Artist: Norah Jones Album: Come Away With Me {2002}

I waited till I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Stead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstacy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

Spinning, laughing, dancing to her favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong is all alone
Eyes wide open always hoping for the sun
And she'll sing her song to anyone that comes along

Fragile as a leaf in autumn
Just fallin' to the ground without a sound

Crooked little smile on her face 
Tells a tale of grace that's all her own 

Fragile as a leaf in autumn
Just fallin' to the ground without a sound

Spinning, laughing, dancing to her favorite song
Well, she's a little girl with nothing wrong and she's all alone
A little girl with nothing wrong and she's all alone

I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

Another love, before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger, unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

The sun just slipped its note below my door
And I can't hide beneath my sheets
I've read the words before, so now I know
The time has come again for me

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

Another day that I can't find my head
My feet don't look they're my own
I try and find the floor below to stand
I hope I reach it once again

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

So many times I wonder where I've gone
And how I found my way back in
I look around awhile for something lost
Maybe I'll find it in the end

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend
No matter how much I pretend

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me and I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us with their lies

And I want to walk with you on a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee kigh
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss on a mountain top
Come away with me and I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

The summer days are gone too soon
You shoot the moon and miss completely
And now you're left to face the gloom
The empty room that once smelled sweetly
Of all the flowers you plucked if only you knew the reason
Why you had to each be lonely, was it just the season

Now the fall is here again
You can't begin to give in, it's all over
When the snows come rolling through
You're rolling too with some new lover
Will you think of times you've told me that you knew the reason
Why we had to each be lonely, it was just the season

Will you think of times you've told me that you knew the reason
Why we had to each be lonely, it was just the season

Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

My poor heart, it's been so dark
Since you been gone
After all you're the one who turns me off
You're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi is waiting for a new tune
Glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on, turn me on

Lonestar where are you out tonight
This feeling I'm trying to fight
It's dark and I think that I would give anything
For you to shine down on me

How far you are I just don't know
The distance I'm willing to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of sign

Lonestar where are you out tonight
This feeling I'm trying to fight
It's dark and I think that I would give anything
For you to shine down on me
For you to shine down on me

Lines on your face don't bother me
Down in my chair when you dance over me
I can't help myself, I've got to see you again

Late in the night when I'm all alone
And I look at the clock and I know you're not home
I can't help myself, I've got to see you again

I could almost go there just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there just to live in a dream

But no, I won't go for any of those things
To not touch your skin is not why I sing
I can't help myself, I've got to see you again

I could almost go there just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there just to live in a dream

No, I won't go to share you with them
But oh, even though I know where you've been
I can't help myself, I've got to see you again
Oh, I can't help myself, I've got to see you again

If I were a painter I would paint my reverie
If that's the only way for you to be with me
We'd be there together just like we used to be
Underneath the swirling skies for all to see

And I'm dreaming of a place
Where I could see your face
And I think my brush would take me there, but only
If I were a painter and could paint a memory
I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you

And I'm dreaming of a place
Where I could see your face
And I think my brush would take me there, but only
If I were a painter and could paint a memory
I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you
I'd climb inside the skies to be with you

One flight down there's a song on low
And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know that you're wrong
Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know, now you know

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

In this place where your arms unfold
Here at last you see your ancient face
Now you know, now you know

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes

One flight down there's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know, now you know

Nightingale sing us a song
Of a love that once belonged
Nightingale tell me your tale
Was your journey far too long

Does it seem like I'm looking for an answer
To a question I can't ask
I don't know which way the feather falls
Or if I should blow it to the left

Nightingale sing us a song
Of a love that once belonged
Nightingale tell me your tale
Was your journey far too long

All the voices that are spinnin' around me
Trying to tell me what to say
So can I fly right behind you
And you can take me away

All the voices that are spinnin' around me
Trying to tell me what to say
So can I fly right behind you
And you can take me away
You can take me away

Feeling tired
By the fire
The long day is over

The wind is gone
Asleep at dawn
The embers, they burn on

With no reprise
The sun will rise
The long day is over

It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me
Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation
Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams came true

I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you'll only grant me
The right to hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you