Corinne Bailey Rae Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y

It becomes self-evident the moment you hear her sing the very first note of her very first EP. It's called 'Like A Star', and it's a slice of sublime Billie Holiday blues delivered with a voice that pins you, in the softest but most persuasive of ways, to the wall; a voice that floats up effortlessly, full of caress, subtlety and the very purest quality. It is wonderful, this voice, and surely a discovery to treasure, but it belongs to a young woman not from somewhere musically exotic - say, Mississippi or even Manhattan - but just east of the M1: Leeds. Her name is Corinne Bailey Rae, and she was born to do this.

"I started off singing in church, I suppose, but people think it must have been a gospel church because of the whole, you know, black assumption," she says in reference to her mixed-race background. "But it wasn't gospel at all, it was just your regular brethren church, very middle-class, where we would sing these harmonies every Sunday. It was always my favourite part of the service, the singing."

A move to a down-at-heel Baptist church followed, where the choir alternated between traditional hymns and the slightly less orthodox Primal Scream wig-outs. "We changed the words though," explains Corinne. "We didn't want to offend the regular churchgoers, now did we?" Singing in this way every week led to a broadening of Corinne's tastes and when her youth leader offered to buy her an electric guitar she grabbed the opportunity, quite literally, with both hands. So began her love affair with making music, and she soon developed a healthy appetite for one of the most innovative bands that rock and roll had to offer, namely, Led Zeppelin.

"I loved that band during my teens," she says. "I wanted, somehow, to follow in their footsteps, and to create music of my own."

This she has duly done. Via a faltering indie band, an English literature degree and a determination that simply would not wane, she has now arrived fully-formed, and with a musical poise that sets her head and shoulders above pretty much anybody you could call her peer. Her forthcoming debut album is sublime, full of tiptoeing delicacy and wraparound warmth, and one that merges the spirit of the aforementioned Billie Holiday with the statuesque soul of Erykah Badu. Even a cursory listen will tell you that its creator is something rather special. Corinne Bailey Rae was born and raised in Leeds, the oldest of three daughters to a West Indian father and a Yorkshire mother. At school, she studied classical violin to a high standard, but any ambitions to take this to a higher level were quickly scotched when the afore-mentioned Zeppelin adoration took hold. By the time she turned 15, Corinne was also obsessing over female-led, indie noiseniks like Veruca Salt and L7, and wanted to start her own band. And so she did. Its name was Helen. Helen? "I know, I know," she says in defence. "What can I say? We were 15 years old, and thought that Helen was a cheeky, indie kind of thing to do. It seemed clever at the time." She smiles. "Admittedly, it seems less so now." Uninspiring name notwithstanding, Helen began attracting considerable local attention. Good enough to elicit an offer of a deal from the home to all manner of guitar abusers, Roadrunner Records, all was going well until the bassist fell pregnant, and the band fragmented.

"Disappointed? I was gutted," Corinne says now. "I had no idea what to do next."

And so she went off to Leeds University where she studied English literature and spent evenings working as a modern-day hatcheck girl in a local jazz club. Every now and then she was allowed to sing with the band, and from those evenings new ideas began to form. By now, Corinne was writing songs that she wanted to perform solo, and was moving away from all things indie into more soulful territory. By the time EMI signed her in the spring of last year, she had 10 years of experience tucked neatly under her belt, knew exactly what she wanted and just how to get it. "I am a fan of jazz, but not the muso kind," she says. "I hate all the noodling, which is why I love classic songs: because they are so pure and succinct. That's what I tried to do with my own songs. They are short and sweet, to the point. I like the idea of leaving people wanting more, not less, you know?" And so, inspired as much by Björk and Massive Attack as, say, Jill Scott, she went into the studio and came up with her debut album. It is in Corinne's own words, "a little bit of everything: it's chilled out, acoustic, kooky, atmospheric and soulful. I'd also be tempted to say it comes from a very organic place, but that would sound pretentious, so I won't."

And if she writes about the staple of all great soul songs - love - then she does so with less emphasis on its pink fluffiness than its unwritten complexities and multiple challenges. "I'm interested in the things that no one ever tells you about in relationships, about how love works in terms of expectation versus reality." Because of this, songs like 'Till It Happens To You', 'Like A Star' and 'Choux Pastry Heart' are unusually intimate, each sparkling with a storytelling honestly that her peers can only dream of. "The response so far has been amazing," she says, "and that has been very satisfying, because all this feels so right to me. Writing songs - playing music - is, I know, precisely what I should be doing with my life." Her name is Corinne Bailey Rae. She is 26 years old, talented and, by the by, very cute as well. She also has a firm handshake, and that's always a good sign, isn't it?

