Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia (USA), and raised in New York City and Paris. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has similiar qualities of Ella Fitzgerald. Like Holiday, Peyroux was marketed as a jazz singer, when what she seems to do best is sing blues music. Though Peyroux may remind some listeners of Holiday, there are differences, and she has her own sense of phrasing and interpretation.
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Once in a While Lyrics
Madeleine Peyroux
From bad luck I'm walking away
I'm not getting stuck
I'm not gonna stay
To good things I'm moving ahead
I'm tired of dying
I'm living instead
Once in a while I wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away
The sun's up and lighting the sky
I never could see it
It just passed me by
Good things keep moving along
I'm not looking backward
For something that's gone
Once in a while
I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once and a while
Comes and fades away
I don't what love is
I'm selfish and lazy
And when I get scared I can act like I'm crazy
But when I think of your kisses
I'm still gonna smile
I'm still gonna miss you
Once in a while
Once in a while
Once in a while I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away
Good things keep moving ahead
I'm tired of dying I'm living instead