DIDO - MY LOVER'S GONE

MY LOVER'S GONE

DIDO

SONGWRITER: DIDO ARMSTRONG & JAMIE CATTO

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: NO ANGEL

LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS

GENRE: DREAM POP

YEAR: 1999

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known as Dido (/ˈdaɪdoʊ/, born 25 December 1971), is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut álbum No Angel(1999). It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British Female and Best Album. Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". In 2004 Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the third incarnation of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

Dido's first two albums are among the best-selling albums in UK Chart history, and both are in the top 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s in the UK. Her third studio album, Safe Trip Home(2008), received critical acclaim but failed to duplicate the commercial success of her previous efforts. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the song "If I Rise". Dido was ranked No. 98 on the Billboard chart of the top Billboard 200 artists of the 2000s (2000–2009) based on the success of her albums in the first decade of the 21st century. Dido made a comeback in 2013, releasing her fourth studio album Girl Who Got Away, which reached the Top 5 in the United Kingdom.

No Angel is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Dido. Originally released on 1 June 1999 in the United States, the album found a mass audience when it was released worldwide in February 2001. As of 2014, the album has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide, and was the second best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, behind James Blunt's Back to Bedlam.

My lover's gone
His boots no longer by my door
He left at dawn
And as I slept I felt him GO

Returns no more
I will not watch the ocean
My lover's gone
No earthly ships will ever bring him home again
Bring him home again

My lover's gone
I know that kiss will be my last
No more his song
The tune upon his lips has passed

I sing alone
While I watch the ocean
My lover's gone
No earthly ships will ever bring him home again
Bring him home again

My lover's gone
His boots no longer by my door
He left at dawn
And as I slept I felt him GO

Returns no more
I will not watch the ocean
My lover's gone
No earthly ships will ever bring him home again
Bring him home again.