As I stand alone on this moonful night.
For the first time I feel alone in life.
As I watched the moon kissed the star-lit skies.
I feel the need for your lips to press close to mine.
For so long, I've been afraid to love.
But right now I feel a need for love.
And you have the love, love I need. (Right now)
Aw, to comfort me.
Ooo, and I'm ready for love. (Ready for love)
I'm truly ready for love. (Ready for love)
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love. (Sweet, sweet love)
Ooo, and I'm ready for love.
I tried to shield my heart from love tender touch.
'Cause to lose a love, aw, would hurt so much.
But as I softly walked in my solitude.
I search my heart and I found there's a need for you.
And for the first time I feel alone.
'Cause I need a love, aw, to call my own.
And only you, have the love, the love I need.
Aw, to comfort me.
Ooo, and I'm ready for love. (Ready for love)
I'm truly ready for love. (Ready for love)
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love. (Sweet, sweet love)
Aw, and I'm ready for love.
I ready (right now.)
And for the first time I feel alive.
Have the tender love, deep down inside.
And just as soon as I see a smiling face,
I rush into your warm embrace.
Right now, I'm ready for love.
I'm truly ready for love.
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love.
Right now, I'm ready for love.
Comfort me, baby. (?)
Aw, I'm ready for love.
Wonderful sweet, sweet love.
Aw, I'm ready for love.
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
To get stones from a rock, you've got to break it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
To get bread from dough, you've got to bake it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
To get water from a faucet, you've got to turn it
And if you want my love, if you want my love
You've got to earn it (Earn it, earn it, earn it)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
To get fire from a match, you've got to strike it
(Strike it, strike it, strike it, strike it)
To get the feeling from a kiss, you've got to like it
(Like it, like it, like it, like it)
To get ashes from wood, you've got to burn it
And if you want my love, if you want my love
You've got to earn it(Earn it, earn it, earn it)
You've got to treat me kind, all the time
Throw the other guys right out of your mind.
(Yeah,yeah)
(Instrumental)
Now listen
To make broken things work, you've got to fix them
(Fix them, fix them, fix them, fix them)
To make two things one, you've got to mix them
(Mix them, mix them, mix them, mix them)
To get butter from milk, you've got to chum it
And if you want my love, if you want my love
You've got to earn it(Earn it, earn it, earn it)
If you deserve it you can get it
I'll be glad to see you with it
Just show me that you love me
And that you're thinking of me
You can get it in a...
You ain't got no halo
hanging over your head
You ain't got no wings
that you can spread
You ain't got no harp so you can play me a song so sweet (Oh yeah)
You ain't got no golden slippers on your pretty little feet (Oh yeah)
Oh, but to me you're an angel
To me you're an angel
You're not an ordinary girl because you're an angel to me, yeah
Angel, Baby
Now you don't have sugar (Sugar)
sprinkled all over you (No sugar all over you)
You're not made of peppermint - ewwww -
(Peppermint) thru and thru (Not peppermint thru & thru)
You don't come in assorted flavors(uh huh)like a package of Charms (Oh yeah)
And you won't stain my shirt (uh huh) if you melt in my arms (Oh yeah)
Oh, but to me you're candy
To me you're candy
You're not an ordinary girl because you're candy to me, yeah
Candy, Baby
Now I haven't carved (I haven't carved)
our initials on trees (Our initials on trees)
You might not know all the facts (All the facts)
about the birds and the bees (About the birds & the bees)
You don't send me sweet love letters with the smell of perfume (Oh yeah)
My photogragh may not be plastered all over your room (Oh yeah)
Oh oh ohhh, but to me you're a sweetheart
To me you're a sweetheart
You're not an ordinary girl, yes you're a sweetheart to me, yeah
Sweet, sweet, Baby
You're not an ordinary girl, yes you're a sweetheart to me, yeah
Sweet, sweet, Baby
There were times I knew
But I found it hard to say
You were special in my life
Never thought youd go away
I'll be strong
I'll get by
Without you in my life
I can see
Through your lies
Did you ever love me
I never found your love
You and I know
Love is leaving
And you don't want me anymore
Why should I
Even try
You and I know
Love is leaving
Now you're the last thing on my mind
Someone else
I will find
A memory I've left behind
If I ever made you cry
Any reason I can't find
It was lonely by your side
Like a fool, I stood by you
I'll be strong
I'll get by
Without you in my life
I can see
Through your lies
Did you ever love me
I never found your love
You and I know
Love is leaving
And you don't want me anymore
Why should I
Even try
You and I know
Love is leaving
Now you're the last thing on my mind
Someone else
I will find
A memory I've left behind
Is there something I could do
Is there something I should say
Is there someone else to keep you from
And now (Woah, woah, yeah, yeah yeah-yeah-yeah)
You and I know
Love is leaving
And you don't want me anymore
Why should I
Even try
You and I know
Love is leaving
Now you're the last thing on my mind
Someone else
I will find
A memory I've left behind
You and I know
Love is leaving
And you don't want me anymore
Why should I
Even try
You and I know
Love is leaving
Now you're the last thing on my mind
Why should I
Even try
When you're feeling alright, I never see you coming.
But when you're hurt, you always come a-runnin';
But one of these days I know, I gonna have to let you go
Then, tell me, who you gonna to run to (baby) where you gonna hide
I wanna know-who you gonna tell that you're hurting-ing inside
When you're going strong,(when you're going strong)I don't see
you at all (I don't see you at all); But when something goes wrong,
(when something goes wrong)that's when you call (that's when you call)
But if you keep doing me like you do, then I'm gonna turn my back on you
Then tell me, who you gonna run to (repeat chorus)Hmmm mm
When you climbed love's tree, you thought that love was a game;
but now you're out on a limb, oh yes, and you're calling my name.
But one of these days I'm bound, to let you come tumbe-ling down
Then tell me who you gonna run to (Repeat chorus to a harmonic fade out)
"Way Over There"
(William "Smokey" Robinson- Berry Gordy Jr.)
I've got a lover way over ther, on the mountain side and i know that's where i should be
don't you know i've got a lover way over there across the river wide and i can hear her calling to me
she's calling my name, so sweet and so plain and i can hear her saying
come to me baby
i'm on my way
come to me baby
i'm gonna stay
come to me baby
they tell me that the river's to deep and it's much to wide for you can't get across to the other side
but they don't know i got to get there and hold her in my arms just one more time like a did before when she mine all mine, cause i can hear her saying
come to me baby
i'm on my way
come to me baby
i'm gonna stay
come to me baby
i'm gonna get to you
come to me baby
no matter what i have to do
come to me baby
they tell me that the river's to deep and it's much to wide for you can't make it over to the other side
but they don't know i got to get there and hold her in my arms just one more time like a did before when she mine all mine, cause i can hear her saying
come to me baby
i'm on my way
come to me baby
i'm gonna stay
come to me baby
ooh, baby when i get there, i ain't going nowhere, because a river in't deep enough, a mountain ain't steap enough to keep me from your side
Lead: Eddie Kendricks
You've got a smile so bright,
you know you could have been a candle.
I'm holding you so tight,
you know you could have been a handle.
The way you swept me off my feet,
you know you could have been a broom.
The way you smelled so sweet,
you know you could have been some perfume.
Well, you could have been anything that you wanted to,
amd I can tell the way you do the things you do.
*Eddie: Ah, baby.
*Other Tempts:(The way you do the things you do)
(The way you do the things the do)
As pretty as you are,
you know you could have been a flower.
If good looks was a minute,
you know that you could be an hour.
The way you stole my heart,
you know you could have been a cool crook.
And, baby, you're so smart,
you know you could have been a schoolbook.
Well, you could have been anything that you wanted to,
and I can tell the way you do the things you do.
*Eddie: Ah, baby, yeah
*Other Tempts:(The way you do the things you do)
(The way you do the things you do)
You made my life so rich,
you know you could have been some money.
And, baby, you're so sweet,
you know you could have been some honey.
Well, you could have been anything that you wanted to,
and I can tell the way you do the things you do.
(The way you do the things you do)
You really swept me off my feet (the way you do the things you do)
You made my life complete
(the way you do the things you do)
You made my life so bright
(the way you do the things you do)
You make me feel all right
(the way you do the things you do)
You make me feel all right
(the way you do the things you do)
You make me feel all right
(the way you do the things you do)
Come on, now, baby.
*indicates simultaneous singing
Many a man has gone away
Many a man has gone astray
Searching for the treasures of a love that's true
I'm hoping that my treasure can be you
Cause I believe, I believe
The further you look
Show love now
The less you see
I'm hoping you'd be the treasure meant for me
I've seen men carry their hopes from town to town
Trying to track lost treasures down
Some find true love before their hopes are gone
Others lose hope and they have to --yes, now -- move on
And I can hear them say as they go down
The further you look,
You better know that
The less you see
So I'm hoping you'd be the treasure meant for me
Oh-oh-oohhh-oh
Travel, travelling on
Wondering if they've done something wrong
Moving on becoming a rover
But if you'll be mine, my searching is all over because now
The further you look,
Show love now
The less you see
I'm hoping you'll be the treasure meant for me
And I know, I know, I know
The further you look,
the less you're gonna see
so I'm hoping you'd be the treasure meant for me
And I believe, I believe right now
The further you look,
the less you're gonna see
so I'm hoping you'll be the treasure meant for me
One drag, that's all it took....
One drag, that's all it took....
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find.
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find. Yea.
people I got sunshine on a cloudy day. Ya.
I got sunshine, sunshine, on a cloudy day. Have mercy.
people im grooving, groovin...me and myself, dig?
Im just groovin, groovin...me and myself...oh lord have mercy
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find.. Hmmm
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find. Yea. Just me...
callin on the group to give me a little whoop-whoop
callin on the group to give me a little whoop-whoop
whoop-whoop. Yeaaa whoop
whoop-whoop. Yeaaa whoop
whoop-whoop. Yeaaa whoop
hmmm mhm
whoop-whoop. Yeaaa whoop
take out your crayon and coloring book, and color me out...
my mind sleeping but im wide awake
my mind sleeping but im wide awake
one drag, that's all it took....
welcome to the circle, ya, we'll decide. You dig? Cause you people look at us like we're freaks. Dingdongdang. Aint no thang baby...
there is no young, there is no old, reach and touch your soul.
tell me, have you ever been off the ground for a long, nice and slow, here we go...
seems like every monday morning ive got the blues.
And every tuesday I get some bad news
wednesday worse cause I aint got a dime to my name
I done worked so hard all week, thursday, my body iust racked with pain
here come the good part...
friday the eagle flies and so do I
I wonder if you hear me when i say
the eagle flies on friday and so do I
yea, just listen...
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find
Take a stroll through your mind, you'll be surprised at what you might find. Yea...
SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS
WRITERS RONLAD MILLER, BRYAN WELLS
Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free
Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas we'll see a Man
No hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care
Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shinning moment my heart ran away
From our world today
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Take hope because your love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime
SMILING FACES SOMETIMES
WRITERS NORMAN WHITFIELD, BARRETT STRONG
Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don't tell the truth uh Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof The truth is in the eyes Cause the eyes don't lie, amen Remember a smile is just A frown turned upside down My friend let me tell you Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don't tell the truth, uh Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof Beware, beware of the handshake That hides the snake I'm telling you beware Beware of the pat on the back It just might hold you back Jealousy (jealousy) Misery (misery) Envy I tell you, you can't see behind smiling faces Smiling faces sometimes they don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof (Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes) (Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes) I'm telling you beware, beware of the handshake That hides the snake Listen to me now, beware Beware of that pat on the back It just might hold you back Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof Your enemy won't do you no harm Cause you'll know where he's coming from Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya Take my advice I'm only try' to school ya
Dennis: well boys and girls, it's christmas time again
so you better watch out
you better not cry
better not pout
im telling you why
santa clause is coming to town
he's making a list
and checking it twice
gonna find out who's naughty or nice
santa clause is coming to town
he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
he knows if you've been bad or good
so be good for goodness sake
oh, you better watch out
you better not cry
better not pout
im telling you why
santa clause is coming to town
(instrumental)
(now listen) he sees you when you're sleeping (he sees you when you're sleeping)
oh yeah, and he knows when you're awake (and he knows when you're awake)
he knows if you've been bad or good
so be good for goodness sake
oh, so you better watch out
you better not cry
better not pout
im telling you why
santa clause is coming to town
with little tin horns
and little toy drums
rootie-toot-toot
and rum-pa-tum-tum
santa clause is coming to town
oh (instumental)
RUNAWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD
WRITERS NORMAN WHITFIELD, BARRETT STRONG
You played hooky from school And you can't go out to play, yeah Mama said for the rest of the week In your room you gotta stay, yeah Now you feel like The whole world's pickin on you But deep down inside you know it ain't true You've been punished cause your mother Wants to raise you the right way, yeah But you don't care Cause you already made up your mind You wanna run away, yeah You're on your way Run away child, running wild Run away child, running wild Better come back home Better come back home Where you belong Where you belone Roaming through the city Going nowhere fast You're on your own at last Hey it's getting late, where will you sleep Gettin kind-a hungry You forgot to bring something to eat Oh lost with no money, you start to cry But remember you left home Wanting to be grown So dry your weepin eyes Siren screamin down, neon light is flickin You want your mama Ah there's nothing for you You're frightened and confused I want my mama But she's much too far away She can't hear a word you say You heard some frightening news on the radio About little boys running away from home And their parents don't see them no more You wanna hitch a ride and go home But your mama told you never trust a stranger And you don't know which way to go Streets are dark and deserted Not a sound nor sign of life How you long to hear your mother's voice Cause you're lost and alone But remember you make the choice Run away child, running wild Better go back home where you belong Run away child, running wild Better go back home where you belong You're lost in this great big city (Go back home where you belong) Not one familiar face Ain't it a pity (Go back home where you belong) Oh run away child, running wild You better go back home where you belong Mama, mama please come and see about me But she's much too far away She can't hear a word you say I want my mama You're frightened and confused Which way will you choose
Paul:
You Know theres Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen.
Dennis:
Comet and Cupid an Donner and Blitzen.
Eddie:
Oh, but do you recall...
Otis:
The most famous reindeer of all?
Eddie:
Whoa-o-o-o-o
Melvin:
His name is...
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.
Had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw it.
You would even say it glows.
All of the other, other, other reindeer.
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph.
Join in any reindeer games.
(Then one foggy Christmas eve)
You know (Santa came to say...)
(Hey Rudolph)
You, with your nose so bright.
Melvin: Come on, come on, come on, come on and guide my sleigh tonight.
Then how the reindeer loved him.
As they shouted out with glee. (Hey Rudolph)
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.
You'll go down in history.
(Then one foggy Christmas eve)
Santa came to say...
(Hey Rudolph)
You, with your nose so bright.
Melvin: Come on, come on, come on, come on and guide my sleigh tonight.
Then how the reindeer loved him.
As they shouted out with glee. (Hey Rudolph)
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.
You'll go down in history.
Ooo, Rudolph, come on and guide my sleigh.
Ooo, Rudolph, come on and guide my sleigh.
Hey, hey, hey, Rudolph, come on and guide my sleigh tonight.
Hey, hey, hey, Rudolph, with your nose so bright.
Well he specializes in talking trash;
Calls himself the worlds biggest spender,
but ain't never got no cash
The clothes he wears are second to none
He a jack of all trades and master of none
Agrees with everything he knows nothing about
So he doesn't feel left out
Secondary are the things in life he really wants
Being in his thing so he got to keep up his front
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
He's a self preservationist yes he is
Let me hear you say yea, yea, yea
And a super conversationalist yes he is
Let me hear you say yea, yea, yea
Well he always borrows, never lends
He says you know me man, I'm with him let me in
Says he is willing to stick through thick and thin
But when the chips are down you can find him if you can
Plastic Man, Claim to fame he has none
Friends in this world maybe one
He may just another face in the crowd
Giving another brother five and talking loud
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
Ooooo
You know he does a little dipping and dabbing
In the game they call back stabbing
You better stop your fantasizing
Start to a ba boo boo realizing
Black is black and white is white
Wrong is wrong and right is right
trying to get over any way he can
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
Plastic Man, trying to get over any way he can
It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember, yes I will
Cause that was the day, that my daddy died
I never got a chance to see him
Never heard nothin' but bad things about him
Momma I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth
Momma just hung her head and said, son
(Chorus)
Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
and when he died, all he left us was alone
(Repeat Chorus)
Hey Momma!
Is it true what they say that Papa never worked a day, in his life
And Momma, some bad talk goin' round town sayin' that Papa had three outside children
And another wife, and that ain't right
Heard them talking Papa doing some store front preachin'
Talked about saving souls and all the time reaching
Dealing in debt, and stealing in the name of the law
Momma just hung her head and said...
(Chorus) x 2
Hey Momma,
I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal
To pay his bills
Hey Momma,
Folks say Papa never was much on thinking
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking
Momma I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth
Momma looked up with a tear in her eye and said, son...
(Chorus) x 4
there's a christmas tree in a window frame
just inside my door
but my christmas tree doesn't look the same
as it always has before
there's just one lonely present
beneath my christmas tree
cause the best little present a guy could have
has gone away from me
oh my christmas tree isn't very big
in fact it's kind of small
oh it's funny when she'd pick them out
they'd always seem so tall
the light doesn't seem so bright this year
it's hard for me to see
the smile that made my christmas right
has gone away from me
i have been so lonely
since you left me all alone
all i want for christmas
is my baby, my baby back home
oh my christmas tree is so sad and bare
my roon so big and cold
oh they wish me happy new year
but the new year's already old
there's no, no little angel
on top where she used to be
cause the angel that made my christmas right
has gone away from me
cause the angel that made my christmas right
has gone away from me
cause the angel that made my christmas right
has gone away from me
cause the angel. . .
My Baby - The Temptations
(R.Rogers,W.Robinson & W.Moore)
Whose hair styles are out of this world
whether it's straight or be fond of it's curls
My Baby My Baby My Baby ... hey hey hey
My Baby, Baby pretty Baby
Hair soft like a baby lamband I love to run my fingers through it.
I hope she digs me the way I am, cause if I have to change.
You know I'm gonna do it for my baby,
(I'm gonna do it for my baby)
Personality containing more gold,there is no bank in this world could hold.
My Baby, My Baby, My Baby, hey hey hey
My Baby, Baby, pretty Baby
Enough gold in her personality, to set Ft.Knox to shame.
this gold girl has proved to me,Yet no guy could try
To stake his claim on my baby.
(My baby) she's cute as can be (my baby) this girl's got a hold on me
(My baby) has a kiss so sweet, she knocks me off my feet,
she makes my life complete
Oh yeah, she's my baby
Oh yeah, she's my baby
and I love her soooooo
Yeah, I love my baby sooooo
My baby, she's cute as can be, my baby, this girl's got a hold on me
My baby, has a kiss so sweet, she knocks me off my feet,
she makes my life complete
Who has my mind in a kind of haze,Who has me walkin' around in a daze.
My Baby, My Baby, My Baby, hey hey hey
My Baby, Baby, pretty Baby
She gives me a feelin I can't explain,She sets my soul on fire.
But I don't feel hurt and I don't feel pain.
All I feel is strong desire for my baby,
Oh yeah my baby, that personality to satisfy me
woooo that's my baby, My baby, My baby
(fade out)
BORN IN A LOG CABIN IN THE BACK WOODS, THE BACK WOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, SHE DRANK MOONSHINE, CHEWED TOBACCO, RAISED 16 CHILDREN ALL BY HERSELF, NEVER LOOKED MUCH LIKE A LADY YOU SEE MAMA RUINED HER BODY RAISIN HER BABIES.SPEND HER EVENINGS SITTING IN A ROCKIN CHAIR NEVER HAD MUCH O NOTHIN BUT WAS ALWAYS WILLIN TO SHARE .TALKING BOUT MA ,TALKIN BOUT MA. YEAH YEAH YEAH, TALKING BOUT MA, TALKIN BOUT MAAAA. EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WHEN MA WOULD GET DEPRESSED, SHED GO TO THE CABNIT AND GET PAWS GUITAR ,SIT HERSELF DOWN IN THE ROCKIN CHAIR START STRUMMIN AND HUMMIN HA HA YEAH, THAT WAS MA"S WAY OF LETTIN OFF STEAM IN PLAN OLD ENGLISH YOU COULD SEE THAT MA WAS DOIN HER THING. EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE SHE,D SHOUT,"LET IT ALL HANG OUT"! OOOW TALKIN BOUT MA, TALKING BOUT MA YEAH YEAH YEAH TALKING BOUT MA TALKING BOUT MAAAAAAAA
(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need Lyrics
Oooooooooohhhooooooo
Lonely man am I
ever since you said goodbye.
girl I know that i should have woke up
Cause it seems now that we broke up
your fairwell kiss is haunting me
my two lips cry out constantly
let your heart, let your heart be your guide
forget about your foolish pride
starting tomorrow i keep telling myself
i'm gonna get out and find somebody else
somebody that's sweet and kind
who will erase you out of my mind
but tell me how can i find somebody new baby
when my two arms keep reaching out for you
and my two lips keep right on repeating
it's you that i need
oooooooooohhhh
you know that even when I close my eyes to forget you
i see your face and your memories too
girl I've never felt this loneliness before
and ooooh girl I just can't take it no more
every night a million tears i shed
girl every morning going out of my head
just take a good look and you'll see
what this loneliness is doing to me
(it's you that I need) oooooohhhhoooooo
(don't you know that it you that i need)oooh I can't take this loneliness
( you that I need) oooh baby i need you
(you that I need) ooooooooh
so a fool i'm gonna be no more
cause i'll soon be knocking knocking on your door
gonna get down on my bended knees
beggin' please girl come back to me
its you that I need
girl it's you that I need
girl take a good look and you'll see
what this loneliness is doing to me
Stop right there.
Let me picture you in my mind for the last time.
Soon you'll be walking out of my life.
Let me gaze upon you for the last time.
I need something to hold on to.
Something to carry me through.
All I need is one last look before you go.
So I'll have memories where ever I go.
One last look before you're gone.
So in my heart you'll live on and on.
Just one last look before we part.
So memories of you will fill my heart.
Let me remember my whole life through.
'Cause my happiest days, I've spent with you.
I remember your eyes that was my treasure.
Your tender lips that brought me pleasure.
Oh, loving you, I don't regret.
And all these things I don't want to forget.
How being without you will be hard to do.
But I want, I want what's best for you.
I rather see you happy with someone new, baby.
Than to bring, bring sorrow to you.
As you leave.
If you see tears in my eyes, just keep on walking.
Don't you worry.
All these tears you see, are tears of joy.
The joy of loving you and knowing you'd loved me.
It's given me enough happiness, so true.
To last my whole life through.
Just one last look before you go.
Let sweet memories overflow.
So the thought of you will live on and on.
Long after, after you're gone.
If I never see your face again.
Never feel your, your embrace again.
The happiness I've known with you,
Will stay with me, baby.
My whole through.
Just, just one last look before we part.
Just one last look to fill my heart.
Just one last look...
I heard that... you were lonely.
Ever since... you sent me away. (Away)
I'm lonely too, baby. (I'm lonely too)
Just like you.