Like A Star

Just like a star across my sky
Just like an angel off the page
You have appeared to my life
Feel like I'll never be the same
Just like a song in my heart
Just like oil on my hands
Honour to love you

Still I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind

You've got this look I can't describe
You make me feel like I'm alive
When everything else is au fait
Without a doubt you're on my side
Heaven has been away too long
Can't find the words to write this song
Of your love

Still I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind
Yeah...

I have come to understand the way it is
It's not a secret anymore
'Cause we've been through that before
From tonight I know that you're the only one
I've been confused and in the dark
Now I understand, yeah

I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
I wonder why it is
I won't let my guard down
For anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind

Just like a star across my sky
Just like an angel off the page
You have appeared to my life
Feel like I'll never be the same
Just like a song in my heart
Just like oil on my hands

Enchantment

I wait for you
I don't know why
All I now is I can't hide
At this temperature
You could take over my mind

Like gossamer
You softly touch
He draws me in
I'm powerless
He possesses
An enchantment

Tell me
I'm forgiven
He calls
Don't know how I fell under his spell
Lately
I've been driven
He smiles
An enchantment

I wait for you
I'm mesmerized
This love is like a potion
In disguise
I'd tightrope walk
With a blindfold on my eyes

I can't escape
Or so it seems
I'd run away
He's in my dreams
He possesses
An enchantment

Tell me
I'm forgiven
He calls
Don't know how I fell under his spell
Lately
I've been driven
He smiles
An enchantment

It's the kind of sleepwalk that never ends
A type of loan with no dividends
It's a parlour game where you're giving chase
Guess it could be called an acquired taste

I know, he knows
He calls, I go, I know
This could be an enchantment

Why don't you tell me
I'm forgiven
He calls
Don't know how I fell under his spell
I'm forgiven
Lately
I've been driven
He smiles and I give in
An enchantment

Put Your Records On

Three little birds sat on my window
And they told me I don’t need to worry
Summer came like cinnamon, so sweet
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete

Maybe sometimes
We've got it wrong but it’s alright
The more things seem to change
The more they stay the same
Oh, don’t you hesitate

Girl, put your records on
Tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans
I hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You’re going to find yourself somewhere, somehow

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely
Sipping tea in the bar by the road side
Just relax, just relax
Don’t you let those other boys fool you
Got to love that afro hair do

Maybe sometimes
We feel afraid, but it’s alright
The more you stay the same
The more they seem to change
Don’t you think it’s strange

Girl, put your records on
Tell me your favourite song, yeah
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans
I hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You’re going to find yourself somewhere, somehow

'Twas more than I could take
Pity for pity’s sake
Some nights kept me awake
I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize
That you don’t even have to try any longer
Do what you want to

Girl, put your records on
Tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Go let your head down
Sapphire and faded jeans
I hope you get your dreams
Hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
Baby let your hair down

Girl, put your records on
Tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans
I hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
Oh you’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

'Till it happens to you

I know what I said
Was heat of the moment
There's a little truth in between the words we spoke and
It's a little late now to fix a heart that's broken
Please don't ask me where I'm going
'Cause I don't know
No I don't know, anymore

It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they've gone away
Nobody wants to face the truth
But you won't believe what love can do
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you

Went to the old flat
Guess I was trying to turn the clock back
But how comes that nothing feels the same now when I'm with you
We used to stay up all night
In the kitchen when our love was new
Oh love am I a fool to believe in you
'Cause I don't know
No I don't know, anymore

It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they're gone away
Nobody wants to know the truth
Until their heart's broken
Don't you dare tell them what you think to do
Till they get over
You can only learn these things from experience
When you get older
I just wish that someone would've told me

Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you

Trouble Sleeping

It's late and I'm feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing

Could it be I'm suffering
Because I'll never give in
Won't say that I'm falling in love
Tell me I don't see myself
Couldn't I blame something else
Don't say I'm falling in love

Some kind of therapy
Is all I need
Please believe me
Some instant remedy
That can cure me completely

Could it be I'm suffering
Because I'll never give in
Won't say that I'm falling in love
Tell me I don't see myself
Couldn't I blame something else
Don't say I'm falling in love

Cause I've been there before
And it's not enough
So nobody say it
Don't even say it
I've got my eyes shut
Won't look, oh no, no

Could it be I'm suffering
Because I'll never give in
Won't say that I'm falling in love
Tell me I don't see myself
Couldn't I blame something else
Don't say I'm falling in love

Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love

Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say that I'm falling in love

