Song of the Week - Bitter Heart by Zee Avi

I have 8,076 songs on iTunes. This is one of them.

I just got this song from the Minnesota Public Radio Song of the Day Podcast and fell in love with it. Zee is a Malaysian singer-songwriter who (according to Wikipedia) got her start on You Tube. You can read her story here. As I've mentioned before, I like women singers with quirky voices and she fits the bill. There is an official music video of this song on You Tube but is's not available for embedding. This appearance on Carson Daly's show is pretty good however.



Sun rays come down as seen when they hit the ground,
Children spinning around till they fall down down down.
I wait for you: it's been two hours now,
You're still somewhere in town,
Your dinners getting cold.
I rest my case you are always this late,
And you know how much I hate waiting around 'round 'round,

Bitter heart, bitter heart tries to keep it all inside,
Bitter heart, bitter heart shadows will help you try to hide,
Bitter heart, my bitter heart is gettin' just a little fragile,
Bitter heart, bitter heart of mine.

And then you come and tell me the same reason as you did yesterday,
So tell me what's her name.
Doo doo da dum, doo doo da dum, doo doo doo doo doo doo da da dum dum, da da da da dum, da da da da dum, da da da da dum.

Bitter heart, bitter heart tries to keep it all inside
Bitter heart, bitter heart shadows will help you try to hide,
Bitter heart, my bitter heart is just getting a little fragile,
Bitter heart, bitter heart of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine.