Shawna Lee Colvin better known as Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Ve… Read Full Bio ↴Shawna Lee Colvin better known as Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs".

Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances closely mirrored Mitchell's inflections and guitar tunings.

Colvin began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She met music partner John Leventhal during this time; Leventhal would go on to be Colvin's producer on several albums. Colvin often lends her talent to contemporaries in the music business - she can be heard singing the backing vocals on the Suzanne Vega hit, "Luka" from 1987. Vega returned the favor, singing backup on Colvin's, "Diamond In The Rough", from her debut album, "Steady On". Colvin, again can be heard singing backing vocals on Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come On" and Mary Chapin returns the favor on Colvin's, "Climb On (A Back That's Strong)", from Colvin's "Fat City" album.

Colvin's first several albums were met with critical acclaim, but did not sell in substantial numbers. After several albums of original work, Colvin released "Cover Girl", a collection of cover songs, but the work was a departure for her and was not well received.

Colvin experienced breakthrough success with "A Few Small Repairs" in October of 1996. The single "Sunny Came Home" reached the US Top Ten, and won Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year. She has released several subsequent albums that were nominated for Grammys, and has also released a greatest-hits album and a collection of Christmas music.

A new album from Colvin, entitled "These Four Walls", was released on September 12, 2006.

She was the guest vocal artist on the Lisa Loeb single "Falling in Love" as well as appearing at various Lilith Fair music festivals. She also has been featured on the popular live music show Austin City Limits and played at the 2003 Austin City Limits Music Festival. She also appeared in a tribute to her idol Joni Mitchell in 2001 that was broadcast on the cable network TNT.

She has made two guest appearances on The Simpsons as Rachel Jordan, lead singer for a Christian rock band. She first appears in "Alone Again, Natura-diddly," where Rachel wins Ned Flanders' heart after the untimely death of his wife, Maude. Later, in the episode "I'm Going to Praiseland," Ned dates Rachel, only to scare her off when he tries to turn her into a version of Maude.

Colvin lives with her daughter, Caledonia, and husband, Mario Erwin in Austin, Texas, and still participates in the Austin music scene.

Evening Is A Little Boy / The Night Will Never Stay
Shawn Colvin Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Shawn Colvin:

(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night Well you gassed her up Behind the wheel With your arm around…
84 Good love Bad love Good love Yeah My time Your time My…
84,000 Different Delusions by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal Good love bad love…
84000 Different Delusions Good love Bad love Good love Yeah My time Your time My time …
A Matter Of Minutes I've been thinking About you and me Maybe I was just Seeing …
All Fall Down Here I come 'Cause I don't know better I'm a thief and…
All He Wants Is You He's sneaky like Tennessee whiskey He always takes me by sur…
All The Pretty Li'l Horses Go to sleep, baby child Go to sleep, my little baby And…
All Through The Night Sleep, my love And peace attend thee All through the night G…

