Carly Smithson
Carly Smithson (born 12 September 1983 as Carly Sarah Hennessy) is an Irish soul/pop rock singer, songwriter and actress who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2001, Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record label in 2002. After being introduced to record producer Ben Moody in early 2009, plans for Smithson's post-Idol solo album were scrapped and instead she is now the lead singer of the gothic metal band We Are the Fallen.
Biography
Early life and education
Smithson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to her parents Marie Murray and Luke Hennessy. After living 6 months in Dublin, Smithson and her parents moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. She lived there until they moved back to Dublin when she was 4 years old. Smithson began singing around the age of 4 and has also had some experience with acting. She was featured in advertisements for Denny's Sausage for three years, starting at the age of five. In 1990, Smithson played Young Marianne in Fools of Fortune. Two years later, in 1992, she joined the cast of Les Misérables and starred as Little Cosette in Ireland. When she was 10 years old, she released an independent CD titled Carly's Christmas Album which was released in the United Kingdom. When Smithson was 14, her parents divorced. A year later, in 1999, she and her father moved to the United States in order for Smithson to pursue a career in music. Smithson is a high school drop-out.
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ALBUMS
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by Carly Smithson
Crazy On You
by: Carly SmithsonWe may still have time
We might still get by
Every time
I think about it
I want to cry
With the bombs
And the devils
And the kids
Keep coming
Nowhere
To breathe easy
No time to be young
But I tell myself
That I'm doing alright
There's nothing
Left to do
Tonight but go
Crazy on you
My love
Is the evening breeze
Touching your skin
The gentle sweet singing
Of leaves in the wind
The whisper that calls
After you in the night
And kisses your ear
In the early light
You don't need to wonder
You're doing fine
And my love
The pleasure's mine
Let me go crazy on you
Wild man's world
Is crying in pain
What you gonna do
When everybody
Is insane
So afraid of wanting
So afraid of you
What you gonna do
Ahhhhhhhhhh
Crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go
Crazy
Crazy on you
I was a willow
Last night in my dream
I bent down over
A clear running stream
I sang you the song
That I heard up above
And you keep me alive
With your sweet