My heart was misty-hued and lonely / from missing you Without you near-around me / man, was I blue! My eyes would show what I could not say / while you were away Even so, my tears would flow in endless, hopeless replay Love was always only hearsay. Yet, I'd drift around town with downcast dreams in my pockets Stumbling every step Trying to motion my frozen feelings in thick-set flop sweats My mind would echo with treacherous, senseless empty My head was inept Time was a pathway filled with regret. Life was just a trial of wanting / things that are true now Now it's something I can say aloud - Now that I know we two can make life anew & come shining through I'll make us a space / inasmuch as love can do A place safe from thunders / made by fearlessness and wonders Now that love has come / now that I have found you I watch the sun rise on you / and on the hour you wake Not knowing waking from dreaming or remembering Songs I sing you then / I hope you will hear If ever you feel fear or coming to an end. Love is the only thing to balance fearing Loving the deepest depths appearing. Waiting too long for a sign you would come was what nearly killed the spirit in the house within me and when you appeared you brought an answer after praying like a sailor sighting landfall on horizons of green or sunrise / after endless nights of burning scenes or having sense be restored to me. Finally the music has a reason to be singing. Hearing voices / calling out of every corner of the city Glittering pretty / but it seemed like empty pity here Chasing them / feeling a stinging searching to find a lasting thing but always / following whatever was flashing people thought I had the mentality of a shambles or a house deserted I remember stories of Orpheus and his love ruinous / Euridice Spirited away / on their wedding day bitten by a snake upon the way / and Euridice had to stay in under-day - SAD! Just as bad / Orphie had / to stay up and lay up with us here / but without her. Some Stun! Can you just imagine / living without it / love that was destined to perfect / everything that was imperfect but Orpheus went & played songs for the man jamming a plan sounding a span taking a stand burning in sand fanning the legend of the man who playing music made the sun to stand and sad though the ending was / I can feel it 'cause I would do the same for you, 'Cause Knowing what we live is part of history A myst'ry philosophic asked a thousand years ago Living after living spent in killing or in giving or unwilling Under-fulfilling - a cosmic freak show And in all that Shiva takes in closing one massive eye Darkening sight and sky Hundreds of lifetimes we must try / hoping to break the cycle And enter heaven's eye But heaven's here / it comes clear When loving is living & understanding giving / power Wonder when we'll get together or if life's a broken song Just because we're so headstrong And we'll never get along / It seems like the throng meanders along But just as sad as just as sappy just as angry just as scared as sad You'd think we'd be happy just to be straight-standing On the earth every new date Just to breathe in the air and to love every day away We're given a life to try all our breath to mend the tears over the world where it is clear the world is broken. But still the suffering and terrors go on & every time I think we may be coming to the brink / the glue on something pushes us / and down we fall to shatter in pieces And that's why our teachers teach "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" to the smallest ones: We need a fight song to keep us moving along I should've sung it when thinking you gone. You weren't lost / you were coming I'll teach you / I hope to Give you love that shows you wonders that only love can show And more than you'll ever know / I do love you so. You have got a light living in you / in with and through you & That's what a father's love should teach you. My life a heaven you are making / you have got me in the bag You know I'm yours for taking home or for forsaking I'll . . . give my life up to make sure / you're lacking nothing That's the gist of it. You're the north, south, west and Eden east of it all (I'm least of it all) How come was I / Pie in the sky / more do or die / sighing a cry / never-a-life: / high? I hope someday you will see just what I mean To take on / such a class / ic and write / something mass / - ive ithout / seeming spastic when I sing the song Or seem freaky When I mean only to take what could sound so old-creaky And make a marvel / as a gift to you And, in such a small way / Pay tribute to a man whose lavish gift gave birth to such melodies as this one (& that was Mister Dexter Gordon) and so my baby then perhaps (then) you will realize I have found loving With YOU!
as I listen to this in the middle of the night, and was about to seek the words, it's something to see that someone felt the same and already posted them. I salute you.
The pitch has been altered to avoid being pulled from YT. Why not support the artist? He and his fellow musicians have dedicated their lives to their art and large sums of money have been spent on recording this beautiful music. The least you can do is spend a few cents or dollars on this track or album from itunes or CD store. To change the pitch in order to cheat the musicians out of their hard-earned money is reprehensible.
Thank GOD- Kurt's theology touched us all!
This is amazing work!
I bow for you Mr. Kurt Elling
My heart was misty-hued and lonely / from missing you
Without you near-around me / man, was I blue!
My eyes would show what I could not say / while you were away
Even so, my tears would flow in endless, hopeless replay
Love was always only hearsay. Yet,
I'd drift around town with downcast dreams in my pockets
Stumbling every step
Trying to motion my frozen feelings in thick-set flop sweats
My mind would echo with treacherous, senseless empty
My head was inept
Time was a pathway filled with regret.
