Norah Jones Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Zac Johnson)

Sultry vocalist and pianist Norah Jones developed her unique blend of jazz and traditional vocal pop with hints of bluesy country and contemporary folk due in large part to her unique upbringing. Born March 30, 1979, in New York City, the daughter of Ravi Shankar quietly grew up in Texas with her mother. While she always found the music of Billie Holiday and Bill Evans both intriguing and comforting, she didn't really explore jazz until attending Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. During high school, Jones won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Original Composition in 1996, and earned a second Best Jazz Vocalist award in 1997. Putting her vocal talents on the back burner, Jones worked toward earning a degree in jazz piano at the University of North Texas for two years before accepting a friend's offer of a summer sublet in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1999. Although she fully intended to return to college that fall, the lure of the folk coffeehouses and jazz clubs proved too strong and she soon became inspired to write her own songs. Jones appeared regularly with the trip-hop-electronica band Wax Poetic and assembled her own group around songwriters Jesse Harris (guitar) and Lee Alexander (bass), with Dan Rieser on drums. In October of 2000, the group recorded a handful of demos for Blue Note Records and on the strength of these recordings, Jones signed to the jazz label in early 2001. Following an appearance on Charlie Hunter's Songs From the Analog Playground, Jones spent much of 2001 performing live with Hunter's group and working on material for her debut. Come Away With Me, recorded by Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, Manhattan Transfer, k.d. lang) and legendary producer Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, the Bee Gees), was released in early 2002 and garnered much public attention. The combination of her striking beauty and the fact that she was the daughter of an internationally renowned musician placed Jones in the awkward position of defending her music from those who dismissed her as another pretty face (the same argument used by those opposed to Diana Krall) and/or another riding the coattails of her musical royal heritage (see Natalie Cole, Miki Coltrane, Corey Parker). Although not by any stretch a "jazz" album (the label chose to call it "jazz-informed"), it featured jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and session drummer Brian Blade, and indicated a new direction for Blue Note combining jazz aesthetics and talent with a pop sensibility. Come Away With Me eventually went multi-platinum, selling 18 million copies worldwide and winning Jones eight Grammy awards. In 2004, Jones released her highly anticipated follow-up album, Feels Like Home. Pairing once again with producer Arif Mardin, Jones pursued a similar approach to Come Away With Me, mixing '70s singer/songwriter-style tracks with blues, country, and her own mellow take on piano jazz.

Non Albums Tracks

Across The Universe

( The Beatles Cover / Tribute to Tsunami Victims
Bono, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw, Velvet Revolver, Brian Wilson & Stevie Wonder
From: The Grammys 2005)

Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
Are ringing through my open ears
Exciting and inviting me

Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

If you wanted to stay
With me tonight
that's alright
But I ain't gonna ask you

It's late and you're tired
And it's so cold outside
So I don't mind
But I ain't gonna ask you

It could be nice
It could be wild
If we share a few hours together

And if you don't love me
But don't know if that's clear
Don't you feel
'Cause I ain't gonna ask you

Don't you feel
'Cause I ain't gonna ask you

American Anthem

( The War OST - Gene Sheer )

All we've been given
By those who came before
The dream of a nation
Where freedom would endure
The work and prayers of centuries
Have brought us to this day

What shall be our legacy
What will our children say
Let them say of me
I was one who believed
In sharing the blessings
I received
Let me know in my heart
When my days are through
America, America
I gave my best to you

Each generation from the plains to distant shore
With the gifts they were given
Were determined to leave more
Battles fought together
Acts of conscience fought alone
These are the seeds from which America has grown

Let them say of me
I was one who believed
In sharing the blessings that I received
Let me know in my heart
When my days are through
America, America
I gave my best to you

For those who think
They have nothing to share
Who fear in their hearts
There is no hero there
Know each quiet act of dignity
Is that which fortifies
The soul of a nation that never dies

Let them say of me
I was one who believed
In sharing the blessings I received
Let me know in my heart
When my days are through
America, America
I gave my best to you
America, I gave my best to you

The wax poetic part/lyrics of the song are in creole, the singer of wax poetic is haitan

Norah Jones :
Angels falling through my hair
I want to meet them tomorrow
Angels falling through my hair
I want to meet them tomorrow

Wax Poetic :
Gade kijan n'ap mache
Gade kijan n'ape cheche demen
Nou pa men'm gen couraj
Men l'anj-lan ap desann
Pou ba nou couraj
Pou'l ka ba nou fos
Pou nou ka travay
Lap ban nou fos
Pou nou ka rive jus kote nou prale

Voices of Norah Jones and Wax Poetic overlapping :

Angels falling through my hair
I want to meet them tomorrow
Meet them falling through my hair
I want to meet them tomorrow

Menm si ou we ou pa we demen
Wap toujou rive byen lwen
Piga'w rete cheche
Mache, mache
Nap rive byen lwen
Paske nap we demen
Lap ba nou couraj
Pou'n ka we demen
Lap ban nou couraj
Pou nou ka cheche
Nan tout kote ke nou ale
Nape jwen tout sa'n cheche
Paske l'anj-lan...

