Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. He is married to author and model Sophie Dahl, née Holloway. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.
Cullum was born in Rochford, Essex. He was brought up in Hullavington, north of Chippenham, Wiltshire.
His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin, whose family settled in England after Burma's independence; his father, John Cullum, worked in finance. His paternal grandfather was a British Army officer, while his paternal grandmother was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who sang in Berlin nightclubs.
Cullum was educated at Grittleton House School, an independent school in the small village of Grittleton, near the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, followed by the sixth form of Sheldon School in Chippenham, a state comprehensive school. He rejected a place to study English Literature at the University of Oxford in favour of reading English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Reading, from which he graduated with First Class Honours.
Know this is a universal truth
people let me down.
So reach out for the things that you can use
buried in the ground
I think I've been misunderstood,
not all of my choices have been good
in a fading light.
So we should put this one to bed
before it bursts out of my head
ready for the fight.
So when it get's too late
and I find my place
who will save your soul and love me here.
So when it get's too far
so well let down your guard
who will save your soul and love me here.
Inside of another time of life
full of big ideas
strikes me with the baggage left behind
I could dry those tears.
All of my secrets they are free
now watch them tumble out of me
into better days.
So safe those homiletic tones
and come just singing from the moles
and you hear me say.
So when it get's too late
and I find my place
who will save your soul and love me here.
When it get's too far
so well let down your guard
who will save your soul and love me here.
Oh oh oh oh __
So step away from castle walls
those voices calling in the halls
they are moving on.
So I keep my side of the street
clearer than our pounding feet
ever walked to upon.
So when it get's too late
and I find my place
who will save your soul and love me here.
When it get's too far
so well let down your guard
who will save your soul and love me here.
When it gets too late
and I find my place
who will save your soul and love me here.
When it get's too far
so well let down your guard