This YouTube video is Close To The Front by Amy Winehouse.
Close To the Front is the B side of “Rehab” from Amy’s chart topping Back To Black album. The first single released from the album on 23 October 2006 was the Mark Ronson produced “Rehab”, a song about her past refusal to attend an alcohol rehabilitation centre despite prodding by her management company.
A deluxe edition of the Back To Black album was released in Europe on 5 November 2007. The re-issue features the original studio album remastered as well as a bonus disc including various B-sides, rare, and live tracks.
Here are the Close To The Front song lyrics
Only paid attention in your lessons
I sat close at the front so I could see
Your enthusiastic demonstrations
Teaching to a class of only me
And I couldn’t speak directly to you
Without stuttering or turning red
So looking back I don’t know how I handled it… yeah
Futile frustration in my head
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
Hated it when I saw them together
I sat around waiting for shit to end
Unconsciously I tried to sabotage it
To get revenge on my best friend
Because I was in love with him before her
I had just cause to grieve
So not long after she broke up with him
I got my closure on New Years eve
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
I love all the bickering and insults
And when I shout at you and you smile
Making coffee while my mind spills over
How I catch your art once in a while
Shouldn’t I have grown a little wiser?
Why haven’t I learned my lesson yet?
And although I have made my love progresses
I tend to learn as much as I forget
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
I can’t help but analyze your actions
Neglecting mine
Before I know I’ve fallen hard
And now I tread water in time
