Nan
Laura Mvula * Track #11 On The Dreaming Room
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Album The Dreaming Room
Nan Lyrics
LAURA MVULA
Nan
MVULA AS PAULA DOUGLAS
Hello?
LAURA
Nan
PAULA
Who is this?
LAURA
It's Laura
PAULA
Laura?
LAURA
Mhm
PAULA
Mhm. How are you? It's good to–
LAURA
–Hi–
PAULA
–It's good to hear you
LAURA
Good to hear you too. How are you?
PAULA
Not as good as you
LAURA
[laughs]
PAULA
Mmm. How is the music?
LAURA
Yeah, it's going OK. It's good
PAULA
Mhm
LAURA
Nearly at the end
PAULA
Well, we have to keep on keeping on
LAURA
Yeah
PAULA
Just keep your mind on, on the Lord
LAURA
Mhm
PAULA
I pray for you every morning
LAURA
I really appreciate that, Nan. I know you're thinking of me. I appreciate your prayers; really, I do
PAULA
Just, uh, keep yourself – you have to keep yourself in order. Keep your t'ings in order
LAURA
Mhm
PAULA
Yes
LAURA
Mhm
PAULA
Mhm. Well, write a song I can lift me spirits
LAURA
OK
PAULA
Write a song I can jig me foot
LAURA
[laughs] OK, I'll try
PAULA
OK
LAURA
OK
PAULA
Love you!
LAURA
All right then
PAULA
God bless. Bye!
LAURA
God bless. Bye!
Nan Q&A
Who wrote Nan's ?
Nan was written by Laura Mvula.
Who produced Nan's ?
Nan was produced by Laura Mvula.
What's the song about?
“Nan” is a skit interlude from The Dreaming Room featuring the voice of Laura Mvula in conversation with her mother, Paula Douglas (though it’s really recorded by Mvula herself). In the skit, the two characters have a phone conversation in which Mvula updates her mother on the status of her music an...