Are You Man Enough? -from the movie "Shaft in Africa" starring Richard Roundtree
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There's not a street that you can walk.
You got to watch just who you're talkin' to.
They're out to get ya, can't turn your back on a smilin' face.
Next thing ya know, there ain't no trace of you.
And this I betcha... some people lose, and some folks win.
It's a matter of what they do.
Are you man enough... big and bad enough?
Are you gonna let 'em shoot ya down?
When the evil flies, and your brother cries,
Are you gonna be around?
Someone needs a friend, just around the bend.
Don't ya think you should be there?
Are you man enough... when the goin's rough?
Is it in your heart to care?
There's no pretending it goes away.
With every step that you take... you pay your dues.
And I ain't lyin'.
You got to struggle to see the light.
How someone's lookin' to steal your right to choose.
And don't stop tryin'.
It's like a jungle outside the door,
and it's keepin' you so confused.
Are you man enough... big and bad enough?
Are you gonna let 'em shoot ya down?
When the evil flies, and your brother cries,
Are you gonna be around?
Gotta keep your eye on the passers-by.
Better watch your step!
'Cause ya never know where the knife will go,
and they ain't missed yet!
The strong survive, they stay alive,
They always cool,
But that they never teach you in school.
Are you man enough... big and bad enough?
Are you gonna let 'em shoot ya down?
When the evil flies, and your brother cries,
Are you gonna be around?
Someone needs a friend, just around the bend.
Don't ya think you should be there?
Are you man enough... when the goin' get's rough?
Is it in your heart to care?
Are you man enough... big and bad enough? (Are you big & bad enough?)
Are you gonna let 'em shoot ya down?
When the evil flies, and your brother cries,
Are you gonna be around?
Now that he’s gone
You need someone to lean on
I’ll do my best
To be that shoulder to cry on
But I can’t promise you
You’ll never cry again
Cause everyone cries sometime
I can’t promise you
You’ll never know heartaches again
Cause everyone’s heart aches sometime
All I can promise
Is my love to rely on
Always be here
(Long as you need me)
Just as long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
As long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
I’ll be standing by
(Long as you need me)
Just as long
(As long as you need me)
Long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
Long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
I’ll be by your side
(As long as you need me)
All I can promise
Is to be close by your side
Just as long as you need me
I can’t promise you
You’ll always know sadness
Cause everyone knows sadness sometimes
Oh I’ll do my very best
To keep on giving you happiness
In each and every day
In every way
Give you my shoulder to cry on
And always be here
(Long as you need me)
Just as long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
As long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
I’ll be standing by
(Long as you need me)
Long as you need me
(As long as you need me)
Long as you need me
Hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah, hey
She was a disco queen
She came from New Orleans
Catfish was her name
Dancin' was her claim to fame
She took me to a fish fry
The girl danced all night
Catfish sure was nice
She makes my nature rise
Ooh, she was amazin'
She kept her guessin'
But Lord, as she danced across the floor
So tantalizin'
So satisfyin'
So hypnotizin'
So mesmerizin'
What a girl she is
I wanna be with her
And dance forevermore
Oh, let me tell you about
Catfish makes my nature rise
Catfish makes my nature rise
Get on down, girl
Catfish makes my nature rise
Catfish makes my nature rise
Boogie for 'em, Catfish
She makes my nature rise
Hey, hey, hey, hey Catfish
Rise
Ooh, she's amazin'
She kept everybody guessin'
You oughta been there
As she moved
And grooved across the floor
Catfish was tantalizin'
Appetizin', satisfyin'
Mesmerizin', so hypnotizin'
Yes, she can boogie
I just wanna dance with her forevermore
Let me tell y'all
Catfish makes my nature rise
Catfish makes my nature rise
Hey, listen
She's from New Orleans
Former beauty queen
Grandma raised her on collard greens
She did, hey, hey
Catfish makes my nature rise
Catfish makes my nature rise
She's got great big boots
And a booty to boot
Boy, that girl can shoot the coop
She can
Catfish
Midnight flower
You got the power
Let me buy the things you do, darlin'
For just one hour
You may never
Fall in love with me
But it don't matter
As long as you and I, darling
Can get together
I don't care
What people say you are
'Cause in my eyes, girl
You are a superstar
The way you move
Is like sweet music flowin'
And inside of me
There is a need that's growin'
No price is too high
Midnight flower
You got the power
(Do something with me)
Let me buy the things you do, darlin'
For just one hour
You may never
Fall in love with me
But it don't matter
(Do something with me)
As long as you and I, darling
Can get together
I don't fool myself
It's one side romance
But I'd gladly pay the price
For just half a chance
It's wishful thinkin'
For just, oh, tonight
Let me pretend, baby
I'm your heart's delight
Oh, baby, hey
Midnight flower
You got the power
(Do something with me)
Let me buy the things you do, darlin'
For just one hour
I, I just gotta have ya
I need your company
To soothe this yearnin' in me
Girl, I, I just gotta have ya
Could be the devil's gotten me
But only you can set me free, yeah
Don't put on me, baby
Love me, girl
Pour it all over me, baby
Your sweet love
Oh, so sweet
Midnight flower
You got the power
(Do something with me)
Let me buy the things you do, darlin'
For just one hour
You may never
Fall in love with me
But it don't matter
(Do something with me)
As long as you and I, darling
Like a long lonely stream
I keep runnin' towards a dream
Movin' on, movin' on
Like a branch on a tree
I keep reachin' to be free
Movin' on, movin' on
'Cause there's a place in the sun
Where there's hope for ev'ryone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun
And before my life is done
Gotta find me a place in the sun
Like an old dusty road
I get weary from the load
Movin' on, movin' on
Like this tired troubled earth
I've been rollin' since my birth
Movin' on, movin' on
There's a place in the sun
Where there's hope for ev'ryone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun
And before my life is done
Gotta find me a place in the sun
You know when times are bad
And you're feeling sad
I want you to always remember
Yes, there's a place in the sun
(Place in the sun, place in the sun)
Where there's hope for ev'ryone
(Hope for ev'ryone, hope for ev'ryone)
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
(Poor restless heart, poor restless heart, run)
I know, there's a place in the sun
I see a house, a house of stone
(Seven rooms)
A lonely house 'cause now you've gone
(Filled with gloom)
Seven rooms, that's all it is, seven rooms of gloom
(Just seven rooms of gloom)
I live with emptiness
(Filled withe mptiness)
Without your tenderness
You took the dream I had for us
Turned my dreams into dust
I watch the phone never rings
I watch the door that never rings
Bring you back into my life
Turn this darkness into light
I'm all alone in this house
Turn this house into a home
I need your touch to comfort me
The tender, tender arms that once held me
Without your love, your love inside
This house is just a place to run and hide
Seven rooms, that's all it is - seven rooms of gloom
Rooms of emptiness
Without your tenderness
Don't make me live from day to day
Watching the clock that ticks away
Another day, another way
Another reason for me to stay
I need you here, here with me
I need your loving desperately
I'm all alone, all alone
In this house that's not a home
I miss your love I once had known
I miss your kiss that was my very, very own
Empty silence surrounding me
Lonely walls they stare at me
Seven rooms, that's all it is - rooms of gloom
I live with emptiness
Without your tenderness
All the windows are painted black
And wait right here until you come back
I'll keep waiting, waiting
In this world of ups and downs,
My dreams all fall through.
