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Sid's Temptations, Part 3: Come Back to Me

from The Fourth Messenger, featuring Vienna Teng by Vienna Teng and Tanya Shaffer

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In flashback, we see Mama Sid twenty years earlier when, after wandering homeless for seven years, she sits down under the freeway and vows not to get up until she achieves enlightenment. In this song, her old boyfriend Yasha tries to lure her away from her resolve.

lyrics

YASHA
My Sidney, why'd you run away?
I’ve been aching for you night and day,
Day and night, with all my soul


SID
Oh, Yasha, I didn't mean to hurt you...

YASHA
Why won't you let me wrap my arms around you
And feel your troubles melt into the ground
I'll make everything right; I’ll make you whole

SID
Yasha, I miss you!

YASHA
Then come back to me

(Ensemble joins in, singing “ah” and “mm” in the
background.)

YASHA (CONT’D)
Come back to me
I've learned so much, I'm no longer a boy – You'll see!
I'll kiss you where you're sore
Don't suffer anymore
Come back to me, there's much to enjoy

SID
Oh, I would like that...

Oh Yasha, how I miss the heat
That electric tingle, sharp and sweet
Pressed against you in the dark
Delicious urgency in every move
Maybe this is the only kind of truth
Skin on skin

SID & YASHA
Heart to heart
So come back to me

ENSEMBLE
It's not too late for

SID & YASHA
Come back to me

ENSEMBLE
What we're made for

SID & YASHA
I/You have wandered so long, now it's time to come home

ENSEMBLE
Sweet home

YASHA
All is forgiven

ENSEMBLE
And more

SID
The moment I walk in

CHORUS
That door

YASHA
So come back

CHORUS
Ah

YASHA
Come back

SID & CHORUS
Ah

YASHA
Come back

SID & CHORUS
Ah

YASHA
Come back to me...

SID & CHORUS
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh–

SID
No! I can’t. Go away, Yasha.

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from The Fourth Messenger, featuring Vienna Teng, released November 10, 2015

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