Up From The Skies
Rickie Lee Jones Lyrics

Tell me everything
Rickie Lee Jones wants to hear about everything from the listener.

I just want to talk to you
Rickie Lee Jones is only interested in having a conversation with the listener.

I won't do you no harm
Rickie Lee Jones assures the listener that she won't cause any harm.

I just want to know about your different lives
Rickie Lee Jones is interested in learning about the different lives of the listeners.

On this is here people farm
Rickie Lee Jones refers to earth as a farm of people.

I heard some of you got your families
Rickie Lee Jones heard that some of the listeners have their families.

Living in cages tall and cold
Rickie Lee Jones heard that some families are living in tall, cold cages.

And some just sit there and dust away
Rickie Lee Jones heard that some people just sit and do nothing, wasting away.

Past the age of old.
Rickie Lee Jones implies that it has been a long time since those people have done something worth their age.

Is this true?
Rickie Lee Jones wants the listener to confirm if what she heard is true.

Please let me talk to you.
Rickie Lee Jones requests the listener to allow her to converse with them.

I just want to know
Rickie Lee Jones reiterates her desire to learn from the listener.

The rooms behind your minds
Rickie Lee Jones is interested in the listener's place of mind, which holds their thoughts and ideas.

Uh do I see a vacuum there
Rickie Lee Jones asks if there is an empty space in their minds.

Or am I going blind?
Rickie Lee Jones is skeptical if the listener's thoughts are just intangible and not visible.

Or is it just remains of vibrations
Rickie Lee Jones questions if what she is seeing as emptiness is just the residue of past thoughts and ideas.

And they happen long ago?
Rickie Lee Jones is unsure whether the residue she sees goes back a long time.

Things like 'Love the world' and
Rickie Lee Jones mentions the kind of ideas she's seen as residue.

Let your fancy flow'
Rickie Lee Jones seeks to confirm if the listener is still open to pursuing their dreams.

Is this true?
Rickie Lee Jones asks the listener to tell her if what she assumes is right.

Please let me talk to you
Rickie Lee Jones reiterates the need to communicate with the listener.

I have lived here before
Rickie Lee Jones claims to have lived on earth before.

The days of ice
Rickie Lee Jones thinks of the era of cold days.

So of course this is why
Rickie Lee Jones implies that her experience compels her to care for the earth.

I'm so concerned about the earth
Rickie Lee Jones is focused on the well-being of the earth.

'Cause I come back to find
Rickie Lee Jones notices a difference from her previous visit.

The stars are misplaced
Rickie Lee Jones observes that she can't find the stars in expected positions.

And the smell of a world
Rickie Lee Jones can sense a scent suggesting the world is in trouble.

That's burned
Rickie Lee Jones implies that the earth is destroyed or is in the process of being ruined.

So where do I purchase my ticket?
Rickie Lee Jones ironically asks where she can pay to watch as the earth declines.

I'd just like to have a ringside seat
Rickie Lee Jones sarcastically makes it clear she wants to watch the earth fall into oblivion.

I want to hear about these new Mother Earth
Rickie Lee Jones wants to learn from the listeners about the future of a degraded earth.

I want to hear and see everything
Rickie Lee Jones seeks a complete account of what the listener knows about Mother Earth.

I want you to show me
Rickie Lee Jones implores the listener to reveal their knowledge on Mother Earth, for the benefit of the planet.

I want you to say to me
Rickie Lee Jones insists on the listener being vocal about everything they know about the planet.

Show me everything
Once again, Rickie Lee Jones presses the listener to show her everything they know about the earth.

Oh yeah is that true?
Rickie Lee Jones insists on the listener being truthful with their account of Mother Earth.

Oh my new Mother Earth
Rickie Lee Jones uses this phrase as if she's speaking directly to the planet.

I won't do you no harm
Rickie Lee Jones pledges to not cause any harm to Mother Earth.

Yes I have lived here before,
Rickie Lee Jones repeats once more that she has lived on earth before.

Many times many times
Rickie Lee Jones wants the listener to understand she has visited earth many times in the past.

I know you.
The final line implies that Rickie Lee Jones is on a first-name basis with Mother Earth.