Mari Wilson Backing Tracks

Mari Wilson Backing Tracks – Cry Me A River … Just What I Always Wanted

Mari Wilson

Mari Macmillan Ramsay Wilson (born 29 September 1954, Neasden, London, UK) is a British pop and jazz singer. She is best known for her 1982 UK top-10 hit single “Just What I Always Wanted”. Despite it being two decades later, Mari was renowned for her 1960’s style, including the ‘beehive’ hair-do.

In 1983, she scored a second Top 40 hit with a cover of “Cry Me a River” (Julie London) and released her debut album ‘Showpeople‘.

Having not gained chart success again, Mari continued performing with jazz bands and concentrated on live performances of her back catalogue.

She has written and starred in a one-woman musical, The Love Thing and also writes a regular blog about her life and music.

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Mari Wilson Backing Tracks

Cry Me A River … Just What I Always Wanted

Lyrics

Said he was giving me a taffeta dress
That’s just what I’ve always wanted
And then he said he’d give me more or less
Of just what I’ve always wanted

But you don’t give me anything and I don’t ask you
Just yourself is good enough
That’s just what I’ve always wanted
Just what I’ve always wanted
Hoh-oh, just what I’ve always wanted

He said he’d make of me a millionaire
That’s what I’ve always longed for
Not one Picasso, he’ll give me a pair
Just what I’ve always dreamed of

But you don’t give me anything and I don’t ask you
Just yourself is everything
That’s just what I’ve always wanted
Just what I’ve always wanted
Hoh-oh, just what I’ve always wanted

I’ve got a mink from Paris, a ring from Rome
A whole new wardrobe in my home
A tune from Tenney, an Ashworth snap
These are the landmarks on my map
I’ve got just what I always wanted
She’s got just what she’s always wanted

But you don’t give me anything and I don’t ask you
Just yourself is everything
That’s just what I’ve always wanted
Just what I’ve always wanted
Hoh-oh, just what I’ve always wanted