Adele Lyrics

B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Website)

Meet one of 2008’s most exciting new talents. Even before she’s released a note of music – and at barely 19 – ADELE has already chalked up a Jools Holland appearance, worked with Jim Abiss, Eg White and Mark Ronson, signed to XL Recordings and supported Jack Penate, Raul Midon, Amos Lee and Devendra Banhart. "As soon as I got a microphone in my hand, when I was about 14, I realised I wanted to do this,” she says. “Most people don’t like the way their voice sounds when it’s recorded. I was just so excited by the whole thing that I wasn’t bothered what it sounded like.” A fan of such diverse artists as Jill Scott, Etta James, Billy Bragg, Peggy Lee, Jeff Buckley and The Cure, Adele’s soul-tinged songs of love’s lost and memories made are set to resonate with all who hear them. “I’ve got no problem explaining what my lyrics are about,” ADELE says. “I really like poetry: I’m not very good at reading it, but I love writing it. Singers like Jill Scott and Karen Dalton are amazing; proper poets.”

“The whole album is about being between 18 and 19; about love,” she continues. “‘Daydreamer’ is about this boy I was in love with, like proper in love with. He was bi and I couldn’t deal with that. All the things I wanted from my boyfriend, he was never going to be. I get really jealous anyway, so I couldn’t fight with girls and boys. It’s quite a sad album, [with songs about] being cheated on and not getting what you want”. Anchoring it all together is ADELE’s incredible voice. As immediate as it is undeniable, its power is matched only by her Force 10 personality. “I’ve always liked being the centre of attention, yes,” she laughs. ADELE is from a resolutely un-musical family. “It all comes from impersonating The Spice Girls and Gabrielle,” the teenager cheerfully explains. “I did little concerts in my room for my mum and her friends. My mum’s quite arty; she’d get all these lamps and shine them up to make one big spotlight. They’d all sit on the bed.” Later, when her dad’s best friend, a dance producer, rightly declared ADELE’s voice ‘wicked’, he invited her to record a cover of ‘Heart Of Glass’. The first time she got a microphone in her hand, she realised her calling. Secondary school proved instructive in as much as it gave ADELE an outlet to “meet all the R&B kids” and “sit around the playground singing.” But it was a pretty rough place and pursuing music there was something of a challenge, on account of the fact that ADELE wanted to sing and perform her songs but “the teacher was a bit rubbish. They gave me a really hard time, trying to bribe me, saying that if I wanted to sing I had to play clarinet to sing in the choir. So I left.”

So ADELE upped sticks, signing up to The Brit School, the Selhurst college whose alumni number Amy Winehouse, members of The Feeling and Kate Nash. However she had her misgivings…“If I hear someone’s from stage school I’d think they were a dickhead, and I know it might make me sound like that. But it had free rehearsal rooms and free equipment and I was listing to music all day, every day for years. The music course was really wicked. There was no dancing or anything like that. No jazz hands.” During her second year, ADELE’s resolve to be a singer was given a little extra boost – Shingai Shoniwa, the turbo-lunged vocalist with The Noisettes moved in next door. “She’s an amazing singer. I used to hear her through the walls. I’d go round and we’d jam and stuff like that. Just hearing her and her music really made me want to be a writer and not just sing Destiny’s Child songs. ” Despite being quick off the mark on MySpace – her friend set up a page for ADELE’s music on the last day of 2004 – it wasn’t until 2006 that labels started noticing her talent. “I’d hate people to think that I was a ‘MySpace singer’,” she says. “I’ve got no right to be that. I’ve got, like, 10,000 ‘friends’, whereas Jack Peñate’s got about one million…” When XL called her in for a meeting, ADELE was nervous enough to take a chum with her.
“I never, ever thought I’d get signed. The A&R guy emailed me and I was ignoring it… I didn’t realise they [XL] did all these amazing names…”

