Protection may refer to:
Tracey Anne Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, who are currently on extended hiatus.
Thorn was born in Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She grew up in Hatfield and studied English at the University of Hull, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours. She later took an MA degree at Birkbeck College, University of London.
After 28 years as a couple, Thorn and her partner Ben Watt married in 2009 at Chelsea Registry Office. They live in Hampstead, North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998 and a son born in 2001.
Thorn will release her autobiography in early 2013.
Thorn began her musical career in the punk-pop hybrid group Stern Bops playing guitar and providing some vocal backing.
Thorn then joined Marine Girls playing guitar and sharing vocals. The band released two albums (Beach Party in 1981 and Lazy Ways in 1982) and several singles. The group disbanded when Thorn decided to concentrate on her studies at Hull, and on Everything but the Girl.
Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album, Lucinda Williams. This release featured "Passionate Kisses," a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter which garnered Lucinda her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. Known for working slowly, Lucinda recorded and released only one other album in the next several years (Sweet Old World in 1992) before her greatest success came in 1998 with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. This album presented a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country, and Americana into a more distinctive style that still managed to remain consistent and commercial in sound. It went gold and earned Lucinda another Grammy while being universally acclaimed by critics. Since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, she has released a string of albums that have also been critically acclaimed, though none have sold in the numbers of her 1998 breakthrough. She was also named "America's best songwriter" by TIME magazine in 2002.
Mad Professor (born Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music’s second generation and was instrumental in transitioning dub into the digital age. He is a prolific producer, contributing to or producing nearly 200 albums. He has collaborated with reggae artists such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly and Robbie, Pato Banton, Jah Shaka and Horace Andy, as well as artists outside the realm of traditional reggae and dub, such as Sade, Massive Attack, The Orb, and Brazilian DJ Marcelinho da lua.
Late last night I was driving home again, Dead in my seat with my foot on the floor, And I was thinking, well I've been thinking, There's one thing, that I know for sure
Come Monday I arrive on the street again, Making midnight, and hustle for more, And I was thinking, well I've been thinking, There's one thing, that I need you for
Chorus I need protection, I need protection, I need protection, I need protection
Hold your breath and hear your heart beating, A countdown started from the day you were born, All the good days and bad days, Right from the start there's only one thing for sure
I'm sorry, but I'm not happy
I am sorry if I am unable to please you
Things are falling apart
Where are the angels you spoke of?
Why is my shield broken?
I do not know where I'm headed
There must be more than this
Where am I supposed to go now?
Where are the angels that you spoke of?
I am longing for daylight
Powered down I face this
Trying hard to reach you
Am I losing myself?
Night after night
I keep holding on
You say you love me
Then you leave me so lonely
Baby I don't believe a word you're sayin'
I think it's all some evil game you're playin'
Still all day long all I do is think about you
You got me believin' that I can't live without you
Well if you want it, here's my confession
Baby I can't help it, you're my obsession
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
I wait at home by the telephone
When I call your house, baby, you're not there
Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs
When I open up, baby, you're not there
When we're together
When we're together and you put your arms around me
You keep my mind
Forever, ever in doubt
You want me believin'
That, baby, I can't live without
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
We stand alone, at my window
And stare out, at the shadows down below
I feel your fingers on my face
I want to stay, I want to run away
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I tried so hard to make yousmile
For once I tried to be myself
So I never tried again
I made you scared I made you cry
And you tried to tell me how you feel
I couldn't hear you say a thing
You tried to tell me how you feel
chorus:
I wasn't listening, I wasn't listening
Now they fill us with fear
It took me twenty-nine years to reach perfection
Your voice disappears
computerized rejections
on a bad connection
It gets lonely out here
are you protecting me
I need protection, please
Now I found a way to make you smile
Pretending I am someone else
more than I missed myself
You found a way to keep it inside
to a point where you can't feel a thing
Cause I really missed your smile
and silence suits us fine
when we're not listening
no, we're not listening
It took me twenty-nine years to reach perfection
Your voice disappears
computerized rejections
on a bad connection