Nothing seems to work out,
No matter what I do.
Disappointment haunts me,
Through each lonely day.
The world around I see,
In only shades of gray
But when the lovelight shines upon my face,
I'm in a different world.
A world I never knew.
I'm in a different world.
A world so sweet and true.
I'm in a different world.
I'm no longer just another face,
In a crowd.
Hey look into my eyes,
You'll see I'm strong and I'm proud.
You were all the sweetness,
Of my life you see.
You have brought heaven,
Right here on earth for me.
No man of wealth,
I know I'll never be.
But I'll be satisfied,
Just knowing you love me.
On the stage of life,
I've played a losers part.
Seems like I've been down,
Right from the very start.
When I pull myself,
Above the ground.
Something always happens,
To bring the curtain down.
But when your lovelight shines upon my face,
I'm in a different world.
A world so warm and sweet.
I'm in a different world.
Now that you've been loving me.
I'm in a different world.
Each time you speak my name,
Or put your hand in mine.
The empty life I knew.
I leave it far behind,
You gave me the love,
That I truly felt.
Most of all you made me,
Believe in myself.
You mean the world to me,
Your my way of life.
I'll forever charish you,
Lord each day in night.
Ahhhhh...
I'm in a different world...
A world that's warm,
A world that's sweet.
A world that's every bit complete.
A world that's really made me see,
All the beauty surrounding me.
Ahh look what you've done for me.
Ahh look what you've done for me.
I'm in a different world,
Now that you've been loving me.
I'm in a different world,
And that's where I want to be.
It's in a different world.
Now that you've been loving me.
It's in a different world,
(And thats where I want to be.)
It's in a different world,
Now that you've been loving me
Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain.
Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain.
Oh, the dark days are done and the bright days are here,
My sunny one shines so sincere.
Oh, Sunny one so true, I love you.
Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet.
Sunny, thank you for the love you brought my way.
You gave to me your all and all,
Now I feel ten feet tall.
Oh, Sunny one so true, I love you.
Sunny, thank you for the truth you've let me see.
Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z.
My life was torn like a windblown sand,
Then a rock was formed when we held hands.
Sunny one so true, I love you.
Sunny, thank you for that smile upon your face.
Sunny, thank you for that gleam that flows with grace.
You're my spark of nature's fire,
you're my sweet complete desire.
If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Now would you marry me anyway? (Would you marry me
anyway?)
Would you have my baby? (Would you have my baby?)
If a tinker were my trade
Would you still find me?
Oh, carryin' the pots I made (Carryin' the pots I made)
Followin' most of behind me (Followin' behind me)
Save my love through loneliness
Save my love for sorrow
'Cause I have given you my onliness
Come, give your tomorrow
If I worked my hands in wood
Would you still love me?
Now answer me, baby: "Yes, I would (Yes, I would, baby)
I'll place you high above me";
If I were a miller
At a mill wheel grinding
Now would you miss your color box? (Would you miss your
color box?)
And your soft shoe shining? (And your soft shoe
shining)
If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Girl, would you marry me anyway? (Would you marry me
anyway?)
Would you have my baby? (Would you have my baby?)
If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry anyway?
Hey girl
he treats you bad
Leaves you at home on your own while he roams.
Said he was out with the boys
smells like sweet perfume
Lipsticks on his collar
his pockets ain't got a dollar.
He staggers and he falls asleep
In the same clothes that he wore in the street
Wakes up and demands to eat
you're in this thing mighty deep.
What you need is a change of heart
What you need is a change of life
I know you got to have a change of man - change to me.
What you need is a change of heart
What you need is a change of life
In fact I know you need a change of man - change to me.
Every saturday night he wants to start a fight with you
Either she ain't treatin' him right
Or just because he's high as a kite.
He blames you because the sun didn't shine
And he blames you for what's wrong with his mind.
He uses you as an escape goat
If you can't see it
let me pull your coat.
He uses reverse psychology on you
Remember when you caught him with Nona
didn#t he accuse you of being with some creep?
Girl
you're in this thing mighty deep.
What you need is a change of heart
Start me think about it
he never says he loves you
And I don't think he do
do you?
I think he only thinks of you as he would an old worn out shoe.
Change to me - think about it
baby
- change to me!
Change of heart - change of life - change of man -
(Baby I need Your good lovin'
Got to have your love right now
Baby
So come and fill my empty arms and
Make my life worthwhile)
Because
I'm not livin', baby,
I only exist
I'll never laugh, I'll never smile no more
Don't care if I stay like this, because...
*Chorus*
Without the one you love, Life is not worthwhile
Without your love my dear I'm like a fatherless child
So come and fill my empty arms and
Make my life worthwhile
When I feel the hurt comin' on
I stop and cry like I'm cryin' (right now)
People ask why would a grown man cry
I drop my head and I sigh and reply
*Chorus*
(Baby I need your good lovin')
Sometimes I feel like a wanderer
(Got to have your love right now)
Searching for peace within
(Baby I need your good lovin')
I need you my darling
(Got to have your love right now)
Like a lost soul needs a friend
So come and fill my empty arms and
Fill my empty life
(Baby I need your good lovin')
Nobody knows the emptiness I feel
(Got to have your love right now)
And I feel it
(Baby I need your good lovin')
Nobody knows the loneliness I feel
(Got to have your love right now)
And I feel it...because
Many a tear has to fall
But it's all in the game
All in the wonderful game
That we know as love
You had words with him
And your future's looking dim
But these things your heart can rise above
Once in a while he won't call
But it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there by your side
With a sweet bouquet
And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away
You had words with him
And your future's looking dim
But these things your heart can rise above
Once in a while he won't call
But it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there by your side
With a sweet bouquet
And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
Just ask the lonely
When you feel that you
Can make it all alone
Remember no one
Is big enough, to going alone
Just ask the lonely
They know the hurt and pain
Of losing a love
You can never regain
Just ask the lonely
(Just ask the lonely)
The young and foolish laugh at love
So they run away
Confident and sure that fate
Will bring another love their way
But ask the lonely
How vainly a heart can yearn
For losing a love
That will never return
Just ask the lonely
(Just ask the lonely)
They'll tell you
They'll tell you a story of sadness
A story too hard to believe
They'll tell you
The loneliest one is me
Just ask the lonely
(Just ask the lonely)
Ask me, I'm the loneliest one you'll see
Just ask the lonely
Baby, don't fight it
I'm comin' baby
Do you know how long I'm dreamin'
Of a reason it grows?
