Madeleine Peyroux Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Richard Skelly)

Madeleine Peyroux doesn’t simply interpret songs, she possesses them…and vice versa. Peyroux is either an old soul or was “born with it” (depending on one’s theory about the flashpoint of artistry); that became apparent in 1996, with the release of her debut album, Dreamland, a remarkably knowing work in which the then-22-year-old singer brought commensurate insightfulness to material associated with Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Patsy Cline. Her decision to cover Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” reflected the decade that the Georgia-born Peyroux had spent living in Paris, from ages 13 to 22. In the ten years since then, she has brought a wealth of life experience to her natural affinities, first manifested on the long-in-coming sophomore album Careless Love and brought to fruition on Peyroux’s new album Half the Perfect World.

Half the Perfect World, once again impeccably produced by Larry Klein, serves as both complement and counterpoint to its predecessor, 2004’s Careless Love, which drew raves across the board and sold more than a million copies worldwide. “This record is different from Careless Love in the sense that there’s a unison of joy on it,” Peyroux says of the new album. “It’s pushing certain boundaries for me.”

Whereas much of her earlier work drew on writers and singers from the first half of the twentieth century, the bulk of Half the Perfect World focuses on artists and writers from the lifetime of the 32-year-old artist, including Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Fred Neil and Joni Mitchell. Peyroux’s knack for choosing the perfect song is again key to the album’s emotional impact, but her continued growth as a songwriter is equally important, and the new album’s four original tunes more than hold their own, raising the groove quotient in the process. Peyroux, Larry Klein and Steely Dan’s Walter Becker collaborated to write the album’s opening track, the wonderfully catchy “I’m All Right.” The album’s other original songs reunite the writing team of Peyroux, Jesse Harris and Larry Klein (who penned the single “Don’t Wait Too Long” on Careless Love). Rounding out the new album are Peyroux’s interpretations of standards from Johnny Mercer, Charlie Chaplin and Serge Gainsbourg.

“These love songs all come from an extremely personal place,” says Peyroux of the new album, “and therefore allowed me a most intimate reading.” Indeed, Peyroux’s vocals bring such insight into both covers and originals on Half the Perfect World that a theme emerges – many of the album’s songs explore romantic relationships from a distinctly female perspective.

Along with revealing her artistic growth, the new album also reflects Peyroux’s increased confidence, resulting in part from the synergy she’d achieved on Careless Love with Larry Klein and the core players – guitarist Dean Parks, bassist David Piltch and drummer Jay Bellerose. They’re joined on Half the Perfect World by keyboardist Sam Yahel, drummer Scott Amedola and a stellar cast of supporting musicians which include saxophonist Gary Foster, pedal steel player Greg Leisz, Till Bronner on trumpet and Larry Goldings on celeste. “This record has me taking more leaps in every song, partly because these are different kinds of songs than the songs I’ve previously covered,” Peyroux says. “Working with a team that I’ve already worked with, and knowing how amazing they are...The depth of collaboration and self-expression among all of us is what defines the essence of this album.”

The album is full of sublime moments. Sung by a woman from a man’s point of view, “Blue Alert” (written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas) is psychologically complex and erotically charged. This intertwining of genders “adds a depth to the song that wouldn’t be there otherwise,” Peyroux says. The blending of Peyroux and k.d. lang’s distinctive voices on “River” puts an entirely new spin on the Joni Mitchell classic. And Peyroux’s vocal on Chaplin’s “Smile” is reflected by Till Bronner’s muted trumpet, forming the musical equivalent of a shadow thrown by a streetlamp. Highlighting two of the album’s songs, the Serge Gainsbourg standard “La Javanaise” and the original composition “Once in a While,” are poignant string quartet arrangements courtesy of Mark Orton.

Half the Perfect World is an album in which time stands still. It is filled with performances in which the spaces between the sounds are as crucial to the effect as the sounds themselves. As Peyroux puts it, “Silence is not just an absence of sound.” Klein echoes this sentiment in discussing Peyroux’s particular gift: “She gets at this almost indescribable, ineffable kind of poetry. You see it in Picasso’s work; you hear it in Miles’ playing. I’d say 90 percent of what she does is implied.”

