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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Stranger to My Happiness

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Album: Give the People What They Want
Released: 2014

Stranger to My Happiness Lyrics

So many times there was a man, he met a girl, took her hand
Told her, "Never will I leave you my love"
But just as soon as he gone again she's flapping in the wind wondering what she must have been thinking of
She's a darling
I've been in and out so many doors
And I've always tried to keep my head
With all the men I've known before
I've seen plenty places
That I'll never see again
I've seen a 100,000 faces
And only called a few my friend

But it's a mystery
Just how you came right in
And stole my heart away
And left me there again

(Feeling like a Stranger to My Happiness)
To my happiness
(Feeling like a stranger to my happiness)

Now if you think that's a thing that only evil men can bring
Let me skin this cat another way
There was a man who had a plan to settle down with Mary Ann
He said "Darling (darling)
I've been in and out so many door
And I've always tried to keep my head
With all the girls I've known before
I've seen plenty places
That I'll never see again
I've seen a 100,000 faces
And only called a few my friend

But it's a mystery
Just how you came right in
And stole my heart away
And left me there again
I'm feeling

(Feeling like a stranger to my happiness)
To my happiness
(Feeling like a stranger to my happiness)
Feeling like a stranger

I'm feelin' (feelin')
I'm feelin' (feelin')
I'm feelin' (feelin')
I feel like
A stranger
I feel like
A stranger to my happiness
To my happiness
I've seen pretty faces
I've been to a lot of places
I'm feelin'
Yeah I'm feelin'

Writer/s: SHARON JONES, GABRIEL ROTH, COCHEMEA JUAN GASTELUM
Publisher: DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Stranger to My Happiness

This song was written and recorded before Sharon Jones was diagnosed with bile-duct cancer, but it subsequently took on a new meaning. She explained to Relix magazine: "No matter what kind of relationship you get into, you feel like a stranger to happiness if it never comes. But now that song has a new meaning. After we recorded 'Stranger to My Happiness,' my happiness was that we were going to go on the road and the album was coming out, but then, I had to go away because of my cancer."

"Now, I feel like a stranger to my happiness," she continued. "We did a video for it. I'm bald and I'm standing there with a shiny dress—it has a wedding band theme. I didn't want to do the video at first. I look all pale, but you know what? It's a great video. My happiness is coming back now, too, because I still have some chemo to go but I'm ready to get back out on the road."

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - You'll Be Lonely

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - You'll Be Lonely Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Give the People What They Want
Released: 2014

You'll Be Lonely Lyrics

You'll Be Lonely

This was written by Sharon Jones' baritone saxophone player, Cheme Gastelum. The vocalist explained to Relix magazine: "I'm with him on the road and I know what he's going through—'You don't understand, I can love you like no one else can. You're going to be lonely when I'm gone.' I've meant that to someone in my life. I said that to plenty of them: 'You're gonna miss me when I'm gone; you're gonna be lonely. You're gonna realize this is the best thing you had.'"

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Making Up and Breaking Up

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Making Up and Breaking Up Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Give the People What They Want
Released: 2014

Making Up and Breaking Up Lyrics

Making Up and Breaking Up

This song was written by Bosco Mann, who is the bass player, primary songwriter and producer of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Jones recalled to Relix magazine: "When I got to the studio, all the guys in the band were like, 'Sharon, you're gonna like this song.' But when you hear somebody singing something and there's no music you have no idea what they're singing. All the guys in the band were singing, 'Making up and breaking and making and breaking up all over again...' I was like, 'What the hell are you all singing?' And then they told me, 'When you hear it, you'll know what we're talking about; it's going to be beautiful.' And it is such a pretty song. When I was thinking about how to get into this song, I thought about the late-'60s/'70s feel, when I was coming up at that age. I wanted to make the song sound like that."

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Long Time, Wrong Time

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Long Time, Wrong Time Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Give the People What They Want
Released: 2014

Long Time, Wrong Time Lyrics

Long Time, Wrong Time

This was penned by The Dap Kings baritone saxophone player, Cheme Gastelum. Sharon Jones commented to Relix magazine: "The groove reminds me almost of a cha-cha-cha. It's such a bad groove. Just hearing the music at the beginning of the song, the groove, the rhythm—I like it."