Corinne bailey rae
by Corinne Bailey Rae
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LIKE A STAR
Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I´ll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands,
Honour to love you
Still I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
You´ve got this look I can´t describe,
You make me feel like I´m alive,
When everything else is au fait,
Without a doubt you´re on my side,
Heaven has been away too long,
Can´t find the words to write this song,
Oh...
Your love,
Still I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
Now I have come to understand,
The way it is,
It´s not a secret anymore,
´cause we´ve been through that before,
From tonight I know that you´re the only one,
I´ve been confused and in the dark,
Now I understand,
I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
I wonder why it is,
I wont let my guard down,
For anyone but you
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I´ll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands
PUT YOUR RECORDS ON
Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don´t need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.
Maybe sometimes, we´ve got it wrong, but it´s alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don´t you hesitate.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
You´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don´t you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.
Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it´s alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don´t you think it´s strange?
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
You´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
´Twas more than I could take, pity for pity´s sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don´t even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
Oh, you´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow
ENCHANTMENT
I wait for you.
I don´t know why.
all i know is i can´t hide.
at this temperature you could take over my mind.
like gossamer, you softly touch.
he draws me in, i´m powerless.
he possesses an enchantment.
tell me i´m forgiven.
he calls, don´t know how i fell under his spell.
lately i´ve been driven. he smiles, an enchantment.
i wait for you.
I´m mesmerized this love is like a potion in disguise.
i´d tightrope walk with a blindfold on my eyes.
I can´t escape, or so it seems.
I´d run away, he´s in my dreams.
he possesses an enchantment.
tell me i´m forgiven.
he calls, don´t know how i fell under his spell.
lately i´ve been driven.
he smiles, an enchantment.
it´s the kind of sleepwalk that never ends.
a type of loan with no dividends.
it´s a parlour game where you´re given chase.
guess it could be called an acquired taste.
i know, he knows, he calls, i go, i know.
this could be an enchantment.
why don´t you tell me i´m forgiven?
he calls, don´t you know how i fell under his spell.
i´m forgiven...lately i´ve been driven.
he smiles and i give in,
an enchantment.
TROUBLE SLEEPING
It´s late and I´m feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping.
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing.
Could it be I´m suffering
Because I´m never give in?
Won´t say that I´m falling in love
Tell me I don´t seem myself
Couldn´t I blame something else?
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Some kind of therapy
Is all I need
Please believe me
Some instant remedy
That can cure me completely
Could it be that I´m suffering
Because I´ll never give in?
Won´t say that I´m falling in love
Tell me I don´t seem myself
Couldn´t I blame something else?
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
´cause I´ve been there before and it´s not enough
So nobody say it
Don´t even say it
I ve got my eyes shut
Won´t look, oh
No, I´m not in love
Could it be I´m suffering
Because I´ll never give in?
I´m falling love
Tell me I don´t seem myself good enough for something else
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Falling in love
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Oh, yeah
Falling love ooh
Oh, oh, don´t say that I´m falling in love, don´t say that, oh
Just don´t say that I´m falling in love, yeah
Just don´t say that I´m falling in love
Don´t say but in the answer
´Cause I´ll never give in
Oh
Falling in love
Yeah
Oh
I´D LIKE TOO
Lying here with you reminds me of those days
Me and Candice waking up to a heat wave
Mother´s in the garden inviting everyone
Ooh, we cut up our old jeans and go outside
Neighbour´s always smiling with the baby on her knee
Rhea sat on the front step getting her hair combed out and greased
Music, the bass boomin´ from the car parked in the street
Got that new song on repeat, oh oh
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
Growing up we didn´t have a lot of money
Used to spend my summer having parties on the drive
Plastic cups for rum and punch, eating chicken that´s hot and sweet
All the women discussing what love is like, ooh you know the way I mean
And I´m just sitting watching hoping the boys will call for me
Got that new song on repeat, oh oh
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I´m just trying to make you see that
I desire the simple things
Maybe then now and then I would want somebody
Maybe then I used to dream of someone to love
Now you come and you arrive by me
I know I´m in love
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint this picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
TILL IT HAPPENS TO YOU
I know what I said
Was heat of the moment
But theres a little truth in between the words we´ve spoken
Its a little late now to fix the heart thats broken
Please don´t ask me where I´m going
Cause I don´t know
No I don´t know anymore
It used to feel like heaven
Used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they´ve gone away
Nobody wants to face the truth
But you wont believe what love can do
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
Went to the old flat
Guess I was trying to turn the clock back
How come that nothing feels the same now when I´m with you
We used to stay up all night in the kitchen
When our love was new
Oooh love I´m a fool to believe in you
Cause I don´t know
No I don´t know
Anymore
It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they´ve gone away
Nobody wants to know the truth
Until their hearts broken
Don´t you dare tell them
What you think to do
Till they get over
You can only learn these things
From experience
When you get older
I just wish that someone would have told me
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
BREATHLESS
Seems like everyone else has a love just for them,
I don´t mind, we have such a good time,
My best friend, but sometimes, well,
I wish we could be more than friends,
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
Oh..