You may ask me all these questions
But darling, no one knows
It should be clear, I really love you
Don't ask me why, I just do
Do you ask the Lord who loves you
Why He makes the sky clear blue?
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
We were meant, we were meant to stay together
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
Oh, don't ask me how long I'll love you
When you're gone, my heart aches
I'll never, never leave you
Girl, all my life, for you I'd wait 'cause it's the way
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
We were meant, we were meant to stay together
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
Don't fight it, baby
I'm coming, girl
It should be clear, I really love you
Don't ask me why, I just do 'cause it's the way
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
Like the stars and the sky and the beautiful heaven
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
We were meant, we were meant to stay together
Why does a flower grow?
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
Why does the river flow?
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
We were meant, we were meant
We were meant, we were meant to stay together
Why does it rain?
It's the way, it's the way nature planned it
Why do I feel this way?
If you take your love from me,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
If your love I couldn't call my own,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
I need your love in every way.
Your love I cling to
When things slip away.
Without your love
I'll be lost and alone.
No reason for living
All purpose would be gone.
Without you there
For my eyes to behold
My life would be empty
My heart would grow cold.
If you take your love from me,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
If your love I couldn't call my own,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
When I think of love,
I think of me and you.
When I think of happiness,
I think of us too.
You're my yesterdays
And all my tomorrows,
The air I breathe
Everything I need.
If from my life
You were ever gone,
I'd fall to pieces
You I depend on.
If you take your love from me,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
If your love I couldn't call my own,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Darling without you
I'll go on searching
With a lonely heart
That won't stop hurting.
Sorrow would be written
On my face
All my tears
Would leave its trace.
I would be like a statue in a park
Cold and alone,
A man without a heart.
If you take your love from me,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
If your love I couldn't call my own,
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Turn to stone, turn to stone
Just turn to stone, I'll turn to stone.
If your love I couldn't call my own.
I'll turn to stone, just turn to stone,
Yesterday's dreams today are sorrow
Just like your love, girl, fading away
Yesterday's love won't last till tomorrow
I know you're leaving, but what can I say?
Oh (oh) wish that I could find a way
To make you stay; I've got to prove to you
That I love you, I need you, oh how I need you
Don't go (don't go) don't go (don't go)
If you go, don't you know
You're gonna leave me with...
Yesterday's dreams though gone & behind us
They're lonely reminders of plans that we made
Yesterday's plans today gone forever
But they're locked here inside me & they never will fade
Although (although) you may go, time will show me
Dreamin' still, & I always will
'Cause I love you, I need you, oh how I need you
Don't you go (don't go) don't you leave me, baby (don't go)
Baby don't you leave me (don't go) please don't leave me
(Don't go) here with yesterday's dreams
Although (although) you may go, time will show me
Dreamin' still, & I always will
Yesterday's dreams are a small pile of ashes
You keep running away
Though I beg you not to leave
But still you won't stay
Darlin' you keep running away
Tear my heart apart every step of the way
You're here today and gone tomorrow
Leavin' this heart of mine in sorrow
Now you come around every now and then
Long enough to hurt me, and then you're gone again
Darlin' you, you keep running away
Oh, I begged you not to leave, you never stay
Now you, you keep running away
Leavin' me here to face another lonely day
To you all of this is just a game
But each time you came here, I feel the pain
But I've got so much love for you
I keep wanting you, no matter what you do
All I want to do is take care of you
Everything I have in my life, I'll share with you
This soul of mine has been possessed by you
Darling my heart has been obsessed with you
Just look at me, I'm not the man, I used to be
I used to be proud, I used to be strong
But all of that's changed girl, since you come along
Your lovin' sweetness is my weakness
Though I need you, dear, I just can't keep you near
Running away, running away, running away
Running away, running away, running away
Each time you go, the hurt comes callin'
My days become nights, darlin'
My nights become so much longer
You're in my life, you're in my heart
But I can't get you, get you into my arms
Darlin' you, you keep runnin' away
When you were a young girl
Did you want a rag doll
The only doll you've ever owned
Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll
Only now my love has grown
It gets stronger as the river flows
Deeper baby, heaven knows
Higher, as it goes
Do I love you, my oh my
River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah
Do I love you, would I cry
Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby
When you were a young girl
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around
Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy
No I'll never never let you down
'cause it gets stronger as the river flows
It gets deeper baby, heaven knows
It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes
Do I love you, my oh my
River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah
Do I love you, would I cry
Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby
I love you baby like a flower loves a spring
I love you baby like a wrong man likes to sin
I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie
And oh I love you baby, river deep, mountain high
Do I love you, my oh my
River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah
Do I love you, would I cry
And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day
Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame
From deep inside the tears
I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain
That I chose to hide
Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries
Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries
Your name and mine inside
A heart on a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me
Though they're so small
Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
(I'm never gonna stray away, baby)
(Never gonna stray away)
In these changing times
There's no one can make me
Change my mind, no
In these changing times
How much of a sinner do you see (Stay away)
Mind you, how you miss the scenery
That's why the day
The love don't last
(Stay away)
Makes life movin'
Much too fast
(I'm never gonna stray away, baby)
Never, never, never ever leave
(Never gonna stray away)
Oh, no
Oh, in these changing times
There's no one can make me
Change my mind, no
In these changing times
Like a rock
You're always by my side, girl
Now listen
Some men are never satisfied
Even with the right woman
By his side
(I'm never gonna stray away, baby)
Changes women
Like the coins in his hand
(Never gonna stray away)
But I know
That ain't really the measure of a man
I'm too much a part of you
To be a part of someone else
(Stay away)
If I cheat on you, girl
I'd be cheating on myself
So, in these changing times
There's no one can make me
Change my mind, girl
In these changing times
Like a rock
You're always by my side, girl
(I'm never gonna stray away, baby)
No, I'll never, never stray
In these changing times
There's no one can make me
Change my mind, girl
In these changing times
Like a rock
You're always by my side, girl
In these changing times
There's no one can make me
Change my mind, girl
In these changing times
Like a rock
You're always by my side, girl
Hmm, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
You don't have to tell me you've gone to found someone new.
'Cause I can feel his presence, whenever I'm-a kissing you.
How can you ask me to try, try and understand
Well, just put yourself in my place.
Go on, just see if you can.
I'm-a begging you. (Don't, don't you let him)
Baby, please. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
I'm begging you, baby. (Don't, don't you let him)
Oh no. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
So what if he whispers how much he loves you in your ear.
But pay no mind 'cause I love you much more my dear, huh.
My love are like mountains.
That's how strong it is for you.
If you ever walk away in to his arms
Which will surely break my heart in two.