*** Thanx a lot to Yousuf for this one ***

Any Other Day

( Wyclef Jean Duet )

Today is not like any other day
This one's gone and turned a darker shade of gray
What will I have learned
Tell me tell me somebody tell me now
When this hard rain's gone away

There is a safe place that I used to know
It's the only place that I wanna go
Where else could I turn
Tell me tell me somebody tell me now
'Till this hard rain's gone away

Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, Lord
Please help the child
I heard the preacher say "it's so sad"
I see the airplane
I hear the engine on the boat
But y'all can't see me waving the flag
Somebody please wave the flag

Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, Lord
Please help the child
I heard the preacher say "it's ok"
I see the airplane
I hear the engine on the boat
But y'all can't see me waving the flag
Somebody please wave the flag

What will I have learned
When this hard rain's gone away

Today is not like any other day
So I'm gonna have to find another way
People we got to find another way
Can you tell me how
When the hard rain's gone away

I've seen 'em waving the flag
Tell the chopper over here man we've waving the flag
I've seen 'em waving the flag
Tell the boat over here man we've waving the flag
Man, I'm waving the flag
Tell the chopper over here man we've waving the flag
Man, I'm waving the flag
Tell the boat over here man we've waving the flag
Waving the flag, waving the flag, waving the flag

Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart

Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight

Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight

This is the end of a beautiful friendship
It ended a moment ago
This is the end of a beautiful friendship
I know, 'cause your eyes told me so

We've always been
Like sister and brother
Until tonight
When we looked at each other

Bessie was more than a friend of mine
We shared the good times and the bad
Well many years has since passed me by
I still recall the best thing I ever had

Now I'm going down the road to see Bessie
Oh see her soon
I'm just going down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I wondering what she'll do

Now all the crazy things I had to try
Well I tried them all and then some
But if you're lucky one day you will find out
Where it is that you're really coming from

Now I'm going down the road to see Bessie
Oh see her soon
I'm just going down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I wondering what she'll do

Now in my day I've made some foolish moves
But back then I didn't worry about a thing
Now and again I still wonder to myself
Was it the sweet love or the way that she could sing
I'm just going down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I wondering what she'll do
I'm just going down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I wondering what she'll do

Black

( Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Feat. Norah Jones )

We touched the walls of the city streets and
Dead ends plain, sadly showed us our ways
Of never asking why

Cast down it was heaven sent and
To the church, no intent to repent on my knees
Just to cry

Until you travel to that place you can't come back
Where the last pain is gone and all that's left is black

Grey nights he's coming to me and
Some day they'll punish my deeds and they'll find
All the crimes

But then they ask when they gonna see them
Then they gonna ask to feel the ghosts, the walls, the dreams
Well I've got mine

At last those coming came and they never looked back
With blinding stars in their eyes but all they saw was black
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Fooled them hoping to seem
Like a slave of evil but the product of greed and
It's not a mass so be honest with me
We can't afford to ignore that I'm the disease

Practical since we had to be and
When they were old they came back to me and they tried
Oh they tried

And when you follow through and wind up on your back
Looking up at those stars in the sky, those white clouds have turned it black

( Lazlo featuring Norah Jones )

If you want me baby,
You've just got to let me know (let me know).
If you want me baby,
You've just got to let me know.

Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.
Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.

If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show).
If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show).

Why don't you lull your defense,
There's no more room for walls or fantasies.
Why don't you lull your defense,
There's no more room for walls or fantasies.

If you want me baby,
You've just got to let me know (let me know)
If you want me baby,
You've just got to let me know (let me know).

Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.
Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.

If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show)
I said
If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show).

Why don't you lull your defense,
There's no more room for walls or fantasies.
Why don't you lull your defense,
There's no more room for walls or fantasies.

The first time I saw you,
I felt something inside.
Well, the first time that I saw you,
I felt something inside I couldn't hide.
You know,
The first time that I saw you,
I felt something inside I couldn't hide.

Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.
Don't go chasin like the butterflies,
When everything you want is right here by your side.