So, all you got to do is-uh
Just let me know and I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
Just let me, just let me know.
And I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
As fast as I can, baby. (Straight to you-ou-ou)
Hmm
I told my friends to wait and see.
That some day you'll be crawling, crawling back to me.
Oh, but I was wrong.
'Cause love is much too strong.
So, all you got to do is-uh
Just let me know and I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
Just let me, just let me know.
And I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
As fast as I can, baby. (Straight to you-ou-ou)
Hmm, yeah (Straight to you-ou-ou)
Baby, baby clap your hands. (Clap... clap,clap)
If you understand. (Clap...clap,clap)
Give me some kind of sign. (Clap...clap,clap)
If you want to be mine.
So, all you got to do is-uh
Just let me know and I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
Just let me, just let me know.
And I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
As fast as I can. (Straight to you-ou-ou)
Hmm (Yea, yea)
'Cause I love you. (Straight to you-ou-ou)
Hmm
Clap... clap,clap
Clap... clap,clap
Clap... clap,clap
(Just let me know)
And I'll (ah, come back) come running back.
Just let me know.
(Just let me know and I'll come back)
'Cause I love you, yes indeed.
I'll come, come running back. (Back)
Straight (straight to...) you.
Hmm (Yea, yea. Straight to you-ou-ou)
Staright to you. (Yea, yea. Straight to you-ou-ou)
'Cause I love ya, I need ya.
Just say you want me.
Outside my window a robin builds a nest.
At last winter's gone away to rest.
Once again the leaves has return to the trees.
I can just feel that soft summer breeze.
There's magic in the air.
Winter disappear, it's summer.
Children will be playing in the park.
Days will be longer till the dark
Nights will be warm with star filled skies.
A perfect setting for a girl and a guy.
There's magic in the air.
Green grass every-everywhere.
It's summer.
[Instrumental]
Don't you know it's summer time... (Time) (Time) (Time)
And the livin' is easy. Oh, so easy.
Everybody sing summer time... (Time) (Time) (Time)
Now that summer's here there be million things to do.
Vacation near or far, whatever pleases you.
Melvin: Summer is the happiest season of them all.
So everybody get together and have yourselves a ball.
There's magic in the air.
Green grass every-everywhere.
It's summer.
Oh
There's magic in the air.
Green grass every-everywhere.
It's summer.
Woo
It's summer time. (Magic in the air, green grass everywhere)
Oh, it's summer.
Take a look around you.
It's summer time. (Magic in the air, green grass everywhere)
Oh, it's summer.
Hmm
It's summer time.
Oooh
Oooh, isn't she pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, pretty
Oooh, isn't she a doll (She's a doll, now)
Uh huh, she's so fine. (So fine)
Gee, I wish she was mine.
Oooh, isn't she pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, pretty
Oooh, isn't she a doll (Hey, she's a natural doll, now)
She's the kind of girl all of my life, now.
I wanted it, to be my wife.
Because...
She's got it, without a doubt.
She really knocks me out.
I can't do without her love.
Oooh
Oooh, isn't she pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, pretty
Oooh, isn't she a doll? (Hey, she's a natural doll, now)
"Oh do you know, you know you're a pretty little thing?"
"I really want to be your man."
"No, no, no... do you know why?"
"Why?"
"You ain't got just what it takes."
Oooh
Oooh, isn't she pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, pretty
Oooh, isn't she a doll (Hey, she's a natural doll, now)
Everytime she comes near me.
My words just-a disappear.
Here she comes now.
Jus' the walk.
Listen to her sweet, sweet talk.
I can't do without her love.
Oooh
Oooh, isn't she pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, ah pretty, pretty
Oooh, isn't she a doll (She's a doll, now)
She... so fine, so fine, so fine.
I... I wish she were mine, all mine.
She... so fine, so fine, so fine.
I... I wish she were mine, all mine.
She... so fine, so fine, so fine.
I... I wish she were mine, all mine.
Got myself an angel.
Straight from the heavens above.
And I'm truly, truly thankful (Thankful)
For having such a heavenly love.
Just standing she's got it. (Tell the world about it)
Found a four leaf clover. (You put all over)
And I love her. (And I love her)
Listen to me now, she's in love with me.
I got a girl, won't trade her for the world.
'Cause nothing can match what she's worth.
She's sweet as can be and she's crazy about me.
I've got heaven right here on earth.
She's got eyes, that sparkle like diamonds, yeah.
Listen to me, she's got a heart.
Talkin' about her heart, that's made of pure gold.
Woo
She's sugar and spice, baby. (Everything nice)
Peaches and cream. (The little, little things)
And I love her. (And I love her)
I want to tell you that, she's in love with me.
I got a girl, won't trade her for the world.
'Cause nothing can match what she's worth.
She's sweet as can be and she's crazy about me.
I've got heaven right here on earth.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ye-ye-ye-yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ye-ye-ye-yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ye-ye-ye-yeah)
Whenever we go steppin' out.
I can't tell you how proud I feel.
Her beauty so passes for Mona Lisa.
Sometimes I can't believe she's here.
She's a living dream. (She's my protection)
From lonely night nights. (She's my protection)
And I love her. (And I love her)
Listen to me, she's in love with me.
Let me tell you, 'bout girl won't trade her for the world.
'Cause nothing can match what she's worth.
She's sweet as can be and she's crazy about me.
I've got heaven right here on earth.
Listen to me now, I got a girl won't trade her for the world.
Listen, nothing can match what she's worth.
She's sweet as can be and she's crazy about me.
I've got heaven right here on earth.
I'M THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
WRITERS NORMAN WHITFIELD, BARRETT STRONG
Each day you've got someone new
A new heart to break
And leave feeling blue
For you're a handsome guy
Girls just can't pass you by
But I can, my friend
I'm the exception to the rule
I know you think I'm just acting the part
Of the girl with the cold, cold heart
And it won't take long
For you to capture me
With your innocent but meaningful plea
But you won't capture me
I'm the exception to the rule
You tell me
Darling that's where you're wrong
That your love for me is oh so strong
That you will soon, very soon
Make me give in
I know that nine girls out of every ten
Wants you to be their man
But there I am again
That one in ten
So it's useless
For you to try and change me
Because I won't give in, my friend
You could fool all the girls
With your lies
About you being so sweet and kind
But oh no, not me
I'm the exception to the rule
Give it up
I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
I'm the exception to the rule
Give it up
I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
The exception to the rule
Give it up
I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
I'm the one you can't fool
Eddie:
I'm gonna do all the things for you, a girl wants a man to do.
Oh, baby (Oh, baby)
I'll sacrifice for you, I'll even do wrong for you.
Oh, baby (Oh, baby)
Every minute, every hour.
I'm gonna shower you with love and affection.
Look out it's coming in your direction.
And I'm... I'm gonna make you love me.
Oh, yes I will.
Yes I will.
I'm gonna make you love me.
Oh, yes I will.
Yes I will.
Diana:
Look it here.
My love is strong, you see.
I know you'll never get tired of me.
Oh, baby (Sho' won't) (Oh baby)
And I'm gonna use every trick in the book.
I'll try my best to get you hooked.
Hey, baby (Take me I'm yours) (Hey, baby)
And every night, every day.
I'm gonna say.
I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you.
Look out boy, 'cause I'm gonna get you.
I'm gonna make you love me.
Ooo, yes I will.
Yes I will.
And I'm gonna make you love me.
Ooo, yes I will
You know I will.
Every breathe I take.
And each and every step I make.
Brings me closer, baby.
Closer to you.
Otis:
And with each beat of my heart.
For every day we are apart.
I'll hunger for every wasted hour.
Eddie:
And every night and every day.
I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you.
Look out 'cause I'm gonna get you.
And I'm gonna make...
I'm gonna make you love me.
Oh, oh. (Yes I will)
I'm gonna make you love me.
Ooo, yes I will. Yes I will.
I'm gonna make you love me.
Yes I will. (Yes I will)
Ooo, I'm gonna make you love me.
Yes I will.
Yes I will.
If you decide to make me blue, I'll be in trouble.
If you decide to be untrue, I'll be in trouble.
'Cause no matter what you do or say, I know I'm gonna love you anyway.
So if that's what you wanna do, I'll be in trouble.
If you decide one day you want to make a change, love.
You want to leave me here and love a total stranger.
Well, no matter what you do or say, I know I'm gonna love you anyway.
So if that's what you wanna do, I'll be in danger.
I'll do everything I can to make you stay.
Keep you by my side. (By my side)
'Cause I love you in such a way.
Melvin:Your leaving would hurt my pride. (?)
If you decide you want to go, I'll be in trouble.
I can't prepare myself and soul, I'll be in trouble.
So no matter what you do or say, I know I'm gonna love you anyway.
So I just want you to know, I'll be in trouble.
Oh, yeah.
[Instrumental]
If you decide you want to go, I'll be in trouble.
I can't prepare myself and soul, I'll be in trouble.
So no matter what you do or say, I know I'm gonna love you anyway.
So I just want you to know, I'll be in trouble.
I'll be in trouble. (So much trouble)
If you ever leave me, baby. (I'll be in trouble)
If you deceive me. (So much trouble)
I must confess. (I'll be in trouble)
My life will be a mess. (So much trouble)
I'll be in trouble, baby. (I'll be in trouble)
So much trouble. (So much trouble)
Hmmm, everyday, trouble. (I'll be in trouble)
And everyway, so much trouble. (So much trouble)
Hmmm, baby. (I'll be in trouble)
So much trouble. (So much trouble)
Hmmm
Sunshine, blue skies, please go away.
My girl has found another and gone away.
With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom.
So day after day, I stayed locked up in my room.
I know to you it might sound strange.
But I wish it would rain. (How I wish that it would rain)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause so badly I wanna go outside. (Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't suppose to cry, listen.
I gotta cry 'cause cryin' eases the pain, oh yeah.
People this hurt I feel inside, words can never explain.
I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Oh, let it rain.
Rain, rain, rain (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooo, baby. Let it rain.
(Let it rain) Oh yeah, let it rain.
[Instrumental]
Day in, day out, my tear stained face
Pressed against the window pane.
My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain.
'Cause raindrops will hide my teardrops.
And no one will ever know.
That I'm cryin'... cryin' when I go outside.
To the world outside my tears, I refuse to explain.
Oh, I wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooo, baby.
Let it rain, let it rain.
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes.
Oh, let it rain.
Oh, yeah, yeah listen.
I'm a man and I got my pride.
Give me rain or I'm gonna stay inside.
Let it rain.
(Let it rain)
(Let it (rain) (rain) (rain) rain, rain)
Da-da-da-daa-da-da-hoo
Da-da-da-daa-da-da-da-hoo-hoo
You say you gonna leave me, for the arms of another.
You say my love for you is no good and we can't go any further.
But have pity on me.
I was blind but know I see.
Stay with me and never walk out of my life.
Because...
Ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin')
Oh, ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin', baby)
Inspite of all the wrong I've done, I'll make it up to ya.
Even if it takes all my life, I'll prove my love to ya.
So please don't go away.
With me always stay, 'cause I love you.
And I couldn't stand it being away, girl.
Ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin')
Oh, ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin', baby)
Girl, restore the faith you had in me.
I'm beggin' you down on my knees.
Please don't take your love from me.
Don't leave me, don't leave.
Forgive this fool, for causing your heart to suffer.
Remember two wrongs don't make a right, it'll only make things tougher.
So have little sympathy, on a poor fool like me.
And stay with me, please don't walk out of my life.
Because...
Ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin')
Oh, ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin', baby)
Oh baby, baby, baby. (I need your lovin')
Oh, woo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin', baby)
Oh-oh-oh (I need your lovin')
I need your lovin' baby, baby, baby. (I need your lovin', baby)
Oh, woo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin')
I need it, I need it.
