Rickie Lee Jones was born in Chicago on 8 November, 1954. She settled in LA at the age of nineteen, doing the classic waiting tables stuff until she landed a recording contract with Warners. Her first album in 1979 was a big success, as was the single "Chuck E's in Love" about her musician friend Chuck E. Weiss. She won a Grammy for Best New Artist.
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Away From The Sky Lyrics
Rickie Lee Jones
For all that it cost him
He never did complain
The chicken-headed man
Feathering the rain
But the last bus is tired
And everybodys gone
The horses are waiting
In the middle of the lawn
Gone for the rodeo
Gone from the tundra, gal
Its after the fair
Is it bleeding out of you?
come into my trailer
Well toast a little bread
Oh look, youve left a hole
Where you laid on my bed
He said
But you keep what you can keep
When you dive into the deep
Theres year after frozen year
Thats where I saved you there
Oh, away from the sky x4
But everybodys gone now
Its after the fair
And the horses are painted
With the waiting of the lawn
You turn the carousel on
When th elights have closed down
And watch your ponies run
Through the middle of town
So there ya go, little gal, there ya go
Gone from the tundra now
Its after the fair
Thats where I ...
Over the fences again
And the vacuums in the hall
And the planes up in the air
Thats where I hear you best
Oh, away from the sky x4