If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show).
If you need me baby,
You've just got to let it show (let it show).

Change Is Gonna Come

( "Wretches & Jabberers" OST )

Change is gonna come
On my watch
Yes it is
My time to arrive in style
With grace and poise on my side
The noise subsides finally
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Your world is not my world
My world, it is my only way
To survive the ties that bind

Shake it off
All the dust and the wrong
And the quiet
It's long overdue

So wait right here
I need a little time
To take all this in

Your world is not my world
My world, it is my only way
To survive the ties that bind

Your words are not my words
My words, they are my only way
To survive the ties that bind

Change is gonna come
On my watch
Yes it is

Coms a rainstorm, put your rubbers on your feet
Comes a snowstorm, you can get a little heat
Comes love, nothing can be done
Comes a fire, then you know just what to do
Blow a tire, you can get another shoe
Comes love, nothing can be done

Don't try hiding, 'cause there isn't any use
You will start sliding, when your heart turns on the juice
Comes a headache, you can lose it in a day
Comes a toothache, see your dentist right away
Comes love, nothing can be done

That's all brother, if you ever been in love
That's all brother, you know just what I'm speaking of
Comes a nightmare, you can always stay awake
Comes depression, you may get another break
Comes love, nothing can be done

Crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I know you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday, you would leave me for somebody new

Worry, why do I let myself worry
Wondering what in the world did I do

Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
Oh i'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you

Worry, why do I let myself worry
Wondering what in the world did I do

Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
Oh i'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you

Crazy Arms

( Jerry Lee Lewis featuring Norah Jones 'Last Man Standing Live' )

Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And some storm is brewin' in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real
You're somebody else's love now, you're not mine

You've got crazy arms that need to hold somebody new
But my burnin' heart keeps sayin' you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

Now take all those treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love that I thought was mine
Some day your crazy arms will hold somebody new
Oh but now I'm so lonesome all the time

You've got crazy arms that needs to hold somebody new
But my burnin' heart keeps sayin' you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

And that's why I'm lonely all the time

Cry Me A River

( Songwriters: Hamilton, Arthur / Norah Jones with Jim Campilongo Trio )

Now you say you're lonely
You cry the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember, all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me

And now you say you love me
Well, just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you

( Nick Drake Cover )

When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done

When the day is done
Hope so much your race will be all run
Then you find you jumped the gun
Have to go back where you began
When the day is done

When the night is cold
Some get by but some get old
Just to show life's not made of gold
When the night is cold.

When the bird has flown
He got no-one to call your own
He got no place to call your home
When the bird has flown

When the game's been fought
You speed the ball across the court
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought

When the party is through
It seems so very sad for you
Didn't do the things you meant to do
Now there's no time to start anew
Now the party's through

When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done

I just thought that you
Would like to know
That I would do anything
Just to make your dreams come true

Well I thought that you
Would like to know
That I would climb the highest tree
Just to make your dreams come true

I know that it seems
Like I am full of hot air
But my heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear

I just thought that you
Would like to know
That I would do anything
Just to make your dreams come true

I know that it seems
Like I am full of hot air
But my heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear

I just thought that you
Would like to know
That I would do anything
Just to make your dreams come true

Easy

( Anoushka Shankar featuring Norah Jones )

It's only love
It's only love
You know, how it feels
Feeling is easy
I know

When I was young
When I was young
You know, it was real
My heart was open
But now

I know, I know
I know, I know
Better

And I've been shown
The other side
And now I see the way
Things are

It's only love
It's only love
You know, how it feels
Feeling is easy, I know...

I don't believe the things I'm seein'
I've been wonderin' 'bout some things I've heard
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word

A bad enough situation
Is sure enough getting worse
Everybody's crying justice
Just as soon as there's business first

Toe to toe, touch and go
Give a cheer and get your own souvenir

Well you know the people running round in circles
Don't know what they're headed for
Everybody's crying peace on earth
Just as soon as we win this war

Straight ahead, gotta knock em dead
So pack your kit, choose your own hypocrite

You don't have to go to off-Broadway
To see something plain absurd
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word

Nobody knows the meaning of the word

Hallelujah I love him so

Let me tell you ‘bout a boy I know
He is my baby and he lives next door
Every morning before the sun comes up
He brings my coffee in my favorite cup
That's why I know, yes I know
Hallelujah I just love him so

When I’m in trouble and I have no friends
I know he’ll go with me until the end
Ev’rybody asks me how I know
I smile and tell them he told me so
That’s why I know, yes, I know
Hallelujah I just love him so

Now if I call him on the telephone
And tell him that I’m all alone
By the time I count from one to four,
I hear him on my door
In the evening when the sun goes down
When there is nobody else around
He kisses me and he holds me tight
He tells me "baby everything's all alright"
That's why I know, yes I know
Hallelujah I just love her so

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall,
Layin' soft upon my skin,
Like the shadows on the wall.

