Sam Smith

Released: November 13, 2020

Songwriter: Ilsey Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen Sam Smith

Producer: StarGate

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
Okay

[Verse 1]
We made love in every room, we would stay in bed for hours
I would wear your favourite shirt 'cause it smelt like you
You would write me little notes, leave them on the kitchen counter
Now I read them in a dark, dark room when I'm feeling super blue

[Pre-Chorus]
I think about you every day, it cuts me like a knife
I see your ghost on roads we used to drive

[Chorus]
So I left my love in Laurel Canyon
'Cause therе's nothing left of me and you
I used to lovе those hills
Now the house we built is just an empty mansion in Laurel Canyon
It's just an empty mansion in Laurel Canyon

[Verse 2]
Used to talk of having kids over breakfast on a Sunday
You would tell me all your dreams for a wedding in the spring, oh
I know I'm gonna find all of that with someone else one day
And when I do, I won't have to prove I love 'em with a ring

[Pre-Chorus]
I think about you every day, it cuts me like a knife
I see your ghost on roads we used to drive

[Chorus]
So I left my love in Laurel Canyon
'Cause there's nothing left of me and you
I used to love those hills
Now the house we built is just an empty mansion in Laurel Canyon
It's just an empty mansion, oh

[Bridge]
(Ah-ah-ah-ah) I've gotta get away
(Ah-ah-ah-ah) The ocean and the waves
(Ah-ah-ah-ah) I've gotta get away
(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

[Chorus]
So I left my love in Laurel Canyon
'Cause there's nothing left of me and you
I used to love those hills
Now the house we built is just an empty mansion in Laurel Canyon
It breaks my heart to mention Laurel Canyon
It's just an empty mansion in Laurel Canyon

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.

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