Thursday morning, I dropped in to Starbucks for a soy chai and walked out with Lizz Wright’s latest album, The Orchard. I was delighted to find that she remade Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Hey Mann. Her voice complicates my soul. On the one hand the husky, sorrowful sound with a hint of longing…aching, is unbearable; but the sound is so beautiful, it begins to feel good to wallow in my sadness. The lyrics are practically the story of my last relationship:
Hey mann,
Whatcha doing here?
I don’t remember letting you in.
Hey mann,
How’d you get in here?
You’re in my heart without consent.
I always took pride
in my self control,
To my heart only I had the key.
But something’s gone wrong
in my radar screen.
You slipped by
and you captured me.
I done all I could to keep my head clear,
Logic tells me that this should never be,
But there’s no mistaken the shape I’m in,
Love has filled my every waking day.
Now here’s the strangest thing,
A day has come I thought I’d never see,
I walk smiling in a light glow
and I’m calling out your name,
I’ve lost the battle,
and I’m quite well pleased
Song: I’m Lucky
Artist: Joan Armatrading
I’m Lucky
I’m Lucky
I can walk under ladders
Yes I’m so lucky
That I’m as lucky as me
Struck it rich
Dirty rich
No work
And get richer
And the world
Loves a winner
Yes I’m so happy
That you’re happy with me
You are happy too
Ain’t you baby
Numero uno
Living for
Right now
And it’s
L.I.V.I.N.G.
When I’m here with you
I’m lucky
I’m lucky
I don’t need a bracelet
No salt
For my shoulder
I don’t own a rabbit
No clover
No heather
No cross
No wonder
I’m lucky
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnUkIU8S9SE]
I was walking to my car last night and glanced up at the sky–this is what I thought…
Song: Moondance
Artist: Van Morrison
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
‘Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I’m trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
Chorus:
Can I just have one a’ more Moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love
Well, I wanna make love to you tonight
I can’t wait ’til the morning has come
And I know that the time is just right
And straight into my arms you will run
And when you come my heart will be waiting
To make sure that you’re never alone
There and then all my dreams will come true, dear
There and then I will make you my own
And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside
And I know how much you want me that you can’t hide
Chorus
Repeat 1st Verse
One more Moondance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night
Can’t I just have one more dance with you my love
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BF3NF6Faxc]
Frustration, frustration, frustration…
Song: Grey Street
Artist: The Dave Matthews Band
Oh look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey StreetShe thinks, “Hey,
How did I come to this?
I dream myself a thousand times around the world,
But I can’t get out of this place”
There’s an emptiness inside her
And she’d do anything to fill it in
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
How she wishes it was different
She prays to God most every night
And though she swears it doesn’t listen
There’s still a hope in her it might
She says, “I pray
But they fall on deaf ears,
Am I supposed to take it on myself?
To get out of this place”
There’s loneliness inside her
And she’d do anything to fill it in
And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
There’s a stranger speaks outside her door
Says take what you can from your dreams
Make them as real as anything
It’d take the work out of the courage
But she says, “Please
There’s a crazy man that’s creeping outside my door,
I live on the corner of Grey Street and the end of the world”
There’s an emptiness inside her
And she’d do anything to fill it in
And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now
It’s more like cold blue ice in her heart
She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
It breaks her heart
To grey
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTv2_W97fuY]
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