Sinéad O’Connor

Released: June 18, 2007

Songwriter: Sinéad O’Connor

I wanna make
I wanna make
Something beautiful
Something beautiful
For you and from you
For you and from you
To show you
To show you
To show you
To show you
I adore you
I adore you
Oh you
Oh you

And your journey
And your journey
Toward me
Toward me
Which I see
Which I see
And I see
And I see
All you push through
All you push through
Mad for you
Mad for you
And because of you
And because of you

I couldn't thank you in ten thousand years
I couldn't thank you in ten thousand years
If I cried ten thousand rivers of tears
If I cried ten thousand rivers of tears
Ah but you know the soul and you know what makes it gold
Ah but you know the soul and you know what makes it gold
You who give life through blood
You who give life through blood

Oh I wanna make something
Oh I wanna make something
So lovely for you
So lovely for you
'Cus I promised that's what I'd do for you
'Cus I promised that's what I'd do for you
With the Bible I stole
With the Bible I stole
I know you forgave my soul
I know you forgave my soul
Because such was my need on a chronic Christmas Eve
Because such was my need on a chronic Christmas Eve
And I think we're agreed that it should have been free
And I think we're agreed that it should have been free
And you sang to me
And you sang to me

They dress the wounds of my poor people
They dress the wounds of my poor people
As though they're nothing
As though they're nothing
Saying "peace, peace"
Saying "peace, peace"
When there's no peace (2x)
When there's no peace (2x)

Now can a bride forget her jewels?
Now can a bride forget her jewels?
Or a maid her ornaments?
Or a maid her ornaments?
Yet my people forgotten me
Yet my people forgotten me
Days without number
Days without number
Days without number
Days without number
And in their want
And in their want
Oh in there want
Oh in there want
And in their want
And in their want
Who'll dress their wounds?
Who'll dress their wounds?
Who'll dress their wounds?
Who'll dress their wounds?

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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