She is :
Tanita Tikaram.
Everyone has said that I might go 'Cos my red suitcase and my ray-bans Weren't quite so...
I'd bear the heavy wind and rain that falls I'll never come back again 'Cos you know how I laugh when winter shows her hand Well, that picture frame is the saddest thing you'll see But it bought me time and a place that love could be And since I'm going now please rearrange 'Cos I'd like to think that things have changed I don't believe you'll be open anymore So tell me if, you want to see A world outside your window A world outside your window isn't free Oh, and tell me if you wanna catch that feeling of redemption That feeling of redemption doesn't do much for me Well, everyone was hoping you would stay a while Tell us 'bout that great land in the south I see that man - now ain't he under offer? I tell you child you go wash out your mouth Tell me if, you want to see A world outside your window A world outside your window isn't free And tell me if you wanna catch that feeling of redemption That feeling of redemption doesn't do much for me What can you say I'm hiding in the belfry What can you say - I want to catch time How can you say you know anything about me Well I knew about you - but I won't care about you Everyone has come to see. Well some things have to die Flowers out for this photographic haunt, but they all pass me by But the age is not a funny game, it don't give such a buzz And when I winced with ignorance I had to kiss this dust.
Tell me if, you want to see A world outside your window A world outside your window isn't free And tell me if you wanna catch that feeling of redemption That feeling of redemption doesn't do much for me
Twist in My SobrietyAll God's children need travelling shoes Drive your problems from here All good people read good books Now your conscience is clear I hear you talk girl Now your conscience is clear In the morning I wipe my brow Wipe the miles away I like to think I can be so willed And never do what you say I'll never hear you And never do what you say Look my eyes are just holograms Look your love has drawn red from my hands From my hands you know you'll never be More than a twist in my sobriety More than a twist in my sobriety We just baked an empty pie For the fun people had at night Late at night don't need hostility The timid smile and pause to free I don't care about their different thoughts Different thoughts are good for me Up in arms and chaste and whole All God's children took their toll Look my eyes are just holograms Look your love has drawn red from my hands From my hands you know you'll never be More than twist in my sobriety More than twist in my sobriety Cup of tea, take time to think, yea Time to risk a life, a life, a life Sweet and handsome Soft and porky You pig out 'til you've seen the light Pig out 'til you've seen the lightLook my eyes are just holograms Look your love has drawn red from my hands From my hands you know you'll never be More than a twist in my sobriety More than a twist in my sobriety
I loved the second video, the song & the images.
ReplyDeletewow... how did i miss her? i have never heard of her. she's beautiful, is she still making music? what was i doing in 88... that was part of my classical phase i think
ReplyDeleteRita:I love the video too, though I think it's got little relevance to the song.
ReplyDeleteAltiplano, there's a lovely sounding word.
Jim:
How did you miss her? Well, she had a couple of big hits here, but maybe not such a big splash in America, I don't know. She is still making music, still an artist in many ways.
http://tanitatikaramblog.blogspot.com/
Hear more at her official website, all the albums are here, http://www.tanita-tikaram.com/music/music.html
A really nice song and I like the world outside your window reference.
ReplyDeleteRose:It was your blog's name that started me humming that tune. It's a great name, too, which reminds me why I like reading blogs, because they show me the views from so many windows, so many people.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find yourself humming the tune too.