I'm begging you. (Don't, don't you let him)
Oh no. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
Baby, baby, I'm begging. (Don't, don't you let him)
No, no, no, no. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
Oh, I couldn't stand it, baby.
If you leave me for him you would truly be unfair.
Now, just ask yourself, whenever you needed me, wasn't I always there
Now, I'm begging you, baby, baby, down on my bended knees.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, please stay here with me.
Baby, please. (Don't, don't you let him)
Oh no. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
Baby, baby, please. (Don't, don't you let him)
I couldn't stand it. (Don't let him, don't let him take your love from me)
Oh you heard this before
and my punchline is poor, here's a funny twist. (Here's a funny twist...)
I don't go out and roam,
I prefer to be at home, at a time like this. (At a time like this...)
Since you walked out that door,
I don't care anymore, girl I barely exist.
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you? (Oh no!)
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you?
People say not to worry,
you'll be home in a hurry, to comfort me. (Just to comfort me...)
But it's not my composure,
it's the sudden exposure, that's worrying me.
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you? (You lovely thing you!)
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you?
You can check my willpower
at this very hour, girl I think you'd find it was pretty low.
I just sit here and brood,
and I really don't mean to be rude, but the truth? Girl I think you'll find it so.
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you? (Oh oh ohhhh...)
So you think I should date,
and not anticipate, your sweet return. (Sweet return...)
But I must follow my mind,
and pretend to be blind, where you're concerned.
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you?
Oh baby, what else is there to do
but sit here and think about you? (Don't wanna talk to neighbors or hear from friends...)
Oh baby, what else is there to do
They say there's a tree in the forest
A tree that will give you a sign
Come along with me to the sweetheart tree
Come and carve your name next to mine
They say if you kiss the right sweetheart
The one you've been waiting for
Big blossoms of white will burst into sight
Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me
Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me
Oh, I'm all alone now
No love to shield me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality
Happiness you took from me
And left me alone
With only memories
Through the mirror of my mind
Through these tears that I'm crying
Reflects a hurt I can't control
'Cause although you're gone
I keep holding on
To the happy times
Oh, when you were mine
As I peer through the window
Of lost time
Looking over my yesterdays
And all the love I gave all in vain
(All the love) All the love
That I've wasted
(All the tears) All the tears
That I've tasted
All in vain
Through the hollow of my tears
I see a dream that's lost
From the hurt
That you have caused
Everywhere I turn
Seems like everything I see
Reflects the love that used to be
In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
My world has turned to dust
After all the nights
I sat alone and wept
Just a handful of promises
Are all that's left of loving you
Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me
In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
Don't walk away
don't walk away
Not now that I'm inspired.
won't you stay
please
won't you stay
Come on
girl
come around now.
Don't walk away
don't walk away
Not now that I'm inspired.
won't you stay
please
won't you stay
Your love it takes me higher.
You built me up
make me feel I was good enough to be your guy
Now you've changed your mind.
Girl
couldn't decide if your love was all in my mind
But in my heart too - I believe in you.
Don't walk away
don't walk away
. . .
Don't let me down
promise me you'll be around
I'll take the lie - just say that you'll try
girl.
Over the year I've cried twenty million tears
But in one day you washed them all away
yeah.
If I ever get another chance
I'm gonna get you really gonna love you.
We can start a new romance - say you'll be mine.
Don't you walk away
don't turn your back on me
Don't walk away
girl
don't walk away
girl
Don't you walk away
don't you walk away
hey girl
Listen to me
girl
don't turn your back on me.
Now that you got me inspired
don't you walk away
don't you walk away
Don't walk away
don't walk away
. . .
Don't walk away
don't walk away
As I walk this land of broken dreams
I have visions of many things
But happiness is just an illusion
Filled with sadness and confusion
What becomes of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind
Maybe
The roots of love grow all around
But for me they come a tumbling down
Every day heartaches grow a little stronger
I can't stand this pain much longer
I walk in shadows searching for light
Cold and alone no comfort in sight
Hoping and praying for someone who cares
Always moving and going nowhere
What becomes of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind
Help me, please
I'm searching though I don't succeed
For someone's love there's a growing need
All is lost there's no place for beginning
All that's left is an unhappy ending
Now what becomes of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind
I'll be searching everywhere
Just to find someone to care
I'll be looking every day
I know I'm gonna find a way
Nothings going to stop me now
I'll find a way somehow
What becomes of the broken hearted
Who had love that's now departed
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind, maybe
Oh yeah
What becomes of the broken hearted
Who had love that's now departed
What becomes of the broken hearted
Who had love that's now departed
Just because in a moment of madness
I took advantage of your sweet love
Don't just hand me a lifetime of sadness
When there's so little I'm guilty of
One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
Can you spare me a little affection
Would that be askin' too much of you
Don't point love in another direction
I swear I'll make it all up to you
One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
Can you hear, baby?
There's a bed I'm keepin' empty for you
There's a lot I know I got to prove
Don't let a simple misunderstanding
Be a mountain that we can't move
Ooh, ooh, baby
One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
The six o'clock alarm would never ring
But six rings and I rise, wipe the sleep out of my eyes
My shavin' razor's cold, and it stings
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
And a, homecoming queen
You once thought of me, as a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy, I can be
Oh and our good time starts and end, without dollar one to spend
But how much baby do we really need
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
And a, homecoming queen
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
And a, homecoming queen
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
And a, homecoming queen
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
And a, homecoming queen
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a, daydream believer
You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never my love
Never my love
You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never my love
Never my love
What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life depends
On you (on you)
Never my love
Never my love
You say you fear I'll change my mind
And I won't require you
Never my love
Never my love
How can you think love will end
When I've asked you to spend your whole life
Four Tops
Miscellaneous
Just Seven Numbers (can Straighten Out My Life)
JUST SEVEN NUMBERS (CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LIFE)
The Four Tops
Baby, baby, right now
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
But my pride won't let me phone
Just seven numbers
Can get me through to you girl
Then I'll know you're really at home
You haven't been fair to me
Playing all that you see
You say you seen some of the act
I don't know that you're a comin back
If I only knew where you were
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
If my fingers would only turn the dial
Just seven numbers can make me blue girl
Just your hello would make me smile
I haven't been fair to myself
I'm tryin to call somebody else
But as soon as she said hello
I hung up the telephone line
If I only knew where you were
Just seven numbers
Can put me straight through to you
I never knew
Baby, wo-o-o
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
But my fingers won't turn the dial
Just seven numbers
Can put me straight through to you babe
Just your hello would make me smile
If Columbus never sailed the sea,
if Longfellow never wrote a rhyme,
if leaves have never grown upon a tree,
and if the sands have never told the time,
Then I guess I don't love you,
(like I do)
Then I guess I'll have to find me,
(someone new)
Then I guess this love I feel couldn't possibly be real.