Woo
Since you've been gone, girl.
Said that, I've been so all alone, girl.
You've got me afraid, afraid to close my eyes.
Each time I do it's you I visualize.
Baby, baby, I can see you walking away. (Walking away, girl)
Just like you did that day, girl. (Did that day, girl)
The same hurt that I felt when we parted.
Baby, baby, once again I started.
So don't you know that I... (I gotta find a way...)
Ooo, I gotta find a way. (...to get you back, girl)
Ooo (I'm so lonely)
Nights I can't sleep, girl.
I tell you without ya, I'm weak girl.
Listen, not one single day, day goes by.
Can I wake up without tear-filled eyes.
Listen, I'm very seldom leave my lonely room. (Leave my lonely room, girl) (?)
'Cause without ya my life is filled with gloom. (Filled with gloom, girl)
There is no inch of the tears that I shed.
Girl, I'm slowly going out of my head.
So don't you know that I... (I gotta find a way...)
Ooo, gotta get you back. (...to get you back, girl)
Oh yeah. (I'm so lonely)
I gotta get ya back, girl.
(Gotta find a way to get you back, oh baby.)
(Gotta find a way to get you back, oh baby.)
Ooo, girl, I, girl, girl, ooo
Now when I'm out walking.
Huh girl, I always wind up on your street.
Look it here, I'm just a broken hearted guy.
In a dark and lonely world.
In need of a love you took from me.
Baby, baby all I do is think about you, baby. (Thinking about you)
It's a cold, lonely world without you. (Cold world without you)
Girl, my heart ain't getting no stronger.
I just can't carry on very much longer.
So don't you know that I... (I gotta find a way...)
Ooo (...to get you back, girl)
Got to get you back.
I, I, I, I (I'm so lonely)
I gotta get you back. (I gotta find a way to get you back)
Oh baby, baby (Oh, baby)
I gotta get you back. (I gotta find a way to get you back)
Woo, look it here. (Oh, baby)
I got to find a way to get you back... (girl)
Woo (I'm so lonely)
I gotta find a way. (I gotta find a way to get you back)
Oh baby, baby, baby (Oh, baby)
I gotta find a way. (I gotta find a way to get you back)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh, baby)
I got to find a way to get you back... (girl)
Oh, ooo (I'm so lonely)
Girl, I can't believe my ears.
Are you really telling my goodbye?
See, you've taken away my reason for livin'
And you won't even tell me why.
Before you walk out the door
There's something I want you to know.
That I could never, ever love another, after loving you.
Ooo-hoo
No other love will I share 'cause none could compare
After loving you.
It was only yesterday.
Your words are still fresh in my mind.
Baby, you said,
Long as rivers flow
Each day you'd love me more.
Now you wanna leave me behind.
Listen baby, I don't know what it's gonna take to make you stay.
I just know I've got to find a way.
'Cause I could never, never, never ever love another, after loving you.
Ooo-hoo
No other love will I share 'cause none, none could compare
After loving you.
So baby, please stay beside me.
I need your sweet love to guide me.
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Ooo, after loving you.
(I could never love another, after loving you)
Baby, baby, baby
It was only, only, only, only yesterday.
Your words are still fresh in my mind.
I remember you said,
Long as rivers flow.
Each day you'd love me more.
Now you wanna leave, leave me behind.
Listen baby, I don't know what it's gonna take to make you stay.
I just know I've got to find a way.
'Cause I could never...
Never, never, never, ever love another, after loving you.
Ooo-hoo
No other love will I share 'cause none, none could compare
After loving you.
Ooo, baby.
On my bended knees
I'm begging you to stay here with me.
Oh, oh, baby, baby, baby, baby
I could never, never, never, never love another, after loving you.
Ooo-hoo
No other love will I share 'cause none could compare
After loving you.
Baby, baby, baby, baby.
(Never love another, after loving you)
Hello, young lovers whoever you are.
I hope your troubles are few.
All my good wishes go with you tonight.
I've been in love like you.
Be brave. (Be brave)
Young lovers, why don't you come home,
Follow your sorrow. (Oh, yeah)
Be brave and faithful and true. (Be brave and faithful and true)
Be very close to each other tonight. (Whoa, yeah)
I've been in love like you.
[Instrumental]
I know how it feels to have wings on your heels.
And to fly, and to fly, and to fly down the street in a trance.
David: In a trance, in a trance, in a trance.
Fly down the street on a chance that you'll meet.
And you'll meet, not ready by chance. (?)
Don't cry, young lovers, whatever you do.
Don't cry because I'm alone.
David: Don't cry because I'm all alone, now.
All of my memories are happy tonight.
I had a love of my own.
I had a love of my own, like yours.
I had a love of my own.
Hello, young lovers, whatever you do.
Don't cry because I'm alone.
David: Don't cry because I'm all alone, now.
All of my memories are happy tonight.
I had a love of my own.
I had a love of my own, like yours.
I had a love of my own, like yours.
I had a love of my own, like yours.
I had a love of my own.
Eddie: Hello young lovers whoever you are.
Paul: Hello young lovers whoever you are.
Otis: Hello young lovers whoever you are.
David: Hello young lovers whoever you are.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
You better beware, my friends all told me.
When they saw that I was falling for you. You better beware.
Now, they told me that girl ain't gonna be true.
She'll have you walking with your head in the air.
Have you thinking that she really, really care.
Then-a, then she'll let you down, she'll really let you down.
She's a girl with no understanding.
And when she's getting tired of you hanging around
She'll let you drop and say... have a happy landing.
Oh but I fell for you anyway.
I didn't care what my friends have to say.
'Cause I was so glad that I had found you.
I build my whole world right around you.
You had me hope on a lie for awhile. (?)
Have me thinking you'd be mine for awhile.
Then-a, then you let me down, you really let me down.
'Cause you're a girl with no understanding.
And when you're getting tired of me hanging around
You let me drop and said... come on, have a happy landing.
(Hap-Happy landing)
Melvin: Yeah
Paul: Walking around... (Woo)
Paul: Ye-ye-yeah, alright
Melvin: I luv ya, baby (Woo)
Paul: Sounding good, baby. (Alright)
Paul: Temptations right here.
Paul: Look it here, listen, listen... (Hey)
So now you want me to take you there.
Staying away for a long, long time.
You won't call it a lost of loving.
Now ya coming back to the scene of your crime.
Gonna keep you in suspense for awhile, yeah.
Keep you hanging on a fence for awhile.
Then-a, then I'll let you down, I really let you down.
I ain't gonna have no understanding.
And when I get tired of you hanging around
I'll let you drop and say... girl, you've had your happy landing.
(Hap-Happy landing)
Have a happy landing, now. (Hap-Happy landing)
I've got to put you down. (You better have a happy landing)
Don't want ya hanging around, now. (You better have a happy landing)
You know that you better (have a happy landing)
You know that you better (have a happy landing)
So come on and have (have a happy landing)
Don't you know that I ought to...
There's a train leaving here tomorrow. (Leaving here)
And I'll be a free, free man once again. (A free man)
I'm so glad I served my time, I'm gonna meet the girl that I left behind.
And when I see her, I'm gonna give her all the love I've got.
Ooo, when I see her, I'm gonna give her, little girl, all the love I've got.
There were times, there were times when each day seems like a year.
But the sweet things she said in her letters, made the times disappear, oh yeah.
She said, No one's arms will I let hold me 'cause in your arms is where I want to be.
So when I see her, I'm gonna give her, little girl, all the love I've got.
Ooo, when I see her... (I'm gonna give her all) all the love I've got.
Ooo, baby, baby, baby, I miss you so. Ugh!
Hmmm (Aw)
Countless nights I stared out my window at the moonlight, yes I did now.
Thinking about the way I used to hold her tight, oh yeah.
I must've been out of my mind to do the wrong I did and leave her behind.
So when I see her, I'm gonna give her all the love I've got.
Woo, when I see her, I'm gonna give her, little girl, all the love I've got.
Believe me when I tell ya
When I see her, I'm gonna give her all the love I've got.
Nyah Ha, Ah Ha, Ah Ha Yeah Nah Nah
If you're living in a glasshouse (Watch out, watch out)
Don't throw no stones (Watch out, watch out)
If you're living in a glasshouse (Watch out, watch out)
Don't throw no stones
Who, Whoo whoo whooo, Whoo whooo whooo
We're all made with 3 plays apiece...
We're born alone, and we die alone
Why can't we live in-between?
I don't care what goes on in your house when you close your door
If you quit lookin' in my bedroom window, I'll quit lookin' in yours
My Girl came home and she caught me with Alice
and she threw me out the door, nah, nah, nah
But the real reason that she was so mad
was that she was with Alice before (Say what?!)
(See there? People always doin' that)
If you're living in a glasshouse (Yeah, y'all)
Don'tcha throw no stones (It's a shame)
If you're living in a glasshouse (Whoa, whoa)
Don'tcha throw no stones
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wooo, ewwww
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wooo, ewwww
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh, I ain't no fool
Who, Whoo whoo whooo, Whoo whooo whooo
Sweet-talkin', Bar-hoppin', Pill-poppin', Wife-swappin'
Swapping...
Swapping...
Swapping
Sweet-talkin', Bar-hoppin', Pill-poppin', Wife-swappin'
Swapping...
Swapping...
Swapping
Hey, Ayy!
Doobie doo doo, doo doo doo
If you're living in a glasshouse (Hey, ayyy)
You don't throw no stones
If you're living in a glasshouse
Don't throw no stones
If you're living in a glasshouse
Don't throw no stones
Sweet-talkin', Bar-hoppin', Pill-poppin', Wife-swappin'
Swapping...
Swapping...
Swapping
Sweet-talkin', Bar-hoppin', Pill-poppin', Wife-swappin'
Swapping...
Swapping...
Swapping (Heyyy, hey)
I said livin', I said livin'
If you're living in a glasshouse.......
I never met a girl who makes me feel the way that you do. (You're alright)
Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real, I say that you do. (You're outta sight)
So, fee-fi-fo-fum
Look out baby, 'cause here I come.
And I'm bringing you a love that's true.
So get ready, so get ready.
I'm gonna try to make you love me too.
So get ready, so get ready 'cause here I come.
(Get ready 'cause here I come) I'm on my way.
(Get ready 'cause here I come)
If you wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind you (It's alright)
But the lovin' you're gonna miss and the time it take to find you (It's outta sight)
So, fiddley-dee, fiddley-dum
Look out baby, 'cause here I come.
And I'm bringing you a love that's true.
So get ready, so get ready.
I'm gonna try to make you love me too.
So get ready, so get ready 'cause here I come.
(Get ready 'cause here I come) I'm on my way.
(Get ready 'cause here I come)
(Ger ready)
[Instrumental]
If all my friends should want you too, I'll understand it. (Be alright)
I hope I get to you before they do, the way I planned it. (Be outta sight)
So tiddley-dee, tiddley-dum
Look out baby, 'cause here I come.
And I'm bringing you a love that's true.
So get ready, so get ready.
I'm gonna try to make you love me too.
So get ready, so get ready 'cause here I come.
(Get ready 'cause here I come) I'm on my way.