Connoisseurs of eloquent, understated delivery now have a core artist in Madeleine Peyroux, and while Half the Perfect World provides dramatic evidence of her rarefied power of suggestion, it’s also hard to avoid the impression that this album is merely the tip of the iceberg.

I go out walkin'
After midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
I'm always walkin'
After midnight
Searching for you

I walk for miles
Along the highway
Well that's just my way
Of saying I love you
I'm always walkin'
After midnight
Searching for you

I stop to see a weeping willow
Cryin' on his pillow
Maybe he's cryin' for me
And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be

I go out walkin'
After midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just hopin' you may be
Somewhere a-walkin'
After midnight
Searching for me

I stop to see a weeping willow
Cryin' on his pillow
Maybe he's cryin' for me
And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be

I go out walkin'
After midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just hopin' you may be
Somewhere a-walkin'
After midnight
Searching for me

I stop to see a weeping willow
Cryin' on his pillow
Maybe he's cryin' for me
And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be

I go out walkin'
After midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just hopin' you may be
Somewhere a-walkin'
After midnight
Searching for me

Hey sweet man

( Madeleine Peyroux )

Hey sweet man
Who you give your lovin’ to?
Hey sweet man
Who you give your lovin’ to?
I gotta mind to love you
I’ll love you through and through

Hey momma’s child
Ain’t you been waitin’ for me?
Hey momma’s child
Ain’t you been waitin’ for me?
I’ve gotta mind to love you
And my love won’t leave you be

Hey sweet woman
I see you’re searchin’ too
Hey sweet woman
Ain’t no man that love you
Hold on, pretty momma
Someday he’ll be searchin’ too

Well we need some lovin’
We need it oh-so-bad
We need some lovin’
We need it oh-so-bad

( Joseph Young and Fred Ahlert )

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet
Kisses on the bottom
I'll be glad I've got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin' better"
And sign "with love" the way you do
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet
Kisses on the bottom
I'll be glad I've got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin' better"
And sign "with love" the way you do
I'm gonna sit right down, write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
And make believe it came from you

(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life

( Billie Holiday )

When we want to love, we love
When we want to kiss, we kiss
With a little petting, we’re getting
Some fun out of life

When we want to work, we work
When we wanna play, we play
In a happy setting, we’re getting
Some fun out of life

Maybe we do the right things
Maybe we do the wrong
Spending each day
Wending our way along

But when we want to sing, we sing
When we want to dance, we dance
You can do your betting, we’re getting
Some fun out of life

Maybe we do the right things
Maybe we do the wrong
Spending each day
Wending our way along

But when we want to sing, we sing
When we wanna dance, we dance
You can do your betting, we’re getting
Some fun out of life

La vie en rose

( Louiguy & Edith Piaf )

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose

Il est entré dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
C'est lui pour moi
Moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré
Pour la vie

Et dès que je l'aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Des nuits d'amour à plus finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des ennuis, des chagrins s'effacent
Heureux, heureux à en mourir

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose

Il est entré dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
C'est lui pour moi
Moi pour toi dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré
Pour la vie

Always a use

( Madeleine Peyroux )

Maybe ain’t no use in sayin’ what I want it to be
Maybe ain’t no use in playin’ a tune
Maybe ain’t no use in singin’ my blues
But there’s always a use in you and me

Maybe ain’t no use in watchin’ through the window
As the towns and our lives roll on by
Maybe it ain’t worth all the trouble in thinkin’
But there’s always use in you and I

We can make it true
We can work on it too
We can be what we want it to be
We can be together
As two or as three
‘cause there’s always use in you and me

Maybe ain’t no use in sayin’ what I want it to be
Maybe ain’t no use in playin’ a tune
Maybe ain’t no use in singin’ my blues
But there’s always a use in you and me

We can make it true
We can work on it too
We can be what we want it to be
We can be together
As two or as three
‘Cause there’s always use in you and me

Maybe ain’t no use in watchin’ through the window
As the towns and our lives roll on by
Maybe it ain’t worth all the trouble in thinkin’
But there’s always use in you and I

A prayer

( Euston Jones )

Lord
I must be strong now
I don’t belong now
In this world anymore

( Peter Derose, Harry Richman, Joe Trent )

Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore
Headed homebound just once more
To my Mississippi delta home

Southland got that grand garden spot
Although you believe or not
I hear those breeze a-whispering
"Come on back to me"

