NORAH JONES - THOSE SWEET WORDS

THOSE SWEET WORDS

NORAH JONES

SONGWRITERS: LEE ALEXANDER & RICHARD JULIAN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FEELS LIKE HOME

LABEL: BLUE NOTES

GENRE: COUNTRY MUSIC

YEAR: 2004

 

       Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and pianist. She has won multiple awards and has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.

          In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Her subsequent studio albums—Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), and The Fall (2009) all gained platinum status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on April 27, 2012; her sixth, Day Breaks, was released on October 7, 2016. Her seventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, was released on June 12, 2020. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.

          Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar and concert producer Sue Jones, and is the half-sister of fellow musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar.

          Feels like Home is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released on February 10, 2004, through Blue Note Records. It serves as the follow up to Jones' 2002 breakthrough album, Come Away with Me.

          At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards the album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Sunrise", the album's lead single, won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Creepin' In", featuring Dolly Parton, was also nominated for a Grammy, in the category of Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

What did you say?

I know I saw you singin'

But my ears won't stop ringin'

Long enough to hear those sweet words

What did you say?

 

End of the day, the hour hand has spun

But before the night is done

I just have to hear those sweet words

Spoken like a melody

 

All your love is a lost balloon

Rising up through the afternoon

Till it could fit on the head of a pin

 

Come on in

Did you have a hard time sleepin'

Cause the heavy moon was keepin' me awake

And all I know is I'm just glad to see you again

 

See my love is like a lost balloon

Rising up through the afternoon

And then you appeared

 

What did you say?

I know what you were singin'

But my ears won't stop ringin'

Long enough to hear those sweet words

And your simple melody

I just have to hear those sweet words

Spoken like a melody

I just wanna hear those sweet words.