| Norah Jones Lyrics |
| Don't Know Why Seven Years Cold Cold Heart Feelin' The Same Way Come Away With Me Shoot The Moon Turn Me On Lonestar I've Got To See You Again Painter Song One Flight Down Nightingale The Long Day Is Over The Nearness Of You Sunrise What Am I To You? Those Sweet Words Carnival Town In The Morning Be Here To Love Me Creepin' In Toes Humble Me Above Ground The Long Way Home The Prettiest Thing Don't Miss You At All Moon Song Wish I Could Sinkin' Soon The Sun Doesn't Like You Until The End Not My Friend Thinking About You Broken My Dear Country Wake Me Up Be My Somebody Little Room Rosie's Lullaby Not Too Late |
| Don't Know Why I waited till I saw the sun, 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 away instead 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 would 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. I feel as 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. Seven Years Spinning, laughing, dancing to her favorite song, a little girl with nothing wrong is all alone. Eyes wide open, always hoping for the sun, and she'll sing her song to anyone that comes along. Fragile as a leaf in autumn, just falling to the ground without a sound. Crooked little smile on her face tells a tale of grace that's all her own. Spinning, laughing, dancing to her favorite song, a little girl with nothing wrong is all alone. She's a little girl with nothing wrong and she's all alone Cold Cold Heart (Williams) I've tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream, yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme. A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart, why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart? Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue, and so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do. In anger, unkind words are said that make the teardrops start, why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart? There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me, but now I know your heart is shackled to a memory. The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart, why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart? Feelin' The Same Way The sun just slipped its note below my door and I can't hide beneath my sheets. I've read the words before so now I know the time has come again for me. And I'm feelin' the same way all over again, feelin' the same way all over again, singing the same lines all over again, no matter how much I pretend. Another day that I can't find my head, my feet don't look they're my own. I try and find the floor below to stand, I hope I reach it once again. And I'm feelin' the same way all over again, feelin' the same way all over again, singing the same lines all over again, no matter how much I pretend. So many times I wonder where I've gone and how I found my way back in I'll look around awhile for something lost, maybe I'll find it in the end. And I'm feelin' the same way all over again, feelin' the same way all over again, singing the same lines all over again, no matter how much I pretend. Feelin' the same way all over again, feelin' the same way all over again, singing the same lines all over again, no matter how much I pretend, no matter how much I pretend... Come Away With Me Come away with me in the night. Come away with me and I will write you a song. Come away with me on a bus. Come away with me where they can't tempt us with their lies. And I want to walk with you on a cloudy day in fields where the yellow grass grows knee high, So won't you try to come, come away with me and we'll kiss on a mountain top. Come away with me and I'll never stop loving you. And I want to wake up with the rain falling on a tin roof while I'm safe there in your arms, so all I ask is for you to come away with me in the night, come away with me. Shoot The Moon The summer days are gone too soon, you shoot the moon and miss completely. And now you're left to face the gloom, the empty room that once smelled sweetly. Of all the flowers you plucked, if only you knew the reason why you had to each be lonely, was it just the season? Now the fall is here again, you can't begin to give in - it's all over. When the snows come rolling through, you're rolling too with some new lover. Will you think of times you've told me that you knew the reason why we had to each be lonely? It was just the season. Turn Me On Like a flower waiting to bloom, like a light bulb in a dark room, I'm just sitting here waiting for you to come on home and turn me on. Like the desert waiting for the rain, like a school kid waiting for the spring, I'm just sitting here waiting for you to come on home and turn me on. My poor heart, it's been so dark since you've been gone. After all, you're the one who turns me off, you're the only one who can turn me back on. My hi-fi is waiting for a new tune, my glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes. I'm just sitting here waiting for you to come on home and turn me on. Lonestar Lonestar, where are you out tonight? This feeling I'm trying to fight. It's dark and I think that I would give anything for you to shine down on me. How far you are, I just don't know the distance I'm willing to go. I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky, hoping for some kind of sign. Lonestar, where are you out tonight? This feeling I'm trying to fight. It's dark and I think that I would give anything for you to shine down on me, for you to shine down on me. I've Got To See You Again Lines on your face don't bother me down in my chair when you dance over me. I can't help myself, I've got to see you again. Late in the night when I'm all alone and I look at the clock and I know you're not home. I can't help