. "Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics is a collection of poems and lyrics written by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was first issued in the United States as a hardcover edition by G. P. Putnam's Sons, on November 4, 2004. Later in November 2005, it was issued in Canada and Europe in paperback format by Berkley Books. The book consists of twenty-seven poems and lyrics to songs from her studio albums Songs in A Minor (2001) and The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). The book appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list and has generated over 500.000 dollars in sales. Another volume was planned for release in fall 2005. To promote the book, Keys appeared on The Early Show and at Barnes & Noble store where she signed copies of it. In 2006, she appeared on the television series Def Poetry Jam, citing the poem \"P.O.W.\". The book was re-released in October 2018 with a new cover."@en . . . "G. P. Putnam's Sons" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Keys"@en . . . . "13872"^^ . "20.0"^^ . . . . . "Tears for Water"@en . . . . . "force"@en . . . "It's actually gonna be a collection of my poetry and unreleased lyrics and songs from the albums. It's also connected with stories about what provoked me to write what you read. It's very personal and intense and shows a lot of different sides of me. It's gonna be beautiful, it's a great first book."@en . . . . . "179"^^ . "179"^^ . . "2004-11-04"^^ . . . "Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics"@en . . . "0-425-20560-6" . "2004-11-04"^^ . . . . "left"@en . . . . "Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics is a collection of poems and lyrics written by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was first issued in the United States as a hardcover edition by G. P. Putnam's Sons, on November 4, 2004. Later in November 2005, it was issued in Canada and Europe in paperback format by Berkley Books. The book consists of twenty-seven poems and lyrics to songs from her studio albums Songs in A Minor (2001) and The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)."@en . . . "0"^^ . "talking about the book to MTV News."@en . . . "1"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics"@en . "United States"@en . . "English"@en . . "51501278"^^ . "1123860777"^^ . . . . . . . . . .