Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. Among her hits include "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone," "Me," "I Am So Ordinary," "I Believe In Love," and the theme to the WB's hit series "Dawson's Creek," "I Don't Want to Wait." Cole released her debut album, Harbinger, in 1994 with Imago Records. She so entranced the industry with her vocals that she was asked to tour as an opening act for Peter Gabriel; she also appeared with Melissa Etheridge to sing a duet on VH1 though she was not well-known at the time. Harbinger featured songs dwelling on Cole's personal experience with discrimination and unhappiness. The songs were musically lush but driven and bleak.
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Dear Gertrude Lyrics
Paula Cole
Tell me how the story will unfold,
I know you see everything.
Tell me all about the torch and scroll,
I know you know everything.
So why do you come to me?
Why when Im sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows youre there?
Why, why?
My dear, my dear gertrude,
My dear, lonely soul,
My dear, my dear gertrude,
My dear, my dear, my dear.
Tell me all about your history,
Tell me all about your pains.
Try to contact all your lost loved ones,
Try to speak to them through me.
So why do you come to me?
Why when Im sleeping?
Why am I the only one
Who knows youre there?
Why, why?
Chorus
Youre so lonely in my body,
I can sympathize your pain.
But the secret is too much
For me to hold,
No, no one will believe.