(Get ready 'cause here I come)
(Get ready 'cause here I come-a)
(Get ready)
Calling out to everyone across the nation
Said the world is in a desperate situation
Stealing, burning, fighting, killing
Nothing but corruption
It looks like mankind in on the eve of destruction
Oh yes it is now people let me tell you now
We've got to learn to live with each other
No matter what the race, creed or color
I just got to tell you what the world needs now
Is love and understanding get aboard the friendship train
Everybody shake a hand make a friend now
Listen to us now, we're doing our thing
On the friendship train
We've got to start today to make tomorrow
A brighter day for our children
Oh calm down people now we can do it
I can prove it but only if our hearts are willing
Now get aboard the friendship train
Everybody, shake a hand, shake a hand
Yes I'm talking about the friendship train
It don't matter what you look like
People or who you are
If your heart is in the right place
In the right place
Talking about the right palce
You're welcome aboard now
This train stands for justice,
This train stands for freedom
This train stands for harmony and peace
This train stands for love
Come on get on the friendship train
People listen to me now
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
Oh yes it is I say
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
People can't wait cause another day might be too late
Come on get on the friendship train
Say you wanna be loved?
But you won't let me love ya
Say you want someone to trust in you?
Can't you see that's what I'm trying to do
I know you've been hurt before
And you're afraid to try love once more
Without love by your side, you're only half alive (Doo doo doo)
Cause everybody needs love, oh yeah
Everybody needs love
Say you wanna be kissed? (Wanna be kissed)
But you won't let me kiss you (No no no)
Say you wanna be missed?
Can't you see how my arms are missing you
It's got you hurtin' so inside...
that now from love you're trying to hide
Without love by your side - without love you can't survive (Doo doo doo)
Cause everybody needs love, oh yeah
Everybody needs love, yeah yeah yeah
Eww ewww You need love
And I need love
Everybody needs love
So you wake up in the morning (Wake up in the morning)
Feeling all empty inside (Yeah yeah yeah)
I'll bet you I know what your trouble is...
You need someone like me by your side
And I know you've been hurt before
But don't be afraid to try love once more
Cause without love you'll find you'll have no peace of mind (Doo doo doo)
Cause everybody needs love, oh yeah
Everybody needs love - Hey
You need love (yeah)
I need love (yeah)
Everybody needs love, love
Now now now now
You need love (yeah)
I need love (yeah)
Everybody needs love
Hey hey hey
You need love (yeah)
I need love (yeah)
Everybody needs love
Now now now now
You need love (yeah)
I need love (yeah)
Everybody needs love
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.
[Instrumental]
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)
I ain't too proud to beg. (Don't, don't you let him)
A-who, who, awho, who...
Dennis:
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.
You see, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
It was a one room shack we slept in, other children beside me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was a hard times, needed something to ease my troubled mind.
Paul:
Ooo, listen.
My father didn't know the meaning of work.
He disrespected Mama and treated us like dirt.
I left home seekin' a job that I never did find.
Depressed and down-hearted, I took to Cloud 9.
I'm doing...(fine)
Up here. (On cloud nine)
Listen one more time.
I'm doing...(fine)
Up here. (On cloud nine)
Dennis:
Folks now they tell me.
They say, give yourself a chance and don't let life pass you by.
But the world around you is a rat race.
Where only the strong survive.
It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie. (Ain't no lie)
Listen, it ain't even safe no more, to walk the streets at night.
Eddie: I'm doing fine on Cloud 9.
Dennis: Let me tell you about Cloud 9.
(Cloud 9)Paul: You can be what you wanna be.
(Cloud 9)Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility.
(Cloud 9)Eddie: Every man, every man is free.
(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.
(Reality) I'm gonna sail (up, up) higher (up, up... up, up and away) Cloud 9.
Eddie:
I wanna say I love the life I live.
And I'm gonna live the life I love.
Up here on Cloud 9.
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, I'm riding high on Cloud 9.
Dennis: You're as free as a bird in flight.
(Cloud 9)Melvin: There's no diff'rence between day and night.
(Cloud 9)Eddie: It's a world of love and harmony.
(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.
(Reality) I'm gonna sail (up, up) higher (up, up... up, up and away) Cloud 9.
Paul: You can be what you wanna be.
(Cloud 9)Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility.
(Cloud 9)Eddie: Every man in his mind is free.
(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.
(Cloud 9)Paul: You can be what you wanna be.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom...
Eddie: I'm feeling fine on Cloud 9.
Otis (& then Melvin - spoken)
By and by, you knew that you make me cry. (By and by, knew you'd make me cry)
And my love for you will never die. (My love will never, never die)
But I had to find out on my own.
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Paul:
Aww, that's what they told me. (Check yourself, check yourself)
I paid no mind. (Check yourself, check yourself)
I kept on breaking hearts, (Check yourself, check yourself)
All down the line. (Check yourself, check yourself)
Sometimes you just got to lose.
That's when you pay your dues.
I guess I was a fool, I guess I was a fool,
To think that... you'd stayed so true.
Aww, I really played in the game. (Check yourself, check yourself)
I'd always win. (Check yourself, check yourself)
Now the tables turn. (Check yourself, check yourself)
And I'm on the losing end. (Check yourself, check yourself)
Oh don't, feel sorry.
I had it coming, it's true.
'Cause I'm losing, yes, I'm losing, I'm losing you.
Before I go, I'd like for you to know.
You've had my heart from the very start.
But there's one more thing, before we part.
And that's I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart.
Aww, I'm on my sad way. (Check yourself, check yourself)
Because I know I'd lost your love. (Check yourself, check yourself)
I'll kick it, like a pass. (Check yourself, check yourself)
But I'll be thinking of....
The good times. (The good times)
The bad times. (The bad times)
But good or bad, happy or sad,
Of memories. (Memories)
Sweet, sweet memories. (Memories)
Aww, memories... are all I have.
Aww, that's what they told me. (Check yourself, check yourself)
That's what they told me. (Check yourself, check yourself)
That's what they... what they told me. (Check yourself, check yourself)
Hmmm...
Eddie:
Girl, as you walk by... I breathe a sigh.
And deep inside I knew it had to be.
This little girl is mine.
And for a little while I heard a strange rhapsody.
Hmmm
So lovely and so fair. (Fair)
I knew right then and there. (There)
That you were made for me.
And it wasn't hard to see.
I guess I was born to love you. (Born to love you)
Born to love you. (Born to love you)
Hmmm (Born to love you)
(Honey I, I was born to love you. Give my love to no one but you.)
David:
Here stands a man, with his future in your hands.
Don't let go. (Don't let go)
Don't let go. (Don't let go)
Baby, don't let her go. (Don't let go)
Please (Don't let go)
Eddie:
You better come on and take my hand.
'Cause I don't understand, this crazy feeling in my soul.
But I know that I would rather die, then let this feeling go.
Now girl can't you see (See)
That this was meant to be. (Be)
It's funny but it's true.
I guess I was just born to love you. (Born to love you)
David:
Darling... (Born to love you)
Darling I... (Born to love you)
I was born... (Born to love you)
Born to love only you. (Born to love you)
Why don't you believe... (Born to love you)
Believe what I tell you, baby (Born to love you)
I was born to love only you. (Born to love you)
(Born to love you)
Eddie:
Darling... (Born to love you)
I... (Born to love you)
Oh, our love is true. (Born to love you)
1, 2... 1, 2, 3, 4, Ow!
Eddie:
People moving out, people moving in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I'll set you free.
Rap on, brother, rap on.
Dennis:
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the...(preacher.)
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the...(teacher.)
Segregation, determination, demonstration, intergration,
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation.
Ball of confusion.
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.
Woo, hey, hey.
Paul:
The sale of pills are at an all time high.
Young folks walking round with their heads in the sky.
The cities ablaze in the summer time.
And oh, the beat goes on.
Dennis:
Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul.
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon.
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything.
Melvin:
And the band played on.
So, round and around and around we go.
Where the world's headed, nobody knows.
[Instrumental]
Oh, great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Just a ball of confusion.
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.
Woo, hey, hey.
Eddie:
Fear in the air, tension everywhere.
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record's a gas.
Dennis:
And the only safe place to live is on an indian reservation.
Melvin:
And the band played on.
Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills,
Hippies moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the war.'
Melvin:
And the band played on.
[Instrumental]
Great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.
(Angel doll)
(Angel doll)
You excite me everytime you speak.
When you touch me I get, oh, so weak.
I have never met a girl like you, baby.
You're the one that I'll give my whole life to.
All I wanna say is angel doll.
When I met you there with holiness.
You're my everything I must confess.
I have never known such tenderness.
Baby, you can't compare this love we share
That takes away my feels, yeah.
This love and real I can't conceal
And I'm so, so, so glad you're here.
Angel doll, it will be a great catastrophe, baby.
And my whole world would comin' down on me.
If our love would ever seize to be.
That's why I call you, angel doll.
You're the substance of my every prayer, baby.
I'll be happy with you anywhere.
Let me shield you with my loving care.
Heaven must have sent you, honey.
You're an angel in disguise, yeah.
'Cause all the love I wanted so long,
I can see it in your eyes.
Angel doll, you're the reason that I carry on, baby.
I can't make it, I can't make it by myself alone.
You're the one that I'm depending upon.
Angel doll, you know that I love you.
Angel doll, I put no one above you.
Angel doll, you knock me off of my feet.
Angel doll, you make my whole life complete.
Angel doll...
Into my life you bought a glowin love,
like a ray of sunshine from up above, ha
One day out of the clear blue sky,
You darkened my world with the words good-bye.
That's the day you left me for a stranger yeah baby baby
When you left my life you've gone an you changed ah....baby I'm a tellin' you it Ain't no sun since you been gone....Ooo ooo....
Theres a big black cloud hanging over my head,
its a cloud of lonliness and I feel like I'm dead, Ha!
Ain't no flowers bloomin' down at the shore
Since you chose to love me no more.
I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby ya did,
Girl ya took the light from my world crushed my dreams and I don't mean maybe, yeah
An imma tellin' you there
Ain't no sun since you been gone gone gone gone gone
My future, my future was as bright as the sun yes it was
I aint got no future now that your gone.
ooooo, oooo
Ahh I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby, (took away my sunshine)
Girl you took the light from my world (took away my sunshine)
Crushed my dreams and I don't mean maybe
Aww baby it seems like night in the middle of the day
everything around me is faded and grey.
Cold are the days Dark creeps the night
Never bringing you back into my life
And there ain't no sun since you been gone gone gone gone gone
(Ain't no sun since you been gone)
its just a dark lonely world without you girl.....(fade)
(Loneliness Made Me Realize)It's you that I need
Ooooh Lonely man in my eye, ever since you said goodbye, girl I know that I should have woke up, cuz i see ya now that we've broke up,
your fairwell kiss is haunting mee, my tootin lips cry out constantly,
let your heart let your heart be your guide,
(forget about your foolish prid)
forget about your foolish pride,
(Baby I keep tellin, I keep tellin, baby I keep tellin)
starting tomorrow I keep telling myself,
im gonna get out and find somebody else,
somebody thats sweet and kind who will erase you out of my miiind,
but tell me how could I find somebody new baby,
when my two arms keep reaching out for you,
and my two lips keep right on repeating,
its you that I need oooooohh,
you know that even when I close my eyes to forget ya,
I see your face and your memories too,
girl I've never felt this lonelyness before, and hooo girl I just cant take it anymore,
Every night a million tears I shed, Giirl
next morning goin out of my head, just take a good look and you'll see what this lonelyness is doin to meee,
(paul) (uh baby its you that need) ooooh (paul) dont you know that its you that I need (eddie) (baaaby) Oh I cant take this lonelyness, (its you that I need) Awww baby I need ya, (Its you that I need) oooooh (?? Baby)
(You that I need)Some fool im gonna be no more,
cuz ill soon be knockin knocks on your door,
gonna get down on my bendin knees,
daddy pleease giiirl come back to me,
its you that I need (ever night a million tears I shed) giirl its you that I need (every morning goin out of my head) girl take a good look and you'll see a , what does this lonelyness
A PLACE IN THE SUN
WRITERS RONALD MILLER, BRYAN WELLS
Like a long lonely stream I keep runnin' towardas 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
Got to 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
'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
Got to find me a place in the sun.
ooooh oooh oooh
Your love is fading,
I can feel your love fading
girl it's fading away frome me
Cause your touch,your touch has grown cold
As if someone else controls your very soul
I've fooled myself long as I can
I can feel the presence of another man
It's there when you speak my name
It's just not the same
Ooh baby,I'm losing you
It's in the air
it's everywhere.