Muddy water 'round my feet
Muddy water in the street
No God don't shelter
Down on the delta

Muddy water in my shoes
Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues
They live in ease and comfort down there
I do declare

Been away a year today
To wander and roam
I don't care it's muddy there
But this is my home

Got my toes turned Dixie way
'Round the delta let me lay
My heart cries out for muddy water

Been away a year today
To wander and roam
I don't care it's muddy there
But this is my home

Got my toes turned Dixie way
'Round the delta let me lay
My heart cries out for muddy water

Was I

( Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell )

Sweet young thing of sixteen
Thought I’d step out one night
I longed to get the thrilling life i’ve missed
I met a youth
A bit uncouth
Although he seemed alright
I knew him by the moment when we kissed

Then I got home, next day with a swollen head
My girlfriend asked if i’d had fun I said,
“was I drunk?
was he handsome?
Did momma give me hell?
Did I get a thrill?
Am I full of quiver?
Was he rough?
Did I care?
Am I glad I fell?
Every time I think of him do I shiver?
Was he hot?
And was I?
And would he stand for maybe?
He would not?
Did I lie?
Does he still think i’m a baby?
If I was, am I still?
Do I care?
Don’t be silly
Was I drunk?
Was he handsome?
And did momma give me hell?

Was I drunk?
Was he handsome?
Did momma give me hell?
With his hands loose as no refusin’
Did he fight?
Was I blue?
Almost shamed to tell
And I don’t know yet the system he was usin’

Well I said, stop, please, behave!
Well what’s the use of breathin’?
He said, give
So I gave
After all, what was I savin’?
Am I glad?
Holy gee,
Have I had fun, you’re askin’ me?
Was I drunk?
Was he handsome?
And did momma give me hell?”

Dreamland

( Madeleine Peyroux )

Dreamin’
Makin’ my way
Dreamin’
Won’t let me stay in your arms
In your warm
In your love

Sleepin’
Away the day
Hopin’
That we two could stay
All alone
On our own revelries

Let’s make a pact for our lives
And our homelands
Built on the bricks that we bathed

In my dreamland
Home sweet dreamland
Always a dreamland
For the two of us,
Together,
We’ll stay

Let’s build a homeland together in the sand
We have forever right here at hand
In dreamland
Home sweet dreamland
Always a dreamland
For the two of us,
Together,
We’ll stay

( Bessie Smith & Jack Gee )

When I wasn't nothing but a child
When I wasn't nothing but a child
All you men tried to drive me wild

Now I'm, now I'm growing old
Now, now I'm growing old
And I've got what it takes to get all of you men told

My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild
My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild
I ain't good looking but I'm somebody's angel child

Daddy, mama wants some loving
Daddy, mama need some hugging
Darn it pretty papa
Mama wants some lovin' I vow
Darn pretty papa
Mama wants some lovin' right now

Lovesick blues

( Bessie Smith, Irving Mills & Cliff friend )

I’ve got a lovesick tale to tell to you
Though it ain’t no fail of mine
It’s about a gal named sue
And a boy named lou
They were fightin’ all the time
Sue came home one afternoon
And found an empty dining room

Without a word
A turtledove had flown
Sue began to moan
“My sweetie went away
But he didn’t say where
He didn’t say when
He didn’t say why
Without biddin’ me goodbye
Oh I’m blue as I can be

I know he loves another one
But he didn’t say who
He didn’t say when
He didn’t say what
His momma has got
That took my sweetie from me

I’m like a little lost sheep
And I can’t sleep
But I keep tryin’ to forget
My travelin’ poppa, he left his momma all alone
I groan

My sweetie went away but he didn’t say where
He didn’t say when
He didn’t say why
I know I’ll die
Why don’t he hurry on home?”