myself, I've got to see you again. I could almost go there just to watch you be seen. I could almost go there just to live in a dream. But no, I won't go for any of those things, to not touch your skin is not why I sing. I can't help myself, I've got to see you again. I could almost go there just to watch you be seen. I could almost go there just to live in a dream. No, I won't go to share you with them, but oh, even though I know where you've been, I can't help myself, I've got to see you again. I can't help myself, I've got to see you again. Painter Song If I were a painter, I would paint my reverie if that's the only way for you to be with me. We'd be there together just like we used to be underneath the swirling skies for all to see. And I'm dreaming of a place where I could see your face and I think my brush would take me there, but only... If I were a painter and could paint a memory, I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you. I'd climb inside the skies to be with you. One Flight Down One flight down, there's a song on low and your mind just picked up on the sound. Now you know you're wrong because it drifts like smoke and it's been there playing all along, now you known, now you know. The reeds and brass have been weaving, leading into a single note. In this place where your arms unfold, here at last you see your ancient face Now you know, now you know. The cadence rolls in, broken, plays it over and then goes. One flight down, there's a song on low and it's been there playing all along, Now you know, now you know. Nightingale Nightingale, sing us a song of a love that once belonged. Nightingale, tell me your tale, was your journey far too long? Does it seem like I'm looking for an answer to a question I can't ask I don't know which way the feather falls or if I should blow it to the left. Nightingale, sing us a song of a love that once belonged. Nightingale, tell me your tale, was your journey far too long? All the voices that are spinning around me trying to tell me what to say, can I fly right behind you and you can take me away? All the voices that are spinning around me trying to tell me what to say, can I fly right behind you and you can take me away, and you can take me away? The Long Day Is Over Feeling tired, by the fire, the long day is over. The wind is gone, asleep at dawn, the embers burn on. With no reprise, the sun will rise, the long day is over. The Nearness Of You (Jones/Carmichael) It's not the pale moon that excites me, that thrills and delights me, oh, no, it's just the nearness of you. It isn't your sweet conversation that brings this sensation, oh, no, it's just the nearness of you When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me, all my wildest dreams came true. I need no soft lights to enchant me if you'll only grant me the right to hold you ever so tight and to feel in the night the nearness of you. Sunrise Sunrise, sunrise, looks like morning in your eyes, but the clocks held 9:15 for hours. Sunrise, sunrise couldn't tempt us if it tried cause the afternoon's already come and gone. And I said hoo to you... Surprise, surprise, couldn't find it in your eyes, but I'm sure it's written all over my face. Surprise, surprise, never something I could hide when I see we made it through another day. And I said hoo to you... Now, good night will throw its cover down on me again. Ooh, and if I'm right, it's the only way to bring me back. Hoo to you... What Am I To You? What am I to you, tell me, darling, true? To me you are the sea, vast as you can be and deep the shade of blue. When you're feeling low, to whom else do you go? See, I cry if you hurt, I'd give you my last shirt because I love you so. If my sky should fall, would you even call? Opened up my heart, I never want to part, I'm giving you the ball. When I look in your eyes, I can feel the butterflies. I love you when you're blue, tell me darling, true, what am I to you? Yeah, well, if my sky should fall, would you even call? Opened up my heart, never wanna part, I'm giving you the ball. When I look in your eyes, I can feel the butterflies. Could you find a love in me, could you carve me in a tree? Don't fill my heart with lies. I will you love when you're blue, tell me darling true, what am I to you? Those Sweet Words What did you say? I know I saw you singing, my ears won't stop ringing long enough to hear those sweet words, what did you say? End of the day, the hour hand has spun, but before the night is done, I just have to hear those sweet words spoken like a melody. All your love is a lost balloon rising up through the afternoon till it could fit on the head of a pin. Come on in, did you have a hard time sleeping? Cause a heavy moon was keeping me awake and all I know is I'm just glad to see you again. See my love like a lost balloon rising up through the afternoon and then you appear. What did you say? I know you were singing, my ears won't stop ringing long enough to hear those sweet words and your simple melody. I just have to hear your sweet words spoken like a melody. I just wanna hear those sweet words... Carnival Town Round and round, carousel has got you under it's spell moving so fast but going nowhere. Up and down, Ferris wheel, tell me, how does it feel to be so high looking down here? Is it lonely, lonely, lonely? Did the clown make you smile? He was only your fool for a while. Now he's gone back home and left you wandering there. Is it lonely, lonely, lonely? In The Morning I can't stop myself from calling, calling out your name, I can't stop myself from falling, falling back again in the morning, baby, in the afternoon. Dark like the shady corners inside a violin, hot like to burn my lips, I know I can't win in the morning, baby in