It gets lonely out here
are you protecting me
I need protection, please
are you protecting me
are you protecting me
they are everywhere, you need protection like the monkey in the jungle, don't slip you need protection, there's acar coming your name's on it but the whales in the ocean they could be comin' see don't let them haunt us, you know i'm kickin' you you beeter believe all the animals need protection you need protection kill this cigarette, slip 'em some matches forest fires burning, animals on the run who's gonna help you now, there's nowhere to go you need protection you need protection i need protection, too i need protection in a square package some call it prevention you wanna have some fun, you need protection there's a killer disease running wild, it's out to get you all those people, they need protection they're still in great masses, give them some shelter there's a nuclear rain coming soon, get your lead umbrella you need protection, i need protection, too (x2)
There's a maze
Of nights and days
You don't fear the time
Stars and sky define the road
And they clear our sight
I will be your eyes and ears
Walk with me tonight
Somewhere ahead the gate is open
And the woods alive
Shadows soon rise
I will move on
Leave you behind
Your flame is burning
Kiss me goodbye
It's getting late
I'm still your shield
The world keeps turning
Wounds need time to heal
Hush my child
Now do not weep
Put your hand in mine
I've got promises to keep
I will stand you by
I have given life to you
Find your strength my child
There is a magic world awaiting
Made of light and smiles
Words spoken from the other side
No more pain, no worrying
The things you're doing are illegal in your own country
so you travel around the world looking for your heaven
little girls are waiting there forced to be abused by you, yeah
Iii)
it was their mother she made them scream
even though they were all she had then
but she needed the money if she wanted to survive
so she had to be selfish she gave her kids away
gave her kids away
And as she's sitting there she's playing with her girlfriends
she's playing with her dolls and tries to catch a butterfly, yeah
but when the monster comes in she has to put on make-up again
Iii)
it was their mother she made them scream
even though they were all she had then
but she needed the money if she wanted to survive
so she had to be selfish she gave her kids away
gave her kids away
And as you're lying there the sheets you lie on are full of blood
the cross you pray on but where's your god
but there was no protection
no there was no protection
there was no protection, no, yeah
Iii)
it was their mother she made them scream
even though they were all she had then
but she needed the money if she wanted to survive
so she had to be selfish she gave her kids away
Pulling on the clothes that never really fit.
Hoping she can get away with it ... Protection.
Standing on the pavement climbing into cars.
Hoping the face reflects the heart ... Protection.
All right now ... All right now
There's not a moment that I'm not protective of you.
Groping in the darkness, reaching for your shoes.
Nobody cares for a child with your connections.
Talking with the crew she's eager to impress.
Selling us a line in emptiness.
You're tired little girl.
All right now ... All right now
There's not a moment that I'm not protective of you.
There's not a moment that I'm not affected by you.
Riding on a wave you juvenile crime.
I wonder if you can get off on time
or whether you'd want to.
Where did you get that bruise on your face.
You must have come home in a terrible state ... Protection.
All right now ... All right now.
There's not a moment that I'm not protective of you.
There's not a moment that I'm not affected by you.
I was cruising down the ave, thirty on the gas
Saw this chick and I couldn't help but look back
Put it in reverse, not even thinking about who I'm gonna hurt
Said I like what I see
Dunno what it is, but you got what I need
And it didn't even dawn on me what the consequences might be
Was it just my intention
Got a girl that I never seem to mention
And I tell myself that it's for her protection to erase in my head my deception
I ain't tryna lose my girl
But this chick got all my attention
And it's hard not to show her my affection
Yes, I know I'm going in the wrong direction
I don't need this in my world
You don't deserve someone like me
Cause I'll never give you what you need
I should walk away and let you be
Cause you don't deserve someone like me
It was just one kiss
But the way she did it made me think of your lips
Was not expecting to feel like this
When you're in love, this ain't how you live
And I shoulda went home
Couldn't stop myself cause she made me say oohhh
And the only thing I could see was my girl saying why'd you do this to me
And I gotta stop stressin'
Thought this girl was gonna run, say something
And if she do, I'm gonna say I did nothing
Man, I hope this chick don't be bugging
I ain't tryna lose my girl
Don't know why I couldn't be faithful
I ain't ever been no angel
Now I'm force to live with this label
I don't need this in my world
You don't deserve someone like me
Cause I'll never give you what you need
I should walk away and let you be
Cause you don't deserve someone like me
I shoulda loved you more
I don't know what I was with her for
One day I'll have to tell you the truth
Cause there ain't no excuse
I was with her when I should have been with you
