Leela James - Don't Speak Lyrics






You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
Like I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end

It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know

Don't speak
I know what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

(oohw owh...)

Our memories
They can be inviting
Sometimes

As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I start to cry

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

It's all ending
Let's stop pretending who we are [2x]

You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
Like I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't tell me cause it hurts!
I know what you're saying
So please stop explaining

Don't speak,
Don't speak,
Don't speak,
Oh I know what you're thinking
And I don't need your reasons
I know you're good,
I know you're good,
I know you're real good
Oh, la la la la la la La la la la la la
Don't, Don't, uh-huh Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush
Don't tell me tell me cause it hurts
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush don't tell me tell me cause it hurts





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  1. G.... V....

    Justice for this cover now!

  2. W.... R....

    Absolutely beautiful ..your voice is divine. ..came from j Melrose resctions. .thank u love an god bless x

  3. C.... V....

    After seing Quen look at your video i am here listening to it in full and bu far the BEST cover of this song is done by you.
    AMAAAAAZING VOICE AND MUSIC GENRE
    will be looking forward to get your music in itunes

  4. P.... ....

    I love this. I actually like it better than the original. So great!

  5. W.... B....

    I Love This!!

  6. M.... O....

    here after the GS cover..your art is amazing sister

  7. A.... B....

    You're so gift, I really felt pain and despair listening!!! I love so much this version and your voice!!!

  8. C.... G....

    Best cover of this song EVER! Man if I would have heard this back in 2009, I'd still be loving it! Well done!

  9. R.... ....

    Smash the LIKE button if you just came here from the Glamour video featuring Gwen watching covers! :)

  10. R.... A....

    this is quite good. wow!

  11. J.... P....

    Don't Speak was easily one of my fav songs in the 90's. I like this cover better.

  12. H.... S....

    Love this cover!!! Amazing voice

  13. M.... D....

    WOW!!! Beautiful cover. Gurl you got it!!!

  14. V.... ....

    Gwen brought me here

  15. A.... ....

    Love this version! As well as the soulful style and incredible voice, you do a great job of showing your pain and anguish--I can feel it just watching. I've always loved this song, and now I think I like it even more. Bravo!

  16. J.... ....

    OMG, The hair! I love your tone but the hair speaks volume. I love this.

  17. A.... G....

    Wow, you made it your own style!
    I love that!
    Thanks for making such a great music!

  18. w.... v....

    Gwen reaction bring me here

  19. M.... M....

    goosebumps

  20. J.... P....

    gwen stafani's reacting to this on glamour's channel brought me here and OMG i'm obsessed!!!!

  21. d.... ....

    I'm here after seeing Quen Stefani seen your cover. You're gorgeous.

    d.... ....

    me too!

    d.... ....

    me three! she is WONDERFUL!!!!

    So soulful and smooth. I am a huge multi style music fan. All genres and all decades. I am a Stefani fan ... born in 1980, I grew up on "old skool" No Doubt and Gwen S. helped me form mentally as the strong female I knew I was. Anyway, this cover is honestly awesome and I can't believe it was from 2009 and I'm only seeing it now. Leela is 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!!! I hope she keeps creating super unique covers for us.

  22. C.... B....

    Oh em gee woman!!! You are a bad ass!!!

  23. z.... ....

    love this! I love both versions! original and this! man!

  24. d.... m....

    Gwen's video of watching covers of her songs brought me here. Beautiful interpretation, Leela!

  25. P.... E....

    A definite classic in Woodstock's Jukebox ☮️❤️🤘🖖♒😘 Rock on Leela!

  26. C.... G....

    Sang it, sing it and beautifully done!!! I love this remake of the fabulou Gwen Stefani! Leela reminds of a younger Chaka Khan, mixed eith Christina Aguilera. Just a classic champion.

  27. T.... ....

    All the thumbs down don't know real music!!!

  28. R.... J....

    Thats my mommy

  29. l.... d....

    Love love love please stop sleeping on Leela stay woke

  30. L.... O....

    Fuck is she doing? Stupid version

  31. D.... J....

    Sound a lot like Lauren Hill. One of the better young singers

  32. S.... A....

    Beautiful voice

  33. V.... M....

    yes BMJ 💛💛💛💛😘

  34. P.... ....

    Yo This Is Major

  35. P.... R....

    In a nutshell, don't take it personally, no need explanations about how our mammalian nature drives us to search for new partners.

