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    1. How come, how long
    2. Kiss lonely good-bye
    3. Dancing to the rythm
    4. Stevie Ray blues
    5. Stay gold
    6. Ms. & Mr. little ones
    7. Rain your love down
    8. Edge of eternity
    9. Taboo to love
    10. Take the time out
    11. I'm new
    12. My love is with you
    13. Treat myself
    14. Tomorrow robins will sing
    15. Sensuous whisper
    16. For your love
    17. Cold chill
    18. Sorry
    19. Conversation peace
    20. Fun day
    21. Queen in the black
    22. These three words
    23. Each other's throat
    24. If she breaks your heart
    25. Gotta have you
    26. Make sure you're sure
    27. I go sailing
    28. Chemical love
    29. Lighting up the candles
    30. Keep our love alive
    31. You will know
    32. Dark 'n' lovely
    33. In your corner
    34. With each beat of my heart
    35. One of a kind
    36. Skeletons
    37. Galaxy paradise
    38. Crying through the night
    39. Free
    40. Come let me make your love come down
    41. My eyes don't cry
    42. Partime lover
    43. What's that you're doing?
    44. Front line
    45. Ribbon in the sky
    46. Love's in need of love today
    47. Have a talk with God
    48. Village ghetto land
    49. Contusion
    50. Sir Duke
    51. I wish
    52. Knocks me off my feet
    53. Pastime paradise
    54. Summer soft
    55. Saturn
    56. Ebony eyes
    57. Isn't she lovely
    58. As
    59. Too high
    60. Visions
    61. Living for the city
    62. Golden lady
    63. Higher ground
    64. Jesus children of america
    65. All in love is fair
    66. Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    67. He's misstra know it all
    68. You are the sunshine of my life
    69. Maybe your baby
    70. You and I
    71. Tuesday heartbreak
    72. You've got it bad girl
    73. Superstition
    74. Big brother
    75. Blame it on the sun
    76. Lookin'for another pure love
    77. I believe (when I fall in love it will be forever)
    78. Hold me
    79. Rocket Love
    80. Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    81. Uptight
    82. Bedtime for toys
    83. Someday at xmas

    HOW COME, HOW LONG +

     There was a girl I used to know
    She was oh so beautiful
    But she's not here anymore
    She had a college degree
    Smart as anyone could be
    She had so much to live for
    But she fell in love
    With the wrong kinda man
    He abused her love and treated her so bad
    There was not enough education in her world
    That could save the life of this little girl

    How come, how long
    It's not right, it's so wrong
    Do we let it just go on
    Turn our backs and carry on
    Wake up, for it's too late
    Right now, we can't wait
    She won't have a second try
    Open up your hearts
    As well as your eyes

    She tried to give a cry for help
    She even blamed things on herself
    But no one came to her aid
    Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell
    That's what we'd like to tell ourselves
    But no, it wasn't that way
    So she fell in love
    With the wrong kinda man
    And she paid with her life
    For loving that man
    So we cannot ignore,
    We must look for the signs
    And maybe next time we might save
    somebody's life

    How come, how long
    It's not right, it's so wrong
    Do we let it just go on
    Turn our backs and carry on
    Wake up, for it's too late
    Right now, we can't wait
    She won't have a second try
    Open up your hearts
    As well as your eyes

    I on occasion met that guy
    It's been a feeling deep inside
    Some ... wasn't right
    The way he proves himself a man
    By beating his woman with his hands
    Oh I wish that she'd seen the light
    How can someone like that call himself a man
    He's not a man
    Soon reality ...
    And we cannot ignore
    Whenever we see the signs
    'Cause any kind of abuse
    God knows, it's a crime

    How come, how long
    It's not right, it's so wrong
    Do we let it just go on
    Turn our backs and carry on
    Wake up, for it's too late
    Right now, we can't wait
    She won't have a second try
    Open up your hearts
    As well as your eyes

    KISS LONELY GOOD-BYE

     Give me a chance to catch my breath
    Cause I'm in a state of awe
    Guess miracles do never cease
    For we're back together now

    Pardon me please if I pinch myself
    So to know this is not a dream
    As I reminisce the love e shared
    And the pain there was between

    Look at the clouds in the sky
    They seem so happy now
    Look at the sun, feel its rays
    With such a smiling face
    Maybe we can't but maybe we can
    With the love that we're feeling inside
    Share it with all the world and see each heart
    Kiss lonely good-bye

    If given a chance to live again
    I'd change not a single thing
    Cause that little chance could sadly mean
    That you to me faith wouldn't bring

    Partly I cry for those linely nights
    And a heartache I thought couldn't end
    Yet joyfully I cry cause I know our love
    We won't let us lose again, never again

    Look at the clouds in the sky
    They seem so happy now
    Look at the sun, feel its rays
    With such a smiling face
    Maybe we can't but maybe we can
    With the love that we're feeling inside
    Share it with all the world and see each heart
    Kiss lonely good-bye

    Look at the clouds in the sky
    They seem so happy now
    Look at the sun, feel its rays
    With such a smiling face
    Maybe we can't but maybe we can
    With the love that we're feeling inside
    Share it with all the world and see each heart
    Share it with all the world and see each heart
    Share it with all the world and see each heart kiss lonely good-bye
    Share it with all the world and see each heart kiss lonely good-bye

    DANCING TO THE RYTHM

     Lonely, my life used to be lonely
    Lonely as the single lonely number one
    Lonely like a lonely sun
    With not even one iota to shine upon

    Crying, deep inside I was crying
    Like the muddy Mississippi, my tears flowed
    Carrying with it my lonely soul
    With not even a clue of who,
    where or what I would become

    Oh, how I longed to be possessed by one somebody
    To hold me, control me, show me what I should
    do with my broken life
    But oh, was I lifted when I let your light
    inside my body
    Then I shed my sorrows for joy, love and
    you in my, my, my, my li-li-life

    I'm dancing to the rythm of your love
    Singing sweet melodies of your sweet, sweet love
    Forever greateful for your love

    Money, oh how did I have money
    Enough to last me from the start til the end of time
    With some more to leave behind
    And yet I was a cent-less pauper in distress
    I can, feel the very presence of your love here
    Though I've never seen the pleasure of your smile
    No, I've never touched your hand
    And yet you've given me eternal happiness

    Oh, how I longed to be possessed by one somebody
    To hold me, control me, show me what I should
    do with my broken life
    But oh, was I lifted when I let your light
    inside my body
    Then I shed my sorrows for joy, love and you in my,
    my, my, my li-li-life

    I'm dancing to the rythm of your love
    Singing sweet melodies of your sweet, sweet love
    Forever greateful for your sweet, sweet love
    (Repeat)
    Oh, how I longed to be possessed by one somebody
    To hold me, control me, show me what I should do
    with my broken life

    But oh, was I lifted when I let God's light
    inside my body
    Then I shed my sorrows for joy, love and you
    in my, my, my, my li-li-life

    I'm dancing to the rythm of your love
    Singing sweet melodies of your sweet, sweet love
    Giving all praises of your sweet, sweet love
    Forever greateful for your sweet, sweet love
    (Repeat)


    STEVIE RAY BLUES

     (Instrumental)


    STAY GOLD

     Seize upon that moment long ago
    One breath away and there you will be
    So young and carefree
    Again you will see
    That place in time...so gold

    Steal away into that way back when
    You thought that all would last forever
    But like the weather
    Nothing can ever...and be in time
    Stay gold

    But can it be
    When we can see
    So vividly
    A memory
    And yes you say
    So must the day
    Too, fade away
    And leave a ray of sun
    So gold

    Life is but a twinkling of an eye
    Yet filled with sorrow and compassion
    though not imagined
    All things that happen
    Will age too old
    Though gold


    MS. & MR. LITTLE ONES

     What is that that you're looking through
    a pornographic magazine?
    When I bet you don't even know how to
    spell the word
    And you say you don't leave home unless
    you're strapped
    With your uzi sub machine
    When you've just barely come into this world
    Well, if a child's ways and actions
    Reflect what they hear and see
    Guess the only ones to blame are you and me

    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    Look what's happened to our world
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    We're so sorry
    The only chance for a better one
    Is up to you and he
    Please! Forgive us for what we've done
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones

    What kind of name is that you're calling her
    I've heard that word before
    But I don't think any parent would give their
    daughter a name so low
    And about this extra paraphernalia
    You say you're carrying to get high

    That won't take you anywhere you want to go
    Well, you don't have to listen
    Cause it's here for you to see
    So many burnt out lives trapped in their misery

    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    Look what's happened to our world
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    We're so sorry
    The only chance for a better one
    Is up to you and he
    Please! Forgive us for what we've done
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones

    Oh, I could rattle on about the good old days
    And how life used to be
    And even inwardly relive them vividly
    But the best advice I can give to you
    Is that we only go around one time
    Treat each day like this is it
    And give it the best you can

    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    Look what's happened to our world
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    We're so sorry
    The only chance for a better one
    Is up to you and he
    Please! Forgive us for what we've done
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones

    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    Look what's happened to our world
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    We're so sorry
    There's so much we should and should
    have never done
    That's why we're beggin' on our knees
    Please! Forgive us for what we've done
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
    Ms. & Mr. Little Ones

    RAIN YOUR LOVE DOWN

     Such a lovely world was made for you and me
    Wondrous life for us to taste, touch, smell, hear, and see
    But one glance from outside looking at our world state
    Clearly displays we don't appreciate it at all

    Rain your love down won't you rain down your love
    Let it drench us like the sun from above

    Such ability inside you and me
    Made to do anything and be all we can be
    But one bird's eye view at us does show, oh it shows
    That against God's Plan we've let it go, oh no

    Rain your love down won't you rain down your love
    Let it drench us like the sun from above
    Rain your love down let it rain down today
    So that it may wash all our sins away

    You'd think the signs would make a difference,
    Oh, make a difference

    You'd think fire next time instead of rain
    Would cause us to make a change
    The world has gone insane

    Rain your love down won't you rain down your love
    Let it drench us like the sun from above
    Rain your love down let it rain down today
    So that it may wash all our sins away, let it rain

    Rain your love down let it pour on us, please
    Cleansing us from hunger, hate, war, and greed
    Rain your love down, won't you let it start over again
    So we can live up to your Master Plan

    Rain your love down, oh won't you let it start
    Wash the wicked minds and the...
    I know they're sick, you know they're sick at heart, yeah
    Rain your love down won't you let it rain
    Rid this world of drugs, disease, crime, and pain

    Clear our spirits give our minds new software
    With your lesson on honor, respect, trust, and care
    Rain your love down I beg for human sake
    For only you can get us out of this state

    Rain your love down on all mankind
    Cause we are out of order and so out of line

    EDGE OF ETERNITY

     Wolf tickets are all you say I'm selling
    Well that goes to show what you need to know
    Cause I ain't yackin' nothin' I ain't packin'
    My love can get with your love toe to toe

    So when you're ready
    Really, truly ready
    Holding strong and steady
    I'll be good to go
    Cause if you start it
    I am gonna finish it
    I am gonna knock it
    Like it ain't been knocked before

    Getting with this
    Know you're gonna be
    Stepping off the edge of eternity
    Just one kiss
    Know it's you and me
    Stepping off to the edge of eternity

    Dead air time is all you say you're hearing
    Well that shows how much you don't comprehend
    Cause it's not in the loud but in the quiet
    Where lies the thing that will make your head spin

    So when you're willin'
    Really, truly willin'
    Not just simply illin'
    You just let me know
    Cause when you get it
    I ain't gonna quit it
    Girl, I'm gonna hit it
    Like it ain't been hit before

    Gettin' with this
    Know you're gonna be
    Stepping off to the edge of eternity
    Just one kiss
    Know it's you and me
    Stepping off to the edge of eternity

    Pie in the sky is all you say I can deliver
    Well wait til you feel what I've got in store
    One hundred and eighty pounds of good and plenty
    And when you've got the need I've got some more

    So when you mean it
    Really, truly mean it
    Not just scheming to get to it
    We can get it on
    Cause if you woo it
    I'm going to get to it
    Girl, we're gonna do it
    Until every ounce is gone