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Don't wait too long

You can cry a million tears
You can wait a million years
If you think that time will change your ways
Don´t wait too long

When your morning turns to night
Who´ll be loving you by candlelight
If you think that time will change your ways
Don´t wait too long

Maybe I got a lot to learn
Time can slip away
Sometimes you got to lose it all
Before you find your way

Take a chance, play your part
Make romance, it might break your heart
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don´t wait too long

It may rain, it may shine
Love will age like fine red wine
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don´t wait too long

Maybe you and I got a lot to learn
Don´t waste another day
Maybe you got to lose it all
Before you find your way

Take a chance, play your part
Make romance, it might break your heart
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don´t wait too long
Don't wait
Hmm... Don't wait

Honey please don't cry
Listen to me
There's no reason why
We shouldn't agree

If i hurt your feeling
I apologize
You're the only one
That I idealize
Don't cry baby
Don't cry baby
Dry your eyes
Let be sweetheart again

You know I didn't mean to
Make you feel blue
Honest I never do it again

Won't you forgive
Won't you forget
Do as I ask you too
I never let you regret
If you just start a new
You know I'm sorry
Oh so sorry
Just don't cry baby
There's no one but you

Won't you forgive
Won't you forget
Do as I ask you too
I never let you regret
Just start a new
You know I'm sorry
Oh so sorry
Don't cry baby
There's no one but you

Don't cry baby
There's no one but you

( Bob Dylan )

I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When something's not right it's wrong
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love,
It's always hit me from below.
This time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy,
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
I could stay with you forever
And never realize the time.

Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
But there's no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing,
Staying far behind without you.
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying,
You're gonna make me give myself a good talking to.

I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco and Ashtabula,
You're gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.

Between the Bars

( Elliott Smith )

Drink up, baby
Stay up all night
Things you could do
You won't but you might

The potential you'll be
You'll never see
Promises you'll only make
Drink up with me now
And forget all about
Pressure of days
Do what I say
And I'll make you okay
And drive them away
Images stuck in your head

People you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I’ll keep them still

Drink up, baby
Look at the stars.
And I'll kiss you again
Between the bars
Where i'm seeing you there
With your hands in the air
Waiting to finally be caught

Drink up one more time
And I'll make you mine
And keep you apart
Deep in my heart
Separate from the rest
Where I like you the best
Keep the things you forgot

The people you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still

No more

( Billie Holiday )

You ain't gonna bother me
No more
Nohow
Love just goes so far
No more
Woke up this morining and found
I didn't care for you
No more
Not now

Never felt so good before
You're down to my size
It's over and done
So honey, step down from your throne
That look in your eyes
Don't bother me none
Can take you or leave you alone

From my window
Skys ain't grey
No more
Not now
Here's the day
That I've been waiting for
Got only one heart
One heart with no spares
Must save it for loving
Somebody who cares
So you ain't gonna bother me
No more, no more

Got only one heart
One heart with no spares
Must save it for loving
Somebody who cares
So you ain't gonna bother me
No more, no more

Lonesome Road

( Frank Sinatra )

Look down, look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on

Look up, look up
And seek your maker
Before Gabriel blows his horn

I'm weary of toting, such a heavy load
Trudging down, that lonesome road

Look down, look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on

Look down, look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on
Before you travel on

J'ai deux amours

( Joséphine Baker )

On dit qu'au delà des mers
Là-bas sous le ciel clair
Il existe une cité
Au séjour enchanté
Et sous les grands arbres noirs
Chaque soir
Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir

J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
Par eux toujours
Mon cœur est ravi
Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier

Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris

Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier

Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris

Weary blues

( Hank Williams Sr )

Weary blues from waitin’
Lord, I’ve been waitin’ so long
These blues have got me cryin’
Oh, sweet daddy please come home

The snow falls ’round my window
But it can’t chill my heart
God knows it died the day you left
My dream world fell apart.

Weary blues from waitin’
Lord, I’ve been waitin’ so long
These blues have got me cryin’
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
Oh, sweet daddy please come home

Through tears I watch young lovers
As they go strollin’ by
And all the things that might have been
God forgive me if I cry

Weary blues from waitin’
Lord, I’ve been waitin’ so long
These blues have got me cryin’
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
Oh, sweet daddy please come home

I'll Look Around

( Billie Holiday )

I'll look around
Until I've found someone
Who laughs like you

I know somewhere
Spring must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear

I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love
I always knew

I know somewhere
Love must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear

I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love
I always knew

( Bessie Smith )

Love, oh love, oh careless love,
You've fly though my head like wine
You've wrecked the life
Of many a poor girl
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine

Love, oh love, oh careless love,
In your clutches of desire
You've made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire

Love, oh love, oh careless love,
All my happiness bereft
Cause you've filled my heart with weary old blues
Now I'm walkin' talkin' to myself

Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Trusted you now it's too late
You've made me throw my old friend down
That's why I sing this song of hate

Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Night and day I weep and moan
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
For mysins till judgement I'll atone

When I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me

Long as freedom grows
I want to seek it
If it's yes or no
It's me who'll speak it
'Cause the lord, He knows
That this is heaven to me

If you've got your hands
And got your feet
To sing your song
All through the street
You raise your head
When night is done
Shout your thanks up to the sun

So when I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me
'Cause this is heaven to me

You'll see your castles in Spain
Through your window pane
Back in your own backyard

Oh you can go to the East
Go to the West
Someday you'll come
Weary at heart
Back where you started from

You'll find your happiness lies
Right under your eyes
Back in your own backyard

That bird with feathers of blue
Is waiting for you
Back in your own backyard

You'll see your castles in Spain
Through your window pane
Back in your own backyard

You can go to the East
Go to the West
Someday you'll come
Weary at heart
Back where you started from

You'll find your happiness lies
Right under your eyes
Back in your own
Back in your own
Back in your own backyard

( Joséphine Baker )

On dit qu'au delà des mers
Là-bas sous le ciel clair
Il existe une cité
Au séjour enchanté
Et sous les grands arbres noirs
Chaque soir
Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir

J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
Par eux toujours
Mon cœur est ravi
Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris
C'est Paris tout entier

Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris

Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier

Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris

Got you on my mind

( Joe Thomas & Howard Biggs )

I’ve got you on my mind
I’m feeling kind of sad and low
Got you on my mind
Feeling kind of sad and low

I’m wondering where you are
Wondering why you had to go

Tears begin to fall
Every time I hear your name
Tears begin to fall
Every time I hear your name

But since you went away
Nothing seems to be the same

No matter how I try
My heart keeps telling me that I
Can’t forget you
If ever it should be
That you want to come back to me
I'm gonna let you

I’ve got you on my mind
I’m feeling kind of sad and low
Got you on my mind
Feeling kind of sad and low

No matter how I try
My heart keeps telling me that I
Can’t forget you
If ever it should be
That you want to come back to me
I'm gonna let you

I’ve got you on my mind
I’m feeling kind of sad and low
Got you on my mind
Feeling kind of sad and low

I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy

I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain

I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy, watch out
I’m just a jealous guy, look out babe
I’m just a jealous guy

( Jerome Kerns )

Some day
When I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow
Just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight

Lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

You're lovely
Don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

You're lovely
Never, ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
Tonight
Just the way you look tonight

Playin'

(Galison/Peyroux)

Playin'
Stuck on the corner of the afternoon
I hear the sound
Some heart-aching
Oh just the same old tune
Playin'
Playin'
Autumn falling in my old chapel
I've got a mind to get the whole world shaking
Every little place I go

Tell you the story of the angels in the streets singing
There ain't no glory but the blues
And you'd lie in the rain
And all because you know you ain't got nothing to lose

Just playin, playin'
I know my life may be just a song
And I'll survive when the world's overtaken
Cause I love to play along

Tell you story of the angels in the streets
Singing there ain't no glory but the blues
And you'd lie in the rain
And all because you know you ain't got nothing to lose

Just playin, playin'
Maybe my life is just a song
I know I'll survive when the world's overtaken
Cause I love to play along
Yes I know I'll survive when the world's overtaken
Because I love to play along

William Galison :

One hot night in the middle of June
In a Lousiana Bayou by the light of the moon
By the bank of a river, on an old dead log
Sat a shiny black scorpion and a big green frog

Now the water was deep and the river was wide
And the Scorpion had commitments on the opposite side
She said Hey Mr Froggy I’d be mighty obliged
If I could hop on your back and you could give me a ride

Shoulda known
Shoulda known
Well my friends oh, see me crying
And all they can say is shoulda known

Well the frog said I’d love to but there’s just one thing
You got a bad reputation for a terrible sting
If I take you cross the River like you’re askin me to
How do I know you won’t sting me when the journey is through

The scorpion said “Man don’t believe the hype Don’t you fall for that tired old stereotype”
"If you do me this favor and deliver me there
I will tell you a little secret only scorpions share"

Shoulda known
Shoulda known
Well my friends oh see me crying
And all they can say is
Shoulda known

So our friends started out across the perilous flood
And the scorpion weighed more than the frog thought she would
But the froggy was strong and he knew he’d prevail
Til he felt the deadly point of that scorpions tail

So the water swept over the unfortunate pair
And the froggy cried out with the last of his air
He said “Why did you do it?, now you’re goin’ down too!”
Said the Scorpion “it’s my nature, that’s what scorpions do”

You shoulda known
You shoulda known
Well my friends oh see me crying
And all they can say is
You shoulda known, alright !

