I put my all into this one special person But in the end it added up to too much hurting Cursing on the phone and threats that I’d desert him Our theatrical performance was no longer working So in the end I just had to close the curtains I’m certain things could’ve gone a better way But if they did who’s to say that he’d have never strayed? Anyway, I’m trying to find the ground from which I’ll levitate But pressure weighs my mind and I’m back to square one Going 'round in circles, I'm asking ‘where's the care gone?’ I swear one thing I know is – you can only rely on yourself when you’re hopeless I know this now but now it's too late If I knew this then I wouldn’t have made those mistakes But take the good with the bad And if the bad overtakes then remember what you had 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be Your eyes and mine – that was what love was But somewhere down the line all the good got cut off Now hearing you rhyme has got me thinking what could’ve been And how you should’ve seen that you were crushing me But in the process you thought that you were loving me I would’ve been there for you – you only had to ask But now you’re sad 'cause all we had collapsed And now you made the crack a major gap Going crazy mad stating that you want your baby back I’m just a part of the puzzle in your hazy past And yeah you made me laugh and times were so beautiful for a while I’d wait a whole damn month to see that one station smile 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be So now I’m here and it's been two years but I’m Still unclear – please break it down It's been so long – I can’t hate you now Hating how I’m back at the same song - the pain ain’t gone Asking mary-jane to make me strong And there’s tainted songs that I can’t even listen to Train stations, Playstations hold a bit of you And it's crazy – I swear I wasn’t missing you Till you came back to remind me what kissing you felt like And it felt nice I should’ve stopped you first – 'cause when I got with him you got with her It's crazy – I feel lost on earth but when I’ve got your words I’m meant to be It's stupidity – he’s twice the man you’ll ever be Two times nicer and I know he’d never threaten me Never put me secondly – never ever stressing me the way you did What made you flip? What made you the way you are? What made you make me like this? I’ve hid from love like it's a virus And now I’m always high look, just like we used to be Just another reminder of us – of you and me 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be 'cause you, were a part of me And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? But you apart from me It's true – I’d rather be (You are, the most literary jazz face I know. I don't know anybody who is deeper into the literature.) (Well it's because I, you know I came from a very straight laced family. My father was a minister, and he was the uh, uh the cultural and the moral foundation of our entire neighborhood ya know and so we had to, had to uh uh exemplify all the things for which he stood so I had a very, a very straight life, never engaged in any gambling, we never used any profane language, anywhere near the house, there was no alcohol in the house, no smoking, we had to, when we got up in the morning we had to pray, before we went to sleep at night we prayed. That's the way I grew up so then when I started singing jazz and I had to consort (*laughs*) with these musicians you know, I had to maintain two vocabularies like I couldn't come to the gig and say um 'my wife and I went to a cinema today. ' I would say uh, 'me and my bed-buddy took in a flick' you know (*laughs*) so I had to maintain these two vocabularies starting very early so it gave me a much more broad s-spectrum of life.)