  36. D.... -....

    This is a bad jam, it's way better than the original although I like it as well. Leela James just put that soul stirring flava in it.

  37. D.... C....

    This has a Latino Jazz flavor, with the guitar and drums

  38. R.... M....

    She killed it! ❤❤❤

  39. V.... A....

    Yeah , Mary Jane brought me here too... been on repeat the entire day

  40. s.... ....

    been a fan since her 1st album (a change gonna come) her voice, her lyrics, her passion, her soul, i wore her cds out. she is one the level with lauren hill and jill scott. omg if they would make a comp album i wouldnt listen to anything else..

  41. K.... L....

    Wow, great version of this song, I usually don't like my favorite songs messed with.

  42. T.... L....

    I mean why am I just now hearing this edition, I like this one better than No Doubt's Don't Speak

  43. S.... D....

    I was just watching Being Mary Jane, heard this song and had to find out who did the remake of Don't Speak. I love the No Doubt (Gwen Stefani) version but Leela James did a beautiful job with this song. I didn't know that she did this song way back in 2009.

  44. A.... M....

    Being Mary Jane brought me here xx

    A.... M....

    Angie Marie I just posted a message about hearing this song on Being Mary Jane. I love the way she remade Don't Speak.

  45. E.... D....

    has to put a "soul" spin on it. ug It was a good song originally

  46. S.... P....

    Leela James put such a great spin on a classic. she added soul like no other!

    S.... P....

    Indeed!

  47. W.... F....

    Most of the time, I appreciate the original version of a song. For instance, Brenda Russell's "Get Here" has always moved me beyond Oleta Adams' more well-known cover. And though Maxwell did no harm to "This Woman's Work", Kate Bush's original makes more sense to me.This song is a classic, Gwen Stefani poured some real heavy emotion into what is clearly a very personal, heartfelt endeavor. What this barely five-foot dynamo does to this song is a strong-armed robbery of extreme magnitude! Gwen can certainly perform it, that is the right of every artist who CREATES something, but now she needs to call it "...a song I wrote for Leela James".

    W.... F....

    Love the way you put this. She made this song her own. (Although I must say Maxwell took Kate Bush's song to another level, IMO)

  48. L.... L....

    She is so beautiful

    L.... L....

    +Losa Lei Beautiful. Talented. Clothed. Classy.

  49. J.... R....

    Best version to me

  50. M.... M....

    This was my first introduction to Leela James, loved her ever since.

  51. C.... N....

    tiene su propio estilo!!! VeryGood...

  52. N.... G....

    Wow. Why am I just now stumbling upon this. Her voice is definitely beautiful, but she ruined this song, terribly. She completely fucking destroyed it. She completely took out all the pain, and emotions that Gwen wrote and sang the song with. She's not singing this with any passion. Sure she can hit the notes and and emphasis to match her genre, but she has no business singing this song. She fucking ruined it. I'll listen to her other music but this is complete trash.

    N.... G....

    This version is too smooth

    N.... G....

    Admittedly I heard this version first and fell in love with it. To call an artists work complete trash is just mean spirited. Does Gwen Stefani agree that she F****** ruined/destroyed it, I doubt it. This is soul music if you cant hear the emotion and passion in her voice then maybe soul music isn't for you, move on. Just as rock isn't my cup of tea, just too noisy but I would never call it trash or start swearing online about someones work. Unfortunately your commentary says more about you than about Leela James version. Keep it classy sweetheart!

    N.... G....

    Natalie G. the lies u tell

    N.... G....

    the no doubt version was written about the breakup up between Gwen and the bassist. so it was not just a song. her emotions were real. Lela James is one of my favorite singers period but it seems as though she was going though the motions compared to the original.

  53. T.... V....

    Leelah James she has a very charismatic voice, beautiful cover!

    T.... V....

    Great voice!

    T.... V....

    Thank you sherah1212

  54. Q.... W....

    Her remake has nothing on chrisette Michele's

  55. y.... n....

    I like very much this version so beautiful

  56. S.... D....

    I can feel the pain of this song..Her voice is so soulful & full of power..Love her..

  57. T.... B....

    O.O holy mother. Her voice is beautiful. I have NEVER heard a voice this beautiful before. WOW. [As a person who loves No Doubt this is incredible. Honestly I love this more than the original.] I can't get over her voice. Magnificent!!!