If Beethoven never wrote a song,
and if Shakespeare never wrote a play,
if a man has never been wrong,
and if night has never followed day,
Then I guess I don't love you,
(like I do)
Then I guess I'll have to find me,
(someone new)
Then I guess this love for you couldn't possibly be true.
If high is low, and up is down,
and if love is not considered an emotion.
(if yes is no)
If yes is no.
(and square is round)
And square is round.
(and if waves have never road across the ocean)
Oh-o-oh.
If Michelangelo could never paint,
and if Jezebel was a saint,
Then I guess I don't love you,
(like I do)
Then I guess I'll have to find me,
(someone new)
Then I guess this love form couldn't possibly be strong.
Then I guess I don't love you,
(like I do)
Then I guess I'll have to find me,
(someone new)
A few words, said in anger
Have put my lonely heart in danger
One mistake, made you part
But when you left, you took my heart
I now sit quietly in a room
Hoping you'll return real soon
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
Only your warm embrace
Can fill this empty place
I look up and down each lonely street
Hoping one day soon we'll meet
Searching here, searching there
Looking for you, everywhere
Your love it means the most to me
I need you close to me
Where did you go girl?
Where did you go?
Only your warm embrace
Can fill this empty place
I pass the house you used to stay
It's lonely and vacant, I'm the same old way
When our friends mention your name
The hurt, comes back again
No matter what I try to do
I can't get over losing you
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
I've been searching for you everywhere
Where did you go?
Michael George
Miscellaneous
I Can't Make You Love Me
"This song was performed by Mr. Michael in his Mtv-unplugged show"
Turn down the lights
turn down the bed
turn down these voices inside my head
lay down with me
tell me no lies
just hold me close
don't patronize
don't patronize me
I can't make you love me
if you don't
you can't make your heart feel
something it won't
here in the dark
these final hours
I will lay down my heart
I feel the power
but you won't
no, you won't
And I can'tmake you love me
if you don't
I close my eyes
then I won't see
the love you don't feel
when you're holding me
morning will come
and I'll do what's right
just give me til then
to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
Cause I can't make you love me
if you don't
you can't make your heart feel
something it won't
here in the dark
these final hours
I will lay down my heart
I feel the power
but you won't
No, you won't
and I can't make you love me
if you don't
There ain't no use in you trying
if you don't love me Baby!
ain't no use in you trying
if you don't
if you don't
if you don't
if you don't love me
there ain't nothing I can do
Cherish is a word I say to describe,
all the feelings I have hiding here for you inside.
You don't know how many times I wish that I had told you.
You don't know how many times I wish that I could hold you.
You don't know how many times I wish that I could mold you into someone
who could cherish as much as I cherish you.
Cherish is a word that more than applies,
to the hope in my heart each time I realize.
And I'm not going to be the one to share your dreams.
And I'm not going to be the one to share your schemes.
And I'm not going to be the one to share
what seems to be the life that you would cherish as much as I cherish you.
Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found
the words that could make you want me,
that the right amount of letters and just the right sound
that could make you hear and make you see
that you are driving me out of my mind.
Oh I could say I need you
but then you'd realize
that I want you, just like a thousand other guys
who say they like you.
Like all the rest of their lies,
when all they wanted was to touch your face, your hand
and gaze into your eyes.
Cherish is a word I say to describe,
all the feelings I have hiding here for you inside.
You don't know how many times I wish that I had told you.
You don't know how many times I wish that I could hold you.
You don't know how many times I wish that I could mold you into someone
who could cherish me as much as I cherish you.
Into my life you came
Spreading a glow you shared my name
Baby, Lord knows I'm not ashamed
To tell the whole world I love you, yeah
Stretch out your hand, pick me up
Nourish me from the lovin cup
Till my cup runneth over
With your sweet-er understanding love
Undemanding love
And it sho nuff love, hey baby
Sweet-er and undying love
Undenying love
And it's sho nuff love, hey baby
Picked me up when they tore me down
Rescued me from the underground
Encircle me with you lovin arms
And I'll always be thankful
Look at me I'm a brand new man
With you a part of my master plan
With your sweet-er understanding love
Undemanding love
Is sho nuff love, hey baby
Sweet-er and undying love
Undenying love
And it's sho nuff love, hey baby
Ls for the new love you gave me
When I thought mine was through
O is for the only love I've ever known
Given to me by you
V is for the value
Of our priceless understanding
E is everlasting
Sweet-er understanding love
Undemanding love
And it sho nuff love, hey baby
Sweet-er and undying love
Un denying love
And it sho nuff love, hey baby
Sweet-er understanding love
Oh wonderful baby!
Oh wonderful one!
Wonderful baby, wonderful one,
I can't describe all the wonders you've done.
You came to my life,
it was barren and bare.
You put some love and care in there.
So warm and sweet,
you came and swept me off my feet.
That day came my way
I heard you say you belong to me.
Heard you say your love was strong for me.
It was a dream come true
hearing this from you!
So wonderful!
Oh wonderful baby! Wonderful, wonderful baby!
Oh wonderful one! Oh, you are my wonderful one!
Until you came along,
I was sure a lonely one.
With no hope of finding real true love
I didn't think it could ever be done.
Then all at once that occurred
and now you have shown there's hope for the lonely!
So tenderly,
you came and brought me ecstasy.
That day you came my way
I heard you say that you would be true.
I heard you say the words I love you.
The most wonderful words
I've ever heard... so wonderful!
Oh wonderful baby! Wonderful baby!
Oh wonderful one! Oh my wonderful one!