Call Me When You Get This

How does it feel
Being in these arms
What's it really like to be loved

I've been alone now, how long
Have you ever loved the way that I have

And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do

Now I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this

I've got all this poetry
Now I didn't know then
I kept inside

Guess I had never seen anything beautiful
Till I first saw you asleep at night

And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do

Now I just want you to know,
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake,
Call me when you get this

I just wanted to know what it was like
What's it really like to be loved
These little volcanoes
Came as a surprise to me
Oh I never thought I could be this way

Oh, oh, and I have been cautious
And I've tried to keep to myself
But who could love you the way I do

Now I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
Oh so much more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this

I just want you to know
How i'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you
I need you more each day
If you're still awake
Oh call me when you get this

Choux Pastry Heart

I was just waiting for your phonecall
When they came along to say
That a rose done chase you clear away

You had said I was gamine
But we didn't mean the same thing I think
Broke my choux pastry heart
Guess life's no picture postcard

One for sorrow
Two for joy

Sometimes you will lose
Sometimes you lose
Don't wanna lose you
Don't even own you, yeah
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns, yeah

I was just waiting for your answer
Still, you made your own apologies
I cried so much I had to leave

Three for a girl
Four for a boy, oh

Sometimes you will lose
Sometimes you lose
Don't wanna lose you, yeah
Don't even own you, yeah
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns, yeah

Breathless

Seems like everyone else has a love just for them
I don't mind we have such a good time my best friend
But sometimes well, I wish we could be more than friends
Tell me do you know, tell me do you know

I get so breathless when you call my name
I've often wondered do you feel the same
There's a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we're all alone
So don't tell me
You can't see
What I'm thinking of

I can understand that you don't want to cross the line
And you know I can't promise you things will turn out fine
But I have to be honest, I want you to be mine
Tell me do you know, tell me do you know

I get so breathless when you call my name
I've often wondered do you feel the same
There's a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we're all alone
So don't tell me (don't you tell me)
You can't see, oh

Cause I've tried to do this right in your own time
I've been telling you with my eyes
My heart's on fire, why don't you realize
Tell me do you know, tell me do you know

I get so breathless
I get so breathless when you call my name
When you call my name
I've often wondered do you feel the same
There's a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we're all alone
So don't tell me (don't you tell me)
You can't see, oh
What I'm thinking of

I get so breathless
I get so breathless when you call my name
When you call my name
I've often wondered do you feel the same
There's a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we're all alone
So don't tell me (don't you tell me)
You can't see, what I'm thinking of

I'd Like To

Lying here with you reminds me of those days
Me and Candice waking up to a heatwave
Mother's in the garden inviting everyone
Oh we'd cut off our old jeans and go outside

Neighbour's always smiling with a baby on her knee
Rhea sat on the front step getting her hair combed out and greased
And music, the bass booming, pours from a car parked in the street
Got that new song on repeat

Oh I'd, I'd like to put my fingers on you
I'd, I'd like to paint these pictures for you
Sometimes you don't understand where I'm coming from
I'm just trying to make you see that I desire the simple things

Growing up we didn't have a lot of money
Used to spend our summers having parties on the drive
Plastic cups for rum and punch, eating chicken that's hot and sweet
All the women discussing what love is like
Oh you know the way I mean
And I'm just sitting watching hoping the boys will call for me
Got that new song on repeat

Oh I'd, I'd like to put my fingers on you
I'd, I'd like to paint these pictures for you
Sometimes you don't understand where I'm coming from
I'm just trying to make you see that I desire the simple things

Maybe then, now and then, I would want somebody
Delicate, intimate, used to dream of someone to love
Now you come and you go right by me
I know I'm in love

I'd, I'd like to put my fingers on you
I'd, I'd like to paint these pictures for you
Sometimes you don't understand where I'm coming from
I'm just trying to make you see that I desire the simple things

I'd, I'd like to put my fingers on you
I'd, I'd like to paint these pictures for you
Sometimes you don't understand where I'm coming from
I'm just trying to make you see that I desire the simple things

I, I, I'd like to put my fingers on you
I, I, I'd like to paint these pictures for you
Sometimes you don't understand where I'm coming from
I desire the simple things

I, I, I'd like to put my fingers on you...

