Nelly Furtado

Released: January 1, 2010

Songwriter: Nelly Furtado

Producer: John Shanks

There's a string wrapped aroung my finger
It's getting tighter everyday
And it just goes on forever
It's wrapped around every word you said
It's like a memory
A shoebox in my mind
It's calling out to me to open up and look inside
It makes me believe in all we could have been
But all the things we were it's just me imagining
Take these red balloons and watch them fly away
I'm untying my heart and letting go today
Time has come for me to see the truth
And walk up to the edge and let go all these red balloons
There's a shadow when I walk forward
And it keeps trying to hold me back
I can cry at the strangest moments
Reminding me of what I can't have
Don't wanna believe in all we could have been
Cause I'm so tired of everything I'm imaging
Take these red balloons and watch them fly away
I'm untying my heart and letting go today
Time has come for me to see the truth
And walk up to the edge and let go all these red balloons
The child in me wants to run
And collect every single balloon and never forget
The child in me wants to live in a dream of carousels
And wish me well
Take these red balloons and watch them fly away
I'm untying my heart and letting go today
Cause every single dream of the past
Does nothing for me or hold me back
Time has come for me to see the truth
I walked up to the edge and let go all these red balloons
Red balloons, red balloons, red balloons
Yes they've flown away
The tears are in my eyes
I said goodbye

Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. The songstress is well-known for hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “Promiscuous”.

She began her career in 1996 contributing vocals to Plains of Fascination’s “Walkin' 4 The Streets” and forming Nelstar. After leaving the group, Furtado released her debut single “Party’s Just Begun (Again)”.

Her debut album Whoa! Nelly was released in 2000 to worldwide success with hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “…On the Radio (Remember the Days)”. It received four Grammy nominations and one of the singles won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It’s sold nine-million copies worldwide to date. Folklore is Furtado’s second album released in 2003. The album was not as successful as the previous one due to change in sound. “Try” and “Powerless (Say What You Want)” were the only top-ten hits from the album.

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