Come and lay down by my side
'Till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
'Cause, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

I don't want to be alone
Help me make it through the night

I've flown around the world on a place
I've settled revolutions in SPain
The North Pole I have charted
But I can't get started with you

'Round the golf course I'm under par
And all the movies want me to star
I've got a house and a show place
But I can't get no place
With you

You're so supreme
Lyrics I write to you
They scheme
Just for the sight of you
Dream both day and night of you
And what good does it do

In 1929 I sold short
In England I'm presented at court
But you've got me down hearted
'Cause I can't get started with you

You're so supreme
Lyrics I write of you
They scheme
Just for the sight of you
Dream both day and night of you
And what good does it do

In 1929 I sold short
In England I'm presented at court
But you've got me down hearted
I just can't get started with you

I Don't Want Anything to Change

( Bonnie Raitt featuring Norah Jones )

Sleepless nights aren't so bad
I'm staying up, I'm staying sad
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I like it lonely, I like it strange
I don't want anything to change

You left a mess you're everywhere
I'd pick it up but I don't dare
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
There's nothing I would rearrange
I don't want anything to change

I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow

I know the truth is right outside
But for the moment it's best denied
I don't want anything to change

I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow

And I don't want anything to do
With what comes after you
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change

I Got It Bad

( Duke Ellington Cover - Dayna Kurtz's Beautiful Yesterday LP - 2004 )

Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I got it bad
And that's not good

My poor heart is sentimental
Not made of wood
I got it bad
And that ain't good

But when the weekend is over
When the weekend's over
And Monday rolls around
I end up like i start out
Just crying my poor heart out

He don't love me like I love him
Nobody could
I got it bad
That's not good

Like a lonely weeping willow
Who's lost in the wood
I got it so bad and that ain't good

And the things I tell my pillow
No woman should
I got it bad
And that's not good
That's not good

Now folks with good intentions
They tell me
They tell me to save my tears
Tell me to save my tears
But I'm glad I'm bad about him
I just can't live
I just can't live without him

Lord above me
Make him love me
The way
All the way that he should
Way he should

I got it so bad
I got it bad
And that's not good
That ain't good
I got it real, real bad
And you know that's not good

Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)

( Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler - Charlie Haden Sophisticated Ladies LP)

Blow ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You’re blowin’ me no good, no good

Go ill wind, go away
Skies are oh so gray
Around my neighborhood
And that’s no good

You’re only misleadin’ the sunshine I’m needin’
Ain’t that a shame
Oh it’s so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
From out of nowhere, when love’s to blame

So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You’re blowin’ me no good, no good

You’re only misleadin’ the sunshine I’m needin’
Ain’t that a shame
Oh it’s so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
From out of nowhere, when love’s to blame

So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You’re blowin’ me no good, no good
No good, no good

In a whisper

( Lazlo featuring Norah Jones )

That's good

Alone at half past midnight
She calls his name,
Afraid that in the morning
That nothing will change.

And where, where are the things that we fought for
Where, where is the love
And where, where are the answers, you told us
Would come from up above

This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends
In a whisper

She says she likes to tell you
Just where they met
She says she's trying
But she can't remember yet

Sometimes when she's at home
And she's all alone
She thinks she hears him call her
On the telephone

And she says;
"Where, where is the love that you promised
And where, where have you gone
I search for you but when I get near
You leave me on my own"

This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends
In a whisper

Some days she tries to find him
But where should she look
Should she look in the city
Or in a book

And where, where are the things that we fought for
And where, where is the love
And where, where’re all the answers, you told us
Would come from up above

This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends
This is how the world ends

In a whisper

In the dark
It's just you and I
Not a sound
There's not one sigh
Just the beat of my poor heart
In the dark

Now in the dark, in the dark
I get such a thrill
When he presses his fingertips
Upon my lips
And he begs me to please keep still
In the dark

But soon
This dance will be endin'
And you're gonna be missed
Gee, I'm not pretendin'
'Cause I swear it's fun
Fun to be kissed

In the dark
Now we will find
What the rest
Have left behind
Just let them dance
We're gonna find romance
Lord, in the dark

I Walk the Line

( Johnny Cash Cover / Joel Harrison's Free Country LP - 2003 )