Butterfly

In my mother's house
There's a photograph
Of a day gone past
Always makes me laugh
There's a little girl
Wary of the world
She's got much to learn
Get her fingers burnt
An affinity
Between you and me
Was a family, yeah
Said that I'd be fine
Gave me all your time
And I left your side
Like a butterfly

Shower me with your love
Colour everyday
You make the milk-gold sun shine on me again
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
And you give me life
Like a butterfly

In my mother's house
There was happiness
I wrapped myself in it
Was my chrysalis
As my life unfolds
See a pattern through
Of you protecting me
And I protecting you
What was that you'd say
"Make your own mistakes
And when you're grown
Make sure that you remain the same"
Now I realize
What was on your mind
When I left your side
Like a butterfly

Shower me with your love
Colour everyday
You make the milk-gold sun shine on me again
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Would you give me life
Like a butterfly

Shower me with your love
Colour everyday
You make the milk-gold sun shine on me again
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
And you give me life
Like a butterfly

Shower me with your love
Colour everyday
You make the milk-gold sun shine on me again
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
And you give me life
Like a butterfly

Seasons Change

Maybe you've been pouring everything into this
From a state of bliss it turns to agony
You can't predict this when it comes to it
You can't hide from it, but don't you surrender anything
Don't you know that, that patience is a virtue
Yes it is
And life is a waiting game
Don't you know that, peace must be nurtured
And all the money in the world can buy you nothing
Let me tell you that

All these things happen
All these things happen for a reason
So don't you go and throw it all away, you'll get yours
When the seasons change (you gonna change)

Hurts me to see you feel this way
But it won't be always
Don't you know everything's got to change
Oh feels like all your hope is gone
You can't carry on
But there's nothing wrong
You don't have to pretend with me
Don't you know that, that patience is a virtue
Yes it is
And life is a waiting game
Don't you know that, peace must be nurtured
And all the money in the world can buy you nothing
Let me tell you that
All these things happen
All these things happen for a reason
So don't you go and throw it all away, you'll get yours
When the seasons change
When the seasons change, yeah...

Are You Here

He's a real live wire
He's the best of his kind
Wait till you see those eyes

He dresses like this different scene
He'll kiss you make you feel sixteen
What's it even mean

Are you here
Are you here
Are you here
‘Cause my heart recalls that
It all seems the same
It all feels the same
Pick me up

It's hard to recall the taste of summer
When everywhere around, the chill of winter
It gets so far away

Are you here
Are you here
Are you here
‘Cause my heart recalls that
It all feels the same

And he comes
To lay me down in a garden
Of tuberose's
When he comes around
There's nothing more to imagine
Just tuberose's
Tuberose's

Are you here
Are you here
Are you here
‘Cause my heart recalls that it
All seems like
All looks like
It all feels like
It tasted like
Tasted
Tasted like

When he comes
To lay me down in a garden
Of tuberose's
When he comes around
There's nothing more to imagine
Just tuberose's
Tuberose's

Wait till you see those eyes

I'd Do It All Again

Oh, you’re searching for something I know
Won’t make you happy
Oh, you’re thirsting for something I know
Won’t make you happy

Oh, you did it all again
You broke another skin
It’s hard to believe this time
Hard to believe that my heart
My heart’s an open door
You got all you came for, baby

So weary
Someone to love
Is bigger than your pride’s worth
Is bigger than the pain you got for it hurts
And out runs all of the sadness
It’s terrifying, life, through the darkness

And I’d do it all again
I’d do it all again
I’d do it all again
I’d do it all again
You try sometimes but it won’t stop
You got my heart and my head’s lost, oh
I’ve been burning down these candles for love, for love

So weary
Someone to love
Is bigger than your pride

Someone to love
Is bigger than the pain you got for it hurts
Someone to love

Oh, you’re searching for something I know
Won’t make you happy, oh

Feels Like The First Time

I could pretend that I was ok
I wind around the parties, drink in hand
I could pretend when you went away
That I had changed and I no longer hear the band

But I won't lie
I found a love
I had to rediscover
I was emotionally scarred we could not get it away
There are times when it breaks and I feel amazed

Feels just like the first time when you kiss me, my lover
Angels in the sky will descend on our love
And it's hard to deny what is happening
Although we talk, talk, talk on the telephone
We laugh, laugh, laugh at the things we know

I've been a soldier for much too long
I'd willingly surrender all my arms
If you decided you won't be long
I'd wait here patient for you
Look for you every morning

Had this love
There were sparks
We tried to push it on but
I was afraid of the dark
We could not get it away
Never mind what they say
I would feel the same

Feels just like the first time when you kiss me, my lover
Angels in the sky will descend on our love
And it's hard to describe what is happening
Although we talk, talk, talk on the telephone
We laugh, laugh, laugh at the things we know

If I could choose then my heart would be in it
My charms would be in it
My love would be in it

I know you heard me on the telephone
I know you knew that I was coming for you
But you still won't give me the answer, oh