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
Miscellaneous
Sure Feels Like Love (1982)
Sure feels like love the best I remember sure feels like love the best I recall
It's so good it feels like the first time I reached out and went for it all
Sure feels like love cause I don't remember the last time that love felt this strong
So you're either going to have to stop what you're doing to me right now
Or you're going to have to keep on a doing it all night long
You're driving me crazy and you ain't even trying
I know you're a lady there's no way of denying
I don't remember the last that love felt this strong
So you're either going to have to stop what you're doing to me right now
Or you're going to have to keep on a doing it all night long
Sure feels like love the best I remember sure feels like love the best I recall
It's so good it feels like the first time I reached out and went for it all
Sure feels like love cause I don't remember the last time that love felt this strong
So you're either going to have to stop what you're doing to me right now
Or you're going to have to keep on a doing it all night long
So you're either going to have to stop what you're doing to me right now
Now if you feel that you can't go on (can't go on)
Because all of your hope is gone (all your hope is gone)
And your life is filled with much confusion (much confusion)
Until happiness is just an illusion (happiness is just an illusion)
And your world around is crumbling down, darlin
Reach out come on girl reach on out for me
Reach out reach out for me
I'll be there with a love that will shelter you
I'll be there with a love that will see you through
When you feel lost and about to give up (to give up)
Cause your life just ain't good enough (just ain't good enough)
And your feel the world has grown cold (has grown cold)
And your drifting out all on your own (drifting out on your own)
And you need a hand to hold, darlin
Reach out come on girl reach out for me
Reach out reach out for me
I'll be there to love and comfort you
And I'll be there to cherish and care for you
I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there to love and comfort you
I can tell the way you hang your head (hang your head)
Your not in love now, now your afraid (you're afraid)
And through the tears you look around (look around)
But there's no piece of mind to be found (no piece of mind to be found)
I know what your thinking,
You're alone now, no love of your own, but darling
Reach out come on girl reach out for me
Reach out reach out... just look over your shoulder
I'll be there to give you all the love you need
And I'll be there you can always depend on me
I'll be there to always see you through
Sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
In and out my life
(In and out my life)
You come and you go
(Come and you go)
Leaving just your picture behind
And I kissed it a thousand times
When you snap your finger or wink your eye
I come running to you
I'm tied to your apron strings
And there's nothing that I can do
Each day comes, makes you little stronger
Each time it lasts a little longer
(Can't help myself)
(No, I cant help myself)
Sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
I'm weaker than a man should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love, you see
Wanna tell you I don't love you
Tell you that we're through
And I've tried but every time I see your face
I get all choked up inside
When I call your name
Girl, it starts the flame
(Burning in my heart)
(Tearing it all apart)
No matter how I try
My love, I cannot hide
'Cause sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
You know that I'm weak for you
(Weak for you)
Can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
Sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
Do anything you ask me to
(Ask me to)
Can't help myself
I want you and nobody else
Sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
You know that I love you
(I do)
Can't help myself no
Can't help myself
Sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
You know that I love you
(I do)
Can't help myself no
I can't help myself
Sugar pie, honey bunch
(Sugar pie, honey bunch)
You know that I'm weak for you
Can't help myself, no, no, no
Can't help myself
Sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that I love you
(Love you)
Can't help myself, no
Once again we said it's over
And just like before
We vowed to take no more
Ooh, but I suddenly I find
That every time
Your face comes into view
And then you touch
The way that you do
I just can't walk away
Whenever you touch me
I give in to you
And I just can't walk away
I just can't walk away
Sometimes angry words with you
Make me lose my head
But memories unwind
To find my hear again
Ooh, but I stubbornly I go
And this time I am sure
'Cause I'm reaching for the door
And I feel your hand touch me
And my heart gives in
I just can't walk away
Whenever you touch me
My heart always wins
And I just can't walk away
When I think it must be hidin' in me
It always seems to find me close to you
It's the way that you touch me
I give in to you
I just can't walk away
Whenever you touch me
My heart always wins
I just can't walk away
(Spoken-
Walk with me
Take my hand)
Ooooh, oooh oooh
Ooohh, oooh oooh
(Still water)
Still water
Ahhh, ahhh, ahh
Never you mind if I
Don't tell strangers passing by
If I don't brag
If I don't brag or boast
Click my glass and say a toast
About my love for you
How it runs so deep and true
And yet it's so
'Cause don't you know, ohh
Still waters run deep
Still waters run deep
Still waters run deep
Still waters run deep
Ooooh
Walk with me
Take my hand
Still waters
Still water
Walk with me
Take my hand
Whoa, whoa, whoa now
Still waters run deep
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Whoa, whoa, whoa now
I remember yet before we met
When every night & day I had to live the life of a
lonely one
I remember meeting you
Discovering love could be so true
Shared by 2 instead of only one
When you said you loved me (when you said you loved me)
& we could not be parted (we could not be parted)
I said I built my world around you (built my world
around you)
I'm so thankful that I found you (so thankful that I
found you)
'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever
I've never felt like this before
Lovin' you has made my life so much sweeter than ever
Each night I pray we'll never part
For the love within my heart grows stronger
From day to day
As best I can, I'll always try
To reassure & satisfy
'Cause I'd be lost if you went away
'Cause I really need you (really really need you)
& I need for you to need me too (need for you to need
me too)
I have built my world around you (built my world around
you)
I'm so thankful that I found you
'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever,
yes it has
Lovin' you has made my life so much sweeter than ever
'Cause I really love you (really really love you)
Girl, I'm thankful that you love me too (thankful that
you love me too)
I have built my world around you (built my world around
you)
& I'm truly glad I found you
'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever
Oh it has, yes it has
Lovin' you, since I've been lovin' you, my life's
sweeter than ever
Feel the pressure
your back's against the wall
love is gainig on you
you're just about to fall.
If you're afraid to love
afraid to take a chance
you better hide your feelings
get out while you can.
'Cause you'll be going loco down in Acapulco
if you stay too long
You can hear voices bleeding through those warm Latin
nights
memories are lost and found
leaving broken hearts all over town.
'Cause you'll be going loco down in acapulco if you
stay too long
You'll be pulling out your hair
drowning in despair
with a whole lot of nothing on your way to nowhere.
Your search for paradise will come to an end
when you realize what a fool you've been.
You'll be haunted by her face
missing her warm embrace
memories of loving her
holding her tight every night.
Was that the best part of your life ?
Hearing her voice soft and low
begging you to please
please don't go.
- Don't go
no ! Don't go ! Don't go ! -
You can hear voices bleeding through those warm Latin
nights
'Cause you'll be going loco down in acapulco if you
stay too long
going loco down in acapulco if you stay too long
I'd run but there's no where to go
'Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love, the love I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
'Cause you've taken away all me reasons for livin'
When you pushed aside all the love I've been giving
Now wait a minute
Didn't I teach you right, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best I could, didn't I?
So don't you leave me
Standin' in the shadow of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Don't you see me standing in the shadow of love
Just tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come
All alone I'll desperately be
With misery my only company
Come today, in fact come tomorrow
Sorrow, I ain't got nothin' but sorrow
Don't your conscience bother you
How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you
Now hold a minute
Gave you all the love I had, didn't I?
When you needed me I was there, now wasn't I?
(Standing in the shadows of love
Gettin' ready for the heartaches to come)
I've tried not to cry out loud
No gal you ain't gonna help me now
What did I do to cause all this grief
Now what'd I say to make you want to leave
Now wait a minute
I gave my heart and soul to you, didn't I?
Now didn't I always treat you good, didn't I?
I'm Standing in the shadows of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Hope to see you standing in the shadows of love
Tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come
Darling, I really wanna know
Am I in your plan?
Can I be your man?
Darling, I'll never leave your side
If you'd be my blushing bride
I just wanna be your man
Please
All my love
I promise you all my love
All the love I can give
As long as we both shall live
I'll give you all the soul
I know that your heart can hold
Love that I feel inside for you
It's true
I'd walk through burning sand
Sail the ship on dry land
If I could be your man
I, I promise to be true
I'll be real good to you
I wanna be your man
Please, yeah
All my love
I promise you all my love
All the love I can give
As long as we both shall live
I'll give you all the soul
I know that your heart can hold
The love I feel inside for you
Oh, it's true
Darling, I'd walk through burning sand
Sail the ship on dry land
All I wanna do is just be your man
Please, please, oh yeah
All my love
I promise you all my love
All the love I can give
As long as we both shall live
I'll give you all the soul
I know that your heart can hold
All the love I can give
We are friends, we are brothers
Always there looking out for each other
In a world where so many dreams are broken apart
But when the world tries to beat us
We hang tough, ain't no way they'll defeat us
You and I will always survive, together we're strong
Heart to heart, any storm we can weather
You and I, we've become united forever
Two hearts that can beat as one
There ain't a single thing, we can't overcome
We're indestructible, we've got the power of love
(Indestructible)
So strong we can generate a wall of solid love
Nothing can penetrate, we're indestructible
There's a power, deep inside us
Ain't no one that could ever divide us
We won't fall, we'll show 'em all
Just what we're made of
You and I, we're in it together
We stand strong through it all, united forever
Two hearts that can beat as one
There ain't a single thing, we can't overcome
We're indestructible, we've got the power of love
(Indestructible)
So strong we can generate a wall of solid love
Nothing can penetrate, we're indestructible
Heart to heart, any storm we can weather
You and I we've, become united forever
Two hearts that can beat as one
There ain't a single thing, we can't overcome
We're indestructible, we've got the power of love
(Indestructible)
So strong we can generate a wall of solid love
As time goes by
You will see
That we're going to be free
You and me, we'll touch the sky
Can't you see in your mind's eye
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
(Do do do do)
There by your side (oh yeah)
I will be (oh yeah)
When this crazy world is free
Free from doubt
When it finds out
Exactly what we're meant to be
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Do do do
(Do do do do)
Thoughts of another day
Flashing through my head
Thinking how life could be
Be what you wanna be
What we deserve to be
What we are meant to be
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
(Do do do do)
As time goes by (oh yeah)
You will see
That we're going to be free
You and me, we'll touch the sky
Can't you see in your mind's eye
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh do do do
(Do do do)
Do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
(Do do do do)
You and me
(You and me)
We'll touch the sky
(We'll touch the sky)
Oh, can't you see
(Can't you see)
Oh, do do do
Do do do do
Do do do
(Do do do)
Oh do do do
JUST SEVEN NUMBERS (CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LIFE)
The Four Tops
Baby, baby, right now
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
But my pride won't let me phone
Just seven numbers
Can get me through to you girl
Then I'll know you're really at home
You haven't been fair to me
Playing all that you see
You say you seen some of the act
I don't know that you're a comin back
If I only knew where you were
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
If my fingers would only turn the dial
Just seven numbers can make me blue girl
Just your hello would make me smile
I haven't been fair to myself
I'm tryin to call somebody else
But as soon as she said hello
I hung up the telephone line
If I only knew where you were
Just seven numbers
Can put me straight through to you
I never knew
Baby, wo-o-o
Just seven numbers
Can straighten out my life
But my fingers won't turn the dial
Just seven numbers
Can put me straight through to you babe
Just your hello would make me smile
Lay me down
there's a lot of us been pushed around
red or yellow, black or white and brown
with a tear of their own
oh, can't you see
while you're picking on society
that believes on your family tree
calling you to come home
Chorus:
you're the keeper of the castle
so be a father to your children
a provider of all their daily needs
like a sovereign lord protector
be their best friend, please direct them
and they'll do well to follow where you lead
Oh, in your head
you don't believe what the good book says
you're gonna strike out [?] instead
cause the world's been unkind
but through thick and thin
whatever shape your heart is in
you only have one next of kin
better keep 'em in mind
Chorus:
you're the keeper of the castle
so be a good man to your lady
the creator of the sunshine in her day
in the garden that you seeded
be a friend when a friend is needed
you won't have to look the other way
Lay me down
there's a lot of us been pushed around
red or yellow, black or white and brown
with a tear of their own
oh, can't you see
while you're picking on society
that believes your family tree
a beggin' you to come on home
Lay me down
there's a lot of us been pushed around
red or yellow, black or white and brown
with a tear of their own
in your head
Do what you gotta do
Come on back see me when you can
Man i can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a girl like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better that your own kin did
From the very start it's my own fault
What happens to my heart
You see i've always known you'd go
So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean that i'll never kiss
Those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me when you can
Now i know it'll make you feel sad
And make you feel so bad
They say you don't treat me me like you should
They got ways to make you feels no good
I guess they got no way to know
I've had my eyes wide open from the start
And man you never lied to me
The part of you that they'll never see
Is the part you've shown to me
So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean that i'll never kiss
Those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Find that dappled dream of yours
Darlin', darlin'
If I could have you to call my very own
I work my fingers through the bone, I am alone
To you I'd always come home
'Cause there's something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There's something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
Sweet sweet thing, I'm satisfied
Sweet sweet thing, you set my soul on fire
I need you, yeah, badly
No matter what price I have to pay
'Cause without you, darlin', I'd worry hard
I love you anyway
'Cause there's something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There's something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
Sweet sweet thing, I'm satisfied
Sweet sweet thing, you're my only desire
I'm just your puppet on a string
And tears sometimes it brings
But do me any way you wanna when you wanna
I'll keep you just the same
'Cause there's something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There's something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
You're a real heartbreaker
You will never let me sit down
There's something about you, baby
That shakes me all up inside
You're a real heartbreaker
And I need you just the same
Spending my vacation in the summer sun,
Gettin' lots of action and a lots of fun.
Scorin' like a bandit 'til the bubble burst -
Suddenly it got to be September First.
Woe is me, all summer long I was happy and free.
Save my soul, the board of education took away my parole.
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.
You won't find me 'til the clock strikes three;
I'm gonna be there 'til then...
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.
Whoa, whoa, I gotta go... back to school again!
Geometry and history is just a pain,
Biology and chemistry destroys my brain.
Well don't they know that I deserve a better fate?
I'm really much too young to matriculate.
Well mama please, your child's come down with a fatal disease.
Mama said, "Come on you lazy bum now get your butt out of bed!"
"You gotta go back, back, back to school again!"
It's bye-bye fun, get your homework done,
You better be in by ten,
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.
Whoa, whoa, I gotta go... back to school again!
I got my books together and I dragged my feet,
Then I saw this angel boppin' down the street.
I said, "Hey, pretty baby, howsabout a date?"
She said, "I'm going to school, and I can't be late."
Well, I can see, that look in her eyes was sayin' "Follow me,"
And I was caught - I thought of playing hooky, but on second thought,
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.
You won't find me 'til the clock strikes three;
I'm gonna be there 'til then...
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.