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine
I walk the line

I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day is through
Yes, I'll admit I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine
I walk the line

As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

You've got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine
I walk the line

Life Is A Carnival

( Live 2004 / R.Danko, L.Helm and J.R.Robertson - 1971 )

You can walk on the water, drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can
Run away, run away, it's the restless age
Look away, look away, you can turn the page
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot

Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree
From trying to deal with people, people you can't see
Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
Give away, give away, all the souvenirs
We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
The flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
Life is a carnival, it's in the book
Life is a carnival, take another look

Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot

Love Hurts

( With Keith Richards - Gram Parson Tribute )

Love hurts, love scars
Love wounds, and marks
Any heart, not tough
Or strong, enough
To take a lot of pain
Take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud
Holds a lot of rain

Love hurts
Oh oh love hurts

I'm young, I know
But even so
I know a thing, or two
I learned, from you
I really learned a lot
Really learned a lot
Love is like a flame
It burns you when it's hot
Love hurts
Oh oh love hurts

Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They're not fooling me

I know it isn't true
I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue
Love hurts
Oh oh love hurts

Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
But they're not fooling me

I know it isn't true
Know it isnt true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue
Love hurts
Oh oh love hurts
Oh oh love hurts
Oh oh love hurts

Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made my life complete
And I love you so

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will.

Love me tender, love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through all the years
'Till the end of time

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will
Always will

I want to find out where the moon goes
When it leaves the western sky
And night dissolves again 'til morning
Azure turns to gold
Azure turns to gold

I'm gonna sleep with one eye open
I'm gonna keep the shades half drawn
Nearly silent, dressed in shadows
Lines and colors fall

I'm gonna watch her through my window
Just as I watched you before
A smile knows, but just won't tell me
I just watch her go
I just watch her go

Now I learned just where the moon goes
When it leaves the western sky
And night dissolves again 'til morning
The moon is in your eyes
The moon is in your eyes
The moon is in your eyes
The moon is in your eyes

Your toy balloon has sailed
In the sky now,
But now it must fall to the ground.
Now your sad eyes reveal
Just how badly you feel.
There is no easy way down.

The view from the cliffs
Must have been exciting,
And up to the peaks,
You were bound.
Now you're stranded alone
And the past is unknown
And there is no easy way down.

And now it isn't very easy
When you find yourself on your own.
No it isn't very easy
When each boat you take,
Is one more mistake,
There's no one to break, your fall,
Lead you back home.

We all like to climb
To the hieights of love dear
We're our fantasy world can be found
But you must know in the end
When it's time to decend
That there is no easy way down.

I know it isn't very easy,
When you find yourself out on your own.
No it isn't very easy
When each road you take,
Is one more mistake,
There's no one to break,
Your fall,
And lead you back home

We all like to climb
To the heights of love dear,
Where our fantasy world can be found
But you must know in the end
When it's time to decend
That there is no easy way down.

There is no easy way down.

It's another lonely evening
And another lonely town
But I ain't too young to worry
And I ain't too old to cry
When a woman gets me down
Got another empty bottle
And another empty bed
Ain't too young to admit it
And I'm not too old to lie
I'm just another empty head

That's why I'm lonely
I'm so lonely
But I know what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna ride on
Ride on, ride on
Standing on the edge of the road
Thumb up in the air
One of these daysi'm gonna
Change my evil ways
'Till then I'll just keep dragging on

I broke another promise
And I broke another heart
But I ain't too young to realize
That I ain't too old to try
try to get back to the start
And it's another red light nightmare
Another red light street
And I ain't too old to hurry
Cause I ain't too old to die
But I sure I'm hard to beat

But I'm lonely
I'm so lonely
But I know what I'm gonna do

Ride on, ride on
Ride on, ride on
i'm gonna change my evil ways
One of these days
'Till then I'll just keep dragging on

I'm gonna change my evil ways
One of these days
'Till then I'll just keep dragging on
'Till then I'll just keep dragging on

I was wonderinghow it would be
To sit here forever in your company
I'm looking at everything, brown and green
Then your darkness, somewhere between.

Lovely girl sit by me
Take my love for all it may be
I'm looking at everything, good and bad
I'm thinking the best things are sometimes sad,
Sometimes sad.

Only the first time I'd seen her
It won't be the last time I'll be here
Rita, the fireflies and me.

I was wondering how it could be
To know you forever and for you to know me
Leaves are stirring but the're still hanging on
You are a beauty I hope you live long.

