Eva Cassidy

Songwriter: Stevie Wonder

Butterflies begin from having been another
As a child is born from being in a mother's womb

But how many times have you wished you were some other
Someone than who you are
Yet who's to say that if all were uncovered
You will like what you see?
You can only be you
As I can only be me

Flowers cannot bloom until it is their season
As we would not be here unless it was our destiny

But how many times have you wished to be in spaces
Time, places than what you were
Yet who's to say with unfamiler faces
You could anymore be
Lovin' you, that you see
You can only be
As I can only be me

Oooh
I can only be me

Eva Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American vocalist and guitarist known for her renditions and interpretations of jazz and blues. She released her first album, The Other Side, in 1992, followed by a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, before releasing her final work, Live at Blues Alley, in 1996, which was a live solo album.

Cassidy died of melanoma in 1996, but it was after her death that she received the recognition that she deserved. In 1998, her music was brought to the attention of British audiences, when her versions of Fields of Gold and Over the Rainbow were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2. The compilation album Songbird climbed to the top of the UK Albums Charts, almost three years after its initial release. Her posthumously released recordings, including three UK number 1 records, have sold more than ten million copies. Her music has also charted top 10 positions in Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland.

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