the afternoon. I tried to quit you but I'm too weak, waking up without you, I can hardly speak at all. Girlfriend tried to help me to get you off my mind. She tried a little tea and sympathy to get me to unwind in the morning, baby, in the afternoon. Funny how my favorite shirt smells more like you than me. Bitter traces left behind, stains no one can see in the morning, baby, in the afternoon. You're gonna put me in an early grave, I know I'm your slave whenever you call. I can't stop myself from calling, calling out your name. I can't stop myself from falling, falling back again, falling back again, falling back again, falling back again, in the morning... Be Here To Love Me Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine, though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine that's got you to feeling this way, but I don't care, I want you to stay and hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today. Children are dancing, the gamblers are chancing their all. The window's accusing the door of abusing the wall. But who cares what the night watchmen say, the stage has been set for the play. So hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today. The moon's come and gone but a few stars hang onto the sky. The wind's running free but it ain't up to me ask why. But the poets are demanding their pay and they've left me with nothing to say except hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today. Just hold me and tell me that you'll be here to love me today. Creepin' In There's a big old hole that's gone right through the sole of this old shoe. And the water on the ground ain't got no place else it found so it's only got one thing left to do: creep on in, creep on in, and once it has begun, won't stop until it's done sneaking in. There's a silver moon that came just a little soon, oh, for me to bear. It shines brightly on my bed and the shadows overhead won't let me sleep as long as it's there. So just creep on in, creep on in, and once it has begun, won't stop until it'd done sneaking in. There's a big old hole that goes right through my soul, oh, but that ain't nothing new. So long as you're around and got no place else you've found, there's only one thing left for you to do: creep on in, creep on in, and once you have begun, don't stop until you're done sneaking in. And once you have begun, don't stop until you're done sneaking in. And once you have begun, don't stop until you're done sneaking in, sneaking in... Toes The current is strong from what I've heard, it'll whisk you down the stream. But I never seems to have the time, so my toes just touch the water, my toes just touch the water. Daydreamed on the bank again, I was swimming with the fish. And I thought this time that it may be true, but my toes just touch the water, my toes just touch the water, my toes just touch the water. Walked a mile just to find the edge, some place low enough to step right in. Now I'm here and I can't begin to move. Walked a mile just to find the edge, some place low enough to step right in. Now I'm here and I can't begin to move. The spoiled sun up over there, it always has to have its way. And I know that the river's there to shelter me, my toes just touch the water, my toes just touch the water, my toes just touch the water... Humble Me Went out on a limb, gone too far, broke down at the side of the road. Stranded at the outskirts and sun's creeping up. Baby's in the backseat, still fast asleep, dreaming of better days. I don't want to call you but you're all I have to turn to. What do you say when it's all gone away? Baby, I didn't mean to hurt you. Truth spoke in whispers will tear you apart, no matter how hard you resist it. It never rains when you want it to. You humble me Lord. Humble me, Lord, I'm on my knees empty. You humble me, Lord, You humble me, Lord, so please, please, please forgive me. Baby Teresa's got your eyes, I see you all the time. When she asks about her daddy, I never know what to say. Heard you knocked the bottle and helped to build a church, you carry an honest wage. Is it true you have someone keeping you company? What do you say when it's all gone away? Baby, I didn't mean to hurt you. Truth spoke in whispers will tear you apart, no matter how hard you resist it. It never rains when you want it to. You humble me Lord. Humble me, Lord, I'm on me knees empty. You humble me, Lord, You humble me, Lord. Please, please, please forgive me. Above Ground Underground, I'm waiting just below the crowded avenue, watching red lights fading out of view. Oh, the air feels heavy, everything just passes by and I think that I'm a little shy. Meet me outside, above ground, I see you on your way. I'll be with you someday, someday. Drawing lines above my head but the fan keeps spinning over me. Just my thoughts to keep me company. Now I know I'm ready, pour the night into a glass. Can I sip it slow and make it last? Meet me outside, above ground, I see you on your way. I'll be with you someday, someday. Meet me outside, above ground, I see you on your way. I'll be with you someday, someday. The Long Way Home (Waits/Brennan) Well, I stumbled in the darkness, lost and lonely. Though I said I'd go before us to show the way back home, is there a light up ahead? I can't hold onto very long. Forgive me, pretty baby, but I always take the long way home. Money's just something you throw off the back of a train. Got a handful of lightning and hair full of rain. And I know that I said I'd never do it again oh, well I love you sweet baby but, I always take the long way home. I put food on the table and a roof overhead but I'd trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead. Watch your back if I should tell you loves the only