Only the first time I'd seen her
It won't be the last time I'll be here
I'll pray for the nest time I'll see clear
To Rita, the fireflies and me
Rita, the fireflies and me.
Rita, the fireflies and me.

Roll On

( The Little Willies featuring Norah Jones )

Like an old machine
Sputtering along
Wheels don't turn as fast as they used to
Sometimes you take a right
Find out that it's wrong
Don't know the difference in a way
It ain't for now and then
Always help me find my way again

Another restless day
Looking for a sign
Another wasted afternoon
Maybe even though
The thought is on my mind
Don't mean that I won't see it soon
It ain't if for now and then
Always help me find my way again

So won't you roll on, sweet baby, roll on
Roll on, sweet baby, roll on
Keep on rolling, sweet baby, roll on
Lead the way again

It ain't if for now and then
Always help me find my way again

Won't you roll on, sweet baby, roll on
Roll on, sweet baby, roll on
Keep on rolling, sweet baby, roll on
Lead the way again
Oh, lead the way again

The leaves are brown, came tumbling down, remember
That september, in the rain
The sun went out just like a dying ember
That september, in the rain

To every word of love I've heard you whisper
All the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me it's still september
That september, in the rain

The leaves are brown, came tumbling down, remember
That september, in the rain
The sun went out just like a dying ember
That september, in the rain

To every word of love I've heard you whisper
All the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me it's still september
That september, in the rain
That september, in the rain

Don't tell them, they'll only drink your tears
Don't do it, not in a hundred years
You know it
You feel it, I do too
Just listen
Something is calling you

What difference do you think that it makes
If you give, or if it's you who takes?
I know it
I feel it, you do too
Just listen
You'll hear it calling you

What difference do you think that it makes
If you give, or if it's you who takes?
I know it
I feel it, you do too
Just listen
You'll hear it calling you

Speak Low

( Tony Bennett ft. Norah Jones )

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

Speak low when you speak love
Our summer's day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak love
Our moment is swift like ships adrift
Swept apart too soon

Speak low, darling speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near
Tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends
Too soon, too soon
I wait, oh darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me
Speak love to me
And soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends
Everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me
Speak love to me
And soon
And soon
Speak low, speak low
Speak low, speak low

Stella

( Jim Campilongo - American Hips LP - 2003 )

Stella came on a midnight train
Travelled through a drizzlin rain
I paced for hours by the station door
How I did pine as I waited for her

A thumb on the bass
A brush on the drum
A bow on the fiddle
We'll play all night long
Play all night by the firelight
Until the break on dawn

Slow motion and the train stops short
She's under his arms in her vinyl coat
A dream came true when I tucked her 'neath mine
I played her like a songbird divine

A thumb on the bass
A brush on the drum
A bow on the fiddle
We played all night long
Played all night by the firelight
Until the break of dawn
That night I played for Stella
I sang this song

Strangers

( The Kinks Cover / Live At Living Room EP )

Where are you going I don't mind
I've killed my world and I've killed my time
So where do I go what do I see
I see many people coming after me

So where are you going to I don't mind
If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die
So I will follow you wherever you go
If your offered hand is still open to me

Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one

So you've been where I've just come
From the land that brings losers on
So we will share this road we walk
And mind our mouths and beware our talk

'Till peace we find tell you what I'll do
All the things I own I will share with you
And if I feel tomorrow like I feel today
We'll take what we want and give the rest away

Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one

Holy man and holy priest
This love of life makes me weak at my knees
And when we get there make your play
'Cause soon I feel you're gonna carry us away

In a promised lie you made us believe
For many men there is so much grief
And my mind is proud but it aches with rage
We'll take what we want and give the rest away

Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one

Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one

Sweet Dreams

( Jim Campilongo - American Hips LP - 2003 )

Sweet dreams of you every night I go through
Why can´t I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don´t love me, it´s plain I should know

I´ll never wear your ring I should hate you
The whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

Sweet dreams of you things I know can´t come true
Why can´t I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

Talk To Me Of Mendocino

( Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Celebrating the Work of Kate McGarrigle LP¨)

I bid farewell to the state of old New York
My home away from home
In the state of New York I came of age
When first I started roaming

And the trees grow high in New York state
And they shine like gold in Autumn
Never had the blues from whence I came
But in New York state I caught 'em

Talk to me of Mendocino
Closing my eyes I hear the sea
Must I wait, must I follow
Won't you say "Come with me"
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
And it's on to Southbend, Indiana
Flat out on the Western plains
Rise up over the Rockies and down on into California
Out to where but the rocks remain

And let the sun set on the ocean
I will watch it from the shore
Let the sun rise over the redwoods
I'll rise with it till I rise no more

Talk to me of Mendocino
Closing my eyes, I hear the sea
Must I wait, must I follow
Won't you say "Come with me"
Won't you say "Come with me"

Tell Me

( Wax Poetic feat. Norah Jones )

Will you tell me that you need me ?
Am I free to not date you ?
Will you tell me that you saw me ?
Do I have to forgive too ?

