The Queen
A couple of days ago, I wrote about a new album that I had purchased. It's the Dana Owens Album, by Queen Latifah. I have been listening to it constantly. All of the songs on the album are covers of older songs. Many of the songs I've never heard before but I am just adoring the mood the album creates.
I wanted to share a couple of the songs and their lyrics.
Hard Times
Originally by: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Close your eyes
And rest your tired body next to mine
Nobody knows more than you
These hard times that we're going through
But baby we'll go on and on
Hey, Lord knows we got each other
So kiss me, kiss me hard and long
Hmmm, hard times we can get over
(Scat)
Now some, yeah, hey* must rise (Note: I did an extensive search for the lyrics, I'm not sure if the word is hey or hate here)
She comin' with a bag of tricks and cheats and dirty lies
Nobody smiles, nobody cries
And no one seems to care if they live or die
But baby we'll go on and on
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord knows we have got each other yeah
So come on and kiss me, kiss me hard and long
Ooooh, hard times we can get over
(Scat)
Cause ballots and boxes
Bullets and guns yeah
And they always*, they always rise in front, yeah (see note about lyrics above)
But baby just you come
Come to me
Come to me, come to me, come to me baby
When, whenever you need me
So kiss me hard, lay some kisses on me baby
Cause I need you and you know that these hard times
We can get over
(Scat to fade)
Same Love
Originally by: Bill Withers
Spoken: Come on now I'm the one you love. I'm the one you can't breathe without, remember? Why would you want to make me cry like this? Why would you want to make me cry? Why me?
Your love is like a chunk of gold
Hard to gain, and hard to hold
Like a rose that's soft to touch
Love has gone, and it hurts so much
Well and why...
Must the same love that made me laugh
Make me cry?
Well now you think of love as sitting on a mountain
Think of it as being a great big rock
Won't you think before you started to roll it down
Because once you start it, you can't make it stop
I've given all I have to give
And if you don't want me baby
I don't want to live, no
Well and why...
Must the same love that made me laugh gonna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry? (4x)
Why you wanna make me wet my pillow
I'm just cryin' like a weeping willow
Tell me why oh why oh why,
Why you want to go on and make your lady cry?
Oh now, you used to be so soft and sweet to me
Now you act so wrong with me to me
Why oh why
Why you wanna make me mess in my pillow
Got me cryin' like a weeping willow
Why you wanna make me cry? (3x)
Close Your Eyes
Originally by: Bernice Petkere
Music play
Something dreamy for dancing
While we're here romancing
It's love's holiday
And Love will be our guide
Close your eyes
When you open them dear
I'll be right here by your side
So...
Close your eyes
Rest your head on my shoulder and sleep
Close your eyes
And I will close mine
Close your eyes
Let's pretend that we're both counting sheep
Close your eyes
This is divine
Music play
Something dreamy for dancing
While we're here romancing
It's love's holiday
And Love will be our guide
Close your eyes
When you open them dear
I'll be near by your side
So won't you close your eyes...
2 Comments:
At 5:43 PM, CarpeDM thought...
Whoa. I need to hear this album. Especially that Same Love one? My goodness.
At 12:42 PM, Matt thought...
If these songs sound anything like her cover of California Dreamin', holy cow! I would love to listen to the entire album, once I am feeling better and things are not so sickly, I would love to come over an dlisten to it.
Get better, I will talk to you later.
Big Brother
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