For Once In My Life
For Your Love
Hey Love
I Was Made To Love Her
I Wish
Isn't She Lovely
Lately
Living For The City
My Cherie Amour
Overjoyed
Ribbon In The Sky
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
Sir Duke
Superstition
Uptight
You Will Know
Like a long lonely stream, I keep running towards a dream, moving on, moving on,
Like a branch on a tree, I keep reaching to be free, moving on, moving on.
Cause there's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone,
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, moving on, moving on.
Like this tired troubled earth, I've been rolling since my birth, moving on, moving on.
There's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone,
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.
You know when times are bad and you're feeling sad, I want you to always remember,
yes, there's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone
where my poor, restless heart's gotta run.
There's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone,
where my poor, restless heart's gotta run…
For Once In My Life
For once in my life I have someone who needs me, someone I've needed so long.
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me and somehow I know I'll be strong.
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of,
long before I knew someone warm like you would make my dreams come true
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me, not like it hurt me before.
For one, I have something I know won't desert me, I'm not alone anymore.
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it,
as long as I know I have love, I can make it, for once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me, not like it hurt me before.
For one, I have something I know won't desert me, I'm not alone anymore.
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it,
as long as I know I have love, I can make it, for once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
For Your Love
All the gold in all the world is nothing to possess
if all the things that it can bring can’t add up to one ounce of your happiness.
And for your love, I would do anything just to see the smile upon your face.
For your love, I would go anywhere, just you tell me and I’ll be right there.
A diamond that shines like a star in the sky is nothing to behold
for miniscule is any light if it can’t, like you, brighten up my soul.
And for your love, I would do anything just to see the smile upon your face.
For your love, I would go anywhere, just you tell me and I’ll be right there.
I could have never fathomed this, such joy, love and tenderness that you give to me.
For the love I feel inside, it’s so wonderful I can’t hide
and I glow, I glow with just the thought of you, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.
And for your love, I would do anything just to see the smile upon your face.
For your love, I would go anywhere, just you tell me and I’ll be right there.
And for your love, I would do anything just to see the smile upon your face.
For your love, I would go anywhere, just you tell me and I’ll be right there.
Hey Love
Hey love, may I have a word with you?
I'd like to tell you, yeah, just what I've been going through.
My nights are so long as I watch each hour go by
hoping and praying that someday I will be your guy.
Hey love, you're my one true soul desire. Hey love, baby, can you feel this burning fire?
Hey love, there's one thing I find so true. When you are near me, I go through a change or two.
Hearing your footsteps, I hurry to catch your eye
and I stand there waiting, yeah, but girl, you just walk on by.
Say, love, with a cold heart you are dealing, hey love, yeah, it's an awful hurting feeling.
Hey love, don't pass me without some sign.
Just look me over, yeah, you might want to change your mind.
I Was Made To Love Her
I was born in Lil' Rock, had a childhood sweetheart, we were always hand in hand.
I was hightop shoes and shirt tails, Suzy was in pig tails, I know I loved her even then.
You know my papa disapproved it, my mama boohooed it, but I told them time and time again,
"Don't you know I was made to love her, build a world all around her," yeah, yeah, yeah.
She's been my inspiration, showed appreciation for the love I gave her through the years.
Like a sweet magnolia tree, my love blossomed tenderly, my life grew sweeter through the years.
I know that my baby loves me, my baby needs me, that's why we made it through the years.
I was made to love her, worship and adore her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All through thick and thin, our love just won't end, cause I love my baby, love my baby, yeah.
My baby loves me, my baby needs me and I know I ain't going nowhere.
I was knee high to a chicken when that love bug bit me, I had the fever with each passing year.
Oh, even if the mountain tumbles, if this whole world crumbles, by her side, I'll still be standing there.
Cause I was made to love her, I was made to live for her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ah, I was made to love her, built my world all around her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ooh, baby, I was made to please her, you know Stevie ain't gonna leave her, no, yeah, yeah.
I Wish
Looking back on when I was a little nappy headed boy,
then my only worry was for Christmas, what would be my toy.
Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring.
Sneaking out the back door to hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine.
Greeted at the back door with, "Boy, thought I told you not to go outside,"
Trying your best to bring the water to your eyes, thinking it might stop her from whooping your behind.
I wish those days could come back once more, why did those days ever have to go?
I wish those days could come back once more, why did those days ever have to go? Cause I loved them so.