    Gettin' with this
    Know you're gonna be
    Stepping off to the edge of eternity
    Just one kiss
    Know it's you and me
    Stepping off to the edge of eternity

    Are you ready to step off the edge into eternity
    Really, really ready to step off the edge into eternity
    Cause if you're ready to step off the edge into eternity
    We can step right off the edge into eternity
    (Repeat)

    TABOO TO LOVE

     Are you telling me you feel
    Like you have never felt
    Ut Oh, my heart
    Don't you know those famous words
    Be seen but not heard
    Taboo to love

    Are you telling me your eyes
    Met hers to your surprise
    But why, my heart?
    How loud must you hear me say
    Have fun but don't play
    Taboo to love

    Where's your lantern or candlelight
    So to guide you through the hidden spaces
    Through its said truth unveils all lies
    Feelings can't be left to roam

    So you say you've lost your head
    But you use your heart instead
    Beware of love
    This is not like you at all
    Who vowed to never fall
    Taboo to love, taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)
    To love, taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)

    Where's your raincoat and over-boots
    To protect you in stormy weather
    Though its said when you walk in truth
    Love can bring you no harm

    So you've made up in your mind
    You'll leave your fears behind
    So brave my heart
    I guess your heart has made you see
    It's better to be free
    No taboo to love

    I guess your heart has made you see
    It's much better to be free
    No taboo to love
    No taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)
    To love, no taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)
    To love, no taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)
    To love, no taboo to love
    Taboo (Background)
    No taboo to love

    TAKE THE TIME OUT

     Lying out on the street, there's a man
    That needs somewhere to sleep
    And a bag-lady digs, through the trash
    Hoping to find some food to eat
    In the cold winter's snow, walks a boy
    That needs shoes for his feet
    In an old run-down house, there's a child
    In a crib that needs some heat
    In the dark of the night, a young man
    Searches for a guiding light
    And a young woman cries in despair
    Cause she feels alone in life
    You might ask yourself what in the hell
    Does that have to do with me
    Well, here is your wake up call...
    "Everything!"
    Cause we all play a part in each other's existence

    Take the time out to love someone
    Reach your arms out and hug someone
    Be it king or some homeless one
    We are all one underneath the sun

    Take the time out to be right there
    Take the time out to show you care
    You'll be so glad when the day is done
    You took the time out to love someone

    There's a man in a house where they're selling crack
    Yet he's trying to be strong
    But when lost in the sea, of no hope
    He must be saved from wrong
    Don't say what you won't do, if for days
    You had no food to eat
    Nor extremes you won't go, for a bed, shoes
    Or if your baby needed heat
    You do not have the right to pre-judge

    If you don't share your strength

    And you can't say you're down for the fight
    If you won't go the length
    Now I don't really care what you feel
    If you don't feel for life
    And don't care what you think if your words
    Don't have ways and actions that perpetuate life

    Take the time out to love someone
    Reach your arms out and hug someone
    Be it king or some homeless one
    We are all one underneath the sun

    Take the time out to be right there
    Take the time out to show you care
    You'll be so glad when the day is done
    You took the time out to love someone
    (Repeat)

    I think it's time to...

    Take the time out to love someone
    Reach your arms out and hug someone
    Be it king or some homeless one
    We are all one underneath the sun

    Take the time out to be right there
    Take the time out to show you care
    You'll be so glad when the day is done
    You took the time out to love someone
    (Repeat)

    I'M NEW

     Try to envision you as the oldest living someone
    Being every night and day all alone
    Going through ages and ages, places and spaces
    With never finding that someone to call your own

    Like a treasure chest of dreams long forgotten
    Hidden for good in a stolen lost and found
    But just when fate was calling quits
    Love appeared in the midst of despair, came and turned your life around

    I'm new, new like the first day of spring
    New like a nightingale that's just learned to sing
    I'm new, new like the very start of dawn
    Like a child that's first born with your love, I'm new

    You're standing amongst a crowd of six billion people
    Crying out for help, but no one understands
    Cause much to your dismay, you've been taken far away
    To a land where joy is pain and sorrow's a happy man

    Where an aching heart's the sign of the mighty
    And a love-filled heart looks down upon with fault and shame
    But at the very instant all was through, lady lucks appears, says "love can do"
    And changed you like a Christian who's been born again

    I'm new, new like the fresh morning dew
    New like a work of art that's finally through
    I'm new, new like a first flight of a dove
    So safe and secure with your love, I'm new

    Love took a long time coming to me
    But I've gotta say
    I owe my thanks to him for sending you my way, hey

    Cause I'm new, new like the first winter snow
    Like the start of forever, with infinity to go
    I'm new, new like the birth of the sun
    Forever young I will be

    Cause with your love, I'm new
    New like from a restful night of sleep
    New like a starving man that's had food to eat

    I'm new, nothing compares nor can compete
    Sharing with you the sweetness of your love, I'm new

    MY LOVE IS WITH YOU

     I was just walking down the street
    Looking forward to seeing the friends I was to meet
    Yet what happened so tragically
    Really makes for no sense at all
    Suddenly two guys confronted me
    Saying I was in the wrong turf, angrily
    They said their colors were black but I was wearing gray
    I started to turn to go back
    They up and blew me away

    My love is with you where ever you are
    My love is with, where ever you are - (repeat)

    Though my life they've taken
    They can't take what we've shared
    Spread the love I've given
    And I'll be there

    I was out playing with my friends
    You know, doing silly things that kids do at ten
    But the crossfire I was caught in
    Should not have been in the first place
    A dropped Monte Carlo came to a screech
    Someone yelled "nobody gets away with dissent me"
    Across the street a man pulled his nine
    Everybody started to run
    A shower of bullets rang out
    Mistakenly my life was done, oh

    My love is with you where ever you are
    My love is with, where ever you are - (repeat)

    Though my life they've taken
    They can't take what we've shared
    Spread the love I've given
    I'll be there

    My love is with you where ever you are
    My love is with, where ever you are - (repeat)

    When you're joyful
    When you're lonely
    When you're happy
    When tears are streaming right down your face
    In the morning
    In the noon time
    In the evening
    In the wee wee hours of the night time hour
    In the summer
    In the springtime
    In the autumn
    In the cold long winter, winter nights
    My love is with you
    My love is with you my best friend
    My love is with you my brother
    My love is with you my sister
    My love is with you my mother
    My love is with you my father

    I'm with you - (repeat)
    Ban the hand gun - chant

    TREAT MYSELF **

     There's a place I can go
    When the tension is high and I'm feeling low
    In a falsh I can be in an another space
    As a different me, have a new id.

    I think I'll treat myself to all the pretty places in my head
    Yes, I'm going to treat myself to all the pretty places in my head

    There's no rich, there's no poor
    Everything is love no such thing as "war"
    There's no black and no white
    Rainbow colors they, dress the day and nights, life's paradise

    I think I'll treat myself to all the pretty places in my head
    Yes, I'm going to treat myself to all the pretty places in my head

    It's amazing how the mind
    Can do what you want it to
    It can take you to a time
    Where you'll want to stay forever
    Feeling overlasting pleasure

    If your life's in a place
    That you can hardly bare
    Come along with me to mental ecxtasy

    I think I'll treat myself to all the pretty places in my head
    Yes, I'm going to treat myself to all the pretty places in my head
    (repeat)

    (Backgrounds) Wahtsoever things are lovely
    Whatsoever things are pure
    Whatsoever things are honest
    Whatsoever things are true (repeat)

    TOMORROW ROBINS WILL SING ***

     Now every ting is lovely
    So don't put yu trust inna false prophecy
    Dis a de Edley Shine & Stevie
    You might wonder
    Stand firm to all those who feel concern
    Ca when you can't see the light
    You must see the Robins in flight
    Life is just a matter of time or space
    So all those who have to face sorrow
    Shall only have to wait till tomorrow
    Big tings a guan dis year
    So mek we drop inna gear
    Come cross missa Stevie Wonder
    Watch it!

    Now where do I start to make the point that I'll be making
    To most efficiently use your time that I'll be taking
    With the clear understanding that every ticking second is precious to us all
    But if you let me bend your ear and listen up you will hear
    Not just what I say, but every word that I am saying

    You wake in the morning from a dream with spirits dope hype
    Though you real life condition is far from being alright
    Your love has wronged you, your money's gone, you've lost your home and everything you own
    But before you do something major extreme
    I've got one simple thing for you to take along with you, as you go on your lonely way

    Tomorrow robins will sing, tomorrow robins will sing
    It really is no big thing, cause tomorrow robins will sing
    Tomorrow blue jays will fly, the weather forecasts clear skies
    So dry those tears from your eyes, cause tomorrow blue jays will fly

    You borrow a dime to call up a friend that you could rely on
    They put the phone down, you hear in the background "tell him I'm not home"
    Your face is broken, your throat is chokin, you hang up the phone in disbelief
    And to make matters worse
    You can remember you were the first and only one to come to him when lonely was his everyday

    But if what you did came from your heart and not expecting
    Then you should not waste one heart beat on any regretting
    The saying's older than old yet true for today as when it was made to be told
    As you saw so shall you reap
    And if you've treated life sweet
    Your blessing's been ordained and already on its way

    Tomorrow robins will sing, tomorrow robins will sing
    It really is no big thing, cause tomorrow robins will sing
    Tomorrow blue jays will fly, the weather forecasts clear skies
    So dry those tears from your eyes, cause tomorrow blue jays will fly

    Today is the tomorrow you were so worried about
    Looking over your yesterday
    The clouds are gone and the sun is out
    And everything has worked out irie okay

    Tomorrow robins will sing, tomorrow robins will sing
    It really is no big thing, cause tomorrow robins will sing
    Tomorrow blue jays will fly, the weather forecasts clear skies
    So dry those tears from your eyes, cause tomorrow blue jays will fly
    Tomorrow robins will sing, tomorrow robins will sing
    It really is no big thing, cause tomorrow robins will sing

    SENSUOUS WHISPER

     I've seen you, I saw you, I see you
    without little notice, if any at all
    Of you knowing me watchin you
    You walking, you talking, you smiling
    You styling in everything your body wears
    And that's not just a point of view
    They're painting, they're ranting, they're raving
    About Miss Lovely got it going on
    From head down to her toes
    And no one knows better than I know
    Cause I've been listening to the spirit of
    Your body, mind and soul

    It's a sensuous whisper
    That makes my body weak
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes my psyche say
    Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    Can feel you, can smell you, can taste you
    Though my senses never had the pleasure of
    That lovely wonderment
    But I start to shaking, I shiver, to think that little sparkle in your eye
    Means you are giving me some kind of hint
    I'm ready, I'm willing, I'm able
    In fact those words are at the tip of my tongue
    Eagerly waiting for me to say
    Then you smile and whisper "how are you?"
    But when I move my lips and try to speak the words just go away

    It's a sensuous whisper
    That makes my body weak
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes my psyche say
    Ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    It's that sensuous whisper that's got me trippin out
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That I don't wanna do without
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes me want to shout
    Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    I don't even care how long it takes
    As long as I have you lying next to me
    Cause to wait forever and a day
    Is a small price to pay if it's you I'm getting
    If it's you I'm getting, I'm not quitting
    And that is how I'm living

    I'm clinging, not dreaming, but scheming
    With my nose against the grind and both my eyes focused upon the prize
    I think it, I trust it, I know it
    Your love that I've longed for is gonna be mine
    Good things do come in time
    I'm right on the rythm you're givin
    But this is more than giving up some casual mental telepathy
    The music, the candles, the champagne and all that's needed
    Is one thing to give it authenticity

    It's a sensuous whisper
    That makes my body weak
    It's that sensuous whisper That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes my psyche say
    Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    It's that sensuous whisper
    That's got me trippin out
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That I don't wanna do without
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes me want to shout
    Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    It's a sensuous whisper
    That makes my body rock
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes me beg baby don't ever stop
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That always get me hot, baby
    Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    It's that sensuous whisper
    That makes me feel alright
    It's that sensuous whisper
    That keep me wanting you morning, noon and every single night
    It's that sensuous whisper
    Don't want you out of my sight, baby
    Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we

