Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs". Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus.
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Object of My Affection Lyrics

Shawn Colvin

S. colvin - j. leventhal
Jump into the night
Gas up and downshift
Cruise up the coast
On the fm drift
Its a crazy world
On the head of a pin
Some other time
Some other star
I mightve cried but now
You only need to look so far
As the smile on my face
To see the shape Im in
Try love in a bottle
Try love in a box
Play it all night long
Dance til you drop
And it sure got soul
Its not flesh and blood
I tried looking for love
But I guess its true
You dont look for love
Its gonna look for you
Well you found me, honey
And you sound so good
Youre the object
Of my affection
Not a dream
Or make believe
Youre the object
Of my affection
Come to me
Now we see the women
In the photograph
Sweet anne of mercy
And sylvia plath
For a thousand words
They for a life sentence
If we lined up all the girls
Who died in vain
We could walk on their heads
To hell and back again
But I got the big book
And antidepressants
Youre the object
Of my affection
Not a phantom fantasy
Youre the object
Of my affection
Come to me
Youre the object
Of my affection
Not a toy with batteries
Youre the object
Of my affection
Not a rescue remedy
Youre the object
Of my affection
Come to me