Well I met her downtown in a bleecker street bar
Serenading some drunks for the tips in a jar
Well I knew her reputation from the old grapevine
But she sounded so sweet and she looked so fine

Well she shot me a smile and she bought me a beer
And she told the saddest story that you ever will hear
My judgement dissolved in a bottle wine
I was reading her lips and she was reading my mind

Shoulda known
I shoulda known
Well my friends oh see me crying
And all they can say is
Shoulda known

If the end of the story isn’t perfectly plain
Know that Happy ever after ain’t the final refrain
But my time’s getting short and the story is long
But suffice it to say, you find me singin this song

Shoulda known
I shoulda known
Well my friends oh see me crying
And all they can say is
Shoulda known

When I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me

Long as freedom grows
I want to seek it
If it's yes or no
It's me who'll speak it
'Cause the lord, He knows
That this is heaven to me

If you've got your hands
And got your feet
To sing your song
All through the street
You raise your head
When night is done
Shout your thanks up to the sun

So when I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me
'Cause this is heaven to me

Heaven help the child who never had a home
Heaven help the girl who walks the street alone
Heaven help the roses when the bombs begin to fall
Heaven help us all

Heaven help the poor man if he struggles one more day
Heaven help the rich man if he turns his back away
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who's got to crawl
Heaven help us all

Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all
Help us all, Lord
Hear our call when we call
Heaven help us all

Heaven help the boy who won’t reach twenty-one
And heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall
Heaven help us all

Heaven help the innocents who's final hour it is
Heaven help the angry men who take their lives with his
Help the true believers who believes in ours at all
Heaven help us all

Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us Lord
Hear our call when we call
Heaven help us all

Now I lay me down in a troubled world asleep
And I pray, pray the Lord my soul to keep
Keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small
Heaven help us all

Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us Lord
Hear our call when we call
Heaven help us all

He made me laugh
He made me cry
He smoked his doggies in bed
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before

I asked the boy for a few kind words
He gave me a novel instead
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before

It's fine, it's okay
It was wrong either way
I just wanted to say
There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine

He got drunk, he fell down
He threw a few of my things around
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before

I'd like to believe that it's easy to leave
But I have to conceive that wherever you are
You're still driving my car
Sticks and stones will break my bones
But tears don't leave any scars
So I'm all alright, I'm all alright
I've been lonely before

Hmm I'm all alright
I'm all alright, I'm all alright
Ah, ah, yeah
He played solitaire in bed
Used to blow bubbles in bed
He sang Christmas songs in bed

The summer wind

( Grethe Ingmann / Lyrics by Hans Bradtke )

The summer wind
Came blowing in
From across the sea
It lingered there
So warm and fair
To walk with me
All summer long
We sang a song
And strolled on golden sand
Two sweethearts
And the summer wind

Like painted kites
Those days and nights
Went flyin by
The world was new
Beneath a blue
Umbrella sky
Then softer than
A piper man
One day it called to you
And I lost you
To the summer wind

The autumn wind
And the winter wind
Have come and gone
And still the days
Those lonely days
Go on and on
And guess who sighs her lullabies
Through nights that never end
My fickle friend
The summer wind
The summer wind

Blue Alert

( Leonard Cohen )

There’s perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt

She comes so close
You feel her then
She tells you No and No again
Your lip is cut on the edge of her pleated skirt
Blue Alert

Visions of her drawing near
Arise, abide, and disappear
You try to slow it down
It doesn’t work

It’s just another night I guess
All tangled up in nakedness
You even touch yourself
You’re such a flirt
Blue Alert

You know how nights like this begin
The kind of knot your heart gets in
Any way you turn is going to hurt

There’s perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt
Blue Alert

She breaks the rules so you can see
She’s wilder than you’ll ever be
You talk religion but she won’t convert

Her body’s twenty stories high
You try to look away, you try
But all you want to do is get there first
Blue Alert

You know how nights like this begin
The kind of knot your heart gets in
Any way you turn is going to hurt

There’s perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt
Blue Alert
Blue Alert...