Despite interest from plenty of other labels, the independent regarded for its one-off, defining acts (for rock band, see The White Stripes; for rapper, see Dizzee Rascal) proved the perfect match for her one-off talent, and XL will put out ADELE’s stunning debut album “19” early next year. A single, the beautiful heartbreaker, ‘Chasing Pavements’ will precede it. Before that comes ADELE’s debut release on Jamie T’s Pacemaker Recordings label, ‘Hometown Glory’ – a stunningly evocative picture of “all my fondest memories of London”. ‘Daydreamer’, a remarkable ballad notable for lyrics like ‘feeling up his girl like he’d never felt her figure before’ and ‘he could change the world with his hands behind his back’ has already floored the audience on the prestigious ‘Later With Jools Holland’. “I don’t know what’s going to happen if my music career goes wrong,” she laughs. “I haven’t had a proper job yet.” Consider that one unlikely turn of events.

19

Daydreamer

Daydreamer
Sitting on the seat
Soaking up the sun
He is a real lover
Of making up the past
And feeling up his girl
Like he's never felt her figure before

A jaw dropper
Looks good when he walks
He is the subject of their talk
He would be hard to chase
But good to catch and he could change the world
With his hands behind his back, oh

You can find him
Sitting on your doorstep
Waiting for a surprise
And he will feel like he's been there for hours
And you can tell that he'll be there for life

Daydreamer
With eyes that make you melt
He lends his coat for shelter
Plus he's there for you
When he shouldn't be
But he stays all the same
Waits for you, then sees you through

There's no way I
Could describe him
What I said is
Just what I'm hoping for

But I will find him
Sitting on my doorstep
Waiting for a surprise
And he will feel like he's been there for hours
And I can tell that he'll be there for life
And I can tell that he'll be there for life

Best For Last

Wait, do you see my heart on my sleeve
It's been there for days on end and
It's been waiting for you to open up
Just you baby, come on now
I'm trying to tell you just how
I like to hear the words
Roll out of your mouth finally
Say that it's always been me

That's made you feel a way
You've never felt before
And I'm all you need
And that you never want more
Then you'd say all of the right things
Without a clue
But you'd save the best for last
Like I'm the one for you

You should know
That you're just a temporary fix
This is not rooted with you
It don't mean that much to me
You're just a filler in the space
That happened to be free
How dare you think you'd get away
With trying to play me

Why is it every time
I think I've tried my hardest
It turns out it ain't enough
Cause you're still
Not mentioning love
What am I supposed to do
To make you want me properly
I'm taking these chances
And getting away
And though I'm trying
My hardest you go back to her
And I think that I know
Things may never change
I'm still hoping one day
I might hear you say

I make you feel a way
You've never felt before
And I'm all you need
And that you never want more
Then you'd say all of the right things
Without a clue
But you'd save the best for last
Like I'm the one for you

You should know
That you're just a temporary fix
This is not rooted with you
It don't mean that much to me
You're just a filler in the space
That happened to be free
How dare you think
You'd get away
With trying to play me

But, despite
The truth that I know
I find it hard to let go
And give up on you
Seems I love the things you do
Like the meaner you treat me
The more eager I am
To persist with this heartbreak
Running around
And I will do until I
Find myself with you

And make you feel a way
You've never felt before
And be all you need
So that you never want more
Then you'll say all of the right things
Without a clue
And you'll be the one for me
And me the one for you

Chasing Pavements

I've made up my mind
Don't need to think it over
if I'm wrong I am right
Don't need to look no further
This ain't lust
I know this is love but

If I tell the world
I'll never say enough
'Cause it was not said to you
And that's exactly what I need to do
If I'd end up with you

Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even If I knew my place
Should I leave it there
Should I give up
Should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere

I build myself up
And fly around in circles
Wait then as my heart drops
And my back begins to tingle
Finally could this be it

Oh should i give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there
Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere, yeah

Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there
Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Should I just keep chasing pavements

Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there
Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere

Cold Shoulder

You say it's all in my head
And the things I think
Just don't make sense
So where you been then
Don't go all coy
Don't turn it round on me
Like it's my fault

See I can see
That look in your eyes
The one that shoots me
Each and every time

You grace me with your cold shoulder
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her
You shower me with words made of knives
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her

These days, when I see you
You make it look like I'm see-through
Do tell me why you waste our time
When your heart ain't admitting you're not satisfied

