THE VOICE OF THE
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The Lyrics of Diana Ross
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 SLEEPIN'
Johnny's been running hard all his life, 'cause life never treated him right.
Well, he ain't runnin' now...you see his eyes are closed. You
can't hurt him tonight.
Sleepin', he's sleepin', just let him be for
a while. Don't wake him. Don't take him to where the people don't
smile. Sleepin', my man's sleepin' nice now. Please let him stay
here with me. I promise, I'll keep him at home where he's s'pose to
be.
He's been out there in the streets you know and
strugglin', shufflin'
trying to survive. Out there, in a rich man's world. And now
you're saying, Johnny's not alive. And you're wrong, can't you see,
Sleepin'...he's just a sleepin' mister. Without a care to his name.
He's peaceful and he's quiet. He's tired of running his game.
He's been out there, in the streets you know. With all the pain
and all the suffering. Out there...where you fight like hell. He
never learned a fix don't fix a fix. Don't touch him.
Johnny's
put too much joy in his vains; and now you're trying to tell me, he's gone.
I don't believe you. I'm just gonna sit here...and rock him in
my arms.
You see, he lives hard and he gives heart...and I just live
for his touch.
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SO
CLOSE
So close, when I look into your eyes. so close,
I feel I'm hypnotized. I want to stay here for the rest of my life.
So close, when you smile at me that way. So close, it takes my
breath away. I love your more with every beat of my heart.
I
remember the night we met, I knew I'd never, ever be the same. I remember
the night you said you loved me, in an instant my whole world changed.
So
close (closer and closer) feel your body next to me. So close (closer
and closer and closer), I lose all sense of time. I want to stay here
for the rest of my life. I...I want to stay here for the rest of
my life.
I remember the night we met, I knew I'd never, ever be the same,
I remember the night you said you loved me, in an instant, my whole world
changed.
So close (closer and closer) being here with
you again. So
close (closer and closer and closer) and there's nothing I would rather do.
Than make you stay here and I'll keep you always So close. Closer
and closer...to me....so close.
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SO THEY SAY
Hey...yeah...
When I think about all the love and fun that we use to have, there's no doubt
that I do miss your touch and all the good times and bad. But I...I
realize that we were not meant to be so I'll set you free 'cause what they
say doesn't apply to you and me.
(1st verse) So it feels, let comes to an end if you're
ever down and out and need (I will be right here always) you have a friend
in me (Just call on me even though we're apart) even though we're apart.
You'll always have a special place in my heart. You'll always
have a special place in my heart.
(2nd verse) (So They Say) So they say (If it's what
they'll come back your way) (I gave my life, not this time) (You got
yours and I'll get mine) Mine...
People use to say one day you were gonna stray away and break my heart in
two. It's all in the game of love sometimes you win or lose, do what
you gotta do. Can see I regret the things I've gotten and didn't get.
I knew all along, inside, I saw all the signs, yet and still I, went
along for the ride.
(1st verse - repeat)
(2nd verse - repeat)
(2nd verse - fade) They say...So they
say, Hey...not this time...I'll get mine....So they say...
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SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE BEFORE
You use to touch me, but baby now your touch has turned so cold. You use to want me, now baby you just want to let me go.
I can see I'm losing you, now and I don't want to. No, I don't want
to be just
(verse) Someone that you loved before. Baby please don't let me be...someone you don't love no more.
Tell me we could make it right,
('cause) I'll do anything to hold you in my arms
and then hear you say, 'You're back in love with me again.' (hey, hey)
Is it over? Baby are we over now for good. I know you're going, If I could make you stay you know I would
If I could just get thru to you now 'cause I don't want to...No, I don't
wanna be just
(verse)
Baby can't we give it one more try
'cause I don't want to be the one you leave behind baby
(verse)
(2nd verse) Baby tell me I can be, someone you could love once more.
Tell me we can make it right. Cause I'll do anything to hold you in my arms and then
...and hear you say, 'You're back in love with me again...'
(2nd verse) Baby you love me again.
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SORRY
DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT RIGHT
No one ever loved you more and you're all I'm
livin'
for now I'm screamin' silently, so hard to believe, you're not in love with
me.
Baby there's no easy way, to hear the words, "I don't love you.'
You tried to leave me once before, felt so bad you let me love you
more. Baby there's no gentle way, no tender sentimental way to leave
me. You offer your sympathy, but I'm as lonely as can be, sorry doesn't
always make it right. No one ever loved you so, you were trying to
go, I guess I know.
Baby, there's no easy way to hear the words "I'm
sorry, I don't love you.' Hurt me, then apologize, if the hurt don't,
before I lose my pride. Baby, there's no gentle way, no tender sentimental
way, to leave me. I wish that I could make you care. All in love
just isn't fair. Sorry doesn't always make it right. Now it's
time for you to leave. It's so hard to believe...you're not in love
with me.