    It's that sensuous whisper (repeat)

    FOR YOUR LOVE

     All the gold in 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 you 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 minuscule is any light
    If it can't like you brighten up my soul

    And for your love
    I would do anything
    Just to see you 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 you smile upon your face
    For your love
    I would go anywhere
    Just you tell me and I'll be right there

    COLD CHILL

     Feelin young and full of fun
    Hangin out with my crew
    Hot to trot and about to pop
    Tryin to find some girl to get into

    There she was fine as can be
    Hair braided down to her knees
    She took me home, she turned me out
    But before sunrise she said I must leave

    It was a cold chill on a summer night
    Never thought the girlie wouldn't treat me right
    It was a cold chill on a summer day
    Never thought the girl would dog me out that way
    It was a cold chill on a summer morn
    Never cried like a baby since the day I was born
    It was a cold chill on a summer eve
    Never had no chopper bring me to my knees

    I was feeling so trusting
    Gave it all right down to the bone
    But she did me wrong
    On a summer night

    Far from meek, and feelin chic
    Refusing to concede defeat
    There I was same crew, same time
    Same club we kicked it at the previous week

    I asked her how could she have the nerve
    To treat me with such disgrace
    She blinked her eyes, smiled, apologized
    Threw her drink right in my face

    It was a cold chill on a summer night
    Never thought the girlie wouldn't treat me right
    It was a cold chill on a summer day
    Never thought the girl would dog me out that way
    It was a cold chill on a summer morn
    Never cried like a baby since the day I was born
    It was a cold chill on a summer eve
    Never had no chopper bring me to my knees

    I was feeling so trusting
    Gave it all right down to the bone
    But she did me wrong
    On a summer night, on a summer night
    On a summer night, on a summer night
    A cold chill, a cold chill, a cold chill, cold chill

    Weekends came and weekends passed
    But not the yearning in my heart
    And there she was to light the spark
    Like she did right from the very start

    I took no time, drove to her house
    Got deep into a passion high
    I heard a knock, the turn of a key
    And the voice of another guy

    It was a cold chill on a summer night
    Never thought the girlie wouldn't treat me right
    It was a cold chill on a summer day
    Never thought the girl would dog me out that way
    It was a cold chill on a summer morn
    Never cried like a baby since the day I was born
    It was a cold chill on a summer eve
    Never had no chopper bring me to my knees

    I was feeling so trusting
    Gave it all right down to the bone
    But she did me wrong
    On a summer night, on a summer night
    On a summer night, on a summer night

    It was a cold chill
    Like standing in the deep freeze
    A cold chill
    Like when snow's above your knees
    Cold chill
    Like sitting at the north pole
    A cold chill
    Wearing not one stitch of clothes
    Cold chill
    Like a winter Chicago night
    A cold chill
    Twenty ice cubes down your back for spite
    Cold chill
    Stranded in sub-zero degrees
    A cold chill
    Layed out on the arctic sea
    Cold chill
    When your fingers get frost bite
    A cold chill
    Buried beneath ten feet of ice
    Cold chill
    Baby, that ain't so nice
    A cold chill

    SORRY

     Into each life there comes a time
    When you must pay your lovers' dues
    Breakin' out in a cold sweat
    Cause you've been rightfully accused

    I'm not such a strong man
    That love can't make me weak
    You're walkin' out the door
    And it's hurting me so deep, so deep

    And I'm sorry
    Sorry that I made you cry
    Sorry, sorry that I told you lies
    I'm sorry, sorry the way we fuss and fight
    I'm sorry, sorry cause now you're
    saying goodbye to me

    Every young boy will grow up
    To then become a man
    Then the difference from wrong and right
    He clearly understands
    I'm not such a big man
    That I can't break down in tears
    Cause my whole body went into shock
    When you told me you were out of here! Out of here!

    And I'm sorry
    Sorry that I made you cry
    Sorry, sorry that I told you lies
    I'm sorry, sorry the way we fuss and fight
    I'm sorry, sorry cause now you're saying
    goodbye to me, to me

    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever made you cry
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever told you lies
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, sorry the way we fuss and fight
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, so sorry

    If you added up all the good times
    And compared them with the bad
    You'd realize that our love
    Was the best you ever had

    I'm not such a proud man
    That I won't cop a plea
    See me baby girl, I'm on my knees
    Beggin please, baby please, baby please, oh yeah

    I'm sorry, sorry that I made you cry
    Sorry, sorry that I told you lies
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry the way we fuss and fight
    I'm sorry, sorry cause now you're
    saying goodbye to me, me baby, me baby, me baby

    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever told you lies
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever made you cry
    I'm sorry baby, that I ever did it to you
    I'm sorry baby, sorry the way we fuss and fight
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry, sorry,
    sorry, sorry (repeat)

    CONVERSATION PEACE

     Staring right at 2000 AD
    As if mankind's atrocities to man has no history
    But just a glance at life in 2000 BC
    We find traces of man's inhumanity to man
    There's no mystery

    All for one, one for all
    There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
    Unless we heed the call
    Me for you, you for me
    There's no chance of world salvation
    Less the conversation's peace

    We can't pause, watch and say "no" this can't be
    When there's a plan by any means to have
    Cleansing of one's ethnicity
    And we shouldn't act as if we don't hear nor see
    Like the holocaust of six million Jews and
    A hundred and fifty million blacks during slavery

    All for one, one for all
    There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
    Unless we heed the call
    Me for you, you for me
    There's no chance of world salvation
    Less the conversation's peace

    When publicly or privately convened
    May love, positivity and life's preservation
    be the basic theme
    And shouuld you put your trust in some
    prophet in life
    Give him trust but your faith must stay
    with the one
    Who gave the ultimate sacrifice for...

    All for one, one for all
    There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
    Unless we heed the call
    Me for you, you for me
    Ther's no chance of world salvation
    Less the conversation is peace (repeat)

    FUN DAY

     This is fun day
    Yours and my day
    This is fun day, dee ooh, wee ooh

    This is fun day
    On a fine day
    When the air is filled with tweeting birds that sing
    together in the sun
    This is your day
    Yours and my day
    When you feel the joy of children playing,
    laughing from dust till dawn
    On a day like this you share your joy
    with everyone
    Share your peace, and share your joy,
    and share your love

    This is fun day
    On a fine day
    When you feel the urge of getting up to start-up
    with the break of dawn
    This is your day
    Yours and my day
    When you turn on your radio and hear the DJ
    playing your favorite song
    On a day like this not even bad can rub
    you wrong
    Cause you say it's okay cause it's your day

    I'm gonna go out to the park
    Where you feel the joy in every heart
    That's what I need to start each day off right
    Oh, I'll find a place for you and me
    Underneath the shade of a lover's tree
    Fun day should be each day in all our lives

    This is fun day
    Yours and my day
    This is fun day, dee ooh, wee ooh

    -harmonica solo-

    This is love day
    A celebration
    A day on every calendar that's set aside
    for everyone to give
    This is your day
    Such a fun day
    I cannot believe a day like this has come
    that's if this really is
    I'm so very proud to say that for this day I've lived
    To see your peace, to see your joy, and to
    see your love

    I'm gonna go out to the park
    Where you feel the joy in every heart
    That's what I need to start this day off right

    Oh, I'll find a place for you and me
    Underneath the shade of a lover's tree
    Fun day should be each day in all our lives

    This is love day
    A celebration
    A day on every calendar that's set aside for
    everyone to give

    Let me solo, let me solo, let me solo...solo

    QUEEN IN THE BLACK

     Excuse me please your majesty
    I chance this moment nervously
    To share with you a fantasy
    That I have lived inside of me

    And it is so pretty
    And it is so fine
    Its the kind you'd love to last you
    Until the end of time

    We've talked of love, we've talked of life
    And what would make the world so nice
    We've walked the sand by lover's sea
    I've held your body close to me

    And it is so pretty
    How I'd love to know
    For if I had a chance to hold you
    I'd never let you go

    You're my queen in the black
    With your time-stopping body
    Queen in the black
    With your eyes that hypnotize, girl
    Queen in the black
    With your voice that's sweet as candy
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on

    There's not a day that passes by
    That I don't have you on my mind
    If this ain't love I have inside
    Then my heart's telling me a lie
    Cause it feels so special
    And it feels so right
    And if I could I know I'd love you
    For the rest of my life

    You're my queen in the black
    With your time-stopping body
    Queen in the black
    With your eyes that hypnotize, girl
    Queen in the black
    With your voice that's sweet as candy
    Queen in the black
    With your soft and sexy lips, babe
    Queen in the black
    I love the way you move your body

    Queen in the black
    You know you are nothing less than royalty
    Queen in the black
    Oh, I'll place you on a throne, girl
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    With your time-stopping body
    Queen in the black
    With your eyes that hypnotize, girl
    Queen in the black
    With your voice that's sweet as candy
    Queen in the black
    With your valentine smile, girl
    Queen in the black
    With your soft and sexy lips, babe
    Queen in the black
    Love the way you move your body
    Queen in the black
    You know you are nothing less than royalty
    Queen in the black
    You know I'll place you on a throne, girl
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    With your valentine smile, girl
    Queen in the black
    With your soft and sexy lips, babe
    Queen in the black
    Love the way you move your body
    Queen in the black
    You know you are nothing less than royalty
    Queen in the black
    You know I'll place you on a throne, girl
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    Miss Ebony, you really turn me on
    Queen in the black
    Queen in the black
    Queen in the black
    Queen in the black, Queen in the black
    Queen in the black, now
    Queen in the black
    You know what I'm talking about, yeah, yeah

    Queen in the black
    Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
    Queen in the black
    With your time-stopping body
    Queen in the black
    With your eyes that hypnotize, girl
    Queen in the black
    Yeaow

    THESE THREE WORDS

     When was the last time
    That they heard you say
    Mother or father, I love you
    And when was the last time
    That they heard you say
    Daughter or son, I love you

    Ones you say you cherish everyday
    Can instantly be taken away
    Then you'd say I know this can't be true
    When you never took the time
    To simply tell them "I love you"

    When was the last time
    That they heard you say
    Sister or brother, I love you
    And when was the last time
    That they heard you say
    Darling or best friend, I love you

    The one for whom you'd give your very life
    Could be taken in the twinkling of an eye
    Through you tears you'd ask why did you go
    Knowing you didn't always show
    Just how much you loved them so

    EACH OTHER'S THROAT

     We are supposed to be sisters and brothers
    But all we do is constantly dog one another
    We are supposed to act as each other's cover
    But we keep at each other's throat
    Each other's throat
    Each other's throat
    Yo, it ain't no joke
    We're at each other's throat -Aowl, Aowl

    We are supposed to spread love and not evil
    But we've been acting more like heathens than people
    Treating our fellow-man far worse than illegal
    Cause we keep at each other's throat
    Each other's throat
    Each other's throat
    Yo, it ain't no joke
    We're at each other's throat -Aowl, Aowl

    Ut oh, 11 o'clock pm and here's the news
    Another fatality caused by a family feud
    Charged, tried, sentenced by the jury of a brother's gun
    Made sister's fiancee's wedding never to be sung
    He didn't like the way he treated the girl
    So the boy played God, pow, he ended his world

    He made a plea for temporary insanity
    But left his sister insane permanently
    This ain't new, this stuff happens everyday
    Somebody doesn't like someone so they blow them away
    Too fast for reason, too quick to negotiate

    Regret and sorrow happens a split second too late
    Jealousy for power, greed for possession
    Selfishness so you give someone a faked out impression
    Speaking of which I'm truly not impressed
    So if seeing is believin'-I don't wanna see the mess

    Heartless are we on the straight with no chaser
    As if for negativity we got the vapors
    Know as I love me so I do love my neighbor
    Cause we are too busy at each other's throat

    Each other's throat
    Each other's throat
    Yo, it ain't no joke
    We're at each other's throat -Aowl, Aowl
    (Repeat)