You know I know just how you feel
I'm starting to find myself feeling that way too

When you grace me with your cold shoulder
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her
You shower me with words made of knives
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her

Time and time again I'll play the role of fool
Just for you
Even in the daylight when you came in
I don't see you
Try to look for things I hear but our eyes never find
Though I do know how you play

You grace me with your cold shoulder
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her
You shower me with words made of knives
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her

You grace me with your cold shoulder
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her
You shower me with words made of knives
Whenever you look at me I wish I was her

Crazy For You

Found myself today
Singing out loud your name
You said I’m crazy
If I am, I’m crazy for you

Sometimes sitting in the dark
Wishing you were here turns me crazy
But it’s you who makes me lose my head

And every time I’m meant to be
Acting sensible you drift into my head
And turn me into a crumbling fool

Tell me to run and I’ll race
If you want me to stop I’ll freeze
And if you and me gonna leave
Just hold me closer baby

And make me
Crazy for you
Crazy for you

Lately with this state I’m in
I can’t help myself but spin
I wish you’d come over
Send me spinning closer to you

My oh my, how my blood boils
A sweet taste for you
Strips me down bare
And gets me into my favorite mood

I keep on trying, fighting
These feelings away
But the more I do
The crazier I turn into

Pacing floors
And opening doors
Hoping you’ll walk through
And save me boy

Because I’m too
Crazy for you
Crazy for you

Melt My Heart To Stone

Right under my feet is air made of bricks
It pulls me down and turns me weak for you
I find myself repeating like a broken tune
And I'm forever excusing your intentions

Then I give in to my pretendings
Which forgive you each time
Without me knowing
They melt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head
I'm the only one in love
I'm the only one in love

Each and every time I turn around to leave
I feel my heart begin to burst and bleed
So desperately I try to link it with my head
But instead I fall back to my knees

As you tear away right through me
I forgive you once again
Without me knowing
You've burnt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head
I'm the only one in love
I'm the only one in love

Why do you steal my hand
Whenever I'm standing my own ground
You build me up and leave me there

I hear your words you made up
I say your name like there should be an us
I best tidy up my head
I'm the only one in love
I'm the only one in love

First Love

So little to say but so much time
Despite my empty mouth the words are in my mind
Please wear the face, the one where you smile
Because you lighten up my heart when I start to cry

Forgive me, first love, but I'm tired
I need to get away to feel again
Try to understand why
Don't get so close to change my mind

Please wipe that look out of your eyes
It's bribing me to doubt myself
Simply, it's tiring

This love has dried up and stay behind
And if I stay I'll be alive
Then choke on words I'd always hide
Excuse me, first love, but we're through
I need to taste the kiss from someone new

Forgive me, first love, but I'm too tired
I'm bored to say the least and I, I lack desire
Forgive me, first love, forgive me, first love
Forgive me, first love, forgive me, first love, forgive me
Forgive me, first love, forgive me, first love

Right As Rain

Who wants to be right as rain
It's better when something is wrong
You get excitement in your bones
And everything you do's a game

When night comes and you're all on your own
You can say I chose to be alone
Who wants to be right as rain
It's harder when you're on top

Cause when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired
There aint no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off we
Won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of love

Who wants to be riding high
When you'll just crumble back on down
You give up everything you are
And even then you don't get far
They make believe that everything
Is exactly what it seems
But at least when you're at your worst
You know how to feel things

See when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired
There ain't no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off we
Won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now
I've had enough of love

Go ahead and still my heart to make me cry again
Cause it will never hurt as much as it did then
When we were both right and no one had blame
But now I give up on this endless game

'Cause who wants to be right as rain
It's better when something is wrong
I get excitement in your bones
Even thought everything's a strain
When night comes and I'm all on my own
You should know I chose to be alone
Who want to be right as rain
It's harder when you're on top

'Cause when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired
There ain't no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off we
Won’t be making up
I’ve cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of

No room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off we
Won’t be making up
I’ve cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of love

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
Though winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy
Make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my love