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SUGAR FREE
Here I am, I'm confident and I've gone on with my life. Ever since
that day you said, "good-bye." But it's evident to me that you're hurting
inside. You sound alone and more bitter as each minute goes by and
you never were that way when I was in your life. Have the sweeter things
all been left behind.
(verse) Oh baby, without my love you'll always be
sugar-free (and you'll miss me) Oh baby, I'm the sweetest taste that you
could ever receive, oh baby, yeah (sugar free, sugar free)
I can't believe that you thought a substitute could set you free, but instead
it locked you down without a key and you're thinking about how it use to
be. There is a lesson to be learned, hey...you hurt me baby but now
the tables have turned.
(verse) Baby, baby...sugar free. You
must be...ohhh. Uh huh, oh baby.
Oh baby (verse) Sugar free baby...ever receive.
I know you miss my lovin' it's as plain as I can see. You can't deny
it baby, without my love you're sugar free. I know you miss my loving
it's as plain as I can see, You can't deny it baby, without my love, you're
sugar free.
Sugar free
(verse) (sugar free, sugar free)
Oh baby, I'm the sweetest taste that you could ever receive.
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SURRENDER
I want the love that you deny me that I need so desperately. The tenderness
that you process you deprive of me...you must pay for the lonely nights
that I walked the floor for you and don't you know that you must erase all
these tear stains on my face.
Surrender, your
love, baby. Surrender you love, Surrender, your love, baby.
Surrender, your love.
Don't you know that I'm taking my
case to the highest court of love and these are some of the charges that
you'll be found guilty of...you used me and abused me 'til I felt like I
wanted to die. You created a need in me that only you can satisfy
(chorus)
Come along peacefully! Give it
to me! Oh, a-right now. Give it to me, give it to me. Give it
to me oh. Give it to me, give it to me...give it to me. Give it to
me, give it to me, oh ohh baby
(chorus)
Give it to me. oooo, give it to me. ohh. I want love.
Give it to me please.
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TAKE ME HIGHER
There's a place I long to be
where the birds are flying
Take Me Higher
There's a place I long to see
where the sun is shining
Take Me Higher
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TAKE THE BITTER
WITH THE SWEET
You, heard somebody sayin' that I loved another (ooh ooh ooh). They
don't know, it's not easy facin' lies about your lover (ooh ooh ooh)...Nothing
they could tell you would change the way it feels. But when they, try
to come between us, we still have each other (ooh ooh ooh)... I've heard
it all, and I have my faults but I could never hurt you. I love you
through it all.
(Chorus) Take the bitter with the sweet...two hearts
are stronger together, love can be forever. Take the bitter with the
sweet, we can't let rumors affect us. we just, have to trust...
I,
want you more than ever. No matter what they told you (ooh ooh ooh).
If they pry, doesn't really matter. Long as I can hold you...(ooh ooh
ooh)...People can say what they want to say, But I know that I love you,
it's better every day.
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THAT'S HOW YOU START
OVER
It may see like the wrong time to let somebody near, but baby don't fear
me. I just ant to lend an ear. You can run for cover...Oh, but
darling, don't you see, for every smile there's a teardrop and that's just
how it's gonna be. So it went wrong, somewhere down the line. But
you can't hold on, that's just a waste of time. Boy you're gonna laugh
(just a little bit) and live through some tears (just a little bit) Until
you finally learn (that the point of it) (Is that) Love will come again.
THAT'S HOW YOU START OVER. THAT'S HOW YOU
BEGIN AGAIN (BABY) THAT'S HOW YOU START OVER.
Anyone who's lost
love always seems to swear to never give your heart away for someone to share.
Listen to your heart, each beat bring you nearer 'til you understand,
nothing seems too clear. Boy you're gonna laugh (just a little bit)
and live through some tears (just a little bit) Until you finally learn (that
the point of it) (Is that) Love will come again...
(CHORUS)
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THAT'S
WHY I CALL YOU MY FRIEND
Time after time and any time at all, I could turn to
you with my back to the wall. And you would always give to me all I
asked of you,
That's why I call you my friend.
You will be my friend now 'til my life is
ended.
So many tears that you have turned
to smiles, I can't believe we survived all the endless miles. Two hearts
broken together will heal into one,
(chorus).
Sweet
love and tenderness all our hopes and dream will take us through the hard
times. Let winter come as cold as it will be. My arms are open
wide. You can just run to me as warm as any summer. I am here
for you...That's why I call you my friend. You will be my friend, now
'til my life is ended...as friends.
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THEME FROM MAHOGANY
(DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO?)
*Do you know where you're going to? Do you
like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do
you know?
**Do you get what you're hoping for? When you look
behind you there's no open doors, What are you hoping for? Do you
know?
Once we were standing still in time, chasing the fantasies
that filled our minds. You knew how I loved you but my spirit was free.