I get so breathless, when you call my name,
I´ve often wondered, do you feel the same?
There´s a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we´re all alone,
So don´t tell me
You can´t see
What I´m thinking of.
I can understand that you don´t want to cross the line,
And you know i can´t promise you things,
Will turn out fine,
But i have to be honest, I want you to be mine
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
Oh...
I get so breathless, when you call my name,
I´ve often wondered, do you feel the same?
There´s a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we´re all alone,
So don´t tell me
You can´t see
Oh!
´Cause I´ve tried to do this right in your own time
I´ve been telling with my eyes, my heart´s on fire,
Why don´t you realise?
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
I get so breathless...
BREATHLESS
In my mother´s house
There´s a photograph
Of a day gone past
Always makes me laugh
There´s a little girl
Wary of the world
She got much to learn
Get her fingers burned
An affinity
Between you and me
Cause we´re family
Said that I´d be fine
Give me all your time
And I left your side
Like a butterfly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Would you live your life
Like a butterfly
In my mother´s house
There was happiness
I wrapped my myself in it
Was my chrysalis
As my life unfolds
See a pattern through
Of you protecting me
And I protecting you
What was that you´d say
Make your own mistakes
And when you´re grown
Make sure that you remain the same
Now I realise
What was on your mind
When I left your side
Like a butter fly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Give me life
Like a butterfly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Give me life
Like a butterfly
SEASONS CHANGE
Oh oh oh...
Maybe you´ve been pouring everything into this your mistake of this attends to agony, you can´t predict this when it comes to it,
You can´t hide from me, but don´t you surrender anything..
Don´t you know that, that patience is a virtue (yes it is), and life is a waiting game...don´t you know that, peace must be nurtured
And all the money in the world can buy you nothing... (i tell you that)
All these things happen, all these things happen for a reason, don´t you go on and throw it all away...when the seasons change (you gonna change)...
Oh oh...
Hurts me to see you feel this way but it won´t be always, don´t you know everything got to change,oh... feels like all your hope is gone, you can´t carry on, but there´s nothing oh, you don´t have to pretend with me, don´t you know that, that patience is a virtue, (yes it is), and life is a waiting game, don´t you know that, peace must be nurtured...
All the money in the world can buy you nothing, (let me tell you that)...
All these things happen, all these I´ve done for a reason...don´t you go on throw it all away, when the seasons change
Oh oh oh...
When the seasons change
How does it feel being in these arms?
what´s it really like to be loved?
i´ve been alone now, how long?
have you ever loved the way that i have?
and i have often wondered who,
who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know, how i´m touched deep in my soul just being with you.
and i need you more each day.
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this.
i´ve got all this poetry now i didn´t know then.
i kept inside. guess i had never seen anything beautiful
till i first saw you asleep at night.
and i have often wondered who,
who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know,
how i´m touched deep in my soul
just being with you.
and i need you more each day.
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this.
i just wanted to know what it was like, what´s it really like to be loved?
these little volcanoes came as a surprise to me.
i never thought i could be this way.
and i have been cautious and i´ve tried to keep to myself, but who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know, how i´m touched deep in my soul.
just being with you.
so much more each day,
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this
CHOUX PASTRY HEART
I was just waiting for your phone call
When they came along to say
That a rose done chased you clear away
You had said I was gamine
But we didn´t mean the same thing i think
Broke my choux pastry heart
Guess life´s, no picture post card
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose
I don´t wanna lose you
Don´t even own you
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns yeah
Oooooh
Mmmmmm
I was just waiting for your answer (Still)
You made your own apologies
I cried so much I had to leave
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose
I don´t wanna lose you
Don´t even own you
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns yeah
Oooooh
Oooooh
CALL ME WHEN YOU GET THIS
Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I´ll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands,
Honour to love you
Still I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
You´ve got this look I can´t describe,
You make me feel like I´m alive,
When everything else is au fait,
Without a doubt you´re on my side,
Heaven has been away too long,
Can´t find the words to write this song,
Oh...
