Cover art for Go Ahead by Tina Turner
Oct. 28, 19991 viewer

Go Ahead Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You see me smile but you paint an ugly face
Everything you do is all about the chase

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't let them see you cry, don't let them know
You won't lay down and die for their show, whoa-ho

[Chorus]
Why don't you go ahead tear my heart out?
Why don't you go ahead and hang me out to dry?
Go ahead and play your game, go ahead
Spread my name all over your blood-red sky

[Verse 2]
They color your stars 'til the light begins to fade
But never give up 'cause every dog has its day

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't let them see you cry, don't let them know
You won't lay down and die for their show, whoa-ho

[Chorus]
Why don't you go ahead tear my heart out?
Why don't you go ahead and hang me out to dry?
Go ahead and play your game, go ahead
Spread my name all over your blood-red sky, sky
Go ahead
[Bridge]
And why don't you go ahead, go ahead, go ahead?
Why don't you go ahead hang me out to dry?
I said go ahead and play your game
Go ahead and play your game, go ahead and play your game
Your blood-red sky

[Chorus]
Whoa-ho, why don't you go ahead and tear my heart out?
Why don't you go ahead lay me out to dry? Go ahead
I said go ahead and play your game, go ahead
Spread my name all over your blood-red sky
Go ahead
Why don't you go ahead and tear my heart out?
Why don't you go ahead hang me out to dry? Go ahead
Go ahead and play your game, go ahead
Spread my name all over your blood-red sky

[Outro]
Your blood-red sky
Blood-red sky

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Recorded At
CTS Studios (London)
Release Date
October 28, 1999
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