Feels just like the first time when you kiss me, my lover
Angels in the sky will descend on our love
And it's hard to deny what is happening
Although we talk, talk, talk on the telephone
We laugh, laugh, laugh at the things we know

The Blackest Lily

I didn't know the day was
I didn't know what the time it was
I didn't know what my heart would do
I was afraid of nothing when you called me on the telephone

I was a creature of appetites
And we played a game that you didn't like
There wasn't nothing that I couldn’t do
I can be so bad, I can be so bad
Just took it away and we broke it in two

Colour my heart, colour my heart
Make it restart, make it restart
Colour my heart
I want it more than I ever knew
The blackest lily, the blackest pony
Won't protect my heart from you, oh, oh, oh

You were unnerving and delicate
And I had a weakness for etiquette
You laid a trail that led straight to your door
Oh and I could resist but it was hard to endure

Colour my heart, colour my heart
Make it restart, make it restart
Colour my heart
I want it more than I ever knew
The blackest lily, the blackest pony
Won't protect my heart from you, oh, oh, oh

I didn't know the day was
I didn't know what the time it was
I didn't know what my heart would do
And I was afraid of nothing when you called
Called me on the telephone

Colour my heart, colour my heart
Make it restart, make it restart
Colour my heart
I want it more than I ever knew, oh
Oh, the blackest lily, the blackest pony
Won't protect my heart from you, oh

Colour my heart, colour my heart
Make it restart, make it restart
Colour my heart
I want it more than I ever knew
Oh the blackest lily, the blackest pony
Won't protect my heart from you, oh, oh, oh

Closer

I don't want to give you up
I don't want to hold you up
I don't want ambiguous
I just know that I've had enough

I want you to travel with me
Lay loose and let your mind go free
Show you things that you've never seen
But you just got to go with me

Oh, your love is so good that I want to show you
Don't make me responsible for something that you can't find
Oh, your loving is so good
So good that

Closer
I wanna, I wanna
Intimate
I wanna, I wanna
Near at hand
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna get close you, baby
Experienced
I wanna, I wanna
Generous
Lay down what's impeding you
‘Cause I wanna get close to you, baby

I don't want to give you up
But I'm tired of the pull and push
I'm tired of the making up
Don't you feel that you've had enough

I want you to journey with me
Explore all the hidden scenes
I don't mind just a bit of tension
But we've got to move in the same direction

Oh, your love is so good that I want to show you
Don't make me responsible for something that you can't find
Oh, your loving is so good
So good that

Closer
I wanna, I wanna
Intimate
I wanna, I wanna
Near at hand
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna get close you, baby
Experienced
I wanna, I wanna
Generous
Lay down what's impeding you
‘Cause I wanna get close to you, baby

I wanna, I wanna get
I wanna, I wanna get closer

You just got to go with me
Your love is so good that I want to show you
Don't make me responsible for something that you can't find
Oh, your loving is so good
So good that

Closer
I wanna, I wanna
Intimate
I wanna, I wanna
Near at hand
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna get close you, baby
Experienced
I wanna, I wanna
Generous
Lay closer
I wanna, I wanna
Closer

I wanna get close, I wanna
I wanna get close, I wanna
I wanna get close
Closer
I wanna get close to you baby
Baby
I want it bad, want it bad

Love's On Its Way

Oh father
I wish I had understanding
Never known more
Never been so well informed
We know the score
Heard it all before
But I've never felt more powerless

There's so much blood on the streets
So much hope refused
So much grainy teenage photographs on the evening news

Oh, when everywhere's violence
Silently I go

Love's on its way
I hope it won't be too late

When the day comes
And I've counted all my sins
How many I'll see
I want to be able
To say that I did more, more than pray
I did more
Than just spend my money
Just writing letters
Than just going out marching
I did more than talking
And saying the right thing
Wearing the right thing
It's time for an uprising

Love's on its way
Hope it won't be too late

Love's on its way
Love's on its way
Love's on its way
Hope it won't be too late

I Would Like To Call It Beauty

So young for death
We walk in shoes too big
But you play it like a poet
Like you always did

And I lay face upturned
On the palm of God
Pushed on by the fingertips of dreams
They haunted me, consoling me

And I would like to call, call it beauty,
Strained as love's become, it still amazes me
And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty

You slept a sigh like the angels speak
And we danced into tomorrow on bleeding feet
And I had thought that I would die here
But you pushed me on
You pushed me on
You pushed me on

Oh and I would like to call, call it beauty
Strained as love's become, it still amazes me
And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty

You can keep it all locked up in your leaden chest
Or you can lay mouth open on the water's edge
But all your angels and your God will stitch and wash you