    IF SHE BREAKS YOUR HEART ****

     My love is gone with yesterday, my love is gone
    with yesterday

    We had a love for all seasons
    At least that's how it used to be
    There was no time, space, or reason
    More special to us than we

    My love continued to flourish
    As a flower blooms in spring
    Then you tried to play love for silly
    But the loser is the fool who doesn't play
    love by the rules

    If she breaks your heart
    I will send a robin to sing happy tunes for you
    Cause I may not be around to do the things
    I used to do
    And if you awake to find you're lost
    I will send a glad star to lead you on your way
    Cause the love I felt inside
    Has gone away with yesterday

    My love is gone with yesterday, my love is gone
    with yesterday

    There was a time when forever
    Was common-place for me and you
    Laughing, loving, sharing, caring
    Seemed to be made just for us two
    But I kept on building the dream world
    That I thought was you and I
    Sorry, I'm sadly mistaken
    Cause our castle in the sky
    Has turned into a mere goodbye

    Well if she breaks your heart
    I will send a robin to sing happy tunes for you
    Cause I may not be around to do the things
    I used to do
    And if you awake to find you're lost
    I will send a glad star to lead you on your way
    Cause the love I felt inside
    Has gone away with yesterday
    (Repeat)

    My love is gone away with yesterday, my love is gone
    with yesterday
    (Repeat)

    GOTTA HAVE YOU

     Never been too much for watching
    Cause there's too many things to view
    And when eyes begin to wander
    They more than likely never get through
    But beyond my own temptation
    I'm enticed by what I see
    And I won't feel satisfaction
    Until she's where I want her to be

    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    I gotta make you my reality
    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    Come on girl, make you my reality

    Never been too much for talking
    Cause there's too many things to say
    And by the time that I start speaking
    The right moment has slipped away
    But I must break this old tradition
    And try to muster up the words
    And though someone else may have said them
    I'll say them in way you've never heard

    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    I've gotta make you my reality
    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    Come on girl, make you my reality
    Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be reality, baby
    Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be reality, baby
    (Repeat)

    Never been too much for touching
    Cause there's too many things to feel
    Plus there's too much disappointment
    When you find out those feelings ain't real
    But here's a time when inner senses
    Are gonna have to shine the light
    Cause I have overly committed
    Myself in thinking that you're alright

    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    I gotta make you my reality
    I gotta have you, I gotta have you
    I gotta have you for me
    You are a sight for sore eyes to see
    Come on girl, make you my reality
    Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be reality, baby
    Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be reality, baby
    (Repeat)

    MAKE SURE YOU'RE SURE

     Well the night is young
    And the stars are out
    And your eyes are all aglow
    And you say you feel
    Ways you've never felt
    But are you sure, make sure you're sure

    Well, the wine is sweet
    And the music sways
    And your lips are so divine
    And you say you know
    That you're falling in love
    Now, let's be mature, make sure you're sure

    I'm not accustomed to wearing my feelings
    In a place that's so obvious to see
    But if eyes don't lie
    There's a chance that you are not fooling yourself
    and me

    Well the night is through
    And the sun's come out
    And so too has your lovely smile
    And you vow to stay
    In these arms always
    Can you endure, now are you sure

    Love can be so insecure
    So please be sure

    I GO SAILING

     I took a worthless trip
    Down life's avenue
    Just to try to find a way to smile again
    While I was on my way
    I met a wise man who said
    That happiness you only find within
    I learned my lesson then

    So I go sailing
    Through the rivers of my mind
    I go sailing
    Be surprised what you can find
    I go sailing
    Through the rivers of my mind
    Take a chance on your mind
    Be surprised what you'll find

    I took a friend's advice
    Who said go up and away
    Take the magic of a mystery tour
    But I felt so all alone
    Though I could almost touch the stars
    I started missing things I touched before
    The tour was such a bore

    So I go sailing
    Through the rivers of my mind
    I go sailing
    Be surprised what you can find
    I go sailing
    Through the rivers of my mind
    Take a chance on your mind
    Be surprised what you'll find
    (Repeat)

    CHEMICAL LOVE

     People goin' round
    Tellin' others they are square
    Around and round in circles
    Is a ride that goes somewhere
    All you need to fly
    Is a heart dying to try
    A chemical love
    It's a chemical love

    Ain't nothin to it
    Gettin' cash when you are broke
    Doin' lots of time
    Is worth a little snort of coke
    Infected needles
    Can aid you in no time
    Through chemical love
    You've got a chemical love

    Some people crave for physical love
    Some people crave material love
    Yet fewer crave for spiritual love
    You've got a chemical jones
    You've got a chemical love

    Yeah, a chemical love
    You've got chemical love

    Some people find themselves hooked on the
    weirdest things
    That have nothing to do with living
    God's gift to us is our life what's ours to him
    If it's not our love, then nothing's given, given

    Some people crave for physical love
    Some people crave material love
    Yet fewer crave for spiritual love
    You've got a chemical jones
    For a chemical love

    Yes it's true
    The best things in life are free
    Not material
    Chemical or physically
    Try it for yourself
    You'll get a guaranteed high
    From spiritual love, natural miracle drug

    Some people crave for physical love
    Some people crave material love
    Yet fewer crave for spiritual love
    You've got a chemical jones
    You've got a chemical love

    You've got a chemical love
    For a chemical drug

    Some people crave for physical love
    Some people crave material love
    Yet fewer crave for spiritual love
    You need a spiritual jones
    For that spiritual love

    I'm talking to you
    We all could do with spiritual jones
    For some spiritual love

    LIGHTING UP THE CANDLES

     Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love
    Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love

    Lighting up the candles
    To what use to be
    Tender memories in moments of love
    Happy times and bad times
    All seem wonderful
    When you have a toast to moments of love
    Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love

    Lighting up the candles
    To what use to be
    Tender memories in moments of love
    Happy times and bad times
    All seem wonderful
    When you have a toast to moments of love

    I really think we could have made it
    To that forever and a day
    But destiny and fate decided
    They would get in our way

    Lighting up the candles
    Wishing you the best
    Like the happiness in moments of love
    For lighting up the candles
    Spark the memories
    Helping us to see more moments of love

    I really think we could have made it
    To that forever and a day
    But destiny and fate decided
    They would get in our way

    For lighting up the candles
    Spark the memories
    Helping us to see the need for what was
    Helping us to see more moments of love

    Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love
    Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love
    Lighting up the candles, lighting up our love

    KEEP OUR LOVE ALIVE

     Feeble is the mind that says they don't care
    Selfish is the heart that won't give their share
    Poor them, Poor we
    Wasted is the mind that won't take a stand
    Lieth the tongue that says they can't when they can
    Poor him, Poor she
    For as long as we live,
    And are blessed with air on earth to breathe
    We all should live to keep our love alive
    More than blinds the soul that sees but won't show
    Lost the leader with the way but won't go
    For you, For me
    Worthless is the one with will but won't try
    Grounded are we all if we don't think high
    Of you, You of me
    For as long as we live,
    And are blessed with air on earth to breathe
    We all should live to keep our love alive
    Let's keep our love alive
    For as long as I live,
    And am blessed with air on earth to breathe
    I know I'll live to keep our love alive.

    YOU WILL KNOW

     Lonely one of young so brokenhearted
    Traveling down the right 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
    Lonely heart you'll know
    Every life has reason
    For I made it so

    (repeat 1st and 2nd chorus)

    DARK 'N' LOVELY

     There is a place
    On earth's motherland
    Where a people
    Die in bantu stands
    Manchild at eight
    Will face guns of hate
    Womanchild's fate
    Is life second rate

    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely

    They do a dance
    called Mbaqana jive
    Rainbow people
    Dancin' to stay alive
    After hours
    Party hand in hand
    After Shebeen
    Terror strikes again

    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely

    Dark 'n' lovely Dark 'n' lovely
    Dark 'n' lovely

    The whole planet's watchin'
    And the Sun God is watchin', too
    Hey there Botha
    Yes, we are watchin' you
    Spirits can do
    Jah will stop this reign
    Watch our world turn
    To help those in pain

    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Just because they're dark 'n' lovely
    Dark 'n' lovely Dark 'n' lovely

    (Repeat to fade)

    IN YOUR CORNER

     I hear tell there's big fun tonight
    On the corner of Main and Dog-Meat-Bite
    Friday midnights would not be right
    Without ReddÕs hot party and a nasty fight

    But I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do
    I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do

    You can't renege cause it's going to be alive
    Fine women, lots of liquor and stuff for your mind
    Now where we're going they don't like your kind
    But they'll cool out when you tell them you're a friend of mine

    'Cause I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do
    I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do

    You can't tell your pa and mama
    Where we're going going till after we've been there
    'Cause that might make their poor heads worry
    And worrying can cause grey hair
    And one thing might lead to another
    And if there'e any trouble they'll blame it on me

    I think we just might have two to go
    The pretty looking over here from the middle of the floor
    We'll make a b-line to Hotel La Sin
    Where you'll do the talking to get us in

    And I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do

    We shoulda been long gone 'cause this place is hot
    'Cause in the corner there are two brothers that are undercover cops
    If they stop us for questionning mum is the word
    'Cause a question not answered is an answer not heard

    And I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do
    I'll be in your corner
    I'll be in your corner, if they do

    You can't tell your pa and mama
    Where we're going going till after we've been there
    'Cause that might make their poor heads worry
    And worrying can cause grey hair
    And one thing might lead to another
    And if there's any trouble they'll blame it on me

    (Repeat)

    WITH EACH BEAT OF MY HEART

     Honey, sweet
    I've got something to say to you in privacy
    Something I'd like for you to hear
    And only your ears alone

    Secretly, I've been admiring you intensely
    So much so I'd like to settle down with you
    And make a home

    You are my first breath
    My first smile
    And my morning cup of tea

    Yours is the love
    That I pray for
    Before I go to sleep

    From the time I saw your face
    I knew no other could erase
    My loving you with each beat of my heart

    Until the day I heard you speak
    I didn't know that sound was sweet
    Me hearing you in each beat of my heart

    There's a time when playing ends
    And the serious begins
    Like the love that I felt from the start
    With each beat of my heart

    Honey, sweet
    I soared into a heaven's galaxy
    So hypnotized was I
    From seeing all the magic in your eyes

    So I bring
    To you what's been a lifetime fantasy
    Of being with the only one who can
    Create my paradise

    You are my first breath
    My first smile
    And my morning cup of tea

    Yours is the love
    That I pray for
    Before I go to sleep

    From the time I saw your face
    I knew no other could erase
    My loving you with each beat of my heart

    Until the day I heard you speak
    I didn't know that sound was sweet
    Me hearing you in each beat of my heart

    There's a time when playing ends
    And the serious begins
    Like the love that I felt from the start
    With each beat of my heart

    There's a time when playing ends
    And the serious begins
    Like the love that I felt from the start
    With each beat of my heart

    ONE OF A KIND

     There we were two lonely souls
    Existing from day to day
    Feeling love would never
    Come our way

    Watching lover share their bliss
    Sadly wishing only if
    Believing that we had to live
    Life like this

    But Like a bolt of lightning
    As when two stormy clouds collide
    We made a joyful happening
    To our lives

    Now we're as happy as can be
    Me loving you and you loving me
    Two hearts intertwined
    Which makes us one of a kind

    Feeling the charge of a love evermore
    Knowing that love is enough to live for
    It feels so fine
    Sharing love one of a kind

    One of a kind now baby
    Your love and mine, such ecstasy
    One of kind sweet darling
    The only way love is meant to be

    United love so fine
    Living in love one of a kind
    It feels nothing but fine
    Sharing our love one of kind
    -Harmonica Solo-

    If we had a second chance
    At living a second time
    We'd change everything but our love
    In our lives

    'Cause like a big disaster
    Lost in a never-ending night
    We light a light of magic
    Now we're as happy as can be
    Me loving you and you loving me
    Two hearts intertwined
    Which makes us one of a kind

    Feeling the charge of a love evermore
    Knowing that love is enough to live for
    It feels so fine
    Sharing love one of a kind

