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* Paradise is featured in "[[Paradise (song)|Paradise]]", "[[Dark Paradise (song)|Dark Paradise]]", and more.
  
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==Lyrics==
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'''[Lana Del Rey]:'''
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<poem>
  
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'''[Snippet 1]:'''
  
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I wish we could go back to your country house and put on the radio and listen to our favourite song by Lennon and Yoko
  
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You weren’t in the spot you said to wait
  
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Hey, what you doing?
  
Hey, what you doing?
 
Not a lot, shaking and grooving
  
Not a lot, shaking and grooving
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In a local spot
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At my local spot
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Baby don't ask me why
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Baby, don't ask me why
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Don't ask me why, why, why, why, why, why
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Don't ask me why,
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Why, why, why,
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Why, why, why, why
   
 
Lay lady lay
  
Lay lady lay
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You would always stay
  
You would always stay
 
And I be your tiny dancer, honey
  
And I be your tiny dancer, honey
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I waited for you
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In the spot you said to wait
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In the city, on the park bench
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In the middle of the pouring rain
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‘Cause I adored you
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I just wanted things to be the same
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You said to meet me up there tomorrow
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But tomorrow never came
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Tomorrow never came
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'''[SEAN ONO LENNON]:'''
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Hey, what you thinkin’?
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Penny for your thoughts
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Those lights are blinkin'
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On that old jukebox
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But don’t ask me why
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Just swallow some wine,
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Wine, wine, wine,
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Wine, wine, wine, wine
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Stay, baby, stay
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On the side of paradise
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In the tropic of cancer
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'Cause if I had my way
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You would always stay
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And you’d be my tiny dancer, baby
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'''[Lana Del Rey & SEAN ONO LENNON]:'''
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I waited for you
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In the spot you said to wait
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In the city, on the park bench
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In the middle of the pouring rain
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‘Cause I adored you
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I just wanted things to be the same
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You said to meet me up there tomorrow
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But tomorrow never came
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Tomorrow never came
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'''[SEAN ONO LENNON]:'''
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Roses out in your country house
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We played guitar in your home
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And every day felt like Sunday
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And I, I wish we could stay home
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'''[Lana Del Rey]:'''
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I could put on the radio
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To our favourite song
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Lennon and Yoko
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We would play all day long
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Isn’t life crazy? I said,
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Now that I’m singing with Sean, oh
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'''[Lana Del Rey & SEAN ONO LENNON]:'''
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I could keep waiting for you
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In that spot we'd always wait
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In the city, on the park bench
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In the summer or the pouring rain
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Honey, don’t ignore me
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I just wanted it to be the same
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You said you'd love me like no tomorrow
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I guess tomorrow never came
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Tomorrow never came
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Tomorrow never came
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Tomorrow never came
 
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Revision as of 11:06, 19 July 2017

"Tomorrow Never Came" is a song by Lana Del Rey featuring Sean Lennon. It was written and produced by Del Rey, Lennon and Rick Nowels. It is featured on her upcoming fifth studio album and fourth major-label studio album, Lust for Life.

Background

Del Rey's fans began speculating that Sean Lennon would be featured on Lust for Life during March of 2017, when they noticed that the Lust for Life album trailer featured the 'Chimera Music' logo, Sean Lennon's record label. During an interview with Courtney Love for Dazed magazine, Del Rey confirmed that he would be featured on the album on a song called "Tomorrow Never Came".[1]

Writing

In an interview with Courtney Love for Dazed magazine, Del Rey talked about writing the song and stated:

“When I wrote it I felt like it wasn’t really for me. I kept on thinking about who this song was for or who could do it with me, and then I realised that he would be a good person. I didn’t know if I should ask him because I actually have a line in it where I say, ‘I wish we could go back to your country house and put on the radio and listen to our favourite song by Lennon and Yoko.’ I didn’t want him to think I was asking him because I was namechecking them. Actually, I had listened to his records over the years and I did think it was his vibe, so I played it for him and he liked it. He rewrote his verse and had extensive notes, down to the mix. And that was the last thing I did, decision-wise. I haven’t mixed the record, but the fact that "Love" just came out and Sean kind of finished up the record, it felt very meant-to-be. Because that whole concept of peace and love really is in his veins and in his family”.

In an interview with BBC Radio 1 on April 19, 2017, Del Rey mentioned the song again and called it an acoustic song that is one of her personal top three favorite tracks from the album.[2]

In an interview for Flaunt magazine, Del Rey stated that the track explores John Lennon and Yoko Ono. She talked to Sean Lennon via phone and sent him a very simple version of the song consisting of her vocals, a guitar and an organ. However, she felt that the song belonged to someone else and not to her.[3] Flaunt also asked Sean about the making of the song and he said: "I’ll never forget when she called me after I sent her [Del Rey] what I did and her first words were ‘It’s perfect!’ I almost cried with joy because I honestly don’t think anyone has ever said that to me about anything I’ve ever done. It was a very good feeling".

Cross-references

Lyrics

[Lana Del Rey]:
Hey, what you doing?
Not a lot, shaking and grooving
At my local spot
Baby, don't ask me why

Don't ask me why,
Why, why, why,
Why, why, why, why

Lay lady lay
And inside of paradise
In the tropic of cancer
'Cause if I had my way
You would always stay
And I be your tiny dancer, honey

I waited for you
In the spot you said to wait
In the city, on the park bench
In the middle of the pouring rain
‘Cause I adored you
I just wanted things to be the same
You said to meet me up there tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came

[SEAN ONO LENNON]:
Hey, what you thinkin’?
Penny for your thoughts
Those lights are blinkin'
On that old jukebox

But don’t ask me why
Just swallow some wine,
Wine, wine, wine,
Wine, wine, wine, wine

Stay, baby, stay
On the side of paradise
In the tropic of cancer
'Cause if I had my way
You would always stay
And you’d be my tiny dancer, baby

[Lana Del Rey & SEAN ONO LENNON]:
I waited for you
In the spot you said to wait
In the city, on the park bench
In the middle of the pouring rain
‘Cause I adored you
I just wanted things to be the same
You said to meet me up there tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came

[SEAN ONO LENNON]:
Roses out in your country house
We played guitar in your home
And every day felt like Sunday
And I, I wish we could stay home

[Lana Del Rey]:
I could put on the radio
To our favourite song
Lennon and Yoko
We would play all day long

Isn’t life crazy? I said,
Now that I’m singing with Sean, oh

[Lana Del Rey & SEAN ONO LENNON]:
I could keep waiting for you
In that spot we'd always wait
In the city, on the park bench
In the summer or the pouring rain
Honey, don’t ignore me
I just wanted it to be the same
You said you'd love me like no tomorrow
I guess tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came

Tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came

References

  1. ↑ Dazed, "Lana Del Rey: wild at heart", (April 18, 2017)
  2. ↑ BBC Radio 1 on Twitter: "It was the perfect track for him..." (April 19, 2017)
  3. ↑ http://www.flaunt.com/content/people/lana-del-rey


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