Norah Jones - Don't Know Why (2002)

Norah Jones
"Don't Know Why"
Album: Come Away with Me (2002 Blue Note)

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I waited till I saw the sign
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly a way
'Stead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind forever

Out across the endless sea
I will die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
My field is empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

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Michael Kiwanuka - I'm Getting Ready (2012)

Michael Kiwanuka
"I'm Getting Ready"
Album: Home Again (2012 Polydor)

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LYRICS:

Oh my, I didn't know what it means to believe
Oh my, I didn't know what it means to believe

But if I hold on tight, is it true?
Would You take care of all that I do?
Oh Lord, I'm getting ready to believe.

Oh my, I didn't know how hard it would be
Oh my, I didn't know how hard it would be

But if I hold on tight, is it true?
Would You take care of all that I do?
Oh Lord, I'm getting ready to believe.

Then we'll be waving hands singing freely
Singing standing tall it's now coming easy
Oh no more looking down honey
Can't you see?
Oh Lord, I'm getting ready to believe

Then we'll be waving hands singing freely
Singing standing tall it's now coming easy
Oh no more looking down honey
Can't you see me?

Oh Lord, I'm getting ready
Oh Lord, I'm getting ready
Oh Lord, I'm getting ready to believe

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Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan! (1988)

Prefab Sprout
"Hey Manhattan!"
Album: From Langley Park to Memphis (1988 Kitchenware)

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LYRICS:

Guess what ! summer’s arrived I feel the world’s on my side
The brooklyn bridge stretches below me
A billion souls all dying to know me
Well here I am ! loaded with promise
And knee deep in grace
What I want is here on my face and
I feel like I own the whole damn place

Hey manhattan ! here I am ! call me star-struck uncle sam.
Strolling fifth avenue
- just to think sinatra’s been here too
These myths we can’t undo they lie in wait for you
We live them till they’re true,
Manhattan doobie doo. hey manhattan doobie doo.

Someday’s you’ve got to get outside - look there’s "the carlyle"
That’s the place where kennedy stayed,
And where were you when he died ?
(yeah some things are slow to fade.)
There they were - loaded with promise
Knee deep in fate - when what you want shows on your face
All that’s left litters the whole damn place

Hey manhattan ! here I am ! call it bad luck uncle sam.
Scrounging fifth avenue
- just to think the poor could live here too
But what are they to do ? these myths belong to you,
We live them till they’re true,
Manhattan doobie doo. hey manhattan doobie doo

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