[95] 47. Noa - Uri / Wildflower

[1995] 47. Noa - Uri / Wildflower 

Noa - Noa ('94, 3rd) 

1. I Don't Know [4:25] 

2. Wildflower [4:16] 

3. Mishaela [3:06] 

4. Path to Follow [3:11] 

5. Child of Man [4:26] 

6. Eye Opener [3:19] 

7. Lady Night [2:26] 

8. Uri [3:57] 

9. It's Obvious [2:53] 

10. Desire [2:41] 

11. Ave Maria [4:22] 

2. Wildflower 

In a tenement near the Henry Hudson River 

From my favorite spot on a rusting fire escape 

I would look below. 

And see Mario 

Braving the ferocious dandelions 

Mario, our fearless superintendent 

Kept the garden green, despite the parkway smog 

But the flowering weeds 

Their fates decreed 

Pulled, to keep his rosebush from dying 

Then I would creep inside, curl up in my bed 

Something strong was pulling at my head 

Pulling at my heart 

Wild flower, growing in all the wrong places 

Wild flower, so lonely ‘neath that lovely rose bush 

Proper garden’s nightmare, queen of opened fields 

Tell me, who will love this wildflower 

For exactly what she is? 

Years passed by, we left that red brick building 

Left Mario behind 

For a brand new house 

But my dark brown skin 

On the white washed walls within 

Stood out, so it’d get me up and cryin’ 

My growing pains had many rooms to fill, then 

Mother never know 

..Had a garden to keep clean 

While there was NY grease 

On her young flower from the Middle East 

She was busy pulling dendelions 

Then I would creep inside, curl up in my bed 

Something strong was pulling at my head 

Pulling at my heart 

Wild flower, growing in all the wrong places 

Wild flower, so lowly ‘neath that lovely rosebush 

Proper garden’s nightmare, queen of opened fields 

Tell me, who will love this wildflower 

For exactly what she is? 

8. Uri 

I wish I had a son 

A little boy 

Bright, with black curly hair. 

I would take his hand in mine 

And stroll slowly, slowly 

Through the garden... 

Little boy. 

Uri, I'd call him 

My Uri! 

How gentle and clear this tiny name 

A glimmer of joy 

For my little boy, 

Uri, I'd call him 

Uri, I'd call. 

But I am still bitter as Rachel 

I am still praying as Hannah in Shiloh, 

I am still waiting for him. 

I will 

Wait. 

Noa - Achinoam Nini & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ('98, Live) 

1. Overture 

2. Three Days 

3. Mishaela 

4. Uri 

5. I Don't Know 

6. He 

7. She 

8. Savior 

9. Child of Man 

10. But Love 

11. Shir Mishmar 

12. Yuma 

13. Keren-or (Nocturno) 

14. Ave Maria 

15. Glitter and Be Gay (From "Candide") 

Noa & The Solis String Quartet - Live in Israel ('05, Live) 

1. Uri (instrumental, Solis Quartet) 

2. Minuano (Instrumental, Solis Quartet) 

3. For Father (Yalda Im Tzamot) 

4. Mishaela 

5. Wildflower 

6. I Don't Know 

7. He (Boi Kala) 

8. She 

9. Now Forget 

10. Eye in the Sky 

11. Motor Lullabies 

12. Rise (instrumental) 

13. Wandering (Mabat Eineicha) 

14. Barren (Uri-Akara) 

15. Yuma 

16. Eye Opener (Pokeach) 

17. Child of Man 

18. Ray of Light (Keren Or) 

19. Uno Queriendo Ser Dos 

20. Santa Lucia Luntana 

21. Torna a Surriento 

22. Beautiful That Way 

23. Shalom Shalom 

24. Ave Maria

* April 28, 2005