Baby you don't deserve, noooo
You don't deserve someone like me
Cause I'll never give you what you need
I should walk away and let you be
Cause you don't deserve someone like me
Night after nightI keep holding onYou say you love meThen you leave me so lonelyBaby I don’t believe a word you’re sayin’I think it’s all some evil game you’re playin’Still all day long all I do is think about youYou got me believin’ that I can’t live without youWell if you want it, here’s my confessionBaby I can’t help it, you’re my obsessionProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveI wait at home by the telephoneWhen I call your house, baby, you’re not thereKnock on the door and I rush down the stairsWhen I open up, baby, you’re not thereWhen we’re togetherWhen we’re together and you put your arms around meYou keep my mindForever, ever in doubtYou want me believin’That, baby, I can’t live withoutProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveWe stand alone, at my windowAnd stare out, at the shadows down belowI feel your fingers on my faceI want to stay, I want to run awayProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveProtection, that’s what I needI need protection, baby, from your loveProtectionLiner notes on lost masters bootleg cd:Bruce springsteen and the e street band, the hit factory, new york city,August 1, 1983. the full e street band completed take of song written forDonna summer.
Nobody knows my problems,
But they come to me with all the answers,
As if they have no problems of their own at all.
When nobody's around I stand up tall,
When everybody comes near, I seem to fall.
Can You help me?
I can't stand up at all.
YOU'RE MY PROTECTION,
YOU'RE MY PROTECTION, YEAH, YEAH!
Well, the seasons change and the seasons bring
Conflicts upon you and me.
But we know that the sun comes out, after all.
Whenever this road takes its toll I know,
I'll be ready, 'cause You'll keep me from harm.
You calm these storms after all.
No matter what, I've gotta remember.
And I know I may not see those blue skies,
And I may not see Your reflection in my life.
But I'll always keep in mind and remember,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Arriving at the intersection,
Choices gave us no detection,
Another bomb explodes my world,
You're backing out,
Another bomb explodes my world,
You're backing out,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Cos I try and say,
The war is over,
It's time to, make peace and get on with life now
Want to make you stay,
The war is over,
But we're not over,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Tearing off my armed protection,
Arriving at the intersection,
Choices gave us no detection,
Another bomb explodes my world,
You're backing out,
Another bomb explodes my world,
You're backing out,
Cos I try and say,
The war is over,
It's time to, make peace and get on with life now
Want to make you stay,
The war is over,
But we're not over,
I'm right here with you,
Cos I try and say,
The war is over,
It's time to, make peace and get on with life now,
Want to make you stay,
The war is over,
But we're not over,
This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm
Doing so much damage
But you don't want to get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her
I know you want to live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way you found her
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
You're a boy and I'm a girl
But you know you can lean on me
And I don't have no fear
I'll take on any man here
Who says that's not the way it should be
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
She's a girl and you're a boy
Sometimes you look so small, you look so small
I've got a baby of your own
When your baby's grown, she'll be the one
To catch you when you fall
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy yeah
You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy hey
Sometimes you look so small, you need some shelter
Just runnin' round and round, helter skelter
And I've leaned on me for years now you can lean on me
And that's more than love, that's the way it should be
Now I can't change the way you think
But I can put my arms around you
That's just part of the deal
That's the way I feel
I put my arms around you
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
You're a boy and I'm a girl
You're a boy and I'm a girl, hey
You're a boy and I'm a girl
Stop me, it's a red light
Do the same for you, I guess you're right
Stare at me, head at an angle
Temporarily, extremely fragile
Can't look, that's no surprise
Want a challenge? Try this for size
Read this book, opened it for you
Face so sheer you can see the whole way through
Here is my hand, don't let go
Falling, pick me up
You asked what was up
You may not have much
But what you have is what I need
It's for my own protection
Deja vu, there's more of them
Motivation, get the chromium
Disgraced, it all comes out
Toleration, and I will come around
That was some revelation
No alternatives, can't have duplication
Acknowledgment, there is no time
With this sponsorship, this job just isn't mine
Here is my hand, don't let go
Here is my hand
Falling, pick me up
You asked what was up
You may not have much
But what you have is what I need
It's for my own protection
Protection
Protection
Protection
This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't want to get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her