My Same

You said I'm stubborn and I never give in
I think you're stubborn 'cept you're always softening
You say I'm selfish, I agree with you on that
I think you're giving out in way too much in fact
I say we've only known each other one year
You say I've known you longer my dear
You like to be so close, I like to be alone
I like to sit on chairs and you prefer the floor
Walking with each other think we'll never match at all
But we do, but we do, do, do, do
But we do, but we do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do

I thought I knew myself, omehow you know me more
I've never known this never before
You're the first to make out whenever we are two
I don't know who I'd be If I didn't know you
You're so provocative, I'm so conservative
And you're so adventurous, I'm so very cautious, combining
You think we would and we do
But we do, do, do, do
But we do, but we do, do, do, do, do, do, do

Favouritism ain't my thing
But in this situation I'll be glad
Favouritism ain't my thing
But in this situation I'll be glad
To make an exception

You said I'm stubborn and I never give in
I think you're stubborn 'cept you're always softening
And you say I'm selfish, I agree with you on that
I think you're giving out in way too much in fact
I say we've only known each other one year
You say I've known you longer my dear
You like to be so close, I like to be alone
I like to sit on chairs and you prefer the floor
Walking with each other think we'll never match at all
But we do

Tired

Hold my hand
While you cut me down
It'd only just begun
But now it's over now

And you're in the heat of moments
With your heart playing up cold
I'm between the middle
Watching hastiness unfold

On my eyes
Your were smiling in the spotlight
Dancing with the night
The night fell off your mind

I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I dont get nothing back

And for, and for, and for
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired

Where'd you go
When you stay behind
I looked up and inside down
And outside only to find

A double taking, punching hard
And laughing at my smile
I get closer
You obviously prefer her

I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back

And for, and for, and for
When I dont get nothing back

Boy, I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back

And for, and for, and for
When I dont get nothing back
I am tired

I
Should have
Known

Never mind
Said your open arms
I couldn't help believe
The trick me back into them

Even though I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back

And for, and for, and for
When I don't get nothing back

Boy, I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back

And for, and for, and for
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired

Hometown Glory

I've been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
"Is there anything I can do for you dear?
Is there anyone I could call?"
"No and thank you, please Madam
I ain't lost, just wandering"

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Oh the people I've met

Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

I like it in the city
When the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody
In short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city
When two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides

Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain't gonna take it
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Oh the people I've met, yeah

Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

Dreaming of You

( The Coral Cover )

It's up with my heart when it skips a beat
Can't feel no pavement right under my feet

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh what can I do I still need you
But I, I don't want you now

It's up with my heart when it skips a beat
Can't feel no pavement right under my feet

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh what can I do I still need you
But I, I don't want you now

When I'm down and my hands are tied
I cannot reach a pen for me to draw the line
With this pain I just can't disguise
It's gonna hurt but I'll have to say goodbye

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh what can I do I still need you
But I, I don't want you now

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh what can I do I still need you
But I, I don't want you now

Fool That I Am

( Etta James Cover / Live )

Fool that I am,
For falling in love with you
Fool that I am
For thinking you loved me too

You took my heart
Then played the part of little coquette
No, all my dreams just disappeared
Like the smoke from a cigarette

Fool that I am,
For hoping youd understand
And I'm thinking you won't listen to
All, all the things, the things I had planned

But we couldn't see eye to eye
So darling, darling, darling
This is goodbye
But I still care
Fool that I am
I still care
Fool that I am

Last Nite

( The Strokes Cover / Live )

Last night she said
Oh, baby I feel so down
Oh and turned me off
When I feel left out
So I, I turned around
Oh, baby I don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door, yeah

Well, I've been in town
For just about fifteen whole minutes now
Oh, baby, I feel so down
And I don't know why
I keep walking for miles

But the people
They don't understand
No, girlfriends
They can't understand
Your grandsons
They won't understand
I ain't ever
Gonna understand

Last night she said
Oh, baby don't feel so down
Oh, and turned me off
When I feel left out
So I, I turned around
Oh, baby I'm gonna be alright
It was a great big lie
If I left that night, yeah

Oh, people
They don't understand
No, girlfriends
They don't understand
In spaceships
They won't understand
And me
I ain't ever gonna understand

