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Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together". In 2005, Rolling Stone named him #66 in their list of the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time'. The nomination stated that "people are born to do certain things, and Al was born to make us smile." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Green in 1995, referring to him as "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music." Green has sold more than 20 million records.
Green was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was the sixth of ten children born to Robert and Cora Greene. The son of a sharecropper, he started performing at age ten in a Forrest City quartet called the Greene Brothers; he dropped the final "E" from his last name years later as a solo artist. They toured extensively in the mid-1950s in the South until the Greenes moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, when they began to tour around Michigan. His father kicked him out of the group because he caught Green listening to Jackie Wilson.
I'll find a cave for you
For you to run to
Nothing can break through stone
You'll sleep through winter
You'll never feel the cold
The years will be all warm
You'll bury yourself
When you've had enough
And the world will think
That you've just run off
But I'll always know how you chose to go
Inside your still world
Where winter is broken
If I could build for you
A magic retreat from
Seasons that break your bones
Trust me I'd live to
You'll never feel the cold
The years will be all warm
You'll bury yourself
When you've had enough
And the world will think
That you've just run off
But I'll always know how you chose to go
Inside your still world
Where winter is broken
Trust me, I would build for you
A world for you
Trust me, I would build for you
A world for you
You'll never feel the cold
Your ears will be all warm
You'll bury yourself
When you've had enough
And the world will think
That you've just run off
But I'll always know how you chose to go
Inside your still world