    One of a kind, now baby
    Your love and mind, such ecstasy
    One of a kind, sweet darling
    The only way love is meant to be
    (Repeat)

    SKELETONS

     Skeletons in your closet
    Itchin' to come outside
    Messin' with your conscience
    In a way your face can't hide

    Oh things are gettin' real funky
    Down at the old corral
    And it's not the skunks that are stinkin'
    It's the stinkin' lies you tell

    Bridge
    What did your mama tell you about lies
    She said it wasn't polite to tell a white one
    What did your daddy tell you about lies
    He said one white lie turns into a black one

    Chorus
    So, it's gettin' ready to blow
    It's gettin' ready to show
    Somebody shot off at the mouth and
    We're getting ready to know

    It's gettin' ready to drop
    It's gettin' ready to shock
    Somebody done turned up the heater
    An' a it's gettin' ready to pop

    Crevices in your pantry
    Now what do we have in here
    Havin' a day time nightmare
    Has always been your biggest fear

    Oh things are gettin' real crucial
    Up the old wazoo
    Yet you cry, why am I the victim?
    When the culprit's y-o-u

    Bridge
    What did your mama tell you about lies
    She said it wasn't polite to tell a white one
    What did your daddy tell you about lies
    He said one white lie turns into a black one

    Chorus
    So, it's gettin' ready to blow
    It's gettin' ready to show
    Somebody shot off at the mouth and
    We're gettin' ready to know

    It's gettin' ready to drop
    It's gettin' ready to shock
    Somebody done turning the heater
    An' a it's gettin' ready to pop

    It's gettin' ready to seep
    You're gettin' ready to freak
    Somebody done picked up the talk box
    And gettin' ready to speak

    It's gettin' ready to jive
    It's gettin' ready to gel
    Somebody done gone let the lid off
    And it's gettin' ready to smell

    They're gettin' ready to deal
    You're gettin' ready to ill
    Somebody done just dropped the big dime
    And they're gettin' ready to squeal

    It's gettin' ready to turn
    We're gettin' ready to learn
    Somebody done fired up the brimstone
    And you're gettin' ready to burn

    It's gettin' ready to shake
    You're gettin' ready to ache
    Somebody done snitched to the news crew
    And it's gettin' ready to break

    Chorus
    You're gettin' ready to lie
    They're gettin' ready to spy
    Somebody' s been put on the hot seat
    And you're gettin' ready to fry

    GALAXY PARADISE

     You are so unpredictable
    When I am not
    You are so irresistible
    That I canUt stop
    You say my name
    And start walking on heaven

    What flying saucer did you come here on
    What extraterrestrial planet are you from
    You're much more than life
    You are from galaxy paradise
    What flying saucer did you come here on
    What will they say when they find that you're gone
    Say you'll stay in my life
    Queen from galaxy paradise

    You are so unforgettable
    When I will not
    Our love's far more than sensual
    And twice as hot
    You touch my hand
    And I know that we'll love forever

    What flying saucer did you come here on
    What extraterrestrial planet are you from
    You're much more than life
    You are from galaxy paradise
    What flying saucer did you come here on
    What will they say when they find that you're gone
    Say you'll stay in my life
    Queen from galaxy paradise

    CRYIN' THROUGH THE NIGHT

     Yes I am cryin'
    I got the blues and I don't know why
    Yes I am cryin'
    I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied
    'Cause I've been cryin' through the night
    Tears on my pillow
    And I have been cryin through the night
    Weeping like a weeping willow
    From cryin' through the night
    Hear me cryin' through the night

    I am lonely, downhearted and sad
    'Cause I've lost the best woman that I ever had
    To a friend of mine

    Just can't figure out how it could be
    That somebody like him could take her away from me
    And it's on my mind
    Nearly all the time

    Yes I am cryin'
    I got the blues and I don't know why
    Yes I am cryin'
    I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied
    'Cause I've been cryin' through the night
    Tears on my pillow
    And I have been cryin through the night
    Weeping like a weeping willow
    From cryin' through the night
    Hear me cryin' through the night
    Now I know just how best friends can be
    'Cause he made sure you knew your best was with me
    And it's on my mind

    Here's a lesson much greater that wealth
    Keep your business to you, yourself and no one else
    And your smiling eyes
    Won't be cryin' like mine
    Yes I'm cryin'
    I got the blues and I don't know why
    Yes I'm cryin'
    I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied
    'Cause I've been cryin' through the night
    Tears on my pillow
    And I have been cryin' through the night
    Weeping like a weeping willow
    From cryin' through the night
    Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
    I'm like a weeping willow
    From cryin' through the night
    Oh, Oh, yeah
    Hear me cryin', cryin', I'm cryin', cryin'
    I'm cryin' baby, cryin' baby yeah
    Even a fool can tell
    That so many tears sho' enough done fell
    And pretty soon before you know
    I'll have enough tears to fill a water well
    Hear me cryin' through the night
    Oh yeah, cryin' through the night
    -Break-
    And it's on my mind
    Nearly all the time

    Yes I'm cryin'
    I got the blues and I don't know why
    Yes I'm cryin'
    I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied
    'Cause I've been cryin' through the night
    Tears on my pillow
    And I have been cryin' through the night
    Weeping like a weeping willow
    From cryin' through the night
    Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
    I'm weeping like a weeping willow
    Oh, Oh, cryin' tears, cryin' tears
    Through the night

    FREE

     Free like the river
    Flowin' freely through infinity
    Free to be sure of
    What I am and who I need not be
    Free from all worries
    Worries prey on oneself's troubled mind
    Freer than the clock's hands
    Tickin' way the times
    Freer than the meaning of free that man defines
    Life running through me
    Till I feel my father God has called

    Me having nothin'
    But possessing riches more than all
    And I'm free
    To be nowhere
    But in every place I need to be
    Freer than a sunbeam
    Shinning through my soul
    Free from feelin' heat or knowing bitter cold
    Free from conceiving the beginning
    For that's the infinite start

    I'm gone - gone but still living
    Life goes on without a beating heart

    Free like a vision
    That the mind of only you can see

    Freer than a raindrop
    Falling from the sky
    Freer than a smile in a baby's sleepin' eyes

    I'm free like a river
    Flowin' freely to infinity
    I'm free to be sure of what
    I am and who I need not be
    I'm much freer - like the meaning of the word free that
    crazy man defines
    Free - free like the vision that
    The mind of only you are ever gonna see
    Free like the river my life
    Goes on and on through infinity

    COME LET ME MAKE YOUR LOVE COME DOWN

     There's a girl in my life about 4'10"
    She's the one who brings me morning joy
    And brings me joy when my day ends
    She says my life will never have no problems
    That her love cannot fix
    And she proves her worth true
    Every time she goes into her love bag of tricks

    She's got everything I want
    Everything I need
    And if she ain't got it
    She knows how to find the remedy

    And she tells me

    Come let me make your love come down
    (Repeat 7 times)

    She says you'll never worry in your life
    As long as you come and let me
    Make your love come down
    I call her Miss Satisfaction
    Cause she keeps me satisfied
    She gets my automatic smile
    When she whispers Steveland, I love you, I love you,
    I love you

    Such a lovely world is my life
    Since that girl has come inside
    And everyday that I live
    I'm gonna do my best to keep her satisfied

    Our love will never have no problem
    That the both of us can't fix
    Cause like glue to a stamp
    Like gum on a shoe
    She and I are going to stick

    She's got everything I want
    Everything I need
    And if she ain't got it
    She knows how to find the remedy

    And she tells me

    Come let me make your love come down
    (Repeat 7 times)

    MY EYES DON'T CRY

     I was a lonely no one
    Living in a vacuum as life's debris
    Victimized as one whose self deprivation
    Had made for my outer insecurity

    I was a he ain't nothin'
    Living in the slums of love's misery
    Starving from the lack of sweet affection
    'Til you came to rescue me

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Since you walk through my door
    I don't have to no longer be blue

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Now that love's touched my soul
    All my lonely nights alone are through

    I was a Mr. Lonely
    Seeing only darkness in the bright of day
    Blind even though my eyes were wide opened
    But then your love sunshined my way

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Since you walk through my door
    I don't have to no longer be blue

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Now that love's touched my soul
    All my lonely nights alone are through

    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    (repeat)

    My life was without reason
    Sinking in a hell that had no space or time
    Falling to the burning pit of pain and sorrow
    Until you saved this life of mine

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Since you walk through my door
    I don't have to no longer be blue

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    Now that love's touched my soul
    All my lonely nights alone are through

    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry
    I don't cry, baby baby I don't cry

    My eyes don't cry no more
    My heart don't ache no more
    My nights are not lonely no more
    My tears don't flow no more
    My eyes don't cry, my eyes don't cry, my eyes don't cry no more

    PART-TIME LOVER

     Call up, ring once, hang up the phone
    To let me know you made it home
    Don't want nothing to be wrong with part-time lover

    If she isn't with me I'll blink the lights
    To let you know tonight's the night
    For me and you my part-time lover

    We are undercover passion on the run
    Chasing love up against the sun
    We are strangers by day, lovers by night
    Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right

    If I'm with friends and we should meet
    Just pass me by, don't even speak
    Know the word's "discreet" with part-time lovers

    But if there's some emergency
    Have a male friend to ask for me
    So then she won't peek its really you my part-time lover

    We are undercover passion on the run
    Chasing love up against the sun
    We are strangers by day, lovers by night
    Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right

    We are undercover passion on the run
    Chasing love up against the sun
    We are strangers by day, lovers by night
    Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
    (Repeat)

    I've got something that I must tell
    Last night someone rang our doorbell
    And it was not you my part-time lover

    And then a man called our exchange
    But didn't want to leave his name
    I guess that two can play the game
    Of part-time lovers
    You and me, part-time lovers
    But, she and he, part-time lovers

    WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE DOING? *

    What's That You're Doing?
    Girl I Like What You Do To Me
    What's That You're Doing?
    'Cos It Makes No Kind Of Sense To Me

    You Can Make Me Feel So Proud
    You Can Make Me Holler Ow!
    Girl You Make Me Want To Dance And Sing
    My Mind Is Blown And You're The Blame
    I Say It's Sunnin' When There's Rain
    I Jump By Leaps And Bounds, Just Call My Name

    What's That You're Saying?
    Girl I Like The Way You Talk To Me
    What's That You're Saying?
    Even If It's Wrong Girl I Do Agree

    Girl You Make Me Feel So Small
    Though I Might Stand Six Feet Tall
    What You've Got Cuts Me Right Down To Size
    I'll Be The Last, You'll Be The First
    I'll Do My Best To Quench Your Thirst
    I'm The Lucky One Who Keeps The Prize

    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    Girl I Like What You
    Do To Me, Do To Me
    Do It Some More
    Do To Me, Do To Me
    Do It Some More

    What's That You're Doing?
    Girl I Like What You Do To Me
    What's That You're Doing?
    'Cos It Makes No Kind Of Sense To Me

    You Can Fill My Appetite
    Without Me Taking Up A Bite
    Never Knew That Love Could Fill You Up
    You're Much Too Good For Me To Pass
    I'm For The Taking, You Just Ask
    We Can Make It Stick With Love And Luck

    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    Girl I Like What You
    Do To Me, Do To Me
    Do It Some More
    You Know I Like What You're Doing
    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More

    What's That I'm Feeling?
    That Sensation's Such A Mystery
    I Know What It's Thrilling
    And I Hope This Feeling Lasts Eternally

    Girl You Make Me Scream And Shout
    Tell Me What It's All About
    You Make Me Give In Without A Fight
    I Don't Have No Words To Say
    You Can Fill It Anyway
    And Everything You Do Will Turn Out Alright

    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    Girl I Like What You're Doing
    Baby Do It Some More
    She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah
    She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

    Ad Lib To Fade

    FRONT LINE

     I am a veteran of the war
    I up and joined the army back in 1964
    At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost
    I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off
    I recall a quote from a movie that said "who's more a man
    Than a man with a reason that's worth dyin' for"

    Chorus
    They had me standing on the front line
    They had me standing on the front line
    They had me standing on the front line
    But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin' ahead

    They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill
    To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill
    They put a gun in my hand and said, "shoot until he's dead"
    But it's hard to kill when 'please your friend' echoes through your head

    Brought up in church taught no man should take another's life
    But then put in a jungle where life has no price

    Repeat Chorus

    Back in the world the paper reads today
    Another war is in the brewing
    But what about the lives of yesterday
    And the many happy families that have been ruined

    My niece is a hooker and my nephew's a junkie too
    But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do
    They laugh and say "quit bragging" 'bout the war you should never have been in
    But my mind is so brain-washed I'd prob'bly go back and do it again

    I walk the neighborhood parading my purple heart
    With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop

    Repeat Chorus (3) times...fade out

    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

    Do...Do...
    Do Do Do Do Do...
    HMM HMM...

