Lucy was born in London, but was raised in Amsterdam and New York City. She has a very musical background: her British father is a composer and conductor and her New Yorker mother is a musicologist and an opera singer.
Raised on classical and Middle-Eastern music, Lucy studied piano and flute before asking for singing lessons at age 12. She attended a Bronx high school renowned for its music department and made her first recordings singing house music in her friends’ basements. She spent part of each summer in music camp and part in Holland, where she frequently locked herself up in her father’s studio and listened to jazz and old R&B records. At 16 she was accepted into the Manhattan School of Music to study jazz, but after a year decided to learn her songwriting and performing skills on her own. She spent the next few years performing in swing-organ trios, working as a session singer, waiting tables, and singing jazz standards in Greenwich Village restaurants. She started off singing in jazz cafes and singing for tips or dinner. "You sing with a piano player and a tip jar on top of the piano." She said in an interveiw on NZGirl.
In 2003 Lucy signed with Atlantic Records and recorded her debut album While You Can, out of which came the Top 40 hit “Dumb Girls,” produced by Kevin Kadish; other songs on the record were produced by John Shanks at Jim Henson Studios. Although her efforts won her some mainstream notoriety, making slick, radio-ready pop proved artistically unsatisfying for her.
The following year, Lucy was asked by producer friend Jaime Houston to record a version of the big-band tune "It's Oh So Quiet" for the Disney film Ice Princess. The song had originally been recorded by Betty Hutton in 1948 and was subsequently popularized by Björk. Lucy credits it as being a major creative turning point for her, one that inspired much of the writing in her second album.
Lucy began her musical reinvention on her second album, the independently released Lucy Woodward Is... Hot and Bothered (2007), a transitional effort that incorporated R&B grooves and electronic beats, while mining deep-rooted jazz influences. Hot and Bothered was produced by longtime collaborator Itaal Shur and Tim K. . Barnes & Noble named her “Artist of the Month” for August 2008. Released in 2007 on Atlantic, it was initially only available through iTunes, on July 29, 2008 getting a physical release exclusively through Barnes & Noble.
Lucy’s third album, Hooked!, was recorded at Stratosphere Sound in New York and Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood and released on Verve Records in 2010. It was largely produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T-Rex), but included contributions by Justin Stanley (Nikka Costa, Sheryl Crow), Itaal Shur and Tim K. Lucy penned much of the record with songwriters Dan Petty and Michelle Lewis, claiming she had been inspired by the music of Peggy Lee and Django Reinhardt. One song on the album, “Another Woman,” was written for her by longtime inspiration Nellie McKay (also Verve), who is also featured on background vocals.
In 2011, Lucy was asked to tour with Pink Martini after the band’s singer China Forbes had to undergo vocal surgery. Her quick study of Pink Martini’s repertoire of Croatian, Japanese, French, English and Turkish songs did not go unnoticed in the music press. She toured cross-continent with the band for a number of concerts the same year, including performances at the Toronto and Montreal jazz festivals and Ravinia, as well as a three-night stint with the San Francisco Symphony (Donato Cabrera conducting).
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Trust Me
Lucy Woodward Lyrics
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Look the other way
I gotta do this alone
'Cause I'm the only one here
Don't misunderstand
You're the perfect man
But I'm not ready to go
And settle down with you
Close your eyes
I'm not who you think I am
Let go, get out while you can
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
I'll be trying everything
Knee deep into anything
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
I can't help myself
I feel like someone else
You're gonna thank me someday
I'm saving you the heartache baby
If you're still around
While I'm slowing down
I might follow you home
But don't wait up for me
I'm not who you think I am
Let go, get out while you can
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
I'll be trying everything
Knee deep into anything
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
Don't put up a fight
Please don't kiss me goodnight
This was hard enough to say
No, you can't change my mind
Don't even try it
I'm not who you think I am
Let go, get out while you can
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
I'll be trying everything
Knee deep into anything
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to see this
The lyrics of "Trust Me" by Lucy Woodward speaks about a woman who is trying to let go of a man who loves her but she is not yet ready to settle down with. She tells him to look the other way and let her go because she needs to do it alone. The woman knows that the man is perfect for her, but she is not yet ready to commit to him. She warns him that she is not who he thinks she is and that he should let go and get out while he still can.
The woman is struggling to find herself and is knee-deep into exploring anything and everything. She wants the man to trust her because he does not want to see what she is going through. She feels like someone else and she cannot help herself. She says that someday he will thank her for saving him the heartache by letting him go.
The woman ends by pleading with the man not to put up a fight, kiss her goodnight or try to change her mind because this was hard enough to say. She wants him to get out while he still can because he does not want to see the struggle she is going through.
Overall, "Trust Me" speaks about a woman who is not yet ready to settle down, but does not want to hurt the man who loves her. She is trying to find herself and is warning him that he should let go while he still can.
Line by Line Meaning
Please just let me stray
I need to explore and figure things out on my own.
Look the other way
Don't try to hold me back or control my actions.
I gotta do this alone
This is a journey I have to take on my own, without any distractions or attachments.
'Cause I'm the only one here
I'm the only one who truly knows what I need and what I'm looking for in life.
Don't misunderstand
I care about you and value our relationship, but there are things I need to do for myself right now.
You're the perfect man
You have so many great qualities, but I don't want to settle down just yet.
But I'm not ready to go
I'm not ready to commit to a serious relationship with you.
And settle down with you
I don't want to be tied down to one person or one place just yet.
So close your eyes
Don't try to follow me or intervene in my decisions.
I'm not who you think I am
There's more to me than what you see or expect from me.
Let go, get out while you can
It's better for both of us if you move on and find someone who is ready for the kind of relationship you want.
Trust me, you don't
You don't want to be part of the journey I'm about to take.
You don't want to see this
It might not be pretty or easy, and it's not something you should witness or be involved in.
I'll be trying everything
I want to explore different things and experiences to figure out what I really want in life.
Knee deep into anything
I'm going to fully immerse myself in different opportunities and lifestyles to gain a better perspective.
I can't help myself
I'm driven by my own desires and goals and can't ignore them.
I feel like someone else
I need to grow and evolve as a person, and that might mean changing who I am or how I see the world.
You're gonna thank me someday
I'm doing this for both of us; it's better that we part ways now before things get too complicated and painful in the future.
I'm saving you the heartache baby
I'm trying to protect you from getting hurt or disappointed by our relationship not working out later on.
If you're still around
If you're still interested in being friends or staying in touch, that's okay with me.
While I'm slowing down
I might come back to you when I'm done exploring and ready to settle down, but I can't promise anything.
I might follow you home
I might want to reconnect with you in the future and see where things go.
But don't wait up for me
I don't want you to put your life on hold or wait for me to come back, because I can't guarantee that I will.
Don't put up a fight
Don't try to convince me to stay or change my mind, because I've already made up my decision.
Please don't kiss me goodnight
This is a goodbye, and I don't want to blur the lines or give you false hope.
This was hard enough to say
It's not easy for me to walk away or end our relationship, but I know it's the right thing to do for both of us.
No, you can't change my mind
I've thought long and hard about this, and I know deep down that I need to do this for myself, even though it hurts you.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Kevin Paul Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Sabelle Breer
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