Her playing attracted the attention of bass player Ray Brown, who brought her into touch with influential teachers and producers. At the age of seventeen, she won a scholarship from the Vancouver Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After three terms she moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles, with whom she also began to sing. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York. She is married to British musician Elvis Costello.
Maybe You
Diana Krall Lyrics
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Just like a fool, I stop and stare
It's really not the proper thing to do
But maybe you'll be there
I go out walking after midnight
Along the lonely thoroughfare
It's not the time or place
But maybe you'll be there
You said your arms would always hold me
You said your lips were mine alone to kiss
Now after all those things you told me
How could it end like this
Someday if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With anxious heart
I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll be there
You said your arms would always hold me
You said your lips were mine alone to kiss
Now after all those things you told me
How could it end like this
Someday if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With anxious heart
I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll be there
The lyrics of Diana Krall's song "Maybe You'll Be There" speak to the hope and longing of someone who has lost a lover. Each time they see a crowd of people, they stop and stare, hoping to catch a glimpse of the person they once loved. Though they know it's not the proper thing to do, they can't help but wonder if they'll run into this person again. The lyrics talk about going out walking after midnight, looking for the person they miss. They know it's not the right time or place to be looking for them, but they can't help but hope that maybe they'll be there.
The song describes the promises that were made by the person who left - that their arms would always hold the singer, and their lips were meant only for them. But now, things have ended and the singer is left wondering how it could have gone so wrong. Despite this, they hold on to the hope that someday their prayers will be answered and the person they miss will return. They imagine hearing a footstep on the stair and hurrying to the door, hoping that maybe, just maybe, the person they long for will be there.
Overall, the lyrics of "Maybe You'll Be There" are filled with longing, regret, and a sense of hope. They speak to the universal experience of loving someone deeply and losing them, and the yearning that can persist long after the relationship has ended.
Line by Line Meaning
Each time I see a crowd of people
Whenever I come across a group of people
Just like a fool I stop and stare
I behave foolishly by stopping and staring
It's really not the proper thing to do
I know it's not appropriate behavior
But maybe you'll be there
But perhaps you will be there
I go out walking after midnight
I take walks late at night
Along the lonely thoroughfare
On a desolate road
It's not the time or place
It's neither the appropriate hour nor location
To look for you
To search for you
But maybe you'll be there
But perhaps you will be there
You said your arms would always hold me
You promised to always embrace me
You said your lips were mine alone to kiss
You claimed that your kisses were for me alone
Now after all those things you told me
But now, after all those promises you made to me,
How can it end like this
How could it end in this manner
Someday if all my prayers are answered
If all my prayers are ever granted
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
I'll hear footsteps approaching the stairs
With anxious heart
With a heart full of anxiety
I'll hurry to the door
I'll rush to the door
And maybe you'll be there
And maybe you will be there
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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DIANA KRALL – Maybe You'll Be There
If I had to select a single favorite 'live' concert performance of Diana Krall's -- to be preserved and enjoyed by generations of music lovers yet unborn – without a doubt, it would be this one: from her Paris Concert – a song composed in 1947 (a very good year) by Rube Bloom (m) and Sammy Gallop (w). A perfectly poignant song about lost love -- these words especially:
Someday, if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With anxious heart I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll be there.
A gorgeous symphonic arrangement – one of his best by the late Claus Ogerman. Great sound engineering, plus exemplary video quality – perfect camera work and lighting that captures, among its subtleties, a single tear streaming down the cheek of a pretty violinist (at around the 4:28 mark). And someone else noted that around the "2:54 mark, a cello player is so moved with emotion, he shakes his head in wonder.”
Another kindred spirit writes: “I've watched this dozens of times, and each time it brings a tear to my eye.”
Thanks for sharing, Roger B. Celebrated elsewhere [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgqVqJTwt8
@cecibergamin7581
Each time I see a crowd of people
Just like a fool I stop and stare
It's really not the proper thing to do
But maybe you'll be there
I go out walking after midnight
Along the lonely thoroughfare
It's not the time or place
To look for you
But maybe you'll be there
You said your arms would always hold me
You said you lips were mine alone to kiss
Now after all those things you told me
How could it end like this
Someday if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With anxious heart
I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll
Be there
@mw9491
I can't listen to this song without crying. It is so beautiful
@markdunning1063
I’ve watched this dozens of times and every time it brings a tear to my eye.
@rr7firefly
One of my five favorite songs from the "Live in Paris" program. Her phrasing and emotional intensity just slay: "Someday if all my prayers are answered I'll hear a footstep on the stair…" Wow, this never gets old. When I can I listen to this with my eyes fixed on my computer monitor. Diana was a stunning apparition.
@KokomoGreenberg
Same
@MrMinowahiro
Thank you Diana. You resurrected this great, forgotten song!! Many singers sang this song in the 50's; Sinatra, Jane Morgan, Sarah, Vic, Joni, Etta Jones, June Christiy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Now it is time to make it real STANDARD song.
@Jazzwayze
I think it's too difficult harmonically for the general public to latch onto it and whistle or hum it. It wouldn't mean half so much without lyrics. But I get where you are coming from.
@teresatrigiani7838
@@Jazzwayze I added it to my repoitoire, it just grabbed.
@Jazzwayze
@@teresatrigiani7838 Yes... it does that!
@edc3743
That guy on the guitar, man, thanks for his name. Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, he's right there with them, man. If only Diana could do what Nat Cole did and just stand up, leave the piano, take the mic and sing directly to us💙
@ericlind6581
Wow this is the best version I’ve heard of this song. Very rich in mood and melancholy.