Your love,
Still I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
Now I have come to understand,
The way it is,
It´s not a secret anymore,
´cause we´ve been through that before,
From tonight I know that you´re the only one,
I´ve been confused and in the dark,
Now I understand,
I wonder why it is,
I don´t argue like this,
With anyone but you,
I wonder why it is,
I wont let my guard down,
For anyone but you
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,
Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I´ll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands
PUT YOUR RECORDS ON
Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don´t need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.
Maybe sometimes, we´ve got it wrong, but it´s alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don´t you hesitate.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
You´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don´t you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.
Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it´s alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don´t you think it´s strange?
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
You´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
´Twas more than I could take, pity for pity´s sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don´t even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
Oh, you´re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow
ENCHANTMENT
I wait for you.
I don´t know why.
all i know is i can´t hide.
at this temperature you could take over my mind.
like gossamer, you softly touch.
he draws me in, i´m powerless.
he possesses an enchantment.
tell me i´m forgiven.
he calls, don´t know how i fell under his spell.
lately i´ve been driven. he smiles, an enchantment.
i wait for you.
I´m mesmerized this love is like a potion in disguise.
i´d tightrope walk with a blindfold on my eyes.
I can´t escape, or so it seems.
I´d run away, he´s in my dreams.
he possesses an enchantment.
tell me i´m forgiven.
he calls, don´t know how i fell under his spell.
lately i´ve been driven.
he smiles, an enchantment.
it´s the kind of sleepwalk that never ends.
a type of loan with no dividends.
it´s a parlour game where you´re given chase.
guess it could be called an acquired taste.
i know, he knows, he calls, i go, i know.
this could be an enchantment.
why don´t you tell me i´m forgiven?
he calls, don´t you know how i fell under his spell.
i´m forgiven...lately i´ve been driven.
he smiles and i give in,
an enchantment.
TROUBLE SLEEPING
It´s late and I´m feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping.
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing.
Could it be I´m suffering
Because I´m never give in?
Won´t say that I´m falling in love
Tell me I don´t seem myself
Couldn´t I blame something else?
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Some kind of therapy
Is all I need
Please believe me
Some instant remedy
That can cure me completely
Could it be that I´m suffering
Because I´ll never give in?
Won´t say that I´m falling in love
Tell me I don´t seem myself
Couldn´t I blame something else?
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
´cause I´ve been there before and it´s not enough
So nobody say it
Don´t even say it
I ve got my eyes shut
Won´t look, oh
No, I´m not in love
Could it be I´m suffering
Because I´ll never give in?
I´m falling love
Tell me I don´t seem myself good enough for something else
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Falling in love
Just don´t say I´m falling in love
Oh, yeah
Falling love ooh
Oh, oh, don´t say that I´m falling in love, don´t say that, oh
Just don´t say that I´m falling in love, yeah
Just don´t say that I´m falling in love
Don´t say but in the answer
´Cause I´ll never give in
Oh
Falling in love
Yeah
Oh
I´D LIKE TOO
Lying here with you reminds me of those days
Me and Candice waking up to a heat wave
Mother´s in the garden inviting everyone
Ooh, we cut up our old jeans and go outside
Neighbour´s always smiling with the baby on her knee
Rhea sat on the front step getting her hair combed out and greased
Music, the bass boomin´ from the car parked in the street
Got that new song on repeat, oh oh
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
Growing up we didn´t have a lot of money
Used to spend my summer having parties on the drive
Plastic cups for rum and punch, eating chicken that´s hot and sweet
All the women discussing what love is like, ooh you know the way I mean
And I´m just sitting watching hoping the boys will call for me
Got that new song on repeat, oh oh
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I´m just trying to make you see that
I desire the simple things
Maybe then now and then I would want somebody
Maybe then I used to dream of someone to love
Now you come and you arrive by me
I know I´m in love
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint this picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
I´d, I´d like to put my fingers on you
I´d, I´d like to paint a picture for you
Sometimes you don´t understand where I´m coming from
I just like to make you see that
I desire the simple things
TILL IT HAPPENS TO YOU
I know what I said
Was heat of the moment
But theres a little truth in between the words we´ve spoken
Its a little late now to fix the heart thats broken
Please don´t ask me where I´m going
Cause I don´t know
No I don´t know anymore
It used to feel like heaven
Used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they´ve gone away
Nobody wants to face the truth
But you wont believe what love can do
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
Went to the old flat
Guess I was trying to turn the clock back
How come that nothing feels the same now when I´m with you
We used to stay up all night in the kitchen
When our love was new
Oooh love I´m a fool to believe in you
Cause I don´t know
No I don´t know
Anymore
It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like may
I used to hear those violins playing heart strings like a symphony
Now they´ve gone away
Nobody wants to know the truth
Until their hearts broken
Don´t you dare tell them
What you think to do
Till they get over
You can only learn these things
From experience
When you get older
I just wish that someone would have told me
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
Till it happens to you
BREATHLESS
Seems like everyone else has a love just for them,
I don´t mind, we have such a good time,
My best friend, but sometimes, well,
I wish we could be more than friends,
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
Oh..