thing I've ever known. One thing's for sure, sweet baby, I always take the long way home. You know I love you baby, more than the whole wide world. I'm your woman, you know you are my pearl. So let's go out past the party lights where we can finally be alone. Come with me, we can take the long way home, ooh, come with me, together, we can take the long way home, ooh, come with me, together, we can take the long way home. The Prettiest Thing The prettiest thing I ever did see was lightening from the top of a cloud moving through the dark a million miles an hour with somewhere to be. So why does it seem like a picture hanging up on someone else's wall? Lately I haven't been myself at all, it's heavy on my mind. And I'm dreaming again like I've always been. And way down low, I know... that the prettiest thing I ever did see was dusty as the handle on the door, rusty as a nail stuck in the old pine floor, looks like home to me. And I'm dreaming again like I've always been. And way down low I'm thinking of the prettiest thing. Dreaming... Don't Miss You At All (Ellington/Jones) As I sit and watch the snow falling down, I don't miss you at all. I hear children playing, laughing so loud, I don't think of your smile. So if you never come to me, you'll stay a distant memory out my window, I see light doing dark, your dark eyes don't haunt me. And then I wonder who I am without the warm touch of your hand. And then I wonder who I am without the warm tough of your hand. As I sit and watch the snow falling down, I don't miss you at all, I don't miss you at all, I don't miss you at all. Moon Song Want to find out where the moon goes when it leaves the western sky and night dissolves again to morning, azure turns to gold, azure turns to gold. Gonna sleep with one eye open, gonna leave the shades half drawn. Nearly silent dressed in shadows, lines and colors fall, lines and colors fall. Gonna watch her through the window just as I watched you before. Smile knows but just won't tell me, I just watch her go, I just watch her go. Now I know just where the moon goes when it leaves the western sky and night dissolves again to 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. Wish I Could We met in a place I used to go, now I just walk by for show. Can't bear to go in without you, no, wish I could, wish I could. But Annie is standing in the door with a look on her face I can't just ignore. She tells me that her heart is sore, it pulls me in, she pulls me in. She says, "love in the time of war is not fair, he was my man but they didn't care. Sent him far away from here, no goodbye, no goodbye." I don't tell her that I once loved you too or about all the things we used to do. Kiss her hair and think of you walking down a road you found. We met in a place I used to go, now I only walk by it slow. Can't bear to go in without you, no. Wish I could, wish I could. Wish I could, wish I could. Sinkin' Soon We're an oyster cracker on the stew and the honey in the tea, we're the sugar cubes, one lump or two in the black coffee. The golden crust on an apple pie that shines in the sun at noon, we're a wheel of cheese high in the sky, but we're gonna be sinkin' soon. In a boat that's built of sticks and hay, we drifted from the shore with a captain who's too proud to say that he dropped the oar. Now a tiny hole has sprung a leak in this cheap pontoon, now the hull has started growing weak, and we're gonna be sinkin' soon. We're gonna be sinkin' soon, we're gonna be sinkin' soon. Everybody hold your breath cause, we're gonna be sinkin' soon. We're gonna be sinkin' soon, we're gonna be sinkin' soon. Everybody hold your breath cause down and down we go. Like the oyster cracker on the stew, the honey in the tea, the sugar cubes, one lump or two? No thank you, none for me. We're the golden crust on an apple pie that shines in the sun at noon, like the wheel of cheese high in the sky, well, we're gonna be sinkin' soon. The Sun Doesn't Like You The sun doesn't like you, you always get burned, stay in the shade and watch the world turn. Better find a new place to lay on the ground, can't stay where you are or you're gonna be found. And time won't pass you by and I won't tell you lies. So tonight, we can build a fire in the open field past the razor wire. Sneak by the dogs when they go to sleep, bring part of yourself that you'll let me keep. Cause time won't pass us by and I won't tell you lies, someday I will ask you why but not now. And time won't pass us by and you won't tell me lies, someday we all have to die but not now. Until The End You've got a famous last name but you're not to blame, baby, I see you for who you are: a one time apple queen and a one time tramp and an old time movie star. You're a shell picker of the pickiest kind, but you always find the ones to keep. And in or out of bed, you keep you're head wide open cause you don't only dream when you're asleep. Like a child, you remember, but I forget all my dreams. I used to think that someday I'd relax a little and be more like you. Then I realized how silly that thought was, needed to stand in my own shoes. And from over here, I can see you cry. Don't even try to pretend cause he's hurt you so many times, baby, don't go back again. Like a child, you forget, but I remember everything and every sting. And through all the games, we'll both stay the same, as we've always been, through the fat and thin until the end, until the end. Not My Friend Help me breathe, help me believe, you seem really glad that I am sad. You are not my friend, I cannot pretend that you are. You made it sting, your voice is ringing just like the boys who laughed at me in school. You are not my friend, I cannot pretend anymore. You found a place no one should ever