Esperanza Spalding

Mother of spring Her branches cradle sleeping buds Yawning open Welcomed by an aging man He greets them fondly With memories of when Her boughs were arms that held him As a younger man together They would marvel At the birth of springtime [Chorus]...

Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold Now maybe no one else has told you so But you'r...

[Verse 1] Soon as it's quiet, then a storm Is already a' formin' Rumbling with your lover's doubt And then you cloud me out And the lightning flies But then I see you on the corner Shining for Simone Or Sherilee and Baby Doll They're leashin' flat up...

Cinnamon tree, graceful and free, We meet just once in a while but the spice in your smile is magic to me Cinnamon tree, wise and sturdy Your roots are firm in the ground to soak up what's around And make sweet seasoning, whoa Please rub off on me So I carry...

In the city of, roses Streets lined with red brick, and green branches Weren't rainy days that might seem bleak Our rain is the paint that makes the land lush and the folks unique City parks, wild berries, and old bridges A rolling river bringing goods from th...

My king, my king, my, my, my, my My king, my king, my, my, my, my Where is the throne, For you, whose tender strength can heal a thousand souls Everyone you touch turns to gold Many have tried, but you're the one whose noble touch has gently pried The sword f...

Mi corazón esta triste y solo Por ti suspiro cariño por ti solo Porque no has visto Soy para ti cuerpo y alma Mis días pasan con tristeza Y me pregunto porque me haces esto En serio te digo Soy para ti cuerpo y alma *Es tan difícil de creer...

[Verse 1] Thought and strength and breath Ain't much else left Better have your fill before you know, it's over Say the natural laws And if the heavenly goddess, should call Is it heaven at all? (sober) [Verse 2] These poor drunks don't know Money wo...

[Intro] Ochre, ivy, brick, and leather bound books built up by heavy lock crooks with unburdened minds of bastardized Darwinian logic projected as hard evidence on backs and faces of our ancestral culprits wasted, toiling as a majority of plantated crimes W...

[Intro] Four walls surround, us with a glassy top We're going down Or has the sky gone up? [Chorus] Honey don't interrupt me! (Look at the cloud!) (Looks like, we're going down...) Honey don't make me turn this thing around! (Or is the sky, rising up...

She is in danger too You mean danger Don't you last near this … Strangers .. jet planes Flying casual dancing .. To high to see .. across the sky Watch your cave man fly Tell me .. in the sides breathing out things die Mother need you Going to reach you as I...

People I almost gave up holding on Watching us give into our fears I almost believe Almost believe All the world is helpless sorrow No hope for a bright tomorrow But I'm not sure enough To give it up...no Now as I learn how I must work for cha...

Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream They say If you die in a dream You die in real life Well I just died in your arms Lost in yo...

[Verse 1] Change the way I see my life Why would I, why would I I'm the dolly, I'm the wife Damned if I, do or die Maybe time is gonna make An exception for me I'm exceptionally, busy Judging by the times He's not worried 'bout my kind, or is he? [V...

[Intro x4] Funk the fear Live your life [Verse 1] Why don’t we seize the day And frost it in our own way Why don’t you dare take a slice of this sitting out paradise Eating it with your eyes Just shy of your smarts or rights To reach out and lift the...

[Intro] See this pretty girl? Watch this pretty girl flow [Verse 1] Lone Ranger I see you like the view Wondering from a distance what my pretty peak can do Come brave me [Verse 2] Don't march up In your discerning shoes I see right through the coo...

I can hold my tongue for years, I don't mind For in the night time silent I recite thousands of poems about you Until one of them comes true I can hold my breath for years, I won't get blue On sweet sigh from you In my memories the breath of life baptizes me t...

Ooh ooh yeah Ooh ooh yeah I can't help myself! Was looking in my mirror Took me by surprise I can't help but see you Running often through my mind Helpless as a baby Sensual disguise I can't help but love you It's getting better all the time! But I can't...

The way You look at me When you think I'm not looking Tells me your heart's A sleeping giant Worn out By someone You loved before me I see you're scared Unconvinced by What I've tried to say That I am yours And that nothing Will take me away You a...

[Verse 1] I want the world... I want the whole world [Refrain] Give it to me, now! I want it now! I want it now! [Verse 2] I want today... I want tomorrow [Refrain] Give it to me, now! I want it now! I want it now! [Bridge] I want to lock it...

