McCorkle was born in Berkeley, California. She studied modern languages at the University of California, Berkeley. McCorkle began singing professionally after hearing recordings of Billie Holiday in Paris in the late 1960s. She nearly became an interpreter at the European Commission in Brussels, but moved instead to London in 1972 to pursue a career in singing. While in the UK, she made two albums which, although well received, enjoyed only limited circulation.
In the late 1970s, McCorkle returned to the United States and settled in New York City, where a five-month engagement at the Cookery in Greenwich Village brought her to wider public attention and elicited rave reviews from critics.
During the 1980s, McCorkle continued to record; her maturing style and the darkening timbre of her voice greatly enhanced her performances. In the early 1990s, two of the albums McCorkle made for Concord Records, No More Blues and Sábia, were enormously successful and made her name known to the wider world. She was recorded by the Smithsonian Institution which at the time made her the youngest singer ever to have been included in its popular music series. McCorkle played Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls five times and Carnegie Hall three times, and was featured soloist with Skitch Henderson and the 80-piece New York Pops in a concert of Brazilian music.
Thanks to her linguistic skills, McCorkle translated lyrics of Brazilian, French, and Italian songs, notably those for her Brazilian album Sabia. McCorkle also had several short stories published and, in 1991, began work on her first novel. She published fiction in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and non-fiction in the New York Times Magazine and in American Heritage, including lengthy articles on Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Irving Berlin and Mae West.
McCorkle suffered for many years from depression and cancer, and took her own life at age 55 by leaping off the balcony of her highrise Manhattan apartment. She was alone in her home at the time. The police immediately entered her home after identifying her body and found no foul play. Suicide was ruled the cause of death.
Quality Time
Susannah McCorkle Lyrics
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And so will you
For we both have a million caus to return in a million things to do
We're not seeing enough of each other caus truth be told
We're up to our years and our carreers
And we putting our hearts on hold
So darling let me bring you up the speed
A little time togethers with we meet
Quality time
We found a small hotel re... quite
Incase they wanna sell my firm could buy it
And we develop it and gentrify we talking quality time
Quality time we ow ourselves a little quality time
In the bahamas we can let our stress go
We walk along the beach and dine a fresco
I'll take a power lunch with robert fasco
We're talking quality time
Come fly with me and when kick back relax I'll bring my laptop fax
You work on your new screen play
l update my resuma
The lyrics to Susannah McCorkle's song "Quality Time" reflect the hectic and busy nature of modern-day life. The singer, who is presumably in a romantic relationship, notes that both she and her partner will be late getting home from work. They have a lot of responsibilities and obligations that have left them with little time to spend together. The singer suggests that they both need some quality time, which they deserve.
The singer proposes different ways in which they can spend this quality time. They could go to a small hotel re...quite or head to the Bahamas to relax and let their stress go. The singer also mentions taking a power lunch with Robert Fasco and updating her resume. These suggestions show that quality time does not have to be only about leisurely activities but can also include personal growth and career building. Overall, the lyrics express the need for balance between work and play and the importance of carving out time for the ones we love.
Line by Line Meaning
I'll be late getting home from the office
I will not be able to come home on time due to work.
And so will you
You will also be late due to work.
For we both have a million caus to return in a million things to do
We have a lot of work to do and many reasons to be busy.
We're not seeing enough of each other caus truth be told
We are not spending enough time together because we are occupied with work.
We're up to our years and our carreers
We are both mature and committed to building our careers.
And we putting our hearts on hold
We are not able to focus on our relationship due to our busy schedules.
So darling let me bring you up the speed
Let me update you on something important.
A little time togethers with we meet
We should make time to be together more often.
Quality time we both deserve a little
We both need to spend some quality time together.
Quality time
We need to take time out of our busy schedules to focus on our relationship.
We found a small hotel re... quite
We discovered a peaceful hotel.
Incase they wanna sell my firm could buy it
We found a hotel that we could potentially buy.
And we develop it and gentrify we talking quality time
If we buy the hotel, we can focus on improving it and spend time together while doing it.
We ow ourselves a little quality time
We deserve to spend time together.
In the bahamas we can let our stress go
We can go to the Bahamas to unwind and relieve our stress.
We walk along the beach and dine a fresco
We can enjoy the beach and eat outdoors.
I'll take a power lunch with robert fasco
I have a business lunch planned.
We're talking quality time
We are discussing the importance of spending quality time together.
Come fly with me and when kick back relax I'll bring my laptop fax
We can travel together and still complete some work.
You work on your new screen play
You can work on your screenplay during our trip.
l update my resuma
I will work on updating my resume while we are away.
Writer(s): David L. Frishberg
Contributed by Wyatt V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.