Brother says he's telling about you playing doctor with that girl.
Just don't tell, I'll give you anything you want in this whole wide world.
Mama gives you money for Sunday school, you trade yours for candy after church is through.
Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall (you nasty boy).
Teacher sends you to the principal's office down the wall.
You grow up and learn that kinda thing ain't right but while you were doing it, it sure felt outta sight.
I wish those days could come back once more, why did those days ever have to go?
I wish those days could come back once more, why did those days ever have to go? Cause I loved them so.
Isn't She Lovely
Isn't she lovely, isn't she wonderful? Isn't she precious, less than one minute old.
I never thought through love we'd be making one as lovely as she, but isn't she lovely, made from love?
Isn't she pretty? Truly the angel's best. Boy, I'm so happy, we have been heaven blessed.
I can't believe what God has done, through us he's given life to one, but isn't she lovely, made from love?
Isn't she lovely, life and love are the same. Life is Aisha, the meaning of her name.
Londie, it could have not been done, without you who conceived the one that's so very lovely, made from love.
Lately
Lately I have had this strangest feeling, with no vivid reasons here to find,
yet the thought of losing you’s been hanging, round my mind.
Far more frequently you're wearing perfume, with you say, "No special place to go."
But when I ask will you be coming back soon, you don't know, never know.
Well, I'm a man of many wishes, I hope my premonition misses,
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
cause they always start to cry cause it's time could mean goodbye.
Lately I've been staring in the mirror, very slowly picking me apart,
trying to tell myself I have no reason with your heart.
Just the other night while you were sleeping, I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name.
But when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping, you just say, nothing's changed.
Well, I'm a man of many wishes, I hope my premonition misses,
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
cause they always start to cry cause it's time could mean goodbye.
Well, I'm a man of many wishes, I hope my premonition misses,
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
cause they always start to cry cause it's time could mean goodbye.
Living For The City
A boy is born in hard time Mississippi, surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty.
His parents give him love and affection to keep him strong moving in the right direction,
living just enough, just enough for the city.
His father works some days for fourteen hours and you can bet he barely makes a dollar.
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many and you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny.
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
His sister's black but she is sure 'nuff pretty, her skirt is short but Lord, her legs are sturdy.
To walk to school she's got to get up early. Her clothes are old but never are they dirty.
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many.
His patience's long but soon he won't have any.
To find a job is like a haystack needle cause where he lives, they don't use colored people.
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
Living just enough for the city. Ain’t nothing but a pity.
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty,
he spends his life walking the streets of New York City.
He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution. He tried to vote, but to him there's no solution
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow and that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow.
This place is cruel, no where could be much colder.
If we don't change, the world will soon be over.
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city.
My Cherie Amour
My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day. My cherie amour, distant as the milky way.
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore, you're the only girl my heart beats for,
how I wish that you were mine.
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street, I've been near you, but you never noticed me.
My cherie amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
that behind that little smile I wore, how I wish that you were mine.
Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd.
Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud.
Oh, cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore, you're the only girl my heart beats for,
how I wish that you were mine.
Overjoyed
Over time, I've building my castle of love just for two, though you never knew you were my reason.
I've gone much too far for you now to say that I've got to throw my castle away.
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true,
though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming.
The sandman has come from too far away for you to say come back some other day.
And though you don't believe that they do, they do come true,
for did my dreams come true when I looked at you.
And maybe too, if you would believe, you too might be overjoyed, over love, over me.
Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
just to find, I had found what I've searched to discover.
I've come much too far for me now to find the love that I've sought can never be mine.
And though you don't believe that they do, they do come true,
for did my dreams come true when I looked at you.
And maybe too, if you would believe, you too might be overjoyed, over love, over me.
And though the odds say improbable, what do they know?
For in romance all true love needs is a chance.
And maybe with a chance you will find, you too, like I, overjoyed, over love, over you, over you.
Ribbon In The Sky
Oh, so long, for this night I prayed that a star would guide you my way
to share with me this special day where a ribbon's in the sky for our love.
If allowed, may I touch your hand, and if pleased may I once again?
So that you too will understand, there's a ribbon in the sky for our love.
This is not a coincidence and far more than a lucky chance
but what is that was always meant is our ribbon in the sky for our love, love.
We can't lose with God on our side, we'll find strength in each tear we cry.
From now on, it will be you and I and our ribbon in the sky,
ribbon in the sky, a ribbon in the sky for our love.