Ooh, girl, ooh, girl
Don't be discouraged, now that it's over
'Cause nothing's as bad as it seems
Though you maybe crying tonight
Everything will be alright if you hold on to your dream
Take it from me, girl, I've been heartbroken
And I know the pain you must be in
Your world maybe falling apart but listen to your heart
It won't be long until tears start falling and love starts calling
Dream on, dream on
'Cause it's dreaming that makes dreams come true
If only you can dream on, dream on
Darling, you can find someone new, yes, you can
You'll find a new love, one that is true love
So open your heart and let it sing, girl
There's so much love left to find so just leave the past behind
I know the future will bring you sunshine but in the mean time
Dream on, dream on
'Cause it's dreaming that makes dreams come true
If only you can dream on, dream on
Baby, you can find someone new
Dream on, dream on
Baby, you can find someone new
Now close your eyes and dream of paradise
Dream of sunny days and tender moon midnight
Don't let disappointment close the door
Just let you imagination soar
And dream on, dream on
'Cause it's dreaming that makes dreams come true
If only you can dream on, dream on
Darling, you can find someone, you can find someone
Dream on, dream on
Dreaming that makes dreams come true
If only you can dream, girl
Keep dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, girl
Baby, all your dreams will come true
Background: Just ask the lonely
Levi Stubbs:
When you feel that need
To make it all alone,
Remember no one is thinking of,
Going alone
Just ask the lonely...
They know the hurt and pain,
Of losing a love, you can never regain
Background: Just ask the lonely
Levi: Just ask the lonely
Levi: The young and foolish laugh at love
Four Tops: Woo-hoo
Levi: So they run away...
Four Tops: Woo-hoo hoo hoo
Levi: Confident and sure that fate
Four Tops: Woo-hoo
Levi: Will bring another love their way
Background: Aaah
Levi: But ask the lonely...
Background: Aaah
How vainly a heart can yearn,
Background: Aaah
Levi: For losing a love that will never return
Background: Just ask the lonely
Levi: Just ask the lonely...
They'll tell you
Background: Ooooh, Woo-hoo hoo-hoo
Ooooooh
Background: Aaah
Levi: They'll tell you a story of sadness,
Background: Aaah
A story too hard to believe...
Background: Aaah
Levi: They'll tell you the loneliest one is me
Background: Just ask the lonely
Levi: Just ask the lonely
Levi: Ask me...
I'm the loneliest one you'll see
Background: Just ask the lonely
Call me, were the last words I remember
Then the spring became December
And I still got no reply
Politely, I would ask whoever knew ya
What it was that I did to ya
But they all knew less than I
If this letter doesn't make it clear
Its been a cold and lonely year
In my empty bed, in my head I can feel you near
Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind
Don't you have a heart, I've served my time
Oh, it just ain't right what I'm goin' through
Ten to one, I'm bettin', girl there's no forgettin' you
It's funny on the outside love was showin'
And I had no way of knowin'
You were all mixed up inside
Oh baby, if we'd only done some talkin'
You could've saved yourself some walkin'
Well, I guess they call that pride
I swear you haven't been away too long
I can still hear your favorite song
This was once your home, on my own now, it feels all wrong
Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind
Don't you have a heart, I've served my time
Oh, it just ain't right what I'm goin' through
Ten to one, I'm bettin', girl there's no forgettin' you
Oh, baby [Incomprehensible] oh sugar
If this letter doesn't make it clear
It's been a cold and lonely year
In my empty bed, in my head I can feel you near
Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind
Don't you have a heart, I've served my time
Oh, it just ain't right what I'm goin' through
Ten to one, I'm bettin', girl there's no forgettin' you
Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind
Don't you have a heart, I've served my time
Oh, it just ain't right what I'm goin' through
She Used To Be
Everything To Me
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
I Held Her Near
Told Her How Much I Cared
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
There Was Laughter And Loving In My World
Everyday
When She Was My Girl
Oh What Joy She Would Bring
Now I've Lost Everything
She's Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone
I Spend The Night
Dreaming How She Used To Be
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
There Was Laughter And Loving In My World
Yes It Was
Cause She Was My Girl
Oh What Joy She Would Bring
Now I've Lost Everything
She's Gone, The Big Red Girl Has Gone
She Used To Be
Everything To Me
When She Was My Girl
When She Was My Girl
She, She, My Girl
She's So Foxy Cant You See
And This Girl Belongs To Me
She's My Girl
When We Walk Down The Street
I Would Tell Everyone We Meet
When your in arms, Darling
When your in my arms
Oohhh
That Feeling, Feeling
Got me rockin' and a reelin'
Oh, I'm crazy 'bout your love buttercup
Your kind of love, can't get enough
You shake me, break me
Everytime your lips meet mine
I feel a pounding, pounding
Ohh I can't stand it, stand it
When you lock me in, your embrace
And breathlessly, you kiss my face
I get a strange sensation
Ohh I can't stand it, stand it
Ohhh, I get a feeling, feeling
Got me rockin' and a reelin'
Oh, I'm crazy 'bout your love buttercup
Your kind of love, can't get enough
You take control,
Of my very soul,
Everytime your close to me
You make me quiver and shake
Ohh I can't stand it, stand it
I touch your lips, your fingertips
I get a loving reaction, soul satisfaction
Darling, you know that
I can't stand it, stand it
Feeling, Feeling
And it's got me rockin' and a reelin'
Oh, I'm crazy 'bout your love buttercup
Your kind of love, can't get enough
You're earthquakin', soul shakin'
Ever lovin', breath takin'
You're Electrifying, ohhh
Soul Satisfying
When you walk, in a room
Right away I start to swoon
I'm not sure of what you got,
But what it is, I like alot
Ohhh, I get a feeling, feeling
Got me rockin' and a reelin'
Oh, I'm crazy 'bout your love buttercup
Your kind of love, can't get enough
Shake me, break me
Everytime your lips meet mine
I feel a pounding, pounding
Ohh I can't stand it, stand it
Ohhh, I get a feeling, feeling
Got me rockin' and a reelin'
Ohhh, I'm crazy 'bout your love buttercup
If you don't want my love
Darling, please, let me know, let me know
If you don't want my kisses
Darling, please, tell me so, tell me so
Because this uncertainty
Is causing me so much misery, and oh
Your eyes no longer have that glow
Your smile no longer shows that warm hello
And gone is the look of love when we meet
And the sweet things, the sweet things we used to speak
We've grown so far apart
Now darling, it's breaking my heart, and oh
If you don't want my love
Your lips no longer have that warm bliss
Your seem to turn away when we kiss
And I miss your arms [Incomprehensible] around me
And somehow I feel you don't want me
We've grown so far apart
Now darling, it's breaking my heart, and oh
If you don't want my love
Darling, please, let me know, let me know
And if you don't want my sweet, sweet kisses
Darling, please, tell me so, tell me so
