Sam Smith

Released: November 3, 2017

Songwriter: Eg White Sam Smith

[Verse 1]
I hear you call for me with a million eyes
You take us gospel but I don't deny
But you won't succeed, 'cause I've been tipped off
I just turned a blind eye for way too long
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]
People like me don't pick a fight with you
But underneath the bridge we gather two by two
If we don't succeed, well, at least we tried
Turned around to face you with a one blind eye

[Chorus]
I'm gonna carry you over (Carry you over)
Pull you in closer (Pull you in closer)
One by one, we marry the night
Sitting on the same boat on different sides
Staring at each other with our one blind eye
Ooh-ooh, ooh

One by one (Ooh), we marry the night
(Ooh) Sitting on the same boat (Ooh) on different sides
Staring at each other with our one blind eye

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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