Everybody’s Talkin’

( Fred Neil )

Everybody’s talkin’ at me
I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’
Only the echoes of my mind

People stopping, staring
I can’t see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I’m going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Backing off the north east wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

Everybody’s talking at me
I don’t hear a word they’re saying
Only the echoes of my mind

People stopping, staring
I can’t see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I’m going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Backing off the north east wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

River

( Joni Mitchell )

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
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

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

A Little Bit

You got a lot of tenderness
And so much love, you can get no rest
If you‘re willing to waste a little time

I don’t wanna all of it
All I need is a little bit

You got a lot of money saved
No use taking it all to your grave
Ain’t worth nothing
If you ain’t feelin’ fine

I don’t wanna all of it
All I need is a little bit

You know daddy gave you everything on a silver platter
But the one thing he never gave you
Was the one thing that really matters

So if you feel unsatisfied
Something missing deep down inside
You had so many lovers
But you never really tried

I don’t wanna all of it
All I need is a little bit

Telling you not getting dark
It’s getting late
Now ain't we all need someone
To sit down and set us free

You got gold to give and time to pray
You think living right is living your way
But there’s heaven down here, baby
We can find it if we try

I don’t wanna all of it
All I need is a little bit
I don’t wanna all of it
All I need is a little bit

From bad luck
I'm walking away
I'm not getting stuck
I'm not gonna stay
To good things
I'm moving ahead
I'm tired of dying
I'm living instead

Once in a while I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away

The sun's up and lighting the sky
I never could see it
It just passed me by
Good things keep moving along
I'm not looking backward
For something that's gone

Once in a while I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once and a while
Comes and fades away

I don't know what love is
I'm selfish and lazy
And when I get scared
I can act like I'm crazy

When I think of your kisses
I'm still gonna smile
I'm still gonna miss you
Once in a while
Once in a while

Once in a while I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away

Good things keep moving ahead
I'm tired of dying
I'm living instead

Well you gassed her up
Behind the wheel
With your arm around your sweet one
In your Oldsmobile
Barrelin' down the boulevard
You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

And you got paid on Friday
And your pockets are jingling
And you see the lights
You get all tinglin' cause you're cruising with a six
You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

Then you comb your hair
Shave your face
Trying to wipe out every trace
All the other days
In the week you know that this'll be the Saturday
You're reachin' your peak

Stopping on the red
You're going on the green
Tonight'll be like nothing
You've ever seen
You're barreling down the boulevard
Looking for the heart of Saturday night

Tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin
Telephone's ringing; it's your second cousin
Is it the barmaid that's smiling from the corner of her eye
Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye

Makes it kind of quiver down in the core
You're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before
Now you're stumbling
You're stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night
Now you're stumbling
You're stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night

Half The Perfect World

Every night he’d come to me
I’d cook for him, I’d pour his tea
I was in my thirties then
Had made some money
Lived with men

We’d lay us down to give and get
Beneath the white mosquito net
And since no counting had begun
We lived a thousand years in one

The candles burned
The moon went down
The polished hill
The milky town
Transparent, weightless, luminous
Uncovering the two of us
On that fundamental ground
Where love’s unwilled, unleashed, unbound
And half the perfect world is found

The candles burned
The moon went down
The polished hill
The milky town
Transparent, weightless, luminous
Uncovering the two of us
On that fundamental ground
Where love’s unwilled, unleashed, unbound
And half the perfect world is found

La javanaise

( Serge Gainsbourg )

J'avoue j'en ai bavé pas vous mon amour
Avant d'avoir eu vent de vous mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson

À votre avis qu'avons-nous vu de l'amour
De vous à moi vous m'avez eu mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson

Hélas avril en vain me voue à l'amour
J'avais envie de voir en vous cet amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson

La vie ne vaut d'être vécue sans amour
Mais c'est vous qui l'avez voulu mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson

California rain is falling
I can hear the summer calling
Far away, far away
A song that's fading

Put me on a plane tomorrow
I'll try to run from all my sorrow
Far away, far away
From endless waiting

It's so cold here without my sun
I'm so sad here, far away from everyone
What a fool to be ambitious
Moving here with all of my wishes
Far away, far away
From where my heart is

Shut the phone off and pack my bags
No more boys who boast and brag
far away, far away
Where I belong

I'm so sorry for some things I've done
I'll be lonely till I can see my only one
California rain keeps falling
I can hear my old love calling
Far away, far away
Where I started

I’m going back, back where I belong
Gonna catch a train
I gotta get back where I belong
Get back...

Smile

( Alfred Newman )

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

( Popular song / Toots Thielemans feat. Madeleine Peyroux / One More For The Road LP )

I don't want you
But I hate to lose you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I forgive you
'Cause I can't forget you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I want to cross you off my list
But when you come knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more

I should hate you
But I guess I love you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I want to cross you off my list
But when you come knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more

I should hate you
But I guess I love you
You've got me in between
You've got me in between
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I love you baby
Wouldn't tell you no lie
I always want you by my side
Oh Baby give your mama one smile

Come here Papa let's talk awhile
You know I love you, don't you realize
Oh baby give your mama one smile

You know I love you you know it's true
I'll do anything in the world for you
Come here baby hold me tight
Love your mama, baby, love your mama right now
Smile, don't cry
You know I'll always be satisfied with you
Oh baby, give your mama one smile

I love you baby
And you know it's true
Don't say it so
Don't say we're through
Come here Papa hold me tight
Love your mama, baby, love your mama right now
Smile, don't cry
You know I'll always be satisfied with you
Oh baby, give your mama one smile
Now Smile
Oh baby give your mama one smile

( A.J. Piron. / Live 97 )

Well I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate
Shake it like jelly on a plate
My mama wanted to know last night
How sister Kate could do it oh so nice
Now, all the boys in the neighborhood
Knew Kate could shimmy, and it's almost good
I may be late but I'll be up to date
When I can shimmy like my sister Kate
I mean, shake it like my sister Kate...

( Repeat X2)

( Hank Williams cover / Till Brönner feat. Madeleine Peyroux / Oceana LP )

Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
And the midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever hear a Robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Getting Some Fun Out Of Life

( Edgar Leslie / Joseph A. Burke / Live 97 )

When we want to love, we love
When we want to kiss, we kiss
With a little petting, we're getting
Some fun out of life

When we want to work, we work
When we want to play, we play
In a happy setting, we're getting
Some fun out of life

Maybe we do the right things
Maybe we do the wrong
Spending each day
Just wending our way along

So when we want to sing, we sing
When we want to dance, we dance
You can do your betting, we're getting
Some fun out of life

We love
When we want to kiss, we kiss
With a little petting, we're getting
Some fun out of life

When we want to work, we work
And when we want to play, we play
In a happy setting, we're getting
Some fun out of life

Maybe we do the right things
Maybe we do the wrong
Spending each day
Just wending our way along

But when we want to sing, we sing
When we want to dance, we dance
You can do your betting, we're getting
Some fun out of life
Fun out of life
Some fun out of life

I dreamed about reefer five foot long
Mighty Mez but not too strong
You'll be high but not for long
If you're a viper, oh

I am the queen of everything
Got to get high before I swing
Hear the bells ring ding dong ding
If you're a viper

When your throat gets dry, you know you're high
Everything is fine and dandy
You're goin' down to the candy store
Blow your cork on peppermint candy

And then you know your dad might have said
Don't give a damn if you don't pay the rent
The sky is high and so am I
If you're a viper

When your throat gets dry, you know you're high
Everything is dandy
You're goin' down to the candy store
Blow your cork on peppermint candy

And then you know your dad might have said
Don't give a damn if you don't pay the rent
The sky is high and so am I
If you're a viper

Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
The Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

I've got rhythm
I've got music
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more

I've got flowers
In green pastures
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more

Ol'Man Trouble
And I never mind him
You won't find him
'Round my door

I've got rhythm
I've got music
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more
Who could ask for anything more

I've got rhythm
I've got music
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more

I've got flowers
In green pastures
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more

Ol'Man Trouble
And I won't mind him
You won't find him
'Round my door

I've got rhythm
I've got music
I've got myself man
Who could ask for anything more
Who could ask for anything more
Who could ask for anything more
Who could ask for anything more