Mischief Control Lyrics - Vonda Shepard

There is a fire within all of us 

There is a river flowing in your soul 

To put out the fire when it gets out of control 

There is a stranger in all of us 

That we try to get to know 

There is a wise woman in there, too 

She's trying to run the show 

I can not escape the constant equipoise 

In between the mischief and control 

Swinging from the pendulum of desires 

In between the mischief and control 

There is a painter in all of us 

She knows exactly which brush to choose 

She knows exactly where to make a stroke 

But there's an army of voices 

She might have to get through 

There is a writer in all of us, yeah 

He knows what to say and he knows when it's done 

But then there's this twenty-foot blank page 

You gotta fill, darling 

Or you think your life has no meaning 

I can not escape the constant equipoise 

In between the mischief and control 

Swinging from the pendulum of desires 

In between the mischief and control