Ooh baby I'm losing you
When I look into your eyes
A reflection of a face I see
I'm hurtin',downhearted and worried girl,
Cause that face doesn't belong to me
It's no longer your face
Someone's taken my place
Ooh baby I'm losing you
You try hard to hide
The emptiness inside,
Ooh I can tell I'm losing you.
I don't want to lose you
Ooh,I can tell when we kiss
From the tenderness I miss
Ooh,little girl I'm losing you
Girl I can feel it in my bones
in a day you'll be gone
Ooh baby,I'm losing you
Ooh now dear
what happened to the love we shared
oooh oooh baby i'm losing you
I know it's true
there's someone new
Say, you
Who do you belong to?
Say, you
I've been hoping to meet you
Baby (Baby)
You've caught my eye
I can't deny
I realize it's you
I like what I see
You're perfect for me
Fast and fancy
Say, you
Who do you love? (Say, you)
I don't want to be friends if my heart kept seein'
Watching you play around (You play around)
This would make me sad
Hurt so bad
Drag my spirit down
Girl...Say, you
Who do you love? (Say, you)
(Baby) Give me the key to your heart.
Baby, say you
Who do you belong to?
(Give me the key to your heart)
Baby, baby, you, Lil' Girl
(Give me the key to your heart)
Baby, you.
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
Oh girl why won't you talk to me on the phone
Every time I call you disguise your voice
and tell me you're not at home
And girl this cold shoulder you're giving me
I don't understand
Could it be that you've already got yourself a man
If not
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get now
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get
Could it be, could it be
That you're afraid of me
If so I never recall giving you a reason
You know how much I love you
I've over exposed myself
My heart has so much joy
that there is room for no one else
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
Oh girl why won't you talk to me on the phone
Every time I call you disguise your voice
and tell me you're not at home
And girl this cold shoulder you're giving me
I don't understand
Could it be that you've already got yourself a man
If not
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get now
Running away sure ain't gonna help you
I'm gonna get you girl, I'm gonna get
Could it be, could it be
That you're afraid of me
If so I never recall giving you a reason
You know how much I love you
WHO CAN I TURN TO
WRITERS LESLIE BRICUSSE, ANTHONY NEWLEY
Who can I turn to
When nobody needs me
My heart wants to know
So I must go
Where destiny leads me
With no star to guide me
And no one beside me
I'll go on my way
And after the day
The darkness will hide me
But maybe tomorrow
I'll find what I'm after
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
'Cause with you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
With you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
i dont like you/ but i love you/ seems that im always thinking of you/ though you treat me badly/ i love you madly/ you really got a hold on me (you really got a hold on me)/ you really got a hold on me (you really got a hold on me)/ baby
i dont want you/ but i need you/ dont want to kiss you/ but i need to/ though you do me wrong now/ my love is strong now/ you really got a hold on me(you really got a hold on me)/ you really got a hold on me(you really got a hold on me)/ baby
i love you and all i want you to do is just/ hold me hold me hold me hold me/ tighter/ tighter
i wanna leave you/ dont wanna stay here/ dont wanna spend another day here/ though i wanna split now/ i cant quit now/ you really got a hold on me(you really got a hold on me)/ you really got a hold on me/(you really got a hold on me)
baby/ i love you and all i want you to do is just/ hold me (please)hold me (squeeze) hold me hold me/ you really got a hold on me( you really got a hold on me)/ i said you really got a hold on me(you really got a hold on me)/ you know you really got a hold on me
NO MORE WATER IN THE WELL
WRITERS WILLIAM €œSMOKEY€ ROBINSON, WARREN MOORE, ROBERT ROGERS
No more water in the well, no more.
No more water in the well, no more.
You take my love for granted
like water, water you spill and you waste.
Though love is thicker than water
it spills quicker than water
and you'll lookup one of these days,
and there'll be no more water in the well.
How long do you think my love can last
through sorrow pain and mistrust?
Today my love is strong,
but keep doing me wrong
and tomorrow it may turn to dust.
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
I've got so much honey the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooooh.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, mt girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl.
I've even got the month of May
with my girl (fade)
Hey girl, I want you to know
I'm going to miss you so much if you go.
And hey girl, I'll tell you no lie
Something deep inside of me is going to dye.
If you say so long, if this is goodbye.
Whoa
Hey girl, this can't be true
How am I suppose to exist without you?
And hey girl, now don't put me on
What's going to happen to me when you're gone?
How will I live, how can I go on?
How can I go on, hey girl
[Instrumental]
Hey girl, now sit yourself down.
I'm not ashame to get down on the ground
And beg you, baby. Beg you to stay.
Don't go away.
Hey girl.
Naw, naw, don't go away.
Hey girl, little girl, don't go away.
I'm beggin' you to stay.
Little girl, don't go away.
Hey girl, little girl, don't go away.
THEN
WITH THE SUPREMES
WRITERS
WILLIAM €œSMOKEY€ ROBINSON
ROBERT ROGERS
WARREN MOORE
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
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 done a wrong
And if night has never followed day
Then I guess I don't love you
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
And square is round
And if waves had never rode across the ocean
If Michaelangelo could never paint
And if Jezebel was a saint
Then I guess I don't love you
Love you like I do
Then I guess I'll have to find me someone new
Then I guess this love is wrong couldn't possibly be strong
Then I don't love you
Love you like I do
Then I guess I'll have to find me someone new
Then I guess this love I feel...
Where I was born ev`rything was dull and dingy
I lived in a place they called "The Inner City"
Getting ahead was strictly a no no
'Cause nobody cares what happens to the folks
That live in the ghetto
Thousands of lives wasting away
People living from day to day
It`s a challenge just staying alive
`Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive
Money I ain`t got none, job can`t find one
The streets raised me from a baby, ooh
Thousands of lives wasting away
People living from day to day
It`s a challenge just staying alive
`Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive
Broken down homes, kids strung out
They don`t even know what life`s all about
Stealin` cars, robbin` bars
Mugging, drugs, rat infested
And no one`s interested
Kids dodging cars for recreation
Only adds to a mother`s frustration
Break-ins, folks comin` home
And finding all their possessions gone
Oh it`s an ev`ry day thing - well well - in the ghetto
Oh it`s an ev`ry day thing in the ghetto
THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE)
WRITERS MEL TORME, ROBERT WELLS
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, Yuletide songs being sung by a choir, And folks dressed up like Eskimos. Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright. Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight. They know that Santa's on his way, He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh. And every mother's child will want to spy To see if reindeer really know how to fly. And so I'm offering this simple phrase For kids from one to ninety-two, Although it's been said many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you. They know that Santa's on his way
THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS
WRITERS NORMAN WHITFIELD
BARRETT STRONG
Ah baby
After many tears fall from your eyes
A thousand times you ask yourself why
The one guy you love has departed
You're left alone and broken-hearted
Love just comes and goes
How long it's gonna last nobody knows
CHORUS:
That's the way love is, baby [or honey, or other endearing term]
(That's the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That's the way love is, baby
(That's the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That's how it is
I know you're walkin' down a lonesome road
And your heart is carryin' a heavy load
I know you feel like you ain't got a friend (ain't got a friend)
And your whole world's cavin' in (cavin' in)
Ah, but now is the time to be strong (to be strong)
You better forget him now that he's gone (now that he's gone)
Remember...
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Listen to me, little darlin'
The road of love is rough sometimes
But don't let it get the best of you
I've been hurt by love so many times
I know just what you're goin' through
You wish you were never born
You better forget him now that he's gone
(chorus)
Wipe away your tears
Love is here today and gone tomorrow
(That's the way love is, sugar, how it is)
All your joys turn to sorrow
(That's the way love is, sugar, how it is)
One day gladness, and the next day sadness
(That's the way love is, sugar, how it is)
...and fade
THAT'S LIFE
WRITERS DEAN KAY, KELLY GORDAN
That's life, that's what people say. You're riding' high in April, Shot down in May. But I know I'm gonna change that tune, When I'm back on top in June. That's life, funny as it seems. Some people get their kicks, Steppin' on dreams; But I don't let it get me down, 'Cause this ol' word keeps getting around. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, A poet, a pawn and a king. I've been up and down and over and out And I know one thing: Each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race. That's life, I can't deny it, I thought of quitting, But my heart just won't buy it. If I didn't think it was worth a try, I'd roll myself up in a big ball and die.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WRITER IRVING BERLIN
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
Ooh, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Ooh, white Christmas
Sleigh bells in the snow
Ooh, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
WHAT LOVE HAS JOINED TOGETHER
WRITERS WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON, ROBERT ROGERS
It would be easier to take the wet from water or the dry from sand
Than for anyone to try to separate us or stop us from holding hands, 'cause...
CHORUS:
I love you, I love you from the bottom of my heart
And what love has joined together, what love has joined together
Can nobody take it apart
It would be easier to take the cold from the snow or the heat from fire
Than for anyone to take me love from you 'cause you're my heart's desire, &...
(chorus)
Even if they separate us 1000 miles apart
We will still be together in each other's hearts
It would be easier to change all the seasons of the year
Than for anyone to change the way I feel about you; I love you dear
(chorus)
(title twice, then fade)
just for your/ wonderful love/ wonderful love/ i'd give anything/ in this whole wide world/ just believe in me/ please have a little faith in me/ darling i'll never/ i'll never let you down/ now that i have
your wonderful love/ your wonderful love/ your wonderful love/ your wonderful love
darling darling darling darling/ im so happy/ but i cant tell my friends that/ you're my girl/ im so proud/ yes so proud/ i just wanna fall on my knees and cry/ cry out loud/ that i have
chorus
(im so glad, im so glad, im so glad, im so glad)
Eddie K. & David R.
You surely must know magic girl cause you've changed my life it was dull and ordinary you made it sunny and bright
Now i was blessed the day i found you gonna build my whole world around you, your every thing good and your all that mattres to me
when my way was dark and troubles were near your love provided the light so i could see girl just knowing your love was near when times were bad kept the world from closing in on me girl
(chourus)
baby your part of every thought i think each day your name is in evry phrase my lips say every dream i dream is about you honey i can't live without you
baby,baby,baby,baby,baby
your my everything your my everything
your the girl i sing about in every love song i sing your my winter baby my summer my fall and spring now
(chourus)
your my everything your my everything
when my way was wrong, and trouble was near, dont you know baby your my everything
YOU'LL LOSE A PRECIOUS LOVE
WRITER WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON
One Day, You will be cared to realize
by the look that's in my eyes
[Chorus:]
How much I love you
(Love you)
And if you leave you'll lose a precious love
(You'll lose a precious love)
Somehow, these arms of mine cant let you go
The touch of my hand baby should let you know
[Chorus]
We go together like hand and glove
[Melvin:] Don't Destroy our precious love...
