 Genius Lyrics
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Jeff Buckley – Grace
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The song was based on an instrumental song called “Rise Up to Be” written by Buckley’s collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying goodbye to his girlfriend
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Jeff Buckley – Forget Her
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[Verse 1] / While this town is busy sleeping / All the noise has died away / I walk the streets to stop my weeping / Cause she'll never change her ways / [Chorus 1] / But don't
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
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“Last Goodbye” was the second single from Grace. It details a man ending a relationship with a woman who both love each other, but both come to terms with the fact that they are
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Jeff Buckley – So Real
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[Verse 1] / Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch / And remember the smell of the fabric of your simple city dress / [Chorus] / Oh... that was so real / Oh... that was so real
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Jeff Buckley – Corpus Christi Carol
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Jeff included this cover of the Benjamin Britten piece as a gift to his high school friend Roy Rollo from Long Beach, California. Roy had introduced Jeff to the work of the
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life
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“‘Eternal Life’ was inspired by anger over "the man that shot Martin Luther King, World War II, slaughter in Guyana and the Manson murders.” – Jeff Buckley
“This is a song about…
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother
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“Dream Brother”, written by Jeff Buckley, Mick Grøndahl and Matt Johnson, is the last track on Buckley’s album Grace but is the penultimate track on later releases of the album. It
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Jeff Buckley – Mojo Pin
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“Mojo Pin” is the first song on Jeff Buckley’s 1994 album Grace. It was written by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas, and was first introduced on his EP, Live at Sin-é. Buckley stated
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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine
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“Lilac Wine” is a song written by James Shelton. It was covered by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind (1966), was a solo hit by Elkie Brooks (1977) and appeared in her album
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Jeff Buckley – Vancouver
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Lady, all the troubles are my fright, I disgust you / Feel the power you cut the truth into you / Why do you think I did not on this rely? / I could kiss you with lines of escape
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Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You
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Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile / Coffee smell, and lilac skin, your flame in me / Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile / Coffee smell, and lilac skin
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Jeff Buckley – Thousand Fold
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I have no desire to make contact with all the thought of "no, no." / I shiver now, to think of how this answer asked her, no / Long time gone / I run to my hideout / There ain't a
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Jeff Buckley – Calling You
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“Calling You” is a song from the 1987 movie, Bagdad Café. It was originally recorded by Jevetta Steele. Bob Telson, the songwriter, also recorded his version. Both versions
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Jeff Buckley – If You See Her, Say Hello
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[Spoken] / This would be much better if we weren't recording / Since I'm in this tuning I'll just go right now / Is everybody alright? / [Vocalizing] / [Verse 1] / If you see her
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Jeff Buckley – Morning Theft
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“Morning Theft” is generally understood to be a song for Elizabeth Fraser, lead singer of The Cocteau Twins, with whom Buckley shared an intense but doomed romantic relationship
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Jeff Buckley – Sweet Thing
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And I will stroll the merry way / And jump the hedges first / And I will drink the clear / Clean water for to quench my thirst / And I shall watch the ferry-boats / And they'll get
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Jeff Buckley – Opened Once
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I once was open at one with a travelling heart / I loved this sweet guide / Just like affection rushing in your riverbed / Arise like applause in my head / And in the half-light
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Jeff Buckley – You & I
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[Verse 1] / You and I / Ah, the calm below that poisoned river wild / You and I / Tears that dry on a rude awakened child / Where you look down / I've walked before, burning holes
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Jeff Buckley – I Know It's Over
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“I Know It’s Over” is Jeff Buckley’s second cover from The Smiths album The Queen Is Dead
In an interview with NPR Jeff’s mother, Mary Guibert said Jeff idolised The Smiths:
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Jeff Buckley – The Other Woman (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / The other woman finds time to manicure her nails / The other woman is perfect where her rival fails / And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair anywhere / [Verse
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Jeff Buckley – Haven't You Heard?