    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

    Do...Do...
    Do Do Do Do Do...
    HMM HMM...

    (Musical Break)

    There's a ribbon in the sky for our love

    LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY

     Good morn or evening friends
    Here's your friendly announcer
    I have serious news to pass on to every-body
    What I'm about to say
    Could mean the world's disaster
    Could change your joy and laughter to tears and pain

    It's that
    Love's in need of love today
    Don't delay
    Send yours in right away
    Hate's goin' round
    Breaking many hearts
    Stop it please
    Before it's gone too far

    The force of evil plans
    To make you its possession
    And it will if we let it
    Destroy ev-er-y-body
    We all must take
    Precautionary measures
    If love and please you treasure
    Then you'll hear me when I say

    Oh that
    Love's in need of love today
    love's in need of love today
    Don't delay
    don't delay
    Send yours in right away
    right a-way
    Hate's goin' round
    hate's goin' round
    Breaking many hearts
    break-ing hearts
    Stop it please
    stop it please
    Before it's gone too far
    gone too far

    People you know that
    Love's in need of love today
    love's in need of love today
    Don't delay
    don't de-lay

    Send yours in right away
    right a-way
    You know that hate's
    hate's
    Hate's goin' round
    goin' round
    Breaking many hearts
    break-ing hearts
    Stop stop it please
    Before it's gone too far
    gone too far

    It's up to you cause
    Love's in need of love today
    love's in need of love today
    Don't delay
    don't de-lay
    Send yours in right away
    right a-way
    You know that hate's
    hate's
    Hate's goin' round
    goin' round
    Breaking-hate's tried to break my heart many times
    break-ing hearts
    Don't-you've got to stop it please
    stop it please
    Before before before
    gone too far

    Love's in need of love love today
    love's in need of love today
    Don't delay
    don't de-lay
    Send yours in right away
    right a-way
    You know that hate's going around
    hate's goin'
    Hate's going around hate's going around
    round break-
    And it tried to break up many hearts
    ing hearts Stop
    You've got to I've got to They've got to
    it please
    We've got to They've got to We've got to
    gone
    Stop it before it's gone too far
    too far
    Love's love's in need of love
    love's in need of love
    Did you ever think that love would be in need of love today
    to-day don't
    Don't delay
    de-lay
    Send yours right away
    right a-way

    Hate's hate's
    hate's goin' round
    Bring it down a little love is very peaceful
    So bring it down a little
    stop it please
    gone too far
    love's in need
    of love today
    don't delay
    right away awaaaay
    love's in need
    of love today
    don't delay
    right away awaaaay
    hate's goin round
    breaking hearts
    Well, please stop it
    Um L-O-V-E love Oh, L-O-V-E lo---------ve
    love's in need
    of love today
    don't delay
    right away
    Just give the world LOVE.

    HAVE A TALK WITH GOD

     There are people who have let the problems of today
    Lead them to conclude that for them life is not the way
    But every problem has an answer and if yours you cannot find
    You should talk it over to Him
    He'll give you peace of mind
    When you feel your life's too hard
    Just go have a talk with God

    Many of us feel we walk alone without a friend
    Never communicating with the One who lives within
    Forgetting all about the One who never ever lets you down
    And you can talk to him anytime He's always around
    When you feel your life's too hard
    Just go have a talk with God

    Well He's the only free psychiatrist that's known throughout the world
    For solving problems of all men, women, little boys and girls
    When you feel your life's too hard
    Just go have a talk with God
    When you feel your life's too hard
    Just go have a talk with God
    When your load's too much to bear
    Just go talk to God He cares
    I know he does

    When you feel your life's too hard
    Just go have a talk with God
    thank you
    thank you very much

    VILLAGE GHETTO LAND

     Would you like to go with me
    Down my dead end street
    Would you like to come with me
    To Village Ghetto Land

    See the people lock their doors
    While robbers laugh and steal
    Beggars watch and eat their meal -from garbage cans

    Broken glass is everywhere
    It's a bloody scene
    Killing plagues the citizens
    Unless they own police

    Children play with rusted cars
    Sores cover their hands
    Politicians laugh and drink-drunk to all demands

    Families buying dog food now
    Starvation roams the streets
    Babies die before they're born
    Infected by the grief

    Now some folks say that we should be
    Glad for what we have
    Tell me would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land

    Village Ghetto Land

    CONTUSION

     (Instrumental)

    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, Sachimo
    And the king of all Sir Duke
    And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
    There's no way the band can lose

    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 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
    I can feel it all over-all over now 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

    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
    Tryin' your best to bring the
    Water to your eyes
    Thinkin' it might stop her
    Grom woopin' your behind

    I wish those days could come back once more
    Why did those days ev-er have to go
    I wish those days could come back once more
    Why did those days ev-er have to go
    Cause I love them so

    Brother says he's tellin'
    'Bout you playin' 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

    Smokin' 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 doin'it-it sure felt outta sight

    I wish those days could come back once more
    Why did those days ev-er have to go
    I wish those days could come back once more
    Why did those days ev-er have to go

    KNOCKS ME OFF MY FEETS

     I see us in the park
    Strolling the summer days of imaginings in my head
    And words from our hearts
    Told only to the wind felt even without being said
    I don't want to bore you with my trouble
    But there's sumptin'bout your love
    That makes me weak and
    Knocks me off my feet

    There's supmtin'bout your love
    That makes me weak and
    Knocks me off my feet
    Knocks me off my feet

    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    More and more

    We lay beneath the stars
    Under a lovers tree that's seen through the eyes of my mind
    I reach out for the part
    Of me that lives in you that only our two hearts can find
    But I don't want to bore you with my trouble
    But there's sumptin'bout your love
    That makes me weak and
    Knocks me off my feet

    There's sumptin'bout your love
    That makes me weak and
    Knocks me off my feet
    Knocks me off my feet

    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    Darling I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you
    Darling I don't want to bore you with it
    Oh but I love you, I love you, I love you

    PASTIME PARADISE

     They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been wasting most their lives
    Glorifying days long gone behind
    They've been wasting most their days
    In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise
    Tell me who of them will come to be
    How many of them are you and me
    Dissipation
    Race Relations
    Consolation
    Segregation
    Dispensation
    Isolation
    Exploitation
    Mutilation
    Mutations
    Miscreation
    Confirmation.......to the evils of the world

    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    They've been looking in their minds
    For the day that sorrow's gone from time
    They keep telling of the day
    When the Savior of love will come to stay
    Tell me who of them will come to be
    How many of them are you and me

    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    We've been spending too much of our lives
    Living in a pastime paradise

    Let's start living our lives
    Living for the future paradise
    Praise to our lives
    Living for the future paradise
    Shame to anyones lives
    Living in a pastime paradise

    SUMMER SOFT

     Summer soft...
    Wakes you up with a kiss to start the morning off
    In the midst of herself playing Santa Claus
    She brings gifts through her breeze

    Morning rain...
    Gently plays her rythms on your window pane
    Giving you no clue of when she plans to change
    To bring rain or sunshine

    And so you wait to see what she'll do
    Is it sun or rain for you
    But it breaks your heart in two
    When you find it's October
    And she's gone
    And she's gone
    Summer's gone
    Taking with her summer's play

    Winter wind...
    Whispers to you that he wants to be your friend
    But not waiting for your answer ne begins
    Forcing dangers 'way with his breeze

    Morning snow...
    Plans to have a winter ball for you to throw
    But just where or when he never lets you know
    If it's snow or clear days you'll find

    And so you wait to see what he'll do
    Is it sun or snow for you
    But it breaks your heart in two
    Cause you've been fooled by April
    And he's gone
    And he's gone
    Winter's gone

    You find it's October
    And she's gone
    And she's gone
    Summer's gone

    You've been fooled by April
    And she's gone
    And she's gone
    Winter's gone

    You find it's October
    And she's gone
    And she's gone
    Summer's gone

    You've been fooled by April
    And she's gone
    And she's gone
    Winter's gone

    SATURN

     Packing my bags-going away
    To a place where the air is clean
    On saturn
    There's no sense to sit and watch the people die
    We don't fight our wars the way you do
    We put back all the things we use
    On Saturn
    There's no sense to keep on doing such crimes

    There's no principles in what you say
    No direction in the things you do
    For your world is soon to come to a close
    Through the ages all great men have taught
    Truth and happiness just can't be bought-or sold
    Tell me why are you people so cold

    I'm......
    Going back to Saturn where the rings all glow
    Rainbow, moonbeams and orange snow
    On Saturn
    People live to be two hundred and five
    Going back to saturn where the people smile
    Don't need cars cause we've learn to fly
    On Saturn
    Just to live to us is our natural high

    We have come here many times before
    To find your strategy to peace is war
    Killing helpless men, women and children
    That don't even know what they are dying for
    We can't trust you when you take a stand
    With a cold expression on your face
    Saying give us what we want or we'll destroy

    I'm......
    Going back to Saturn where the rings all glow
    Rainbow, moonbeams and orange snow
    On Saturn
    People live to be two hundred and five
    Going back to saturn where the people smile
    Don't need cars cause we've learn to fly
    On Saturn
    Just to live to us is our natural high

    EBONY EYES

     She's a Miss Beautiful Supreme
    A girl that other wish that they could be
    If there's seven wonders of the world
    Then I know she's gotta be number one
    She's a girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony eyes

    She's the sunflower of nature's seeds
    A girl that some men only find in their dreams
    When she smiles it seems the stars all know
    Cause one by one they start to light up the sky
    She's a girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony eyes
    A girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony eyes

    When she starts talking soft and sweet
    Like birds of spring her words all seem to sing
    With a rhythm that is made of love
    And the happiness that she only brings
    She's a girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony eyes
    A girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony eyes

    Yeah, yea, yea
    .......yeah
    Pretty black beauty
    Yeah, yea yeah
    Yea, yea, yeah, yea, yea, yeah
    Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah
    She's a girl that can't be beat
    Born and raised on ghetto streets
    She's a devastating beauty
    A pretty girl with ebony ey---es
    Ebony ey--es
    Ebony ey--es
    Ebony ey--es
    Ebony eyes

    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

    AS

     As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
    And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
    Just as hate knows love's the cure
    You can rest your mind assure
    That I'll be loving you always
    As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow
    But in passing will grow older every day
    Just as all is born is new
    Do know what I say is true
    That I'll be loving you always
    Did you know that true love asks for nothing
    Her acceptance is the way we pay
    Did you know that life has given love a guarantee
    To last through forever and another day
    Just as time knew to move on since the beginning
    And the seasons know exactly when to change
    Just as kindness knows no shame
    Know through all your joy and pain
    That I'll be loving you always
    As today I know I'm living but tomorrow
    Could make me the past but that I mustn't fear
    For I'll know deep in my mind
    The love of me I've left behind Cause I'll be loving you always
    We all know sometimes lifes hates and troubles
    Can make you wish you were born in another time and space
    But you can bet you life times that and twice its double
    That God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placed
    so make sure when you say you're in it but not of it
    You're not helping to make this earth a place sometimes called Hell
    Change your words into truths and then change that truth into love
    And maybe our children's grandchildren
    And their great-great grandchildren will tell
    I'll be loving you

    TOO HIGH

     Dodo do do do dodo
    Do do dodo do dodo
    Dodo dodo do do

    Dodo do do do dodo
    Do do do do dodo do
    Dodo dodo dodo

    I'm too high
    I'm too high
    But I ain't touched the sky

    I'm too high
    I'm too high
    But I ain't touched the sky

    She's a girl in a dream
    She sees a four-eyed cartoon monster
    On the T.V. screen
    She takes another puff and says
    "It's a crazy scene"
    That red is green
    And she's a tangerine

    I'm too high
    I'm too high
    But I ain't left the ground

    I'm too high
    I'm too high
    I hope I never ever come down

    She's the girl in her life
    But her world's a superficial paradise
    She had a chance to make it big more than once or twice
    But no dice
    She wasn't very nice

    Ooh

    Dodo do do do dodo
    Do do dodo do dodo
    Do do do do do do

    Dodo do do do dodo
    Do do dodo do dodo
    Dodo dodo
    Dodo dodo
    Dodo dodo

    I'm too high
    I'm too high
    I'm so high
    I feel like I'm about to die

    I can't ever touch the sky

    I'm too high
    She's a girl of the past
    I guess that I got to her at last
    A did you hear the news about the girl today
    She passed away
    What did her friend say

    They said she's too high
    Too high
    Can't hang around anyway...