[00:09.497] I put my all into this one special person [00:12.839] But in the end it added up to too much hurting [00:15.844] Cursing on the phone and threats that I’d desert him [00:18.615] Our theatrical performance was no longer working [00:21.227] So in the end I just had to close the curtains [00:23.913] I’m certain things could’ve gone a better way [00:26.595] But if they did who’s to say that he’d have never strayed? [00:29.060] Anyway, I’m trying to find the ground from which I’ll levitate [00:32.197] But pressure weighs my mind and I’m back to square one [00:34.469] Going 'round in circles, I'm asking ‘where's the care gone?’ [00:37.200] I swear one thing I know is – you can only rely on yourself when you’re hopeless [00:42.554] I know this now but now it's too late [00:45.067] If I knew this then I wouldn’t have made those mistakes [00:47.789] But take the good with the bad [00:49.678] And if the bad overtakes then remember what you had [00:53.308] 'cause you, were a part of me [00:56.362] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [00:58.522] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [01:01.275] But you apart from me [01:02.859] It's true – I’d rather be [01:04.822] 'cause you, were a part of me [01:06.831] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [01:09.346] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [01:11.924] But you apart from me [01:13.706] It's true – I’d rather be [01:15.578] Your eyes and mine – that was what love was [01:17.813] But somewhere down the line all the good got cut off [01:20.330] Now hearing you rhyme has got me thinking what could’ve been [01:23.123] And how you should’ve seen that you were crushing me [01:25.839] But in the process you thought that you were loving me [01:28.319] I would’ve been there for you – you only had to ask [01:31.096] But now you’re sad 'cause all we had collapsed [01:33.800] And now you made the crack a major gap [01:35.928] Going crazy mad stating that you want your baby back [01:38.066] I’m just a part of the puzzle in your hazy past [01:40.444] And yeah you made me laugh and times were so beautiful for a while [01:44.523] I’d wait a whole damn month to see that one station smile [01:47.283] 'cause you, were a part of me [01:49.914] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [01:52.394] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [01:55.090] But you apart from me [01:57.407] It's true – I’d rather be [01:58.837] 'cause you, were a part of me [02:00.367] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [02:03.127] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [02:05.970] But you apart from me [02:07.718] It's true – I’d rather be [02:09.234] So now I’m here and it's been two years but I’m [02:11.855] Still unclear – please break it down [02:14.247] It's been so long – I can’t hate you now [02:16.598] Hating how I’m back at the same song - the pain ain’t gone [02:20.437] Asking mary-jane to make me strong [02:22.448] And there’s tainted songs that I can’t even listen to [02:24.706] Train stations, Playstations hold a bit of you [02:27.826] And it's crazy – I swear I wasn’t missing you [02:30.408] Till you came back to remind me what kissing you felt like [02:32.971] And it felt nice [02:34.616] I should’ve stopped you first – 'cause when I got with him you got with her [02:38.424] It's crazy – I feel lost on earth but when I’ve got your words I’m meant to be [02:42.858] It's stupidity – he’s twice the man you’ll ever be [02:45.690] Two times nicer and I know he’d never threaten me [02:48.212] Never put me secondly – never ever stressing me the way you did [02:51.982] What made you flip? What made you the way you are? [02:54.495] What made you make me like this? [02:55.714] I’ve hid from love like it's a virus [02:57.323] And now I’m always high look, just like we used to be [02:59.755] Just another reminder of us – of you and me [03:03.257] 'cause you, were a part of me [03:05.291] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [03:07.824] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [03:10.640] But you apart from me [03:12.196] It's true – I’d rather be [03:13.922] 'cause you, were a part of me [03:16.059] And a part of you's still with me but it's scarring me [03:18.549] And a part of me sometimes asks – can’t we be? [03:21.376] But you apart from me [03:23.081] It's true – I’d rather be [03:57.000] (You are, the most literary jazz face I know. I don't know anybody who is deeper into the literature.) [04:05.000] (Well it's because I, you know I came from a very straight laced family. [04:10.965]My father was a minister, and he was the uh, uh the cultural and the moral foundation of our entire neighborhood ya know and so we had to, [04:25.312]had to uh uh exemplify all the things for which he stood so I had a very, a very straight life, never engaged in any gambling, [04:35.550]we never used any profane language, anywhere near the house, [04:40.233]there was no alcohol in the house, no smoking, [04:45.125]we had to, when we got up in the morning we had to pray, before we went to sleep at night we prayed. [04:50.827]That's the way I grew up so then when I started singing jazz and I had to consort (*laughs*) with these musicians you know, [05:00.322] I had to maintain two vocabularies like I couldn't come to the gig and say um 'my wife and I went to a cinema today. [05:10.725]' I would say uh, 'me and my bed-buddy took in a flick' you know (*laughs*) [05:20.721] so I had to maintain these two vocabularies starting very early so it gave me a much more broad s-spectrum of life.)