    T.... B....

    @Tika Banks thanks

    T.... B....

    Listen to Joss Stone's "Fell In Love With A Boy." For a minute, I thought this was Joss Stone singing until I saw it was Leela James...

    T.... B....

    I thought it was Joss Stone too

    T.... B....

    Tika Banks I felt the same way when I first heard it.

    T.... B....

    Y'all obviously know good when you.jear it.... Check out her roots, her grandmother was the amazing Etta James

  58. I.... G....

    Don't speak 
    I know what you're thinking 
    I don't need your reasons 
    Don't tell me cause it hurts

  59. d.... ....

    nice im dreamnig

  60. T.... ....

    Don't Speak-----------------------------------------------Leela James

  61. S.... ....

    She's gorgeous and has a soulful voice but this could have been so much more powerful.

  62. R.... V....

    Love this song

  63. G.... W....

    Beautiful! I love the original but sista girl just made my night with this remake! She's so talented!

  64. L.... P....

    I wish we could all rock big hair and pull it off this well.

  65. m.... a....

    Nice!!! Leela is B.A.G. (bad ass girl)!

  66. l.... p....

    I love your music sis leela it reminds me of lauren hill a beautiful song my son lamar price as mardy music will shine someday just like u p.o box 3224 haines city fla 33845 love yal Lorenef price tell everybody I say hello

  67. C.... B....

    love this and love HER!

  68. S.... S....

    Favorite version !

  69. J.... C....

    I freakin LOVE this woman!! Her voice is like a hot knife thru butter!! I like the original version, but this right HERE is simply amazing!!

  70. N.... G....

    Better than No Doubt...my opinion

  71. y.... p....

    Love it

  72. M.... T....

    I love this rendition. So Soulful

  73. S.... W....

    Love the hair xxx :*3

  74. M.... ....

    This was a hot video! Nice Leela!

  75. K.... G....

    pretty bad tbh

  76. t.... ....

    I still prefer the original but this isn't half bad either.

  77. F.... G....

    Esta barbara la versión !

  78. C.... O....

    they shuld of keep the beat original it would have sound alot better

  79. M.... ....

    Я просто абалдел. Это лучшее что я слышал...

  80. G.... B....

    I still like No Doubt's version better, but this is good......big ups

  81. D.... ....

    She kills this song...

  82. W.... ....

    (MEME FACE) I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

  83. s.... ....

    THIS SONG SO SOULFUL AND BEAUTIFUL....

  84. I.... ....

    @isael149 Sem querer fazer comparações com No Doubt, mas eu achei melhor. :D

  85. I.... Z....

    liiiiinnnnnddddddaaaaaa maravilhoosa a e canta pra caralho nossa.#@#@#

  86. S.... F....

    This sounds Awesome!! and i love her hair!!

  87. M.... K....

    This is a really cool cover. I like it a lot.

  88. B.... G....

    love it

  89. a.... ....

    @juann008 I like No Doubts version better, but Leela James has a better voic than Gwen I must say. Gwen can''t really sing, it's just Gwen puts a lot of emotion in her song that's why it works

  90. c.... d....

    hey, this version is really good!!

  91. F.... C....

    @merlinmediagroup i didn't say it wasn't good, but there isn't ANY version of this song better than No Doubt's.

  92. N.... C....

    @juann008 Stop comparing it, just enjoy it for what it is - a great take on (lyrically) a great song! A song can be covered a 1000 times and still remain different!

  93. j.... ....

    my favourite version of the song...leela got so much soul

  94. F.... C....

    Not even close to No Doubt, no one can play this song better than Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Gwen Stefani, but this cover is pretty good.

  95. C.... S....

    @kiannaluv21 Why would you get mad about that.....since it sounds like you can sing....why don't you record it over...and if you knew anything about songs ...you would know that most of the Real song out there have been recorded by all kind of people and from all races DUMB ASS

  96. T.... S....

    I Grew Up On Yuhh I Always Get N The Shower && Sinqq Thaa Mess Out Thiss Sonqq && Still Do

  97. f.... ....

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

  98. M.... ....

    Good Job Leela, I liked it. It was an interesting interpretation of the song...I love this song anyhow and I don't see how anyone with any skills in singing can mess it up. I LOVE Chrisette Michele's version though.

  99. V.... A....

    love it!