Can You Tell?

from Evidence of Things Not Seen by Female Jazz Vocalist, Marshell Jones

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Lyrics: Can You Tell?
© 1999 Marshell Jones

You never can tell
All the stories inside
When you
First meet eyes

Mirrors to the soul
But you still don't know
So you guess
And most times
You're wrong

Courtroom fantasies
Play in your head
And you see
What you wanna see
But the cover's a chameleon
Changin' 'fore your eyes
20 times
And you're still on page 3

You never can tell
Can you?
Can you tell?
You never can tell
Can you tell, tell?
You never can tell
Ooh baby you can't tell

You never can tell
All the roads
Imprinted by the arch
Of old souls
Sold to the highest bidder
Still holding out
For the pot of gold
Showered by the rainbow
Showered by the rainbow

You never never can tell
You never can tell
Never tell
Tell what you don't know
What you don't know
What you don't know

Mmm they say
Those who tell
Don't really know
Those who know
Keep their mouths closed
So
Don't you tell, baby
Never never
Don't you tell
What you don't know

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from Evidence of Things Not Seen, released February 1, 2000

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Female Jazz Vocalist, Marshell Jones Montclair, New Jersey

Marshell has studied vocal techniques in both the jazz and the European classical styles, having trained with: Joey Blake, of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra; Marie Afonso, formerly of the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Zap Mama; renowned jazz bassist and Coltrane collaborator, Reggie Workman; and jazz guitarist/composer, Gerry Eastman, who has performed with such legends as Sarah Vaughan ... more