Somehow these arms of mine cant let you go
the touch of my hand should let you know
[Chorus]
eddie kendricks - lead singer
12 measure musical intro-
a tender love we once shared
a joyous love we once cared
now our love is just a shattered dream
so far away from me you're driftin'it seem
so hard to try hide
you don't love me no more
you don't love me no more
you love more
you once said your love for goes beyond compare
the esctasy we once felt in our hearts we no longer share
and each kiss seem to say farewell my dear
there's nothing left of this love is oh so clear
so hard to try hide
you don't love me no more
you don't love me no more
you love me no more
you just don't love me no more, awww
you don't love me no more
owwwww baby
I can tell that someone else has taken my place
though you keep the truth from showing on your face
you think you have me fooled but you don't realize
I can see the truth when I look into your eyes
I can see it your eye
I can see it your eye
I can see it your eye
you don't love me no more
you don't love me no more
you don't love me no more - owwww
IIIIIIIIIII-
I can see it, see it, see it
you don't love me no more
I, I oh I i can see it, see it, see it
you don't love me no more
YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
WRITERS WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON, RONALD WHITE
That day, I first saw you passing by
I wanted, to ask your name but I...was much too shy
But I was looking at you so hard
That you must have had a hunch.
So you came up to me and asked me my name.
You beat me to the punch
That time
You beat me to the punch
Yes you did.
After, I had known you for what seems like a long, long time
I wanted, wanted to ask you would you please, please be mine
Whenever you came around, my heart would pound
So you must have had a hunch.
So you came up to me and asked me to be yours.
You beat me to the punch
One more time
You beat me to the punch
Yes you did.
Since I loved you
I thought you would be true
And love me tender
So I let my heart surrender
To you, yes I did.
But I found out
Beyond a doubt
One day, boy
You were a playboy
Who would go away and leave me
Blue.
So I ain't gonna wait around for you to put me down
This time I'm gonna play my hunch
And walk away this very day.
And beat you to the punch
Yes I will
I'll beat you to the punch
This time.
Yesterday, what and easy game to play. Now it seems to hide away. Oh I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not have the man I use to be. There's a shadow hanging over me. I believe in yesterday. Why she had to go? I don't know she wouldn't say. I said something wrong now I long for yesterdaaaay.
Yesterday love was such and easy game to play. Now it seems to hide away. Oh I believe in yesterday. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
(then it goes into "What now my love").
WITH THESE HANDS
WRITERS BENNY DAVIS, ABNER SILVER
With these hands, I will cling to you
I'm yours forever and a day.
With these hands, I will bring to you
A tender love as warm as May.
With this heart I will sing to you
Long after stars have lost their glow
And with these hands, I'll provide for you
Should there be a stormy sea
I'll turn the tide for you
And I'll never
No, I'll never let you go
WHO'S LOVIN' YOU
WRITER WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON
When I had you here
I treated you bad
And wrong my dear
And since
Oh, since you went away
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down
And I wonder
Who is loving you
I, I, I should have never, ever, ever made you cry
And since, since you went away
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down
And I wonder
Who is loving you
Life without love
Don't you know it's oh so lonely
I don't think
I don't think I'm gonna make it
Well my life
All my love I devote to you only
Come on and take it
Come on and take it
Because all
All I can do
All I can do since you've been gone is cry
And since, boy, since you went away
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down
And I wonder, who is loving you
Wonder who is loving you
WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE
Writer William €œSmokey€ Robinson
What's so good about goodbye
All it does is make you cry
Well if leavin' causes grief
Goodbye can break your heart
Tell me what's so good about goodbye
I could have done without it
Won't somebody tell me now
How can goodbye be good to a lover who really cares
And another thing I would like to clarify
Is how can farewell be fair
I could have done without it
Ah, you and I could never say this is goodbye
Girl, well it makes me so sad
Until it's got to be bad
Tell me what's so good about goodbye
I could have done without it
What's so good about goodbye
Baby, baby what's so good about goodbye
You said goodbye to me
All I've known is misery
But if everything goes wrong lovers stay so long
Tell me what's so good about goodbye
I could have done without it
Won't somebody tell me now
How can goodbye be good to a lover who really cares
And another thing I would like to clarify
Is how can farewell be fair
I could have done without it
What now my love? now that you left me? How can i live, through another day? Watching my tears turning to ashes and mold into bits of clay.
Hey girl, I want you to know
I'm going to miss you so much if you go.
And hey girl, I'll tell you no lie
Something deep inside of me is going to dye.
If you say so long, if this is goodbye.
Whoa
Hey girl, this can't be true
How am I suppose to exist without you?
And hey girl, now don't put me on
What's going to happen to me when you're gone?
How will I live, how can I go on?
How can I go on, hey girl
[Instrumental]
Hey girl, now sit yourself down.
I'm not ashame to get down on the ground
And beg you, baby. Beg you to stay.
Don't go away.
Hey girl.
Naw, naw, don't go away.
Hey girl, little girl, don't go away.
I'm beggin' you to stay.
Little girl, don't go away.
Hey girl, little girl, don't go away.
TRY TO REMEMBER
WRITERS TOM JONES, HARVEY SCHMIDT
Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh so mellow Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain so yellow Try to remember the kind of September When you were a young and a callow fellow Try to remember and if you remember Then follow--follow, oh-oh Try to remember when life was so tender That no one wept except the willow Try to remember when life was so tender That dreams were kept beside your pillow Try to remember when life was so tender That love was an ember about to billow Try to remember and if you remember Then follow--follow, oh-oh (brief instrumental interlude) Deep in December it€™s nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow Deep in December it€™s nice to remember Without a hurt, the heart is hollow Deep in December it€™s nice to remember The fire of September that made you mellow Deep in December our hearts should remember Then follow--follow, oh-oh Follow, oh-oh
Now you're moving on up, pretty baby
You're leaving me behind
Everybody seems to love you
Ooh, you're doing just fine, fine, fine
Take away your good looks
And all your fancy clothes
I bet you want to try it baby
And you'll see
That nobody loves you but me
Now what do you think about that?
Hey, Melvin
Now you tell me that you so busy
Ooh, baby you ain't got much time
Oh, how will I remember, babe
When all your time was mine, mine, mine
Well move on back cross the track
Yeah, where you came from
Yeah, why don't you just try it baby
And you'll see
Nobody loves you but me
Yeah, nobody but me
Try it
If you think I'm lying
Try it
Try it baby
Ooh, well move on back cross the track, baby
Yeah, where you came from
Come on and try, try it honey, try it baby, try it sweet
And you'll see
Nobody loves you but me
Nobody loves you but me
Listen, I really want to hold you, pretty baby
In my arms again
But I can't get close to you
For all your love afraid
But take your name from the bad list
And tear me your arms through
Come on and try it baby
I'm gonna try it sweetheart
Try it honey
You'll see, nobody loves you but me
Nobody but me
I Ain't got time to think about money,
Or what it can buy (ah ah ah ah)
And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder,
At what makes a birdie fly (ah ah ah ah)
I dont have time to think about what
Makes a flower grow
And I never given a thought
To where rivers flow
(Too Busy Thinking about my baby)
O Yeah,
Aint got time for nothing else
I Ain't got time to discuss the weather,
Or how long its gonna last (ah ah ah ah)
And I ain't got time to do no studying,
Once I get out of class (ah ah ah ah)
And Im just a fella,
With a one, a one track mind
And when it comes to thinking about,
anything but my baby,
I just dont have time!
(Too Busy Thinking about my baby)
O Yeah,
Aint got time for nothing else
And I know it's all, Its alright
(Instrumental)
I Ain't got time to read a newspaper,
Or look at TV (ah ah ah ah)
Cause' I'm not concerned with what the future holds,
Instore for me (ah ah ah ah)
Im just a fella,
With a one, a one track mind
And when it comes to thinking about,
anything but my baby,
I just dont have time!
(Too Busy Thinking about my baby)
O Yeah,
Aint got time for nothing else
You know I'm too, too busy
(Too Busy Thinking about my baby)
O Yeah,
Aint got time for nothing else (Fades out)
You see this guy,
This guy's in love with you
Yes I'm in love,
I love you the way I do
When you smile I can tell
We know each other very well,
How can I show you?
I'm glad, I got to know you 'cause
I heard some talk,
They say you think I'm fine
Yes, I'm in love,
And what I'd do to make you mine
Tell me now, is it so,
Don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shaking,
Don't let my heart keep breaking 'cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you're in love, in love, with this guy
If not I'll just die
Tell me now, is it so,
Don't let me be the last to know,
My hands are shaking,
Don't let my heart keep breaking 'cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you're in love, in love, with this guy
If not I'll just die
The feeling we used to get, whenever our lips met.
Like smoke from a cigarette, it's fading away.
Fading away, fading away.
It hurts me to think about, how love where there was no doubt.
Like a cloud when the sun comes out, it's fading away.
Fading away, fading away.
Hmm, you've changed and it's showing, baby.
You've changed and it's showing.
Tell me, where is your love going?
The plans we were making up, for I'll never breaking up.
Like dreams when you're waking up, are fading away.
Fading away, fading away.
The good times we shared alot, when you really cared alot.
Like steam from a coffee pot, it's fading way.
Fading away, fading away.
You've changed and it's showing, baby.
You've changed and it's showing.
Tell me, where is your love going?
[Instrumental]
Like smoke from a cigarette, of dreams that you soon forget.
Our love from the day we met, it's fading away.
Fading away, fading away.
You've changed and it's showing, baby.
You've changed and it's showing.
Tell me, where is your love going?
Going.
You've changed and it's showing, baby.
You've changed and it's showing.
Tell me, where is your love going?
Going.
Daddy started out in San Francisco,
Tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean,
Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth Daddy,
Spread the picture on a wider screen."
And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons
Ready to be hooked on new religions.
Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common-law wife.
Spread the religion of The Rhythm Of Life."
And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street,
Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
Daddy, spread the gospel in Milwaukee,
Took his walkie talkie to Rocky Ridge,
Blew his way to Canton, then to Scranton,
Till he landed under the Manhattan Bridge.
Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation,
Built up quite an operation down below.
With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing,
All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below.
Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation,
Built up quite an operation down below.
With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing,
All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below.
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Fly, fly, fly to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Swim, swim, swim to Daddy
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy,
And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street,
Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Daddy we got The Rhythm Of Life,
Of life, of life, of life.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Man!
Intro:
To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bare with unbarable sorrow, to run( where the brave) where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong to love here and chaste from afar. To try when your arms are to weary to reach the unreachable star( that star above) this is my quest( this is my quest) to follow that star( to follow that star) no matter how hopeless, no matter how far, to fight for the right without question or pause, to be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause, and I know if I only be true to this glorious quest that my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest( peace and quietness you're sure to find)
and the world will be better for this that one man scorned and covered with scars, still strolls with his last ounce of courage, to reach oh to reach, to reach the unreachable star.
end
this little girl of mine
i wanna say that she's so fine
and each and every day
i make sure she has her way
now we dont feel tied down
although our hearts are bound
i dont have to chase her all over town
my baby she's always around
chorus: the girl's alright with me
you know the girl's alright
(repeat)
now she's so good to me
i guess that's why i feel fancy free
just to see the glow in her eyes
makes me once again realize
i love her with all of my heart
and i know we'll never ever part
i never heard about or caught her playin
i guess that's why you always hear me sayin
chorus 2x
when i visit at her home
other fellas never, never ring her phone
she let's them know just where they stand
she tells them all that i'm her man
and when we're out on a date
all the fellas wait till i walk away
they try to beat my time
she tells them in a nice way she's mine, all mine
chorus (fade out)
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
WRITER EWAN MacCOLL
The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies, my love, To the dark and the empty skies. The first time ever I kissed your mouth And felt your heart beat close to mine Like the trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command, my love That was there at my command. The first time ever I lay with you I felt the earth move in my hand I thought our joy would fill the earth And last 'till the end of time, my love, And last
SWEET INSPIRATION
WITH THE SUPREMES
WRITERS DAN PENN, SPOONER OLDHAM
I need your sweet, sweet inspiration
I need you here on my mind every hour of the day
Without your sweet, sweet inspiration
The lonely hours of the day just don't go my way.