Life was just a trial of wanting / things that are true now
Now it's something I can say aloud -
Now that I know we two can make life anew
& come shining through
I'll make us a space / inasmuch as love can do
A place safe from thunders / made by fearlessness and wonders
Now that love has come / now that I have found you
I watch the sun rise on you / and on the hour you wake
Not knowing waking from dreaming or remembering
Songs I sing you then / I hope you will hear
If ever you feel fear or coming to an end.
Love is the only thing to balance fearing
Loving the deepest depths appearing.
Waiting too long for a sign you would come was what
nearly killed the spirit in the house within me
and when you appeared you brought an answer after praying
like a sailor sighting landfall on horizons of green
or sunrise / after endless nights of burning scenes
or having sense be restored to me.
Finally the music has a reason to be singing.
Hearing voices / calling out of every corner of the city
Glittering pretty / but it seemed like empty pity here
Chasing them / feeling a stinging
searching to find a lasting thing
but always / following whatever was flashing
people thought I had the mentality of a shambles
or a house deserted
I remember stories of Orpheus and his love ruinous / Euridice
Spirited away / on their wedding day
bitten by a snake upon the way / and Euridice had to stay
in under-day - SAD!
Just as bad / Orphie had / to stay up and lay up with us here / but without her.
Some Stun!
Can you just imagine / living without it /
love that was destined to perfect / everything that was imperfect
but Orpheus went & played songs for the man
jamming a plan
sounding a span
taking a stand
burning in sand
fanning the legend of the man who playing music
made the sun to stand
and sad though the ending was / I can feel it 'cause
I would do the same for you, 'Cause
Knowing what we live is part of history
A myst'ry philosophic asked a thousand years ago
Living after living spent in killing or in giving or unwilling
Under-fulfilling - a cosmic freak show
And in all that Shiva takes in closing one massive eye
Darkening sight and sky
Hundreds of lifetimes we must try / hoping to break the cycle
And enter heaven's eye
But heaven's here / it comes clear
When loving is living & understanding giving / power
Wonder when we'll get together or if life's a broken song
Just because we're so headstrong
And we'll never get along /
It seems like the throng meanders along
But just as sad as just as sappy just as angry just as scared as sad
You'd think we'd be happy just to be straight-standing
On the earth every new date
Just to breathe in the air and to love every day away
We're given a life to try all our breath to mend the tears over the world where it is clear the world is broken.
But still the suffering and terrors go on
& every time I think we may be coming to the brink / the glue on
something pushes us / and down we fall to shatter in pieces
And that's why our teachers teach "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
to the smallest ones:
We need a fight song to keep us moving along
I should've sung it when thinking you gone.
You weren't lost / you were coming
I'll teach you / I hope to
Give you love that shows you wonders that only love can show
And more than you'll ever know / I do love you so.
You have got a light living in you / in with and through you
& That's what a father's love should teach you.
My life a heaven you are making / you have got me in the bag
You know I'm yours for taking home or for forsaking
I'll . . . give my life up to make sure / you're lacking nothing
That's the gist of it.
You're the north, south, west and Eden east of it all
(I'm least of it all)
How come was I / Pie in the sky / more do or die /
sighing a cry / never-a-life: / high?
I hope someday you will see just what I mean
To take on / such a class / ic and write / something mass /
- ive ithout / seeming spastic when I sing the song
Or seem freaky
When I mean only to take what could sound so old-creaky
And make a marvel / as a gift to you
And, in such a small way /
Pay tribute to a man whose lavish gift gave birth to such melodies as this one
(& that was Mister Dexter Gordon)
and so my baby then perhaps (then) you will realize
I have found loving
With
YOU!
as I listen to this in the middle of the night, and was about to seek the words, it's something to see that someone felt the same and already posted them. I salute you.
The pitch has been altered to avoid being pulled from YT. Why not support the artist? He and his fellow musicians have dedicated their lives to their art and large sums of money have been spent on recording this beautiful music. The least you can do is spend a few cents or dollars on this track or album from itunes or CD store. To change the pitch in order to cheat the musicians out of their hard-earned money is reprehensible.
You could simply leave my channel and support Kurt Elling. He actually posted a song from my other channel of his on his Facebook page
Take the voice of Sinatra add god’s vocal technique, what do you get? THIS!
Anybody noticed the audio in this video is pitched slightly higher? Just a tiny bit, but it's there. Compare it to the record.
+kornee Yes....would be blocked worldwide without it
Is this music mixed a half a step higher than the original song? sounds like it.
+Mark Roberts Yes....would be blocked worldwide without it
@@jazzyscookie Why is that? Everything else is posted in its original state.
Kurt wow.The band wow.Who is the basist?
I think that's Mr. Rob Amster
it is Christian McBride ... who else .... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmoves
KURT SOUNDS 15 YEARS YOUNGER??? I WONDER WHY???? LOL LOL LOL
it is not funny .... his voice , over the last years , has suffered a lot ... it will never be the same ... very sad ....
The recording you put here is out of tune. In original it's in tune.
Why don't you upload it and good luck keeping it up