    Dodo do do do dodo
    Do do dodo do dodo
    do...do...do...
    do...do...do...
    do...

    VISIONS

     People hand in hand
    Have I lived to see the milk and honey land ?
    Where hate's a dream and love forever stands
    Or is this a vision in my mind ?

    The law was never passed
    But somehow all men feel they're truly free at last
    Have we really gone this far through space and time
    Or is this a vision in my mind ?

    I'm not one who makes believe
    I know that leaves are green
    They only change to brown when autumn comes around
    I know just what I say
    Today's not yesterday
    And all things have an ending

    But what I'd like to know
    Is could a place like this exist so beautiful
    Or do we have to find our wings and fly away
    To the vision in our mind ?

    I'm not one who makes believes
    I know that leaves are green
    They only change to brown when autumn comes around

    I know just what I say
    Today's not yesterday
    And all things have an ending

    But what I'd like to know
    Is could a place like this exist so beautiful
    Or do we have to take our wings and fly away
    To the vision in our minds ?

    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...eeha!

    His father works some days for fourteen hours
    And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
    His mother goes to scrub the floor for many
    And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
    Living just enough, just enough for the city...yeah

    His sister's black but she is sho '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...um hum

    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 wher he lives they don't use colored people
    Living just enough, just oenough for the city...
    Living just enough...
    For the city...ooh,ooh
    (repeat several times)

    His hair is long, his feet are hard and griity
    He spends his lofe walking the streers of New York City
    He's almost dead from breathing on air pollution
    He tried to vote but to him ther's no solution
    Living just enough, just enough for the city...yeah, yeah, yeah!

    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 vchange the world will soon be over
    Living just enough, just enough for the city!!!!

    La, la, la, la, la, la,
    Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da
    Da Da Da Da Da Da
    Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da Da
    (Repeat to end)

    GOLDEN LADY

     Looking in your eyes
    Kind of heaven eyes
    Closing both my eyes
    Waiting for surprise
    To see the heaven in your eyes is not so far
    Cause I'm not afraid to try and go it
    To know the love and the beauty never known before
    I'll leave it up to you to show it

    And golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    Golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    Take me right away

    Looking at your hands
    Hands can understand
    Waiting for the chance
    Just to hold your hand
    A touch of rain and sunshine made the flower grow
    Into a lovely smile that's blooming
    And it's so clear to me that you're a dream come true
    There's no way that I'll be losing

    And golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    Golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    Take me right away

    A touch of rain and sunshine made the flower grow
    Into a lovely smile that's blooming
    And it's so clear to me that you're my dream come true
    There is no way that I'll be losing

    Golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    Golden lady, golden lady
    I'd like to go there
    REPEAT and FADE

    HIGHER GROUND

     People keep on learnin'
    Soldiers keep on warrin'
    World keep on turnin'
    Cause it won't be too long

    Powers keep on lyin'
    While your people keep on dyin'
    World keep on turnin'
    Cause it won't be too long

    I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
    Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
    I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
    Gonna keep on tryin'
    Till I reach my highest ground

    Teachers keep on teachin'
    Preachers keep on preachin'
    World keep on turnin'
    Cause it won't be too long
    Oh no

    Lovers keep on lovin'
    Believers keep on believin'
    Sleepers just stop sleepin'
    Cause it won't be too long
    Oh no

    I'm so glad that he let me try it again
    Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
    I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
    Gonna keep on tryin'
    Till I reach my highest ground...Whew!

    Till I reach my highest ground
    No one's gonna bring me down
    Oh no
    Till I reach my highest ground
    Don't let nobody bring you down (they'll sho 'nuff try)
    God is gonna show you higher ground
    He's the only friend you have around
    FADE

    JESUS CHILDREN OF AMERICA

     Hello Jesus
    Jesus children
    Jesus loves you
    Jesus children
    Hello children Jesus loves you of America

    Are you hearing
    What He's saying ?
    Are you feeling
    What you're praying ?
    Are you hearing, praying, feeling
    What you say inside ?

    You'd better tell
    Your story fast...
    And if you lie
    It will come to pass...

    Tell me!
    Tell me holy
    Holly roller
    Holly roller
    Are you standing
    Are you standing
    Like a soldier ?
    Like a soldier ?
    Waell...
    Are you standing for everything you talk about ?
    Holly roller...

    Say
    Tanscen
    Transcendental
    Dental meditation
    Meditation
    Speaks of
    Speaks of inner
    Inner preservation
    Preservation
    Waell...
    Transcendental meditation gives you peace of mind
    Peace of mind

    You'd better tell
    Your story fast...
    And if you lie
    It will come to pass...

    Tell 'em
    Don't lie to 'em
    Don't tell lies
    Tell 'em
    Don't lie to 'em

    Ooh, hu hu...uh uh uh...yeah

    Tell 'em
    Don't lie to 'em
    Don't tell lies
    Tell 'em
    Tell 'em Jesus

    Tell me
    Tell me junkie
    If you're able
    If you're able
    Playing
    Are you playing your cards
    On the table
    On the table
    Yeah...
    Are you happy when you stick a needle in your vein
    Hey hey
    Tell the children
    Hey hey hey

    Jesus
    Jesus died on
    Cross for you
    Cross for you
    Mary
    Mary is just
    Looking at you
    Looking at you
    Yeah...
    Mother Mary feels so much pain
    Looking at him

    So, you better tell
    Tell your story fast...
    Tell your story, story!
    And if you lie
    Yeah, tell your story
    It will come to pass
    Yeah, tell your story, story!

    Um...um I need you Jesus
    REPEAT-MUSIC-FADE

    ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR

     All is fair in love
    Love's a crazy game
    Two people vow to stay
    In love as one they say
    But all is changed with time
    The future no one can see
    The road you leave behind
    Ahead lies mystery
    But all is fair in love
    I had to go away
    A writer takes his pen
    To write the words again
    That all in love is fair

    All of fate's a chance
    It's either good or bad
    I tossed my coin to say
    In love with me you'd stay
    But all in war is so cold
    You either win or lose
    When all is put away
    The loosing side I'll play
    But all is fair in love
    I should never have left your side
    A writer takes his pen
    To write the words again
    That all in love is fair

    A writer takes his pen
    To write the words again
    That all in love is fair

    DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING

     Everybody's got a thing
    But some don't know how to handle it
    Always reachin' out in vain
    Accepting the things not worth having but

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
    Cause I'll be standing on the side
    When you check it out

    They say your style of life's a drag
    And that you must go other places
    But just don't you feel too bad
    When you get fooled by smiling faces but

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
    Cause I'll be standing on the side
    When you check it out...Yeah
    When you get it off...your trip
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing...Yeah
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing...Yeah

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
    Cause I'll be standing on the side
    When you check it out...
    When you get it off...your trip

    Everybody needs a change
    A chance to check out the new
    But you're the only one to see
    The changes you take yourself through

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    Don't you worry 'bout a thing, pretty mama
    Cause I'll be standing in the wings
    When you check it out

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing
    REPEAT and FADE

    HE'S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL

     He's a man
    With a plan
    Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Playin' hard
    Talkin' fast
    Makin' sure that he won't be the last
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Makes a deal
    With a smile
    Knowin' all the time that his lie's a mile
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Must be seen
    ThereÕs no doubt
    He's the coolest one with the biggest mouth
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    If you tell him he's livin' fast
    He will say what do you know
    If you had my kind of cash
    You'd have more than one place to go oh

    Oou...oou...oou oou...oou...

    Any place
    He will play
    His only concern is how much you'll pay
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    If he shakes
    On a bet
    He's the kind of dude that won't pay his debt
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    When you say that he's living wrong
    He'll tell you he knows he's livin' right
    And you'd be a stronger man
    if you took Misstra Know-It-All's advice oh oh

    Oou...oou...oou oou...oou...

    He's a man
    With a plan
    Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Take my work
    Please beware
    Of a man that just don't give a care no
    He's Misstra Know-It-All (Look out he's coming)

    Dum bum bum ba bum bum,
    Dum bum bum ba bum bum
    Bum bum bum bum bum Say
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Can this line
    Take his hand
    Take your hat off to the man who's got the plan
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Every boy take your hand
    To the man that's got the plan
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Give a hand to the man
    Don't you know darn well he's got the super plan
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Give a hand to the man
    You know damn well heÕs got the super plan
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    If we had less of him
    Don't you know we'd have a better land
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    So give a hand to the man
    Although you've given out as much as you can
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    Check his sound out
    He'll tell it all
    Hey
    You talk too much you worry me to death
    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    FADE

    YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE

     You are the sunshine of my life
    That's why I'll always be around,
    You are the apple of my eye,
    Forever you'll stay in my heart

    I feel like this is the beginning,
    Though I've loved you for a million years,
    And if I thought our love was ending,
    I'd find myself drowning in my own tears

    You are the sunshine of my life,
    That's why I'll always stay around,
    You are the apple of my eye,
    Forever you'll stay in my heart

    You must have known that I was lonely,
    Because you came to my rescue,
    And I know that this must be heaven,
    How could so much love be inside of you?

    You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
    That's why I'll always stay around,
    You are the apple of my eye,
    Forever you'll stay in my heart

    (Background) Love has joined us,
    Love has joined us,
    Let's think sweet love

    MAYBE YOUR BABY

    I'm feelin' down and some kind of lonely,
    Cause' my baby done left me here,
    Heart's blazing like a five alarm fire
    And I don't even give a care

    I feel like the world is turnin' on me,
    My dreams turnin' to ashes right in front of my face,
    And I'm gettin' kind of worried,
    And I feel so out of place,
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans,
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans

    (Background) . . I feel like cryin', yeh, yeh
    Maybe baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

    In the mornin' when I've got heartache,
    I can't call up the doctor for help,
    Cause' the only person that could ever do me any good,
    Is steppin' out with my best friend

    I feel like I'm slippin' deeper,
    Slippin' deeper into myself,
    And I can't take it,
    This stuff is scarin' me to death

    Maybe your baby done made some other plans,
    Kinda makin' me worried,
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans

    Little Sally Walker, sittin' in a saucer,
    Checkin' out the guys that are passing by

    (Background)...by, by, by, by...
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans

    Maybe your baby done made some other plans,
    Not includin' future plans,
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans,
    Maybe my baby done made some other plans,
    Maybe my baby done made another plan
    with another man.
    Your baby, your baby, stupid baby, your baby,
    That you put so trust so much trust in your baby,
    Maybe your baby done made some other plans

    YOU AND I

    Here we are on earth together,
    It's you and I,
    God has made us fall in love, it's true,
    I've really found someone like you

    Will it say the love you feel for me, will it say,
    That you will be by my side
    To see me through,
    Until my life is through

    Well, in my mind, we can conquer the world,
    In love you and I, you and I, you and I

