- published: 02 Oct 2009
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Annie Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954), born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".
Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
(CHORUS)
Heaven - is the whole of the heart
and heaven - don't tear you apart
yeah heaven - is the whole of the heart
and heaven - don't tear you apart
There's too many kings
wanna hold you down
and a world at the window gone underground
There's a hole in the sky
where the sun don't shine
and clock on the wall
and it counts my time
(CHORUS)
There's a song on the air
with a love-you line
and a face in the glass
and it looks like mine
and I'm standing on ice when I say
that i don't hear planes
and i scream at the fools
wanna jump my train