Can I go out by myself
And be a lady on the path ?
If I don't go, and I love you so,
Can I not just let you down ?

Can I be strong
And still belong ?
If I'm not wrong,
I sing my own song

As we travel through the ages,
Will you just leave me alone ?
Time will tell in different stages
If I will or won't be home

So, don't come near, friday morning
And expect me to be free
If you think that we fit together,
Put your faith in destiny

Can I be strong
And still belong ?
If I'm not wrong,
I sing my own song

Can I be strong
And still belong ?
If I'm not wrong,
I sing my own song

If you want to go ahead
And lay back outside me
If you want it too,
Just tell me all the things
You want to see

Can I be strong
And still belong
If I'm not wrong
I sing my own song

Can I be strong
And still belong
If I'm not wrong,
I will sing my own song

I was dancin' with my baby to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I just happened to see
I introduced her to my loved one
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
And I knew just how much I had lost
I have lost my little darlin'
The night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
And I knew just how much I had lost
I have lost my little darlin'
The night they were playing
The beautiful beautiful Tennessee Waltz
The Tennessee Waltz

The Story

( My Blueberry Nights OST )

I don't know how to begin
Cause the story has been told before
I will sing along I suppose
I guess it's just how it goes

And now those spring in the air
I don't go down anywhere
I guess it's just how it goes
The story have all been told before

If you don't try
The light won't hit your eyes
And the moon won't rise and fall in sight

If you don't try
The light won't hit your eyes
And the moon won't rise and fall in sight

I don't know how it'll end
Though the records play
I guess it's just how it goes
The story have all been told before
I guess it's just how it goes
The story have all been told before
I guess it's just how it goes

That's the way the world goes 'round

( John Prine live cover )

I know a guy
That's got a lot to lose
He's a pretty nice guy
But he's kind of confused
He's got muscles in his head
That ain't never been used
Thinks he own half of this town

Starts drinking heavy
Gets a big red nose
Beats his old lady
With a rubber hose
Then he takes her out to dinner
And buys her new clothes
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

That's the way that the world goes 'round
You're up one day
And the next you're down
It's half an inch of water
And you think you're gonna drown
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

I was sitting in the bathtub
Counting my toes
When the radiator broke
Water all froze
I got stuck in the ice
Without my clothes
Naked as the eyes of a clown

I was crying ice cubes
Hoping i'd croak
When the sun come through the window
The ice all broke
I stood up and laughed
Thought it was a joke
That's the way that the world goes 'round

The Grass Is Blue

( Tribute to Dolly Parton - Just because I'm a Woman - 2003 )

I've had to think up a way to survive
Since you said it's over
Told me good-bye
I just can't make it one day without you
Unless I pretend that the opposite's true
Rivers flow backwards
Valleys are high
Mountains are level
Truth is a lie
I'm perfectly fine
And I don't miss you
The sky is green
And the grass is blue

How much can a heart and a troubled mind take
Where is that fine line before it all breaks
Can one end their sorrow
Just cross over it
And into that realm of insanitive bliss

There's snow in the tropics
There's ice on the sun
It's hot in the arctic
And crying is fun
And I’m happy now
And I’m glad we're through
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue

And the rivers flow backwards
And my tears are dry
Swans hate the water
And eagles can't fly
But I’m alright now
Now that I’m over you
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue
And I don't love you
And the grass is blue

The Sun Won’t Set

( Anoushka Shankar Feat. Norah Jones - 2013 )

The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet
The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet

Golden embers spinning round
The day is almost done
I wonder how it felt
Beneath the early sun

Each sunset keeps me still
The tree has shed its leaves
The wind, the evening chill
Is hardest to receive
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet
The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet

The sun below the trees
Starting to get cold
Holding on through change
The day grows old

I missed the morning heat
Fall upon my face
I wish I knew you then
It’s always sunset in this place

The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet
The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet

The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet
The sun won’t set
Not now, not yet

Well I said from the first
That I, I'm the worst kind of guy
For you to be around
Tear me apart
Including this old heart
That is true
And never ever let you down

You should'nt stick with me
You trust me too much, you see
Take all the pain
It's yours anyway
Get out kid

Oh put the blame on me
You ought to pass, you see
Oh somewhere outside
I threw
Love aside
And now
It's a tragedy

Traces Of You

( Anoushka Shankar Feat. Norah Jones - 2013 )

Traces of you
Linger like a tear drop
Fresh upon the air
My heart sings for you
Play me like a rain cloud
Sounds upon the air
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Traces of you
Linger like a tear drop
Fresh upon the air
My heart sings for you
Play me like a rain cloud
Sounds upon the air...

