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Jorja Smith

Weekend

Release date: 13th May 2021

From Be Right Back
Track 8
4:18
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

'Weekend' by Jorja Smith is a 2021 R&B/Soul track from the album 'Be Right Back'. The lyrics circle a relationship that has gone quiet, with questions about colder feelings as seasons change, and a missed chance to open up. There is a sense of being stuck, running without a destination, and feeling present while still lost. One line nails the emotional contradiction of being “right here, but I’ve lost”.

"Weekend" is a track by Jorja Smith, from the album Be Right Back, released 13th May 2021. The track is 4:18 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Jorja Smith.

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Jorja Smith

Jorja Smith

Lyrics

Weekend

Song in a-
Song in a- (hm-hm-hm)
Song in a-
Song in a-

Was I colder when the season changed?
Wish I answered when you knew my name
Could have opened up my door to spring
But now I'm just

I'm running with nowhere to go
I'm raving with the lights on
I'm right here, but I've lost control
I'm tearing down the outside

I'm running with nowhere to go
I'm raving with the lights on
I'm hurting, but I've got it all
But oh well, I lost all that I found inside of you

I stand out there where it always came alive
Wasting pennies in the night
Waiting up 'til it was light

Don't work hard just to spend it
Keep your money, it's not only for the weekend
I got a ticket for a place you hadn't been yet
You only went one way and never came back
Don't work hard just to spend it
Keep your money, it's not only for the weekend
You keep me waiting for a minute, I can take that
I was young enough to think that you would come back

Song in a- (hm-hm-hm)
Song in a-
Song in a-
Song in a- (ah-ah, hm-hm-hm)

I trusted but you lied to me
I acted more than I could be
Who would want to hurt me?
I'm still here 'cause you're in control

I stand out there where it always came alive
Wasting pennies in the night
Waiting up 'til it was light

Don't work hard just to spend it
Keep your money, it's not only for the weekend
I got a ticket for a place you hadn't been yet
You only went one way and never came back
Don't work hard just to spend it
Keep your money, it's not only for the weekend
You keep me waiting for a minute, I can take that
I was young enough to think that you would come back

Song in a- (hm-hm-hm)
Song in a
Song in a- (hm-hm-hm)
Song in a- (hm-hm-hm)
(Song in a-)

You love it, I don't even want to say something
But you opened up and now I want to try loving
Before you, she wasn't try save nothing
Then you opened up and now she want to try be a queen
She hasn't seen loves entirely, only 17
Got her locked, got her lost
Now she's on her knees
Holding onto the softest discrepancies, 17
Heaven's dreams and all they mean
I found my love in a trapped world
You found this light and my last word
You heard this song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Love in a trapped world
Love, better turn it up
Song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Song in a trapped world
Love in a trapped world
Love in a trapped world
Love in a trapped world
Love in a trapped world

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Track details

From Be Right Back

4:182021
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Album
Be Right Back
Be Right Back
Jorja Smith
13th May 2021
Track number
8
Release year
2021
  1. 1Addicted
    3:24
  2. 2Gone
    3:15
  3. 3Bussdown (feat. Shaybo)
    3:22
  4. 4Time
    1:55

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  • 5Home
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  • 8Weekend
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  • —Bussdown
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Compass, Jorja Smith, Mutale Chashi
    Producer
    Compass
    Additional Production
    Rahki
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Anthony Vilchis, Chris Galland, Zach Pereyra
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Matt Jaggar
    Mastering Engineer
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    Mixing Engineer
    Jeremie Inhaber, Manny Marroquin
    Programmer
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    Recording Engineer
    Riccardo Damian
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