I get so breathless, when you call my name,
I´ve often wondered, do you feel the same?
There´s a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we´re all alone,
So don´t tell me
You can´t see
What I´m thinking of.
I can understand that you don´t want to cross the line,
And you know i can´t promise you things,
Will turn out fine,
But i have to be honest, I want you to be mine
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
Oh...
I get so breathless, when you call my name,
I´ve often wondered, do you feel the same?
There´s a chemistry, energy, a synchronicity
When we´re all alone,
So don´t tell me
You can´t see
Oh!
´Cause I´ve tried to do this right in your own time
I´ve been telling with my eyes, my heart´s on fire,
Why don´t you realise?
Tell me do you know?
Tell me do you know?
I get so breathless...
BREATHLESS
In my mother´s house
There´s a photograph
Of a day gone past
Always makes me laugh
There´s a little girl
Wary of the world
She got much to learn
Get her fingers burned
An affinity
Between you and me
Cause we´re family
Said that I´d be fine
Give me all your time
And I left your side
Like a butterfly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Would you live your life
Like a butterfly
In my mother´s house
There was happiness
I wrapped my myself in it
Was my chrysalis
As my life unfolds
See a pattern through
Of you protecting me
And I protecting you
What was that you´d say
Make your own mistakes
And when you´re grown
Make sure that you remain the same
Now I realise
What was on your mind
When I left your side
Like a butter fly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Give me life
Like a butterfly
Shower me with your love
All of everyday
You make the red rose sun
Shine on me
Lift me up so high
Watch me fly away
Give me life
Like a butterfly
SEASONS CHANGE
Oh oh oh...
Maybe you´ve been pouring everything into this your mistake of this attends to agony, you can´t predict this when it comes to it,
You can´t hide from me, but don´t you surrender anything..
Don´t you know that, that patience is a virtue (yes it is), and life is a waiting game...don´t you know that, peace must be nurtured
And all the money in the world can buy you nothing... (i tell you that)
All these things happen, all these things happen for a reason, don´t you go on and throw it all away...when the seasons change (you gonna change)...
Oh oh...
Hurts me to see you feel this way but it won´t be always, don´t you know everything got to change,oh... feels like all your hope is gone, you can´t carry on, but there´s nothing oh, you don´t have to pretend with me, don´t you know that, that patience is a virtue, (yes it is), and life is a waiting game, don´t you know that, peace must be nurtured...
All the money in the world can buy you nothing, (let me tell you that)...
All these things happen, all these I´ve done for a reason...don´t you go on throw it all away, when the seasons change
Oh oh oh...
When the seasons change
How does it feel being in these arms?
what´s it really like to be loved?
i´ve been alone now, how long?
have you ever loved the way that i have?
and i have often wondered who,
who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know, how i´m touched deep in my soul just being with you.
and i need you more each day.
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this.
i´ve got all this poetry now i didn´t know then.
i kept inside. guess i had never seen anything beautiful
till i first saw you asleep at night.
and i have often wondered who,
who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know,
how i´m touched deep in my soul
just being with you.
and i need you more each day.
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this.
i just wanted to know what it was like, what´s it really like to be loved?
these little volcanoes came as a surprise to me.
i never thought i could be this way.
and i have been cautious and i´ve tried to keep to myself, but who could love you the way i do?
now i just want you to know, how i´m touched deep in my soul.
just being with you.
so much more each day,
baby, if you´re still awake,
call me when you get this
CHOUX PASTRY HEART
I was just waiting for your phone call
When they came along to say
That a rose done chased you clear away
You had said I was gamine
But we didn´t mean the same thing i think
Broke my choux pastry heart
Guess life´s, no picture post card
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose
I don´t wanna lose you
Don´t even own you
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns yeah
Oooooh
Mmmmmm
I was just waiting for your answer (Still)
You made your own apologies
I cried so much I had to leave
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose
I don´t wanna lose you
Don´t even own you
I just wanna stay right here
Until never dawns yeah
Oooooh
Oooooh
CALL ME WHEN YOU GET THIS