    I am glad at least in my life I found someone
    That may not be here forever to see me through,
    But I found strength in you,
    I only pray that I have shown you a brighter day,
    Because that's all that I am living for, you see,
    Don't worry what happens to me

    Cause' in my mind, you will stay here always,
    In love, you and I, you and I, you and I, you and I
    In my mind we can conquer the world
    In love, you and I, you and I, you and I

    TUESDAY HEARTBREAK

    Tuesday heartbreak seem to be unfair,
    Cause you say that you found another man,
    Tuesday break heart, guess you just don't care,
    Cause you found you another man

    I want to be with you when you're all alone,
    I want to be with you
    when you feel you got another man,
    You see, baby, it's all alright

    I wanna be with you when the nightime comes,
    I wanna be with you when the daytime comes,
    I wanna stay, oh baby, lemme, baby with you

    Tuesday heartbreak seem to be a drag,
    When you know that you love her especially,
    Catch up baby, catch up with my dreams,
    Maybe than I can see you all the time

    But I wanna be with you when the nightime comes
    I wanna be with you when the daytime comes,
    I wanna stay and never go away,
    Oh baby, it's alright

    I wanna be with you when the nightime comes,
    I wanna stay with you till the morning runs,
    I wanna, baby, baby, baby, it's alright

    I wanna be with you when the nightime comes,
    I wanna be with you till the daytime comes
    Oh baby, get away, alright

    YOU'VE GOT IT BAD GIRL

    When you believe in a feeling,
    And it's holding you back from my love,
    Then you've got it bad girl, you've got it bad girl

    When you insist on excluding
    The tenderness that's in my kiss,
    Then you've got it bad girl, you've got it bad girl

    If you try to display an emotion,
    That will contradict itself,
    You will find your heart just sitting
    Like a statue on a shelf, on a shelf, on a shelf

    Should you depend on an outlet,
    Through which an escape can be found,
    Then you've got it bad girl, you've got it bad girl

    If you don't see there's no way out,
    Just no way of getting around me,
    Then you've got it bad girl, you've got it bad girl

    Yes, you know the plans I am making,
    Are intended to capture you,
    So you practice false reactions,
    To delay the things I do, the things I do,
    things I do, foolish you
    You've got it bad girl, you've got it bad

    There's no reward in detouring
    My deep sincerity.
    Especially since what you're feeling,
    Is perfectly clear to me, clear to me, clear to me

    Before you discover the feeling,
    You've tried very hard to hide,
    You've got it bad girl, you've got it bad girl

    But when you can find just a small space,
    To let my love live in your mind,
    Then you'll have it good girl, you'll
    have it good girl

    SUPERSTITION

    Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
    Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall,
    Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' 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 goin' 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, yeh, yeh

    Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,
    Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,
    Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' 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

    BIG BROTHER

    Your name is big brother
    You say that you're watching me on the tele,
    Seeing me go nowhere,
    Your name is big brother,
    You say that you're tired of me protesting,
    Children dying everyday,
    My name is nobody
    But I can't wait to see your face inside my door

    Your name is big brother
    You say that you got me all in your notebook,
    Writing it down everyday,
    Your name is I'll see ya,
    I'll change if you vote me in as the pres,
    The President of your soul
    I live in the ghetto,
    You just come to visit me 'round election time

    I live in the ghetto,
    Someday I will move on my feet to the other side,
    My name is secluded,
    we live in a house the size of a matchbox,
    Roaches live with us wall to wall,

    You've killed all our leaders,
    I don't even have to do nothin' to you
    You'll cause your own country to fall

    BLAME IT ON THE SUN

    Where has my love gone?
    How can I go on?
    It seems dear love has gone away

    Where is my spirit?
    I'm nowhere near it,
    Oh yes, my love has gone astray

    But I'll blame it on the sun,
    The sun that didn't shine,
    I'll blame it on the wind and the trees

    I'll blame it on the time that never was enough,
    I'll blame it on the tide and the sea,
    But, my heart blames it on me

    Who poured the love out?
    What made this bitter doubt?
    Is peace not here for me to see?

    Wish I could tell you,
    What I am feeling,
    But, words won't come for me to speak

    But I'll blame it on the sun,
    That didn't fill the sky,
    I'll blame it on the birds and the trees

    I'll blame it on the day that ended once too soon,
    I'll blame it on the nights that could not be,
    But, my heart blames it on me

    (Background)...Yeh, yeh, yeh, ooh,
    Your heart blames it on you this time

    LOOKIN' FOR ANOTHER PURE LOVE

    Never tears or sorrows came before me in my mind,
    I had no problems, never a problem in my life,
    Never a worry on my mind

    All my days before today were happy,
    And secure until your phone call,
    You were tellin' me goodbye

    Now I'm lookin' for another love,
    I'm lookin' for another pure love in my life
    And I'm lookin' for another love,
    I'm lookin' for another pure love in my life

    Now the wheel of fate has turned,
    I'm worried 'bout the new love you've discovered,
    He is a problem in my life,
    I have a problem on my mind

    Things you cherish most in your life,
    Can be taken if they're left neglected,
    Leavin' a problem in your life

    'Cause now I'm lookin' for another love,
    I'm lookin' for another pure love in my life, ooh,
    And now I'm lookin' for another love,
    And now I'm lookin' for another love,
    I'm lookin' for another pure love in my life, ooh,
    I'm lookin' for another love,
    I'm lookin for another pure love in my life

    I BELIEVE (WHEN I FALL IN LOVE IT WILL BE FOREVER)

    Shattered dreams, worthless years,
    Here am I encased inside a hollow shell,
    Life began, then was done,
    Now I stare into a cold and empty well

    The many sounds that meet our ears
    the sights our eyes behold,
    Will open up our merging hearts,
    And feed our empty souls

    I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever,
    I believe when I fall in love this time it will be forever

    Without despair we will share,
    And the joys of caring will not be replaced,
    What has been must never end
    And with the strength we have won't be erased
    When the truths of love are planted firm,
    They won't be hard to find,
    And the words of love I speak to you
    will echo in your mind

    I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever,
    I believe when I fall in love this time it will be forever

    I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever,
    I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever

    I'm so glad that I found someone to believe in again,
    I'm so glad that I found someone to believe in again

    God surely answered my prayer,
    God surely answered by prayer,
    You know God surely answered my prayer,
    You know God surely answered my prayer,
    God always will answer your prayers,
    Believe in one who will answer my prayer,
    Thank you God

    Come on, let's fall in love,
    You're the woman I've been waiting for,
    Come on, let's fall in love,
    You're the girl that I really adore,
    Come on, let's fall in love...etc

    HOLD ME

     Hold me darling hold me
    And I'll always be your, be your guy
    Closer, baby come closer
    Let me be the one that loves and be by your side

    Why should you be lonely when I need you so
    Give my arms a chance I know I'll never let go
    So hold me, baby hold me
    Say you'll never let me go

    Why should you be lonely when I need you so
    Give my arms a chance I know I'll never let go
    So hold me, baby hold me
    Say you'll never let me go

    You know I love you so

    I'll never-never let you go
    I'll never let you go
    Oh baby-baby, hold me
    Why should we be apart
    I'll never-never let you go

    ROCKET LOVE

     Do Do Do, Do Do Do, Do Do Do, Do Do Do
    Do Do Do, Do Do Do, Do Do Do-oo

    I longed for you since I was born
    A woman sensitive and warm
    And that you were

    With pride and strength no one would test
    But yet have feminine finesse
    And so much more

    You took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    Took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world

    A female Shakespeare of your time
    With looks to blow Picasso's mind
    You were the best

    Your body moved with grace and song
    Like symphonies by Bach or Brahms
    Nevertheless, oh oh

    You took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    Ooh you took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world

    Da Da Da, Da Da Da, Da Da Da, Da Da Da
    Da Da Da, Da Da Da-aa

    The passion burning in your heart
    Would make hell's fire seem like a spark
    Where did it go

    Just why that you would overnight
    Turn love to stone as cold as ice
    I'll never know

    But you took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    Baby you took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world

    Cold, too cold, you took me riding in your rocket, gave
    me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    Oh, Oh, Oh, took me riding in your rocket, gave me a
    star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to into this cold, cold world

    I would not do that to a dog
    Took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    you took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star
    But at a half a mile from heaven you dropped me back
    down to this cold, cold world
    Ooh baby
    Rocket love

    YESTERME YESTERYOU YESTERDAY

     What happened to the world we knew
    When we would dream and scheme
    And while the time away
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    Where did it go that yester glow
    When we could feel
    The wheel of life turn our way
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    I had a dream so did you life
    Was warm and love was true
    Two kids who followed all the rules
    Yester folls and now
    Now it seems those yester dreams
    Were just a cruel
    And foolish game we used to play
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    When I recall what we had
    I feel lost I feel sad with nothing but
    The memory of yester love and now
    Now it seems those yester dreams
    Were just a cruel
    And foolish game we had to play
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    Sing with me
    Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
    One more time.....

    UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)(*)

     Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight.
    Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight. I'm a poorman's son, from across the railroad tracks,
    The only shirt I own is hangin' on my back,
    But I'm the envy of ev'ry 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 ev'rything is alright, uptight, out of sight.
    Baby, ev'rything 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 poorman's son.
    She says give her the things that money can 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 ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
    Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
    Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, ah ah ah ah,
    Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.
    Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.

    BEDTIME FOR TOYS (+)

     Close your eyes, beddy bye tin soldier,
    Mommy says that it's time for sleep,
    If my folks were wiser and older,
    They'd know kids and toys don't need sleep.

    Don't be bad little cotton dolly,
    See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now?
    Even my brass drummer boy has stopped all his noise,
    Cause he knows it's past bedtime for toys.

    (Speaking)
    Ya know, every Christmas Santa Claus goes all over the world with his reindeer,
    sled, and a big bag of toys and he'll come to your house this year too.
    But sometimes, just sometimes, he doesn't have enough time to see every little boy and girl because the world is so big.
    So maybe we should sing a song for all the children that Santa didn't visit.

    Bless the child who has no tin soldier,
    No brass drummer boy to put to bed.
    He will still grow wiser and older,
    Loving one small rag doll instead.

    He won't have a cotton dolly,
    Mickey Mouse won't come to his house.
    Hold that rag doll to your heart, nothing can destroy
    The beauty one shall find in one small toy.

    SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS (++)

     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

    MAJOR HELP IN TYPING THESE FROM
    Wim Valstar (From The Netherlands!): Keep our love alive
    Bruno Striano (From Italy!): Uptight & How come, how long
    Elaine Tomaselli (From Brazil!): Yesterme Yesteryou Yesterday Love
    Tracie Wallace (From USA): Rocket Love
    Nathan Yuhl (From USA): Sometime at xmas & Bedtime for toys
    Michael Razeeq (From USA): As
    Tracy Trowel (From USA): Cryin' through the night & Don't you worry 'bout a thing

    SONGS CREDITS
    All Music And Lyrics By Stevie Wonder Except As Indicated Below:
    (*) Lyrics and music by Henry Cosby, Steveland Judkins, Sylvia Moy
    * By Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney
    + By Stevie Wonder and Babyface
    (+) By Ron Miller and Orlando Murden
    (++) By Ron Miller and Bryan Wells
    ** Music By Stevie Wonder / Lyrics By Stephanie Andrews
    *** Music and Lyrics By Stevie Wonder / Chatting - Written by Edley Shine
    **** Featuring Lead Vocals By Kimberly Brewer

    SOME OF YOU REQUESTED LYRICS TO THESE SONGS. IF ANY OF YOU HAS LYRICS TO ANY OF THESE OR OTHERS NOT IN HERE, PLEASE MAIL THEM *
    Sylvia
    Hey Love
    The Lonesome Road
    Contract on Love
    Never Had a Dream Come True
    Heaven Help Us All
    What xmas means to me
    For once in my life
    * Contributors will be properly credited for their help!!!

    SOME VERY INTERESTING MUSIC LINKS
    Stevie's Links
    Music Man Oldies
    The Gospel Music Archive
    Wayne Garvin's Home Page
    * Please contribute a link by mailing its URL address! Once again, you will be credited for your help!!!





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