
Joy Crookes is set to perform at Cross The Tracks 2026
Her latest album 'Juniper' will be performed live for the first time.
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Mother, may I sleep with danger, please? It's been knocking on my door since I was seventeen Oh, oh, and you saw but you choose to ignore But now it's more than a wish, it's a dream Now I don't understand how you can hold me back You said, "Baby, learn your lessons when you step on cracks" Oh, there's no time to fall, existence would call And see experimenting And I guess there's just no other way I've been drawn to a new escape, -ape 'Cause I'm wearing bamboo and I'm picking up zoots I've slipped away Now I'm tonguing on a Rizla And you sachet snows a deal for us Oh, and dangers got me wrapped up 'round his thumb But it's no trap 'cause I'm in love I said, "I'm in love" I said, "I'm in love" Yeah, oh, oh, oh, ah I said, "I'm in love" I said, "I'm in love" Yeah, oh, oh, oh, ah Mother, may I sleep with danger, please? It's been knocking on my door since I was seventeen Oh, oh, and you saw but you choose to ignore But now it's more than a wish, it's a dream Now I don't understand how you can hold me back You said, "Baby, learn your lessons when you step on cracks" So, no, there's no time to fall how you go, oh I'll get what I want, you see 'Cause I like to tread so carefully And you won't, won't, won't, won't ever know So, mother, may sleep with danger, please? It's been knocking n my door since I was seventeen Oh, oh, and you saw But now it's more than a wish, it's a dream
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