A woman in love needs sweet inspiration
And honey that's all I ask
You know that's all I ask from you
I gotta have your sweet inspiration, yeah
You know there just ain't no telling
What a satisfied woman might do.
When you call "Baby", baby
Is such a sweet inspiration
And when you call me "Darling", darling
Sets my heart a-skating
And if I'm out in the rain, baby
And in a bad situation
You know I just reach back in my mind
And there I find your sweet, sweet inspiration.
Inspiration, yeah, oh, what a power
And I got the power every hour of the day
I need your sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet inspiration, yeah
To go on living, to keep on giving this way.
I need your sweet, sweet inspiration
And I got the power every hour of the day
I need your sweet, sweet inspiration
To go on living, to keep on giving this way.
Remember me the one who heard your cries
And reached out and dried your eyes
Remember me the one who found you and wrapped all my love around you
When you were all alone and your dreams were all gone
When you were nothing but a tear stained face I did feel for you
Girl your broken wing is mended and your need for me has ended
Girl you say you must be free
You wanna fly away from me
You were lost and your yesterday is my tomorrow
And now you say you must be free, baby
Sorry is a sorry word after all I've done for you
Sorry is a sorry word when I need a love that's true
Out of sympathy and all you feel for me
After all the sweet love I've given to you (given you baby)
Girl you walk away with the best part of me
The love I gave to you to give it to someone new
And sorry won't ease the feeling.
Sorry is a sorry word after all I've done for you
Sorry is a sorry word when I need a love that's true
SOMEWHERE
WRITERS LEONARD BERNSTEIN, STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Someday, somewhere We'll find a new way of living Will find a way of forgiving Somewhere... There's a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere There's a time for us Someday there'll time for us Time together and time to spare Time to learn, time to care Someday, somewhere We'll find a new way of living Will find there's a way of forgiving Somewhere... There's a place for us A time and place for us Hold my hand and we're half way there Hold my hand and I'll take you there Somehow... Someday, somewhere...
SILENT NIGHT
WRITERS JOSEPH MOHR, FRANZ GRUBER
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin Mother and Child, holy Infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing Alleluia. Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born. Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light, Radiant beams from Thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth. Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light; With the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King. Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born.
Lady luck and a 4 leaf clover
wanting this hurt I feel all over
my life was one special occasion
till your leavin ended the situation
thats why I'm standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
my car got repossesed this morning
hardest times I've seen in years
lord, you got to throw me a life preserver
cause I'm about to drown in my own tears
thats why I'm standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
Slow Down Heart
The Temptations
Slow down heart, you're beating much too fast.
Why don't you, slow down heart
As she goes walking, past you
When I first saw you (hey)my heart stood still (hey)
Down my spine,(hey) I felt cold chills(hey)
My head started spinning,(oooooo, ooooooo)my knees got weak.
Aw, I couldn't even speak.
When my heart started pounding,(heart started pounding, like a)
Like a, gavel of a judge.
I couldn't budge (I couldn't budge)
I couldn't budge (I couldn't budge)
I couldn't budge (I couldn't budge)
So I said, slow down heart,
A, Slow down a heart...
You're beating much too fast.
You know that you're beating too fast...
Slow down heart
As she goes walking..., past you
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey,
Hey, Hey, Hey.
Everyday I wait outside my door.(hey)
(Hey) Hoping you'll come by just once more (hey)
That's when in a distance(oooooo, ooooo)I can see it's you
Aww, what could I do oo,
When my heart started pounding,(heart started pounding)
Like a, thousand drums(oooo, ooooo)
Here she comes (oh here she comes)
Oh, here she comes (oh here she, comes)
Oh, here she comes(oh here, she comes)
So I said, slow down heart,
Slow down heart...
You're beating much too fast.
You know that you're beating too fast...
Slow down heart
As she goes walking, past you
Why don't you, slow down heart......
The sun is shining, there's plenty of light (oh yeah)
A new day is dawning, sunny and bright (oh yeah)
But after I've been crying all night
The sun is cold, and the new day seems old
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
The birds are singing and the children are playing
There's plenty of work and the bosses are paying
Not a sad word should a young heart be saying
But fun is a bore and with money I'm poor.
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
Next time I'll be kinder (Next time I'll be kinder)
Won't you please help me find her (Won't you please help me find her)
Someone just remind her (Someone just remind her)
Of this love she left behind her (Of this love she left behind her)
Till I find her I'll be trying ta (Till I find her I'll be trying ta)
Everyday I'm more inclined ta
Find her
Inclined ta
Find her
Inclined ta find my baby
Been looking everywhere (ba--by)
Baby, I really, really care!
Oh, determination is fading fast (oh yeah)
Inspiration is a thing of the past (oh yeah)
Can't see how my hope's gonna last
Good things are bad and what's happy is sad
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
I feel so bad (since I lost my baby)
I feel so sad (since I lost my baby)
Everything is wrong
This heart is hard to carry on (since I lost my baby)
I'm lost as can be (since I lost my baby)
What's gonna happen to me?
The Temptations (Lead: Otis Williams)
Words & Music by Smokey Robinson and Warren "Pete" Moore
The sun is shining, there's plenty of light (oh yeah)
A new day is dawning, sunny and bright (oh yeah)
But after I've been crying all night
The sun is cold, and the new day seems old
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
The birds are singing and the children are playing
There's plenty of work and the bosses are paying
Not a sad word should a young heart be saying
But fun is a bore and with money I'm poor.
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
Next time I'll be kinder (Next time I'll be kinder)
Won't you please help me find her (Won't you please help me find her)
Someone just remind her (Someone just remind her)
Of this love she left behind her (Of this love she left behind her)
Till I find her I'll be trying ta (Till I find her I'll be trying ta)
Everyday I'm more inclined ta
Find her
Inclined ta
Find her
Inclined ta find my baby
Been looking everywhere (ba--by)
Baby, I really, really care!
Oh, determination is fading fast (oh yeah)
Inspiration is a thing of the past (oh yeah)
Can't see how my hope's gonna last
Good things are bad and what's happy is sad
Since I lost my baby. (Since I lost my baby.)
Oh, since I lost my baby. (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
I feel so bad (since I lost my baby)
I feel so sad (since I lost my baby)
Everything is wrong
This heart is hard to carry on (since I lost my baby)
I'm lost as can be (since I lost my baby)
What's gonna happen to me?
SILVER BELLS
WRITERS JAY LIVINGSTON, RAY EVANS
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style, In the air there's a feeling of Christmas. Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile, And on every street corner you hear Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmastime in the city. Hear the bells go ding-a-ling, hear them ring, Soon it will be Christmas day. Strings of street lights, even stop lights blink a bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures. Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch, this is Santa's big scene, And above all this bustle you hear Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmastime in the city. Hear the bells go ding-a-ling, hear them ring, Soon it will be Christmas day.
I watch you go to church on Sunday
But you forget all you learned on Monday
You see your smiling face can't hide
How you hate your brother inside
So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
You built this great big beautiful city
But you ran away and left it to die. What a pity.
You could have made friends with your neighbor
But you are much too prejudiced to try; tell me why!
So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
But the greatest wrong you know you've done
Is you passed this sickness onto your son
(your one and only boy)
He came into this world with a mind so clean
You took it, molded it, and made it mean!
So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
People let me tell you about a place I know
To get in it don't take much dough
Where you can really do your thing, oh yeah
It's got a neon sign outside that says
Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town
Oh yeah, what do I call it
You know it's just across the track
People I'm talking about the psychedelic shack
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at, oh yeah
You can have your fortune told
You can learn the meaning of soul
There ain't no such thing as time
Incense in the air
'In" signs painted everywhere
I guarantee you this place will blow your mind
Music so high, you can't get over it
So low you can't get under it
Right around the corner just across the track
People I'm talking about the psychedelic shack
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Millionaires, kings and queens go there to do their things
You might see anybody there, yeah
Bear skin rugs, tails and beads
Don't really matter what you wear
You can take off your shoes, sit on the floor
Join in and be what you wanna be
Don't you know that it's right
Around the corner just across the track
People I'm talking about the psychedelic shack
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
They got a cat there shouting the blues
Talking about payin some dues
People walking around reciting poetry
Screamin guitars and a thousand colored lights
People I'm telling you this place is really out of sight
You can have your fortune told
You can learn the meaning of soul
I guarantee this place will blow your mind
Don't you know it's right around the corner
Just across the track
People I'm talking about the psychedelic shack
please return your love to me girl/ forgive me for the wrong i've done/ and oh baby
i cry myself to sleep at night/ with fear of another holdin you tight and oh baby/ oh baby/ i miss you more with each passin day/ every night on my knees i pray oh
please return your love to me girl/ forgive me for the wrong i've done/ without your love im just no good/ i am just a lonely one
im sorry for the wrong i've done/ now i know how it feels/ to lose that special someone/ and oh baby/ i need you more than words can say/ without your love i can miss another day oh
chorus
i want you to know as long as there's/ a heaven above/ you'll be my one and only love/ and oh baby/ i cant control this grow in me/ girl come and see what i need
chorus
Lead: Eddie Kendricks
Hmmmmmm.....
Yooooooooou....
need a love like mine
that you can depend on
when your whole world's falling in.
When you need a friend,
you can depend on me;
you can depend on me.
I'll be by your side...
when you need me...
when the whole world seems unfair...
when no one seems to care,
you can depend on me;
You can depend on me.
When life seems not worth living..
and nothing seems to be going right,
the comfort my love will be giving..giving
will change your darkness to light.
I--I---I--I
I'll be by your side
when you need me
when the whole seems unfair
when no one seems to care,
you can depend depend on
Yeah, yeah,
you can depend on me.
I Wish You Love Lyrics
English lyrics by Albert A. Beach
French lyrics and music by Charles L. Trenet
Goodbye, no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers, ever friends
Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say
I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health
But more than wealth
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best
My very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
I wish you love
I wish you love, love, love, love, love
I wish you love
why dont you come, come back/ to my paradise/ baby/ to my paradise/ do do do do dooooo/ come back ooh/ to my paradise/ baby/ to my paradise
why dont you come/ to my island of paradise/ you know it'll be so nice/ when you're back in my arms again/ oh when you're back in my arms again/ and baby (baby)/ can you tell me when (baby)/ you'll be back in my arms again/ and you could make me so happy (happy)/ you could make me so happy/ hey/ i cry when i go to sleep/ so sorry that we broke up/ but then i dream that you're in my arms/ oh with all your charms/ and i i i i/ dont wanna wake up, dont wanna wake up, dont wanna wake up/ no no no noooo/ i was wrong from the start/ i hope you have a change of heart/ and come back to paradise/ come on back to paradise/ (each night i dream) i dream that you're in my arms/ with all your charms/ and i i i i/ dont wanna wake up, dont wanna wake up, dont wanna wake up/ no no no no noooo/ i was wrong from the very start/ i hope you have a change of heart/ and come back to paradise/ come on, come on back to paradise/ please come on back/ come back come on/ come on come on/ to my paradise baby/ baby come on/ to my paradise/ baby baby baby baby come on back/ come back come on/ come on come on...
OL' MAN RIVER
WRITERS OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 11, JEROME KERN
Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white boys play
Gettin no rest from the dawn till sunset
Gettin no rest till the judgment day
You don't look up, you don't look down
You don't dare make the rich boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And tote that barge until you're dead
Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the rich man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross
Ol' Man River, Ol' Man River
He don't say nothin, he must know somethin
Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along
You know, you know he don't plant taters
And we all know the man don't plant no cotton
And then, and then what plants 'em, all know is soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along
You, you and me
You know sometimes we have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain
Our bodies, our bodies are all achin' and wracked with a whole lot of pain
Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk
And you land in ja-ail
I get weary and so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin', and fraid of dyin'
But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' a-
Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along, ooh
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