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HopelessDionne Farris

Released: March 11, 1997

Songwriter: Dionne Farris Van Hunt

Producer: Van Hunt Randy Jackson

[Verse 1]
Hello morning, now when does the fun begin?
Goodbye morning, sorry it had to end
But see I cried just a little too long
Now it's time for me to be strong

[Verse 2]
Hello morning, I sure missed you last night
Goodbye morning, you just won't do me right
I stayed just a little too long
Now it's time for me to move on

[Chorus]
They say I'm hopeless
As a penny with a hole in it (Penny with a, penny with a hole in it, yeah, yeah, yeah)
They say I'm no less (No less, no less, no less, no less)
Than up to my head in it
Bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah
Bah bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
Hello yesterday, I sure need you now
Goodbye yesterday, I just can't stay around
You see I cried just a little too long
Now it's time for me to be strong

[Verse 4]
Hello yesterday, remember how it used to be
Goodbye yesterday, I can't take you with me
No, no, no, I can't
You see I stayed just a little too long
And now it's time for me to move on

[Chorus]
They say I'm hopeless (Hopeless, hopeless, yeah)
As a penny with a hole in it (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
They say I'm no less (No less, no less, no less, no less, no less)
Than up to my head in it (Oh yeah, yeah, they say I'm hopeless) They say I'm hopeless (Hopeless, yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
As a penny with a hole in it (Penny, penny, penny with a hole in it, hole in it, yeah)
They say I'm no less (No less, no less, no less, no less)
Than up to my head in it
Bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah
Bah bah, bah bah, bah bah, bah bah
Hey, hey, hey

Dionne Farris

Alternative R&B singer Dionne Farris was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on December 4, 1969. She got her start performing lead vocals for Atlanta-based hip-hop group Arrested Development, most notably appearing on the group’s top Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart hit, “Tennessee,” featured on the group’s critically acclaimed debut album, March 1992’s 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…, Farris eventually parted ways with the group’s leader Speech toward the end of 1992, due to reported tensions and creative differences. She was sought out by American Idol’s Randy Jackson and accepted his offer to sign with Columbia Records.

She released her debut album, October 1994’s Wild Seed – Wild Flower, which featured the 1995 huge hit, “I Know,” the single charted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996. Her follow-up, For Truth if Not Love, was delayed by ongoing record company problems and Farris wanting out of her Columbia contract. The album was eventually released on December 18, 2007 by Music World.

Subsequent follow-up albums, April 2011’s Signs of Life, February 2013’s Dionne Get Your Gunn, November 2012’s Lady Dy, The Mixtape pt. 1, and her latest effort, February 2014’s Dionne Dionne, an album of Dionne Warwick covers with Charlie Hunter released independently on Free & Clear Records.

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