The Prettiest Thing

Posted by macaddict01 - 2004-02-08

The Prettiest Thing
© Norah Jones - Lee Alexander - Richard Julian

The prettiest thing
I ever did see
Was lightning from the top of a cloud
Moving through the dark a million miles an hour
With somewhere to be

So why does it seem
Like a picture
Hanging up on someone else's wall
Lately I just haven't been myself at all
It's heavy on my mind

I'm dreamin' again
Like I've always been
And way down low
I know

The prettiest thing
I ever did see
Was dusty as the handle on the door
Rusty as a nail stuck in the old pine floor
Looks like home to me

I'm dreamin' again
Like I've always been
And way down low
I'm thinkin' of the prettiest thing

commentaires

2005-11-10 09:21:37 - pastakelaguen

I think the message is that even though you may become rich and famous, you should never forget your roots, your identity: your home. Even if its dusty and rusty, its YOU.

2004-09-14 21:18:17 - mahesthi

All this time I find a difficult way to express what's in my mind. Then Norah come and make it all easier. seem's like she knows me well. This song especially, is one of the best I've ever heard. so, Norah..... thank you for curing me.

2004-04-23 07:53:16 - yuhei

This is the nicest song of this album to me. I love this song. What the song is all about to me is that she feels more at home to be around the "pretiest thing" in this world than to be around that of dreamy, too beautiful world" It sounds to me that she is down to earth in a good way... but don't know what the song really really is about...

2004-03-29 06:21:08 - songo

yeah, it's a very nice song.... i love it too. i was wondering what it was really about.... any idea?

i like the way the piano is going with the voice on the beginning of some "parts" like "so why does it seem"....

and the "bridge" melody ("and i'm dreaming again...") is very "dreamy mood"... it's veryvery pretty!

2004-03-06 07:18:55 - Tabby

I love this song cause it is so pretty. I think it has the neatest tune on the album. I love it.

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