Oh I would like to call, call it beauty
Strained as love's become, it still amazes me
And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty

Paris Nights / New York Mornings

Breakfast at Mickey's, make-up still on
Elbows on the greasy table cloth
One more coffee and one last cigarette

Smiling at the rain ‘cause you hold me close
My best dress on underneath this old coat
Walking down Bleecker no one is awake yet

And almost seven hours
Nothing but clouds
And it's enough to make your heart sigh
We should try
So pick me up and take me out

Oh we crash into love-filled nights
Paris nights and New York mornings
Oh we race till we're out of time
Paris nights and New York mornings
And now that oh you've taken me up so high
Paris nights and New York mornings
Don't let me down
Don't let me down

I could see the lights from the restaurant
I couldn't quite perfect that nonchalance
Paris and champagne with one brown sugar cube

And we danced while the band played "She's not there"
Kissed me in the rain by the Rue Voltaire
It's a perfectly good way to ruin those silk shoes

Still, seven hours
Nothing but clouds
And it's enough to make your heart sigh
We should try
For each other and for the lovers

Oh we crash into love-filled nights
Paris nights and New York mornings
Oh we race till we're out of time
Paris nights and New York mornings
And now that oh you've taken me up so high
Paris nights and New York mornings
Don't let me down
Don't let me down

Oh you change and you grow
But we were young
But we were young and we didn't know
We didn't know

Oh we crash into love-filled nights
Paris nights and New York mornings
Oh we race till we're out of time
Paris nights and New York mornings
And now that oh you've taken me up so high
Paris nights and New York mornings
Don't let me down
Don't let me down...

Paper Dolls

You have incredible eyes
And all the boys will go wild for you
But I was scared
In case you made me made do those things
Oh would you, oh would you believe me
That I was your fool
‘Cause I've been lying awake at night
Wondering where you are now
And if that metal turned out right

All my life, all my life
She said it's not right
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something, yeah
I have tried, I have tried
She said it's alright
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something

You wore indelible smiles
You were divorced from inside they said
But I was disturbed when I heard that it's not what you preferred
It gets to the point they expected
And who are you to disappoint them anyway
Time will get you in the end
Just when you shook off that regret
Around the corner comes a memory in a fur coat to talk about it

All my life, all my life
She said it's not right
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something, yeah
I have tried, I have tried
She said it's alright
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something

Many words that have been spoken
Cut me out like paper dolls
Made me into something different
Something I could not dissolve
So far over don't let those words control you

All my life, all my life
She said it's not right
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something, yeah
I have tried, I have tried
She said it's alright
Nobody told me I could do something
Nobody told me I could be something

Diving For Hearts

Till then I wasn’t alive
I longed for you
Like the lovesick moon pulls the tide
So I peeled of my skin
I just slipped right in
And I become alive

’Cause down here there’s no fear
There’s no cause for panic
There’s just bright cold calm
I feel no harm
This underwater feeling’s abandon
And it fires my heart

Was it emotion
Or should I keep on diving
Keep on diving down
Under this ocean
I long to keep on diving
’Til my heart is found
It’s got a hold on me
Can’t forget the things I’ve seen, oh

Worlds will all end
And new worlds will begin
It’s a thought so stark
We're at once determinant
Yet so insignificant
Spinning out in the velvet dark

Still down here there’s no fear
There’s no cause for panic
There’s just this bright cold calm
Yeah it leaves a scar
So show me how to find it again
If I’m lost show me where you are

Was it emotion
Or should I keep on diving
Keep on diving down
Under this ocean
I long to keep on diving
’Til my heart is found
It’s got a hold on me
Can’t forget the things I’ve seen, oh

You have sheltered me
In the heart of the sea
Deep calls unto the deep
You break a sweat over me

To be wise
And to run
Over the stones into the sea

Something’s got a hold on me
Can’t forget the things I’ve seen

The Sea

I never knew you were standing on the shore
It says everything
Explains everything
That from then on it couldn't be just like before
It says everything
Changes everything

So don't you stand there wishing your life would fade away
And don't you go round with anyone who makes you feel ashamed

Goodbye paradise
I hope there's something you could try
Goodbye
You're so changed that you'd give it all away
Goodbye
Goodbye

I saw your face in the faded light
Said everything
Explained everything

It haunts all your days
And it comes to you at night
You did everything
Blame anything

But don't you cut those ribbons to take away the pain
And don't you go round with that same old crowd
They make you feel ashamed

Goodbye paradise
I hope there's something you could try
Goodbye
You're so changed that you'd give it all away
Goodbye
Goodbye paradise