I know you want to live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way
You found her
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
You're a boy and i'm a girl
But you know you can lean on me
And I don't have no fear
I'll take on any man here
Who says that's not the way it should be
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
She's a girl and you're a boy
Sometimes you look so small, look so small
You've got a baby of your own
When your baby's gone, she'll be the one
To catch you when you fall
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
You're a girl and i'm a boy
Sometimes you look so small, need some shelter
Just runnin' round and round, helter skelter
And I've leaned on me for years
Now you can lean on me
And that's more than love, that's the way it should be
Now I can't change the way you feel
But I can put my arms around you
That's just part of the deal
That's the way I feel
I'll put my arms around you
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
Tourists wear their wallets
In high places when abroad
So as not to be ripped off in ways
To which they're not apprised
Lawyers write some goofy terms
In letters to the future
So as not to get all screwed by methods
Here and after devised, so will I
And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can't talk
And I will protect myself from you
I'll keep on reminding me, I'm always free to walk
You're not exactly what I'm looking for
You don't even know that when I've got it straight
Now keep it in mind
No you're not what I was looking for
I just need a little bit of what you've got
A little bit, don't make me laugh
And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can't talk
But I will protect myself from you
And I'll keep on reminding me, I'm always free to walk
And always free, free to walk, hey
Whatever happens between you and me today
Probably will be okay
But won't bother me in anyway
And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can't talk
But I will protect myself from you
And I'll keep on reminding me, I'm always free to walk
Free, F R E E
You can't, you can't hurt me
'Cause I don't care about you
[Incomprehensible] I don't give a shit
And I don't give a shit about you
The pussy ass sounds of white people
Pre>capo at 2 (intro d em g em d
Em g g c
So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
Am c d
So winston churchill said I could have smacked his head
Em g g c
And all of those infected waiting to be collected
Am c d
I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice
Chorus
Em c g d
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em c g d
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em c g d g c
Just can't get, just can't get no can't get no protection,
G c g c d
Protection, protection
Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
Repeat chorus then em/g am/c which repeats over bridge
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
I don't know myself, I don't you either
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
I know you've been mixing with big brother's brother
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
It's just the thought of someone
It's just the thought of someone
Em em
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in
So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughng honey
Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
Happy hours come and go much too short and much too long
Chorus then this rhythm again em/g am/c
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
Protection protection protection
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
Protection protection switch it off switch it off switch it off
Protection switch it off switch it off switch it off
Protection protection you want to hide? you want to hide?
Lay down your arms
Go in peacefully
Lay down your freedom
Your individuality
No place to run
You?re outta sanctuary
So lay down your arms
You juniors got your gun
Hey, we need protection
Yeah, we need protection from the system
All we need?s protection
State your name
Where you?re comin' from?
State your age
Where you?re goin' to?
Hands on your head
Turn and face the wall
You're dead to rights
You?re messing with the law
Hey, we need protection
Yeah, we need protection from the system
All we need?s protection
Hey, we need protection from protection
From protection, from protection, from protection
Hey, we need protection
Yeah, we need protection from the system
All we need?s protection
Yeah, we need protection from protection
From protection, from protection, from protection
Do you remember when we were
Going out for lifeguards
And snuck into the caves where
All the kids were smoking
And jeans were in our uniform
But not unless the calves were thin
And I will take a Polaroid
You will show me how to drink
Summertime, the hottest day
You remember, don’t you baby?
Paranoid, no prescription
You believed
I let you die
When you close your eyes
I don’t need protection
See those clouds arise
Wasn’t my intention
Lately I'm fucked up
But I don’t regret it
Feels like when we lay
Couldn't wear the crown
Darkness falls away
Then it's only golden
Where are we today?
Somewhere near our future
So it can be saved
At least it can be reckoned
Each time we come through
Tourists wear their wallets in odd places when abroad,
so as not to be ripped off and ways to ..........
Lawyers write some goofy terms in letters to the future,
so as not to be all screwed by........
