JAMES BLUNT - CARRY YOU HOME

CARRY YOU HOME

JAMES BLUNT

SONGWRITERS: JAMES BLUNT & MAX MARTIN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: ALL THE LOST SOULS

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 2007

 

        James Hillier Blount(born 22 February 1974), better known as James Blunt, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After leaving the military, he rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut álbum Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".

        Blunt's first album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. "You're Beautiful" was number one in the UK, the US and a dozen other countries. Back to Bedlam was the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Blunt has since sold over 20 million records worldwide. He has received several awards, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 2006—two MTV Video Music Awards, and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations and an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by the University of Bristol.

          "Carry You Home" is the third single from James Blunt's second studio album, All the Lost Souls. The single was released on 24 March 2008. The song peaked at Nº 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song had already debuted at Nº 173 in September 2007, solely on download sales of the album All the Lost Souls. The single was Blunt's last release to be available on three different physical formats.

Trouble is her only friend

And he's back again

Makes her body older

Than it really is

She says it's high time she went away

No one's got much to say in this town

Trouble is the only way is down

Down, down

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

If she had wings she would fly away

And another day God will give her some

Trouble is the only way is down

Down, down

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

And they were all born pretty in New York City tonight

And someone's little girl was taken from the world tonight

Under the Stars and Stripes

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home.