Song
Budapest
George Ezra
Album:
Wanted On A Voyage
Song meaning of Budapest by George Ezra
"Budapest" was Ezra's first effort at writing a love song, and it features the first three guitar chords he ever learnt, he revealed to The Daily Telegraph. That simplicity has a lot of merits." According to Ezra, he had never even gone to Budapest and the song "Budapest" has nothing to do with the city in Hungary, despite its title.
He said, "I was in Malmo in Sweden and the Eurovision Song Contest was being held in Malmö on that night, and I didn't have a clue about it but everyone there seemed to be really excited about it and having parties. But I didn't know you couldn't buy alcohol after 10 o'clock at night. So I ended up buying a bottle of like, rum, or something like that from a guy in a park so I could have something to drink at this party. Anyway, I was meant to be getting a train to Budapest the next day, and I never got it because I was too hungover and didn't fancy it. So I wrote the song about being miles from Budapest."
The UK Singles Chart saw the song peak at number three. "Budapest" has also been a huge hit for Ezra in Slovenia, Austria, and New Zealand, where it has reached the top ten in eleven other nations and topped the charts in all three.
Lyrics of Budapest by George Ezra
My house in Budapest
My, my hidden treasure chest
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo
You
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
My acres of a land
That I've achieved
It may be hard for you to
Stop and believe
But for you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
Oh, for you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
And give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
My many artifacts
The list goes on
If you just say the words
I'll, I'll up and run
Oh, to you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
Oh, for you
Ooh, oh
Ooh, I'd leave it all
And give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
Baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
Give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
A-ooh, a-ooh
My friends and family
They don't understand
They fear they'll lose so much
If you take my hand
But, for you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd lose it all
Oh, for you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd lose it all
And give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
Give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
My house in Budapest
My, my hidden treasure chest
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo
You
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
Oh, for you
Ooh, you
Ooh, I'd leave it all
Release Date
2014
Songwriter/s
George Ezra, Joel Pott
Producer/s
Cam Blackwood
Label/s
Sony, Columbia
