nothing else i could do

by ella jane

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I waited up for your call
You never told me you would
But the way that you smiled was a promise, I swear
Fell asleep by the phone
I missed a message or two
Deleted them 'cause they weren't you
I wrecked my house a hundred times just to see you walk into a room
But there was money in your laugh, so babe
There's nothing else I could do
Oh babe, there's nothing else I
Could do (there's nothing else I could)

I miss the shape of your voice
I miss the nape of your neck
I miss the weight of your words
I miss the bruises they left
Started reading the Times
Just to look for your name
I couldn't find it
They must have made a mistake

I broke my knuckles in a fight,
You were crying in the back of the room
And now the world is on fire, but babe
There's nothing else I could do
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do (oh)

And they can dance to the songs
And they can drink all the wine
Because the high might be theirs
But all the bottles were mine
And then you're crashing my car
And now I'm taking the blame
There's nothing else I could do
They must have made a mistake

Oh
Babe, they must have made a mistake
Oh
They must have made a mistake
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do
There's nothing else I could

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released July 16, 2020

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ella jane New York, New York

The daughter of a jazz pianist, Ella Jane took her first steps fumbling to a syncopated swing beat. With the lyrics of her namesake Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong as her nursery rhymes, the singer was born and raised entangled in a love affair with music and language. ... more

discography

Marginalia

Oct 2022
Time On

May 2022
Calling Card

Feb 2022
THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!

Sep 2021
thief

Jul 2021
bored&blind

Mar 2021
nothing else i could do

Jul 2020
muscle memory

Jun 2020
The City

Feb 2020

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