Unsaid

( Anoushka Shankar Feat. Norah Jones - 2013 )

"Love" wasn't left unsaid
"thank you" wasn't left unsaid

"I know you" maybe left unsaid
I don't know what was said

My heart, my heart speaks to you
You heart know it has spoken true

In body, blood and soul, I came
I walked in love and not in shame

Hearts can speak when lips can't
There was more, I lost my chance
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Were there things I should have done
It's too late, now that you're gone

"Love" wasn't left unsaid
"thank you" wasn't left unsaid

"I see you" maybe left unsaid
I don't know what was said

My heart, my heart speaks to you
You heart know it has spoken true

Fortune smiled on me, oh my
Got the chance to say goodbye

In your eyes, it was love I read
There wasn't much we left unsaid

Drivin' at night, you feel as if you're blind
The sun is gone and it's stuck in your mind
You look to the morning with expectation
Anticipation

When you feel the dark coming and you know that it's here
You feel your spirit sing, you know there's nothing to fear
I'm here by your side, i've got no where to go
So take your time, drive slow, listen to radio
Talk if you want, if you don't just change the station
I got patience

I tell myself wait
Wait 'till the sun goes down
Wait and you'll come around
And you'll smile for everyone
I'll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want

I know sometimes you feeel the need to beware
i know that you're scared that I care
But I wonder who you're with when you turn out the lights
Who do you think of at night

When you feel the dark coming and you know that it's here
I've been there before and you've got nothing to fear
i'll make you a place where the shadows fall
And you can be anyone or no one at all
We'll take solace from the burning sun
Let me be there for you just this once

I tell myself wait
Wait 'till the sun goes down
Wait and you'll come around
And smile for everyone
I'll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want
Tell me what you want

What makes you think you're so smart
What makes you think that you're not part of this
Long ago you were fooled into thinking
You were removed from this life
But if you feel
The way That I feel
Don't hide
Don't conceal it from me

Don't decieve me
Please don't leave me
What would I do without you
To see me through

If you leave me
Then you'll grieve me
What would I do without you
To see me through

How you please me
When you squeeze me
What would I do without you
To see me through

Yes I'm crazy
About my baby (yes I am)
What would I do without you
To see me through

Tonight you're mine completely
You give your soul so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic in your sights
And will you love me tomorrow

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that i'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun

I'd like to know if your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow

Why Can't He Be You?

( Remembering Patsy Cline Tribute Album - 2003 )

He takes me to the places you and I used to go
He tells me over and over that he loves me so
He gives me love that I never got from you
He loves me too, his love is true
Why can't he be you

He never fails to call and tell me I'm on his mind
And I'm lucky to have such a guy; I hear it all the time
And he does all the things that you would never do
He loves me, too, his love is true
Why can't he be you

He's not the one who dominates my mind and soul
And I should love him so, 'cause he loves me, I know
But his kisses leave me cold

He sends me flowers, calls on the hour, just to prove his love
And my friends say when he's around, I'm all he speaks of
And he does all the things that you would never do
He loves me too, his love is true
Why can't he be you

Wurlitzer Prize

( Waylon Jennings tribute album )

I don’t wanna get over you
I'm not here to forget you, I’m here to recall
The things we used to say and do
I don't want to get over you
I don't want to get over you

I haunt the same places we used to go
Alone at a table for two
I don't want to get over you
I don't want to get over you

They ought to give me the Wurlitzer prize
For all the silver I led slide down the slot
Playing those songs sung blue
Help me remember you
I don't want to get over you

A fresh roll of quarters, same old song
Missing you through and through
I don't want to get over you
I don't want to get over you

I don't want to get over you
I don't want to get over you

Your Cheating Heart

( Jerry Lee Lewis featuring Norah Jones 'Last Man Standing Live' )

Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry that I'm tryin' to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

When tears come down like fallin' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You're going walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart catching up on you

When tears come down like fallin' rain
Oh you'll toss around and call my name
And you're going walk the floor the way I do
Your got a cheatin' heart that's gonne tell on you

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you