Last night she said
Oh, baby I feel so down
She had turned me off
When I feel left out
So I, I turned around
Little girl, I don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door, yeah

Now And Then

( Cold Shoulder EP )

Sometimes the hole you left hurts my heart
So bad it cuts through the deepest parts of me
And fills up my mouth with words that I cry
How I'm still trying to stay inside

Hearts break and hearts wait
To make us grow from dust
Then our eyes cry and souls sigh
So that we know that it hurts

Our hearts break and hearts wait
To make us grow from dust
Then our eyes cry and souls sigh
So that we know that it hurts

Every now and then my memories ache
With the empty ideas of the ones we'd made
But as time goes on and my age gets older
I love the ones I know
Tey're enough to picture the rain

'Cause heart break and hearts wait
To make us grow from dust
Then our eyes cry and souls sigh
So that we know that it hurts

Our hearts break and hearts wait
To make us grow from dust
Then our eyes cry and souls sigh
So that we know that it hurts

You know when to make me
I might just your heal
You know when to make me
I might just your heal

You know when to make me
I might just your heal
You know when to make me
I might just your heal

Painting Pictures

(Japanese Bonus Track)

Painting pictures with my mind
Making memories using my eyes
Filling up my heart with golden stories
Who adds some spice to the rhythm of life

Welcome sunrise with the morning glory
I've changed my mind
There is no simple
I thought of me
I want to see
I want to feel my heartbeat so
With the world that you feel
Leave

I can feel the pressure pushing onto my heart
And it's teasing me
To scratch my itch and to beat my drum
So I can start to begin what's begun

Hey, hey
Painting pictures
Filling up my heart with golden stories

Hey, hey
Painting pictures
Filling up my heart with golden stories

Running riot inside my soul
Fire's burning and it's lighting me up
To scratch my itch and to beat my drum
So I can finish what has begun

Hey, hey
Painting pictures
Filling up my heart with golden stories

Hey, hey
Painting pictures
Filling up my heart with golden stories

Steady As She Goes

( The Raconteurs Cover )

Find yourself a girl
And settle down
Live a simple life
In a quiet town

Steady as she goes
Steady as she goes
So steady as she goes

Your friends have shown a kink
In the single life
You've had too much to think
Now you need a wife

Steady as she goes
So steady as she goes

Well here we go again
You've found yourself a friend
That knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though
You tripped and fell

So steady as she goes

When you have completed
What you thought you had to do
And your blood's depleted
To the point of stable glue

Then you'll get along
Then you'll get along

Steady as she goes
So steady as she goes

But here we go again
You've found yourself a friend
That knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though
You tripped and fell

So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes

Settle for a girl
Neither up or down
Sell it to the crowd
That is gathered round

Settle for a girl
Neither up or down
Sell it to the crowd
That is gathered round

So steady as she goes
So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes
So steady now
Steady as she goes
So steady now
Are you steady now
Steady as she goes
Are you steady now
Steady as she goes
Are you steady now
Steady as she goes
Are you steady now

That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On

( Chasing Pavements EP / Sam Cooke Cover )

When we used to say goodnight
I'd always kiss and hold you tight
But lately you don't seem to care
You close the door and leave me standing there
Oh, honey that's not fair
That’s it, I quit, I'm moving on

The other night we had a date
And you showed up two hours late
And though your hair was all in place
Somebody smeared the lipstick on your face
Oh, they smeared it every place
Yeah, that's it, honey I quit, I'm moving on, oh

You made me want you
You made me leave you
You made me tumble and fall
But if I can't have you the way I want you
I don't want you at all

Baby, I can take a lot
'Cause I love everything you've got
Though your kisses thrill me so
If you've got someone else
I've got to go
Oh, that you know
Yeah, that's it, honey I quit, I'm moving on, oh

You made me want you
You made me leave you
You made me tumble and fall
But if I can't have you
The way I want you
I don't want you at all

Baby, I can take a lot
'Cause I love everything you've got
And though your kisses thrill me so
If you've got someone else
I've got to go
Oh, that you know
So, that's it, baby I quit, I'm moving on
Yeah, that's it, baby I quit, I'm moving on