go. I'll be okay cause when I back away, I'm gonna keep the handle of your gun in sight. Thinking About You Yesterday I saw the sun shining, and the leaves were falling down softly, My cold hands needed a warm, warm touch and I was thinking about you. Here I am looking for signs of leaving, you hold my hand, but do you really need me? I guess it's time for me to let you go, but I'll be thinking about you, I'll be thinking about you. When you sail across the ocean waters, and you reach the other side safely, could you smile a little smile for me cause I'll be thinking about you? I'll be thinking about you, I'll be thinking about you, I'll be thinking about you. Broken He's got a broken voice and a twisted smile, guess he's been that way for quite awhile. Got blood on his shoes and mud on his brim, did he do it to himself or was it done to him? People think he don't look well, but all he needs from what I can tell, Is someone to help wash away all the paint from his purple hands before it gets too late. I saw him stand alone under a broke street light, so sincere, singing silent night. But the trees were full and the grass was green, it was the sweetest thing I had ever seen. He may move slow, but that don't mean he's going nowhere. He may be moving slow but that don't mean he's going nowhere. My Dear Country 'Twas Halloween and the ghosts were out and everywhere they'd go, they shout, and though I covered my eyes I knew, they'd go away. But fear's the only thing I saw and three days later 'twas clear to all that nothing is as scary as Election Day. But the day after is darker, and darker and darker it goes, who knows, maybe the plans will change, who knows, maybe he's not deranged. The news men know what they know, but they know even less than what they say, and I don't know who I can trust for they come what may. Cause we believed in our candidate, but even more it's the one we hate, I needed someone I could shake on Election Day. But the day after is darker, and deeper and deeper we go. Who knows, maybe it's all a dream, who knows if I'll wake up and scream. I love the things that you've given me, I cherish you my dear country, but sometimes I don't understand the way we play. I love the things that you've given me and most of all that I am free to have a song that I can sing on Election Day. Wake Me Up Wake me up when it's over, wake me up when it's done, when he's gone away and taken everything, wake me up. Wake me up when the skies are clearing, when the water is still, cause I will not watch the ships sail away so please say you will. If it were any other day, this wouldn't get the best of me. But today I'm not so strong, so lay me down with a sad song. And when it stops then you know I've been gone too long. Don't shake me awake, don't bend me or I will break, come find me somewhere between my dreams with the sun on my face. I will still feel it later on, but for now I'd rather be asleep. Be My Somebody I'm too foggy today to know what you're saying. Your lips are moving so fast and I just keep praying for them to slow down so I can make some sense of the words that are pouring out of your crooked spout. Last night was a record to be broken, it broke all over the kitchen floor. Oh, no, don't you go, I'm coming back with a rag to wipe away the haze from the days we've forgotten all about. So be my somebody tonight, be the one who'll hold me tight, honey, please, please. Cause I've been so all alone and no one will pick up the phone, so honey, please stay. I held your head up, do you remember, when you wanted to make a blanket out of me? Oh, I can't lie, I been keeping score and it's your turn to wring me out and lay me down to dry. So be my somebody tonight, be the one who'll hold me tight, honey, please, please. Cause I've been so all alone, and no one will pick up the phone, so honey, please stay. Honey, please stay, honey, please stay. Little Room You and me, me and you n my little room. There's room enough for us to do the things we like to do. Oops, I hit my elbow on the doorknob, it's right there, it's by the bed next to my head, but I don't even care. There's stars up on the wall and they all glow in the dark, we can hear the children playing outside in the park. There's bars on the window, and if there were a fire, we'd burn up for sure, but that's just fine by me cause we would be together ever more. In this little room, in the big city we're so far from the people that we knew in my big old blue car. But if we stick together, then I know we'll be okay, cause when it gets too cold outside, this room is where we'll stay. Rosie's Lullaby She walked by the ocean and waited for a star to carry her away. Feeling so small, at the bottom of the world, looking up to God, she tries to take deep breaths, to smell the salty sea as it moves over her feet. The water pulls so strong, and no one is around, and the moon is looking down, saying, Rosie, come with me, close your eyes and dream. The big ships are rolling and lighting up the night, and she calls out, but they just her pass by. The waves are crashing but not making a sound, just mouthing along, saying, Rosie, come with me, close your eyes and dream, close your eyes and dream... Not Too Late Tell me how you've been, tell what you've seen, and tell me that you'd like to see me too. Cause my heart is full of no blood, and my cup is full of no love. Couldn't take another sip even if I wanted. But it's not too late, not too late for love. My lungs are out of air, and your's are holding smoke, and it's been like that for so long. And I've seen people try to change, and I know it isn't easy, but nothing worth the time ever is. And it's not too late, it's not too late for love, for love, for love, for love. |