Norah Jones

Released: July 26, 2019

Featuring: Tarronia Ball

Songwriter: Doveman Norah Jones Tarronia Ball

Producer: Doveman Norah Jones

[Chorus]
Take it away
Take it away from
Take it away from the people in the streets
Give it away
Give it away to
Give it away to the others that you meet

[Refrain]
History becomes what we make it
Something doesn’t fit the bill, we’d fake it
If you really want something‚ you take it
Kindness becomes something we’ve shaken

[Verse 1]
For the people that have‚ don’t know what they’ve gained
Looking for sun‚ but it only rains
In the heat of the day, I washed it away
Gotta find a way to make it better
In the dead of the night, searching for fame
In the glitz and the light‚ the ugly remains
Looking for sun, but standing in rain
I find a way to make a real change

[Refrain]
History will be what we make it
Something doesn’t fit the bill, we’re not gonna fake it
If we really need something we’ll have to take it
Honesty won’t be something we shake

[Chorus]
Take it away
Take it away from
Take it away from the people in the streets
Give it away
Give it away to
Give it away to the others that you meet

[Reprise]
For the people that have‚ don’t know what they’ve gained
Looking for sun, but it only rains
In the heat of the day, I washed it away
Gotta find a way to make it better
In the dead of the night, searching for fame
In the glitz and the light, the ugly remains
Looking for sun, but standing in rain
I find a way to make a real change
I can see the sun

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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