So will I.
And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.
You're not exactly what I'm looking for,
You don't even know that when I've got it straight,
now keep it in mind,
No you're not what I was looking for.
I just need a little more of what you've got.
A little bit dumb, make me laugh.
And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.
.......................different country anyway.
Whatever happens between you and me today,
probably will be OK,
but it won't bother me anyway.
And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.
Always free.
Free to walk.
You can't hurt me 'cos I don't care about you.
[Intro]
Said all white drank, all black shades...I don't
even...
[Verse 1]
Said all black shades
Not literally, but the fact that I can't see negativity
is the reason that I am paid
Cause success is my wage, wait-a-wait a minute
Yo, fresh to dreams, my nigga I'll be bathing in my
vision
Keeping belief in those dreams and my faith is my
religion
I do it for the record like a tape after it's filmed
And you can have anything you ask as long as it's not
solicit
Lot's of shit that I've been through, lot's of shit
that we go through
The reason some niggas go postal on careful
approximation
I'm facing saiyans like Goku, therefore so what do I
Mufasa's Scar was Simba's Kovu and all the people they
close to
Dodgin' the little eye of the ghetto bird in South
Central
Not me, but all the people that I'm close to that they
close to
Ridin' in Nella's Altima, pulled over by the Liquor
Bank
Officers givin' petty seatbelt tickets for a total...
What?
So now it's just me and my ignant angels
Wrekless but not in danger, that truthful shit seems
endagered
Like retro, I make the transition despite the changes
Team Wrekless is who I came with, so just put me in the
game and I'm gon'
[Hook]
Go so hard, five six but I dream so tall
They say the sky's the limit, but I'm livin' in the
clouds
If I ever touch down, I don't need no ball
But baby I'mma ball Cause I'm in the zone
Jesus is who I came with, so everywhere is my home
I got things to get off my chest, let my freedom ring,
where's the phone
I got reasons why I'mma get it, the same reason that
I'm livin', I'm on (3x)
[Verse 2]
Clack, Clack, Clack, shooting blanks like Crash
Daddy of the Persian lady, tell me have you heard him
lately?
Jet...Two point 0, yeah this version's crazy
Ah, not too much can change me
Only one can tame me...
Married to my music, honey moons, me and my lady
Can I get it baby? Some are moody, some are May...
June, July... all the way through August, I'll be
sowing seeds I harvest at that time
Like apartments in the projects, you can find...
That whole section ate (8) where you die just (digest)
to your confinements
In the hood where we make it our Suburbs
From all the images we post, a three dimensional Tumblr
About ten miles from the coast
Get reminded it's rough over here, for that simple
reason, it's us over fear
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
I feel that I'mma build it... doubted in the beginning
But now I've come to conceal that thing they call
dreams
All mine from the city of Dr. Dre, NWA
From the Jays all the way to way on the east-side, the
Cali-maze I'm gon'
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
Uh...Uh...Yeah
We 'bout that...
Ever since Wrekless been on the scene
The crew is multiplying, two finger count that
Bunch of various artists on their grind, it's like a
soundtrack
Bunch of young niggas tryin' to ball, we call that
bounce back
From the city where niggas do everything to get that
kitty cat
Word to BeeGee and his mental city map
Even if I'm 'sleep, I'm probably working for that title
So I'm never ever idle in my mind, so critics, give me
Yeah, we're ahead of the circle that we could never fit
The story's told where the terminal has become the
mission
And inner vision is intermission through all dimensions
So my nigga, this Wrekless, don't you forget to mention
(Peter Kingsberry/Dimitri Ticovoi - Bruno Jardel - Peter Kingsberry)
What was blank space
Here now lies someone
Well I know this face
And where it comes from
Thanks for crying, drinks on me
In your mother's eye
Talk of spitting imagery
We all need protection
How to forgive
This restless sleeper
Each day we live
I'm breathing deeper
Think of me the other guy
With the gravely voice
D.J. of the lullaby
We all need protection
If I am Tarzan
This must be Jane's boy
Sweet as a lamb
On his asteroid
Papers are in order
So it looks like you can stay
Though why make such an entrance
In a loud abstrusive way
No one here is innocent