Laughing at the questions that you once asked of me
(*repeat)
Now looking
back at all we planned, we let so many dreams just slip through our hands.
Why must we wait so long before we see, how sad the answers to those
questions can be
(*repeat)
(**repeat)
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THIS
HOUSE
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, lah...
*This house is built on a foundation of love. This house is
built on a foundation of love.
I'll try to comfort you baby, you'll
try to comfort me. You say you love me, with all your heart, with all
your heart, cause you say you do. You know that when you are sad, I'll
be there in a flash. At the drop f a hat, oh yeah. 'Cause I want
you to feel love. And you don't have to say a thing. You don't
have to ask, 'cause baby
(*repeat).
Maybe we'll strike it rich, one
day really make it big, and I know because our love is so strong. We'll
always have a home.
(*repeat)
La, la, la, la.....
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TOP OF THE WORLD
Oooo baby, I'm going crazy, everytime I think of you. I'm excited,
so delighted to finally see the light shine through. I can see a million
dreams come true.
So hold on here we go, I got
a feeling that we're gonna go up to the top of the world. Here I am,
there you are, I got a feeling that we're gonna fly up to the top of the
world.
(Gotta go higher, higher) Now the world seems like a sweet
dream when I look into your eyes. It's mystifying, there's no denying
the way you make me feel inside. And it's getting stronger all the time...
(chorus - three times)
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TOUCH
ME IN THE MORNING
*Touch me in the morning,
then just walk away. we don't have tomorrow, but we had yesterday.
Hey, wasn't it me
who said that nothing good's gonna last forever. And wasn't it me who
said Let's just be glad for the time together. It must have been hard
to tell me that you've given all you had to give. I can understand
your feeling that way, everybody's got their life to live. Well I can
say goodbye in the cold morning light. But I can't watch love die in
the warmth of the night. If I've got to be strong, don't you know I'll
need to have tonight when you're gone. Till you go I need to be here
and think about that last time that you...
Touch me in the morning, then just close the door.
Leave me as you found me, empty like before.
Hey wasn't it yesterday we used to laugh at the
wind behind us? didn't we run away and hope that time wouldn't try
to find us. Didn't we take each other to a plac ewhere no one's ever
been. Yeah, I really need you near me tonight cause you'll never take
me there again. Let me watch you go with the sun in my eyes. We've
seen how love can grow now we'll see how it does. If I've got to be
strong don't you know I'll need to have tonight when you're gone...til you
go I need to hold you until the time your hands reach out and
(*repeat
with:) The mornings were cool and golden we
could feel one another living. We walked with a dream to hold and we
could take what the world was giving. and there's no tomorrow here,
there's only love and the time we chased it. But yesterday's gone my
love, there's only now and it's time to face it.
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UNTIL
WE MEET AGAIN
Who would have ever thought the day could ever come, when we would see a
love like this fall into pieces. And it hurts me to know that now 'till
then, I'll only have these memories, hey...
(Verse) And now, there's no time left to pretend and
it feels like it's the end, but you're always in my heart...until we meet
again. Now I'll have to let you go, there's no way we can be friends.
But you're always part of me...until we meet again.
Why would our love was strong, we still couldn't make it. Did time
have to take our lives in different direction and it hurts, ooo, 'cause there's
no way for me to reach you...we're so far apart, when did we grow so far
apart...ooh
(verse)
Oh, deep in my heart, I know I'll see you again. Well, I don't know
where or when, but 'till then
(verse)
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UP FRONT
I wanna get it straight up front. Let's tell
each other what we want. So we can both decide up front if we like
it or we don't.
Just as long as I'm single, I'm gonna do what
the heck I please and I don't feel it's fair for you to be restricting me.
If you want a serious commitment. You gotta first make one yourself.
If you want it one sided, you'd better find somebody else.
(chorus)
Now I've been in relationships
where I've given all of myself. I did everything for him, he did everything
for someone else. Now don't misunderstand me, I'm not prejedging you.
But if you plan to fool around, let me know so I can do it too.
(chorus)
Now I know everything can't be
predicted, because love don't work that way. But we can at least agree
on the rules before we start to play.
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UPSIDE
DOWN
I said upside down you're turning' me, you've given
love instinctively. Round and round you're turnin' me.
*Upside down,
boy you turn me, inside out and round and round. Upside down, boy you
turn me, inside out and round and round.
Instinctively you give to
me the love that I need. I cherish the moments with you.
Respectfully I say to thee I'm aware that you're cheating. But
no one makes me feel like you do.
(*repeat)
**Upside down, you're turnin'
me. You've given love instinctively. Round and round you're turning
me. I say to thee respectfully.
(**repeat)
Upside down, you're
turn me. Upside down...
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V V V V
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VOICE
OF THE HEART
Sometimes when the world
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