderlessworld    [ Reply ]
billca42 wrote:
Oh my! Was that full of double entendres, or do I just have a dirty mind?
Nope, you got it correct...
Posted 20 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
I dig it!
Posted 20 years ago by susafina    [ Reply ]
bev wrote:
in the video is she rolling around on the floor half-clothed and wet-lipped and all hot and bothered? sheesh.
Not in the video I remember, but that would have been hot!!
Posted 21 years ago by BondsLovesSteroids    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise has been a hell on my iTunes Music Store habit :)
Posted 21 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
awesome song
Posted 21 years ago by durandal    [ Reply ]
Uck. This hurts my ears and I don't like the cheesy double entendre.
Posted 21 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
bev wrote:
in the video is she rolling around on the floor half-clothed and wet-lipped and all hot and bothered? sheesh.
=P~ =P~ =P~
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
What's she singing about?
Posted 21 years ago by ElroyJetson    [ Reply ]
Shades of Natalie Merchant....
Posted 21 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
:roll: in the video is she rolling around on the floor half-clothed and wet-lipped and all hot and bothered? sheesh.
Posted 21 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
WOOT! This is another one of my downloads... I am SO glad to finally catch it on RP! Sing it, Heather!
Posted 21 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
A highly underrated female musician... glad to know she's getting play on RP!
Posted 22 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]