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The Kind You Can't Afford - Madeleine Peyroux



     
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You got palatial mansions;
I got rented flat.
You got Persian kittens;
I got tabby cat.You got art collections;
I got comic books.
You use plastic surgery;
I stay the way I look.You travel private jet;
I stand by overnight.
You romance with chandeliers;
I use candlelight(Oh) There's one thing I got more
When I'm rich, you're poor
Is that real good lovin'
The kind you can't afford.While you're enjoying banquets,
I'm eating caf snacks.
You're in designer clothing-
I'm in plastic Macs.Sippin' on a Napolean Brandy?
I'm slinging a can of beer.
Packing matching luggage?

I'm mostly staying here.Your educated accent
might beat the local slang.
Don't bet your staff and servants
Against my backstreet gang.'Cause there's one thing I got more
When I'm rich, you're poor
Is that real good lovin'
The kind you can't afford.Your dinner jacket and your ballroom gowns,
No warmer than my jeans.
Caviar?
No more filling than a can of beans.Go to your class concerts,
I'll be with the local band.
You'll getbrand-new everything,
I'll keep my second hand.Ain't no fitted bathroom-
I got my water tap.
You think I'm full of envy?
I know where the money's at.(Oh) There's one thing I got more
When I'm rich, you're poor
Is that real good lovin'
Its the kind
The kind
The kind you can afford.You got palatial mansions,
I got rented flat.
You got Persian kittens,
I got tabby cat.Cruising in a new Mercedes?
I'm broke down in a Ford.
You're out on your new yacht,
I'm on my surfing board.
Oohh, surfin' board.

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Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, United States, and raised in New York City and Paris, France. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald. Though Peyroux may remind some listeners of Holiday, there are differences, and she has her own sense of phrasing and interpretation.

Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined the The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, spending two years touring Europe performing songs by the likes of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others, which provided the basis for her first album, Dreamland.

Dreamland was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. Time called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year". Dreamland, is a brilliant recording, as Peyroux's distinctive voice is not hindered by overly intricate arrangements. Most of the accompaniment on the record is light and sparse, the way it should be for a singer with such a unique voice. Peyroux soon found herself opening for Sarah McLachlan and Cesária Évora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.

In May 2002 she joined multi-instrumentalist William Galison, and together they appeared at such venues as the Bottom Line, Joe's Pub, and the Tin Angel. In 2003 the duo released a seven-song EP entitled Got You on My Mind, which they sold at shows and online. Got You on My Mind was re-released by William Galison in August 2004; the original EP was expanded by the addition of four tracks by Gallison.

Peyroux released her own sophomore effort, Careless Love, in September 2004. The album received generally positive reviews.

Her new album, Half The Perfect World, was released on September 12, 2006. She collaborated with several artists, including Jesse Harris, Walter Becker, Larry Klein (who also produced the album), and k.d. lang, with whom Peyroux duets on a cover of the Joni Mitchell song, "River".

On July 12, 2007, she was awarded Best International Jazz Artist at the BBC Jazz Awards.

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