There's a ribbon in the sky for our love.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
Like a fool I went and stayed too long, now I'm wondering if your love's still strong,
ooo baby, here I am, signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours.
Then that time I went and said goodbye. now I'm back and not ashamed to cry,
ooo baby, here I am, signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours.
Here I am baby, oh, you've got the future in your hand (signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours).
Here I am baby, oh, you've got the future in your hand (signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours).
I've done a lot of foolish things that I really didn't mean, hey, hey, didn't I, oh baby?
Seen a lot of things in this old world, when I touched them they did nothing, girl,
ooo baby, here I am, signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours, oh I'm yours.
Ooo, babe you set my soul on fire, that's why I know you are my only desire,
ooo baby, here I am, signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours.
Here I am baby, oh, you've got the future in your hand (signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours).
Here I am baby, oh, you've got the future in your hand (signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours).
I've done a lot of foolish things that I really didn't mean, I could be a broken man but here I am.
With your future, got your future babe (here I am baby).
Here I am baby (signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours).
Here I am baby, (here I am baby), here I am baby (signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours).
Here I am baby, (here I am baby), here I am baby (signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours).
Sir Duke
Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand,
with an equal opportunity for all to sing, dance and clap their hands.
But just because a record has a groove don't make it in the groove.
But you can tell right away at letter A when the people start to move.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
Music knows it is and always will be one of the things that life just won't quit.
But here are some of music's pioneers that time will not allow us to forget.
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchimo and the king of all, Sir Duke.
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
They can feel it all over, they can feel it all over, people.
You can feel it all over, you can feel it all over, people.
You can feel it all over, you can feel it all over, people.
You can feel it all over, you can feel it all over, people.
You can feel it all over, you can feel it all over, over, people.
Can't you feel it all over, come on let's feel it all over, people.
You can feel it all over, everybody, all over, people.
Superstition
Very superstitious, writing's on the wall, very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall.
Thirteen month old baby, broke the looking glass, seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer, superstition ain't the way.
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands, rid me of the problem, do all that you can.
Keep me in a daydream, keep me going strong, you don't wanna save me, sad is my song.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer, superstition ain't the way.
Very superstitious, nothing more to say, very superstitious, the devil's on his way.
Thirteen month old baby, broke the looking glass, seven years of bad luck, good things in your past.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer, superstition ain't the way, no, no, no.
Uptight
Baby, everything is all right, uptight, out of sight. Baby, everything is all right, uptight, out of sight.
I'm a poor man's son, from across the railroad tracks, the only shirt I own is hanging on my back,
but I'm the envy of every single guy since I'm the apple of my girl's eye.
When we go out stepping on the town for a while, my money's low and my suit's out of style,
But it's all right if my clothes aren't new, out of sight because my heart is true.
She says, baby everything is alright, uptight, out of sight.
Baby, everything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
I'm a pearl of a girl, I guess that's what you might say, I guess her folks brought her up that way.
The right side of the tracks, she was born and raised in a great big old house, full of butlers and maids.
No one is better than I, I know I'm just an average guy,
No football hero or smooth Don Juan, got empty pockets, you see I'm a poor man's son.
She says, give her the things that money can’t buy but I'll never, never make my baby cry
and it's all right, what I can't do, out of sight because my heart is true,
she says baby everything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
Baby, everything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. Baby, everything is alright, uptight, ah ah ah ah,
Baby, everything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. Baby, everything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
You Will Know
Lonely one of young, so brokenhearted, travelling down the rigid road of life,
using pharmaceutical extractions to find the paradise.
Finds the high but comes down feeling lower, gets down on their knees and starts to pray.
Looking up to heaven for the answer, they hear a voice that says-
you will know, troubled heart you'll know. Problems have solutions, trust and I will show.
You will know, troubled heart you'll know. Every life has reason for I made it so.
Single parent trying to raise their children, but they would much rather not alone.
Reaches out to find that special someone to make their house a home.
Finds someone but no one is the right one, gets down on their knees and starts to pray.
Looking up to heaven for the answer, they hear a voice that says-
you will know, lonely heart, you'll know. Problems have solutions, trust and I will show.
You will know, troubled heart you'll know. Every life has reason for I made it so.
You’ll know, lonely heart, you'll know. Problems have solutions, trust and I will show.
You will know, troubled heart you'll know. Every life has reason for I made it so.