Did We Not Choose Each Other Lyrics

I'm a wounded soldier on a downtown train to your place
You've launched a secret heart with your face
You don't always say what I want to hear but you move me
Across the rooftops and into the deep blue sea

Did we not choose each other?
Are we just heroes for a day?
This time I will stand by you
And mine is the heart I will save, yeah

I drew a hard line but I just can't see it
Your colors are bleeding all over my bullshit
I wanna be your star but I gotta learn to feel myself
I want your love and I need your help

Did we not choose each other?
Are we just heroes for a day?
This time I will stand by you
And mine is the heart I will save

Can we not judge each other?
I'd rather wipe your tears away
I can follow my heart till the end
But I just can't choose the way

Just because we live like dolphins together
So many reasons to break the wave
We can swim from street lamp to street lamp forever
We can be kissing in the rain

Can we not judge each other?
I'd rather wipe your tears away
I can follow my heart till the end
But I just can't choose the way

Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong
I can make my bed, you can sing your song
Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine
If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find

I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away
Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save
Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul
Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go

Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong
I can make my bed, you can sing your song
Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine
If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find

I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away
Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save
Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul
Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go

Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong
I can make my bed, you can sing your song
Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine
If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find

I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away
Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save
Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul
Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go

Sophie B. Hawkins - Whaler

Jul 1994

1. Right Beside You
2. Did We Not Choose Each Other
3. Don't Don't Tell Me No
4. As I Lay Me Down
5. Swing From Limb To Limb (My Home Is In Your Jungle)
6. True Romance
7. Let Me Love You Up
8. The Ballad Of Sleeping Beauty
9. I Need Nothing Else
10. Sometimes I See
11. Mr. Tugboat Hello