or, some of my favorite female vocalists.

• Adele - "Rumour Has It"
  • she is a stranger. you and i have history, or don't you remember? sure, she's got it all - but, baby, is that really what you want?
• Feist - "Sea Lion Woman"
  • sea lion woman, dressed in blue, call on the man and hope he knows what he can do.
• Florence & The Machine - "Bird Song"
  • he sang so loud, he sang so clear. i was afraid all the neighbors would hear.
• Duffy - "Warwick Avenue"
  • when i get to warwick avenue, please drop the past and be true. don't think we're okay just because i'm here. you hurt me bad, but i won't shed a tear.
• Tori Amos - "A Sorta Fairytale"
  • the girl had come undone, i tried to downplay it with a bet about us - you said you'd take it as long as i could not erase it.
• Lady Gaga - "You & I"
  • you taste like whiskey when you kiss me, oh, i'd give anything again to be your babydoll.
• Sara Bareilles - "Bluebird"
  • i was glad at the time that i'd said i was fine; but all honest knows i wasn't ready, no.
• Ani DiFranco - "Light Of Some Kind"
  • we both know what i've been doing, i've been intentionally bad at lying. you're the only boy i ever let see through me and i hope you believe me when i say i'm trying.
• Rachael Yamagata - "I Want You"
  • you sat down next to me like poetry to wine.
  • the only kiss I ever miss I shared with you.
• Adele - "Someone Like You"
  • i heard that your dreams came true; guess she gave you things i didn't give to you.
• Regina Spektor - "Samson"
  • you are my sweetest downfall. i loved you first, i loved you first. beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth: i have to go, i have to go. your hair was long when we first met...
  • and the history books forgot about us, and the bible didn't mention us.
• Sara Bareilles - "The Light"
  • never mind what i knew, nothing seems to matter now. i'm lost without you, i can't do without. no one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down. but i'm here with you now, i'm with you now.
• VV Brown - "Shark In The Water"
  • boy, you know me well. said, i'm that kind of feeling. that kind of soft, that kind of silly.
• Amy Winehouse - "Wake Up Alone"
  • he's fierce in my dreams, sees in my guts, he fills with me with dread, so consumed, he swims in my eyes by the bed. pour myself over him, room spinning, and i wake up alone.
  • if i was my heart, i'd rather be restless.
• Norah Jones - "Turn Me On"
  • like a flower waiting to bloom, like a light bulb in a dark room.
• Sarah Blasko - "All I Want"
  • there's no room beside me, i'm not looking for romance.
  • there's no way you'd understand all i want, all i want, all i want, when i don't even know myself.
• Missy Higgins - "Where I Stood"
  • i don't know who i am, who i am without you. all i know is that i should.
  • i don't know if i could stand another hand upon you, all i know is that i should. cause she will love you more than i could, she who dares to stand where i stood.
• Lykke Li - "Get Some"
  • got you 'round my finger like a lonely lover's charm.