The sea
The majestic sea
Breaks everything
Crushes everything
Cleans everything
Takes everything
From me

Another Rainy Day

I got taken in
We feasted on olives from the fridge
We stood the whole lonely day
We made love all afternoon
‘Til the stars went blue

You wrote a ballad
We dined on oysters and champagne
That's it seemed like
We connect in so many ways
So easy, I must say

Why am I so shy around you
Why am I so shy
Why do I take care to astound you
Why do I even try

Another rainy day
We sat inside by the radiator
Watching old black and white films
Where everybody sang

You played in my solitude
Didn't get dressed 'til two
The rain says all
I wrote this song on my guitar
But it didn't turn out right
So we just connected in other ways
So easy, I must say

Why am I so shy around you
Why am I so shy
Why do I take care to astound you
Why do I even try

Why am I so shy around
Why am I so shy
Why do I take care
Why do I even try

Daydreaming

(Aretha Franklin cover)

Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you
Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you
Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you
Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you
Look at my mind floating away

He's the kind of guy that would say
Hey, baby let's get away
Let's go somewhere, huh
Well I don't care
He's the kind of guy that you give your everything
You trust your heart, share all of your love
Till death do you part

I want to be what he wants
When he wants it and whenever he needs it
When he's lonesome and feeling love starved
I'll be there to feed it
I'm loving him a little bit more each day
Turns me right on when I hear him say

Hey, baby, let's get away
Let's go somewhere huh
Baby can we
Well, I don't care
Hey baby let's get away
Let's go somewhere huh
Baby can we
Well, I don't care

I wanna be what he wants when he wants it
And whenever he needs it
And when he's lonesome and feeling loved starved
I'll be there to please him
Loving him a little bit more each day
It turns me right on when I hear him say

Hey, baby, let's get away
Let's go somewhere huh
Baby can we
Well, I don't care

Hey baby let's get

Emeraldine

( Like a Star EP )

I awake to the drip drop of icicles
Melting outside my window
Everything was new

I had noticed a bird and seen
Cherry blossom was falling like confetti
What is happening to me these days

I, I got intuition, oh I, I had my suspicions
I'm in love with you
It feels like springtime

Emeraldine, apple seed, olive green intense
Colors unfurl like petals in a time lapse sequence
Feels like something in embryo
My heart melts like two inches of snow in April's glow
What's this urgency
What's this heat I'm feeling
Could I say I'm dreaming
Do I change my ways
What is happening to me these days

I, I got intuition, oh I, I had my suspicions
I'm in love with you
I, I got intuition, oh I, I had my suspicions
I'm in love with you
It feels like springtime

Golden touch

( Razorlight Cover - Live Radio1's - One Big Weekend )

I know a girl with the golden touch
She's got enough, she's got too much
But i know, you wouldn't mind
You could have it all if you wanted
You could have it all if it mattered so much

But then all they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend
But then when you're not around
They say, 'Oh,she is changed'
You know what they mean
Well they mean,they're just jealous
Because they never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well

That kind of girl, yeah she's never alone
You leave her thousand messages on her phone
But you know you never get through
You could have it all if you wanted yeah,
you could have it all if it matters to you,

But then all, they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend,then
When you're not around
They say, 'Oh, she is changed'
Oh you know what that means
Well it means they're just jealous
but they'll never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well

I saw my girl with the golden touch
Give them a taste but not too much
I just can't listen to the words of fools
But don't give away too much
Someone will need your golden touch

Because all, they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend,then
When you're not around
They say, 'Oh, she is changed'
Oh you know what that means
Well it means they're just jealous
But they'll never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well.

( John Lennon / Instant Karma The Campaign To Save Darfur CD )

Here in some stranger's room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Somehow the wires are crossed
Communication's lost
Can't even get you on the telephone
Don't wanna talk about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Here in the valley of indecision
I don't know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

You say you're not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad stuff
Well tell me what am I supposed to do, yeah
Oh just put a bandaid on it
And stop the bleeding now
And stop the bleeding now

I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, well, well

I know I hurt you then
But that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross, oh
Don't wanna talk about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Losing you
Losing you

I Won't Let You Lie To Yourself

Loving you is hard
Loving' you is wonderful
When you're holding back
Is it so impossible
Tell me why
I try
To control what's on your mind
And you should be here
(Here by my side)
You shouldn't be making me cry
(No making me cry)
No

So don't go saying
Contemplating
That I’m better off alone
‘Cause you're amazing
You drive me crazy
When you gonna know
You're too proud to let it show
But I won't let you lie to yourself