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Your wish is my command! / Have you heard this talk about eye contact / Gonna be the downfall of this town / First the photographs take you to the right hands / Leads you to the
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Jeff Buckley – Nightmares by the Sea
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A deeply emotive track from Jeff’s unfinished album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, this song explores the naivety of young lovers – specifically a young woman falling into a
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Jeff Buckley – Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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This song is a cover of the original written by Bob Dylan for his 1964 album ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan’, though it was not included on the official release and not officially
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Jeff Buckley – Just Like a Woman
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“Just Like A Woman” is Buckley’s version of a Bob Dylan classic. The cover was the only song on the album recorded at Bearsville, the studio where Grace was recorded. Of the
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Jeff Buckley – Satisfied Mind
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How many times have you heard someone say / If I had money, I would do things my way / But little they know that it's so hard to find / One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind
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Jeff Buckley – The Sky Is a Landfill
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[Verse 1] / Circle around the park, joining hands in silence / Watch the evil black the sky / The storm has ripped the shelter of illusion from our brow / This power is no mystery
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Jeff Buckley – If You Knew
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[Verse 1] / If you knew how I miss you / You would not stay away today / Don't you know how I need you / Stay here, my dear, with me / [Verse 2] / I need you here beside me
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Jeff Buckley – Lost Highway (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost / For a life of sin, I have paid the cost / When I walk by, all the people say / "Just another boy down the lost highway" / [
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Jeff Buckley – Dido's Lament
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Thy hand, belinda, darkness shades me / On thy bosom let me rest / More I would, but death invades me / Death is now a welcome guest / When I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
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The song, written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women
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Jeff Buckley – Gunshot Glitter
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(J.Buckley) / Don't you wanna let go of your heart / Or you’ll resist the beds of bliss / Fortune makes fools of us all / My dear materialista, silence was insane / The parting was
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Jeff Buckley – Unforgiven (Last Goodbye)
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[Verse 1] / This is our last goodbye / I hate to feel the love between us die / But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go / You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever
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Jeff Buckley – Yard of Blonde Girls
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Through the yard, through the yard of blonde girls / Through the river and the sea / Gold sharks glittering / A tree of white breaks the earth / The streets where Lola played
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Jeff Buckley – Alligator Wine (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Take the blood out of an alligator / Take the left eye out of a fish / Take the skin off of a frog / And put 'em all in a dish, huha / [Verse 2] / Throw some salt over
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Jeff Buckley (Ft. Shudder to Think) – I Want Someone Badly
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[Chorus] / Now I-I-I want someone badly / Got a girl here tonight wants someone new / Someone new / A little cry-y-y-y wants someone badly (wah-oop) / I wanna know if this is a bad
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Jeff Buckley – Dream of You and I
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[Intro, spoken] / This is, uh, based on some music that I heard in a dream / That I saw in a dream / Called, it's going to be called "you and I", ouch / 'Cause it's what the people
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Jeff Buckley – Everyday People
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I'm right others I'm wrong / My own beliefs are in my song / The butcher the baker, the drummer and then / Makes no difference 'bout the group I'm in / But
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Jeff Buckley – Alive
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I / I feel the time is coming / I / I walk into your eyes / Oh / I don't care if the clock is turning / Cuz i'm going to the other side / You either die / Or you keep on burning
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Jeff Buckley – Your Flesh Is So Nice
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[Verse 1] / I want to tell you a story / About a little cutey / She's ass-slappin' pretty / And voluptuous fingers / Wanna let her lick me / Stick the thick of my pussy / From
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Jeff Buckley – Be Your Husband
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[Intro] / [Chorus 1] / Be your husband if you'll be my wife / Be your husband if you'll be my wife / Be your husband if you'll be my wife / Lovin' only you the rest of my life / Be
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Jeff Buckley – Kanga-Roo (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / When I first saw you / You had on blue jeans / Your eyes couldn't hide anything / I saw you breathing, oh / Saw you staring out in space / [Verse 2] / When I next saw
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