I'll look around until I've found Someone who laughs like you I know somewhere spring must fill the air With sweetness just as rare As the flower that you gave me to wear I look around and when I've found Someone who sighs like you I'll know this love...

There's no use Of a moonlight glow Or the peaks where winter snows What's the use of the waves that will break In the cool of the evening What is the evening Without you It's nothing It may be You will never come If you never come to me What's the...

[Chorus] Judas, you know the lonesome road; don’t you? Collecting bottle caps of rum Honest sinning, to chase the blues Blurrier till kingdom comes [Verse 1] Take a little girl who gets to see her mama broke down Now she’s a lady made for the modern wo...

Finally, they've exonerated Dupree But it cost him his parents, and his wife, his home, his life In the land of the free Evidently five fifths an innocent man but the court only saw three He spent eleven thousand days locked away In the land of the free How ca...

You just walked in, to the quiet after the storm, yeah It's so chillingly silent, and you sense that something's wrong Hmmm, something's surely wrong Then you saw the letter, with the keys laying on the counter And you know just what it means, and grab the pho...

Little fly The summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away Am not I A fly like thee Or art not thou A man like me Little fly For I dance And drink and sing Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing I thought is life And str...

Wait a little while We can't rush what belongs To the heavens above Like the course of our love without time We'll never see what's behind This elusive romance Could be two who'll prove love is more than Mere chance Let's wait a little while...

[Verse 1] Dining debutantes in pearl and powdered sugar face Their refined tastes Come suckle from mama’s wet maid, you know Drinking dapper gents in wig and rosy cultured views Toasting the news All cargo on Jesus was sold today [Chorus] Manifest and...

[Intro] I'm not lacking in love Not haunted by its pain Of romance, life's given me enough I can't complain But now in this quiet midnight mind I faintly see [Chorus] The one so strong It stops the world and my heart's spinning One to prove what I'v...

Ponta de areia Ponto final Da Bahia-Minas Estrada natural Que ligava Minas Ao porto do mar Caminho de ferro Mandaram arrancar Velho maquinista Com seu boné Lembra do povo alegre Que vinha cortejar Maria Fumaça Não canta mais Para...

Love me or leave me But please Don't deceive me And say you Love me how I am You love the way I fit some ideal Not the real woman You've yet to understand See love ain't all heaven And I am no angel But I do the best I can You always wanted Somet...

La la la la la la La la la la la Oh lu la la la la la Da la la la Keep the music soft and low If you love her, let her know It's OK to be a little shy Watch the sunset hand in hand Moonlight walks along the sand Dancing underneath the starlit sky (...

La la la la la la la la... Right now you need it, driving yourself through the hard times Traffic won't speed up, so you turn the radio on (La la la la la la la la) But it's the same old stuff that makes you yawn, (La la la la la la la la) Well somehow he fe...

[Verse 1] Ooo Now what are we gonna do With our two fiery souls You act like you don't know Now let me show it to you [Chorus] And rest in pleasure Ah (x13) Rest in pleasure Ah (x13) Rest in pleasure Ah (x13) Rest in pleasure Ah (x15) [Verse 2]...

Eu sem você Não tenho porquê Porque sem você Não sei nem chorar Sou chama sem luz Jardim sem luar Luar sem amor Amor sem se dar Eu sem você Sou só desamor Um barco sem mar Um campo sem flor Tristeza que vai Tristeza que vem Sem voc...

If I had a penny For every time I caught you Undressing me with your eyes I'd be a rich one and then I could prove all my senses Were real all along You wanted me too Though now you laugh And call me a fool I know you wanted me too Before...

Smile It's been a while since I've seen that smile I cannot help but wonder And it's nothing but natural to wonder if you've ever loved her I'll be sure when I see that I can make you smile like that Smile like that Guess it's something I can't help when I not...

We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love (Could we be real love?) Faded cliches and makeup Dancing and singing scripted delight Every act ends in...

On the neon news they won't be talking bout his life Flowers still unfolding when he had to fly Toward, toward God May this war end and Insha'Allah, he knelt to pray When a dusty troop misjudged and blew him away Strangers, same God They are faceless numbers...

Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind Wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind You touch me I he...

Once autumn’s glow Has gone away And gray cotton clouds Blanket drowsy days You’re the winter sun Once fallen leaves Have lost their crunch And turn to confetti Brown and orange I know soon You’ll come tame the whip of the wind And bathe the na...