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The Grass Is BlueNorah Jones

Released: October 14, 2003

Songwriter: Dolly Parton

Producer: Norah Jones

[Verse 1]
I've had to think of a way to survive
Since you said it's over told me good-bye
I just can't make it one day without you
Unless I pretend that the opposite's true

[Chorus]
Rivers flow backwards
Valleys are high
Mountains are level
Truth is a lie
I'm perfectly fine
And I don't miss you
The sky is green and the grass is blue

[Verse 2]
How much can a heart and a troubled mind take
Where is that fine line before it all breaks
Can one end their sorrow just cross over it
And into that realm of instanity's bliss

[Chorus]
There's snow in the tropics
There's ice on the sun
It's hot in the Artic
And crying is fun
And I'm alright now and I'm over you
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue

[Chorus]
And the rivers flow backwards and my tears are dry
Swans hate the water and eagles can't fly
But I'm alright now that I'm over you
And the sky is green and the grass is blue
And I don't love you and the grass is blue

Norah Jones

The daughter of Beatles collaborator Ravi Shankar (her estranged father whom she had little contact with until her adult years), Norah Jones came into her own after studying at Dallas Booker T. Washington School of the Arts. She later spent two years at the University of North Texas' lauded music program in Denton, Texas – alma mater of such diverse music greats as rocker Don Henley and stalwarts Roy Orbison and Pat Boone.

Jones' goal was always to get to New York City, and she succeeded there after years of tough starter music gigs and the almost-cliched waitress jobs. Her debut album Come Away With Me won 5 Grammy Awards for Jones herself, including “Album of the Year”, and “Record of the Year.” Additionally, it won 3 Grammy awards for “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical,” “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical,” and “Song of the Year,” for collaborators on the album. It has been Certified 10x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, having sold 10 million albums.

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