You got it in your head
I was made for someone else
Not you you you
It's a little late
You make all my dreams come true
Tell me why
I try
To control what's on your mind
Well you should be here by my side

(Here by my side)
You shouldn't be making me cry
(No making me cry)
No

So don't go saying
Contemplating
That I'm better off alone
‘Cause you're amazing
You drive me crazy
When you gonna know
You're too proud to let it show
Well I won't let you lie to yourself

(No need to worry)
No need to worry
(I'm in no hurry)
I've got all the time in the world for you baby
(‘Cause when you're in my arms)
When you're in my arms

Munich

( Editors Cover / Radio 1's Live Lounge )

I'm so glad I've found this
I'm so glad I did
I'm so glad I've found this
I'm so glad I did

People are fragile things, you should know by now
Be careful what you put them through
People are fragile things, you should know by now
You'll speak when you're spoken to
You'll speak when you're spoken to

It breaks when you don't force it
It breaks when you don't try
It breaks if you don't force it
It breaks if you don't try

People are fragile things, you should know by now
Careful what you put them through
People are fragile things, you should know by now
You'll speak when you're spoken to

With one hand you calm me
With one hand I'm still
With one hand you calm me
With one hand I'm still

People are fragile things, you should know by now
You'll speak when you're spoken to
People are fragile things, you should know by now
Careful what you put them through
Careful what you put them through

You'll speak when you're spoken to
He'll speak when he's spoken to

One Night of Sin

( Tribute To Fats Domino )

One night of sin, yeah
Is what I'm now paying for
The things I did and I saw
Would make the earth stand still

Don't call my name
It makes me feel so ashamed
I lost my sweet helping hand
I got myself to blame

Always lived, a very quiet life
Ain't never did no wrong
But now I know that living with you
Be too lonely too long

Don't call my name
It makes me feel so ashamed
I lost my sweet helping hand
I got myself to blame

Always lived, a very quiet life
Ain't never did no wrong
But now I know that living with you
Be too lonely too long

Don't call my name
It makes me feel so ashamed
I lost my sweet helping hand
I got myself to blame

River

( Joni Mitchell Cover / Herbie Hancock Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae )

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

Since I've been loving you

( Led Zeppelin Cover / Live on tour )

Working from seven to eleven almost every night
It really makes life a drag
I don't think that's right
I've really been the best of fools
I did what I could
'Cause I love you, baby
How I love you, darling
How I love you, baby
How I love you, darling
Oh since I've been loving you
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh

All my friends keeps telling me
That you're no good
But Lord, Lord, I've been trying to do the very best I could
I've been working from seven to eleven every night
A drag, a drag oh I how drag
Oh since I've been loving you boy
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh

Said I've been crying
All my tears they fell like rain
Oh fell like rain
They fell like rain
Since they, oh lord
I've been trying to do the very best I could
I've been working from seven to eleven almost every night
A drag, a drag oh I how drag
Oh since I've been loving you boy
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh

Venus as a boy

( Bjork Cover / Recorded for Q Magazine )

His wicked sense of humour
Suggests exciting sex
His fingers, they focus on her
Her touches, he's venus as a boy

He believes in beauty
He's venus as a boy
He believes in beauty
He believes in beauty
He's venus as a boy
He believes in beauty

He's exploring
The taste of her
Arousal
So accurate
He sets off
The beauty in her
He's venus
Venus as a boy

He believes in beauty
He's venus as a boy
He believes in beauty
He believes in beauty
He's venus as a boy
He believes in beauty...

Young & Foolish

( With The Stix )

I remember sitting back 'cause you said you had something to say
You told me that you had a secret, yeah yeah
Promised to keep it safe
I kept it for you

And we talked and we laughed and we sat in the car watched the world go past
I tried to disuade you but you made up your mind
You were wise at seventeen

And there was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say
I didn't know why you asked me your gonna do it anyway
Everybody makes mistakes ooh and everybody feels the same
There was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say

They said we grown up to fast, that we acted young and foolishly
I keep all this in mind when i recall the time
I have to disagree, and be here for you

Oh and we talked and laughed
And we sat in the park and watched the world go past
I tried to disuade you but you know what your like
You were wise at seventeen

And there was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say
I didn't know why you asked me your gonna do it anyway
Everybody makes mistakes ooh and
Everybody feels the same
There was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say

Birds in the tree sing a song for me
About being young and foolish and naive
I haven't changed that much from what i see
I was only trying to make things right

And there was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say
I didn't know why you asked me your gonna do it anyway
Everybody makes mistakes ooh and everybody feels the same
There was nothing i could do and there was nothing i could say