Zpěvačka a kytaristka (též pianistka) z Kansasu, přirovnávána k Janis Joplin. Narozena v r. 1963. Začínala v losangelských klubech ale studovala i na bostonské univerzitě Berklee. Už album Melissa Etheridge (1988) bylo velmi dobře přijato...

Píseň: My Lover

Interpret:
Melissa Etheridge
Album:
Breakdown
No one conceals me like
No one reveals me like 
My lover
No one can disconnect
No one can resurrect
Like my lover 


My lover makes me weak 
Gives me breath to speak 
My lover takes me home 
Cools the rolling stone 
My lover's thorny kiss 
The reason to exist 
I wonder 


No one can saturate 
No one manipulates
Like my lover 
The sensuality 
It's immortality 
My lover 


My lover needs to seize 
Bring me to my knees
Reads me like a prayer
Calls the spirit there
Secretly inspires
Strips me to desire 
I wonder 


No one can visualize 
No one can make me rise 
Like my lover 
They dream of paradise 
They'll never ever pay the price
My lover