Her first hit for Atlantic was the Billboard R&B top ten single "Come Share My Love". She followed that with a remake of Glenn Miller's 1940 tune "Imagination". Her success continued with two more top ten singles, "Baby Be Mine" and "That's What Love Is". The latter was a duet with hit-making R&B crooner Gerald Levert, and was the result of the creative union Howard formed with Levert. The pair later became romantically involved, and that romance spawned one of Howard's biggest hits, "Love Under New Management". The song was written during their brief love affair, but was released after their romance had dissolved.
In 1992 Howard portrayed Billie Holiday in Spike Lee's Malcolm X , followed by a featured role in John Singleton's Poetic Justice with pop icon Janet Jackson. Howard recorded two more albums during the 1990s "Miki Sings Billie" (1993) and "Can't Count Me Out" (1996) In 2001, the album "Three Wishes" was released on the Peak label. The album peake dat #60 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #25 on the Independent Albums chart. The song "Nobody" received radio airplay. The album received a Grammy nomination for "Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album" at the 2002 Grammy Awards. In 2006, Miki's album "Pillow Talk - Miki Sings the R&B Classics" was issued on the Shanachie label. The "Pillow Talk" album peaked at # 60 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Howard is currently working on regenerating her career after taking some time out to raise her children. She undertook a world tour with Roy Ayers and the Jazz Allstars. In June 2008, she released her ninth studio album, Private Collection. The album was released on her own her legally owned new independent label, Branicka Records. On November 1, 2010, "Unsung: Miki Howard" was televised on TV One. In February 2011. Miki Howard continues to tour and record.
Good Morning Heartache
Miki Howard Lyrics
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You old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache
Thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seems you have gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish I could forget you, but you're here to stay
When my love went away
Now everyday it seems I'm saying to you
Good morning heartache what's new
Stop haunting me now
Can't shake you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight to Sunday blues
Good morning heartache
Here we go again
Good morning heartache
You're the one
Who knows me well
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Good morning heartache
Sit down
The lyrics to Miki Howard's song Good Morning Heartache speak to the pain and heartbreak one feels after a break-up or loss of love. The singer addresses her pain as if it’s a separate entity, saying “Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight…thought we said goodbye last night.” She tries to shake it off by turning and tossing, but she can’t seem to escape it. She wishes she could forget her heartache, but it keeps returning.
The singer seems resigned to her sadness, acknowledging that it seems to be a constant presence in her life. “Now every day it seems I’m saying to you, Good morning heartache what’s new?” she laments. It’s as if her pain has become a companion, an unwelcome one, but one that she’s learned to live with. She tries to banish it by telling it to “stop haunting me now,” but it just won’t go. The singer is left feeling alone and blue, with “Monday blues” that stretch into “Sunday blues.”
Overall, the lyrics to Good Morning Heartache offer a poignant reflection on the pain of lost love. The singer acknowledges that her heartache is a part of her life now, but she still longs for a way to forget it and move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Good morning heartache
Addressing the feeling of sadness and despair as if it were a person or entity in her life
You old gloomy sight
Acknowledging how familiar and constant sadness has become in her life, no longer surprising or new
Thought we said goodbye last night
Referring to trying to move on from the pain and trying to start the day anew
I turned and tossed until it seems you have gone
Describing the restless night of trying to escape from the suffering
But here you are with the dawn
Feeling defeated as the morning brings more pain and misery
Wish I could forget you, but you're here to stay
Expressing a desire to forget the hurt but realizing it is an inevitable part of her life
It seems I met you when my love went away
Imagining the beginning of her heartache as a result of losing a loved one
Now everyday it seems I'm saying to you Good morning heartache what's new
Conveying the routine of waking up to sadness and wondering what new pain the day will bring
Stop haunting me now
Begging the feeling of sorrow to leave her alone and let her live without constant pain
Can't shake you no how
Admitting that no matter how hard she tries, the sadness is inescapable
Just leave me alone
Asking the feeling to release her from its grip and let her be at peace
I've got those Monday blues Straight to Sunday blues
Comparing her sadness to the Monday blues people get at the start of the week and extending it to every day of the week
Good morning heartache Here we go again
Reflecting on how the cycle of sadness repeats itself every morning
You're the one Who knows me well
Acknowledging how well sadness has come to know and understand her
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Accepting that sadness will always be a part of her life
Good morning heartache Sit down
Resigned to another day of sadness and misery, welcoming it and asking it to make itself comfortable
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham Padellan
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