Anne Of The Thousand Days The morning was wet I wore your jacket I walked your dog …
Another Long One If losing sleep were any indication Of the loving that…
Another Plane Went Down Another plane went down today in the Atlantic nine miles of…
Anywhere You Go Sweetness and light, you were right Summers are getting har…
Back to Salome I'm going back to Salome Things could get ugly if I…
Between Two Worlds Off ion the distance A cool wind is blowing I'm not who…
Bonefields All and all I guess that there's so many things…
Bound To You Well, I feel alive like I never have Because if I…
Cactus Tree Oh, oh, I was raised on rock and roll Oh, and…
Christmas Time Is Here Christmas time is here, Happiness and cheer, Fun for all tha…
Cinnamon Road Oh Cinnamon Road That's where we would go To try and feel…
Climb On Oh, my soul Sometimes we don't know what to do …
Climb On (A Back That's Strong) S. Colvin - J. Leventhal Oh, my soul Sometimes we…
Close Your Eyes Close your eyes Close your eyes Go to sleep now, my darlin…
Crazy I remember when, I remember I remember when I lost…
Cry Like An Angel The streets of my town are not What they were They are…
Diamond In The Rough As a little girl I came down to the water With…
Even Here We Are Beautiful flower in your garden But the most beautiful by f…
Every Little Thing Though i've tried before to tell him Of the feelings I…
Fall Of Rome The city is crumbling Like Rome or Pompeii And there's not…
Fill Me Up Fill me up, fill me up, I'm a long way from…
Get out of This House Go jump in the lake go ride up the…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Christmas future is far away Christmas past is past, hmm, hm…
Hold On It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful day And an usual tim…
I Don Is it me or is it you Or just the spoils…
I Don't Know Why I don't know why The sky is so blue And…
I Don't Know You Is it me or is it you Or just the spoils…
I Don't Need Anything This Christmas Verse 1: At it again fightin’ the crowds I go through a…
I Don't Want to Wait Well, I'd like to visit the moon On a rocket ship…
I Dont Know Why I don't know why The sky is so blue And…
I Want It Back I lost the thread I lost the map It's…
I'd Say I'm Sorry Now I'm gonna let you down I know that now Make you cry,…
I'll Be Back You know if you break my heart I'll go But I'll…
I'll Say I'm Sorry Now I'm gonna let you down I know that now Make you cry,…
I'm Gone There are things I will do For a hatchet job, too Ante…
If I Were Brave All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans…
If These Walls Could Speak If these old walls, if these old walls could speak. What…
In The Bleak Mid-Winter In the bleak midwinter Stormy winds may blow Earth tood hard…
Kill The Messenger Jane it sure looks like rain These Canadian plains And the…
Killing the Blues Leaves were falling, just like embers, In colors red and gol…
Knowing What I Know Now Out on the road and a refugee Thinking about it and…
Let It Slide You say you get a feeling about it I'm starting to…
Little Road To Bethlehem As I walk down the road I sit up some The lambs…
Love Came Down At Christmas Love came down at Christmas Love, a lovely love divine Lov…
Love Me Tender I'd never imagined before That the world could be turned on…
Matter Of Minutes I've been thinking About you and me Maybe I was just Seeing …
Monopoly I don't know what else to do I would rather…
Mr Levon Find a nail to hang your hat on Go and get…
Mr. Levon Find a nail to hang your hat on Go and get…
Never Saw Blue Like That Today I took a walk up the street And picked a…
New Thing Now This is your new thing now Naked as a rose…
Nothin on Me Well I don't tell jokes And I don't take notes You been…
Nothing Like You Four blocks up and two streets down, I went back…
Now The Day Is Over Now the day is over Night is drawing on Shadows are beneathi…
Object Of My Affection Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coa…
On My Own If I don't see you Before I go Remember what you've seen And…
One Cool Remove One cool remove One cool remove And forever let me stay One …
One Day She'll Love Me I'd never imagined before That the world could be turned on…
One Small Year One small year It's been an eternity It's taken all of me…
Orion In The Sky Maybe somewhere in the southern hemisphere There could be r…
Polaroids Please no more therapy Mother take care of me Piece…
Ricochet In Time I've been sleeping fair Lately I could swear I'm thinking …
Rocking Little Jesus sweetly sleep do not stir We will lend a…
Roger Wilco Roger Wilco it`s okay It's all yours it's anything that you…
Round Of Blues Here we go again Another round of blues Several miles ago …
Satin Sheets I wish I was a millionare I'd play rock music and…
Save the Country Come on, people! Come on, children! Come on down to the…
Seal Lullaby Oh hush thee, my baby The night is behind us And black…
Secret Gardens My grandmother's house is still there but it isn't the…
Set The Prairie On Fire Full full moon and That same sad nature I wanna cover ever…
Shotgun Down The Avalanche I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche, ooh Tumbling and fall…
Silent Night Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round …
So Good to See You Ordinarily I Have the decency to hold my tongue Then event…
Someday There ain't a lot that you can do in this…
Someone Like You I've been searching a long time For someone exactly like yo…
Something To Believe In You will wander around And it won't be the same …
Sonny Came Home Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in…
Steady On China gets broken And it will never be the same Boats on…
Stranded Was it really two summers ago Or was it outer…
Suicide Alley Wait for me by the banshee tree Let me be…
Summer Dress I put on my finest summer dress, So light and thin,…
Sunny Came Home Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in…
Tenderness On The Block Mamma where's your pretty little girl tonight She's tryin' …
Tennessee I got a cool head doin' alright But I been up…
That Don't Worry Me Now Before you knew me An angel came to me I wrestled him…
The Bird I might go to the mountain to spy, And I see…
The Chain Listen to the wind blow Watch the sunrise Runnin' in the s…
The Christ Child's Lullaby Oh dear, the eye that softly looks Oh dear, the heart…
The Dead Of The Night It is the dead of the night On the dead of…
The fact about Jimmy Jimmy is married and he lives down south His wife…
The Heart Of Saturday Well you gassed her up Behind the wheel With your arm around…
The Story Well we pounded the pavement between Dotted lines But we alw…
There's A Rugged Road There's a rugged road on the prairie Stretchin' all across t…
These Four Walls I'm gonna die in these four walls I had enough and…
This Must Be The Place Home Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn…
Trouble Baby let me set you down You look so troubled…
Tuff Kid I was a tuff kid Yeah I was a tuff kid It…
Twilight Over by the wild wood it was a hot summer…
Up On That Hill The blood that run your veins Of all that you are…
Venetian Blue It still hasn't snowed in a lifetime And I am still…
Viva Las Vegas Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul…
What I Get Paid For Okay I get it It just took me a minute But you…
When The Rainbow Comes See'mon pack your bags Clear the floor. Let's step out…
When You Know When you know that you know who you love, you…
Whole New You You have the right to get down on your kness You…
Wichita Skyline Down at the train they go to Independence everyday But…
Window To The World Neon flickers with a pale glow And all the shadows that…
Windy Nights Whenever the moon and stars are set Whenever the wind is…
Words Smile an everlasting smile A smile can bring you near to…
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Clouds so swift Rain won't lift Gate won't close Railings fr…
You and the Mona Lisa Hold me down to anything Anything that you see I…
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go I've seen love go by my door, it's never been…

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (live version) I've seen love go by my door, It's never been this…

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