Children Of The World (c) 1976

You Should Be Dancing

Boogie Child

You Stepped Into My Life

Love Me

Love So Right

Subway

Lovers

The Way It Was

Can't Keep a Good Man Down

Children of the World

 

 

You Should Be Dancing

My baby moves at midnight

goes right on till the dawn

My woman takes me higher

my woman keeps me warm

 

What you doin' on your back aah

What you doin'on your back aah?

You should be dancing, yeah

dancing, yeah

 

She's juicy and she's trouble

She gets it to me good

My woman gives me power

Goes right down to my blood

 

What you doin' on your back aah

What you doin'on your back aah?

You should be dancing, yeah

dancing, yeah

 

My baby moves at midnight

goes right on till the dawn

My woman takes me higher

my woman keeps me warm

 

What you doin' on your back aah

What you doin'on your back aah?

You should be dancing, yeah

dancing, yeah

You should be dancing, yeah

You should be dancing, yeah

You should be dancing, yeah

You should be dancing, yeah

You should be dancing, yeah

  

  

You Stepped Into My Life

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life,

Stepped into my life

Stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so.

 

Before you came my way

I always checked this out;

So much pain in love

And so alone inside.

I never thought

that I'd believe in love so much.

But darling when you came close to me,

Suddenly, suddenly

 

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life,

Stepped into my life

Stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so.

 

You will never know

What you have done, my love.

You gave me so much more

My love is worthy of.

Beneath my very soul

I kneel before your touch.

Your touch is ecstasy,

Close to me.

Suddenly, suddenly

 

You stepped into my life,

Stepped into my life

Stepped into my life

And I'm oh, so happy.

 

You stepped into my life...

 

 

Love So Right

She came on like the night and she held on tight

And the world was right when she made love to me

We were free

She moved in like a friend , started loving me

And I thought I'd found my heaven in her arms

But the morning when I woke up

I was here and she was gone

Now I'm hanging on

Maybe you can tell me how a love so right can turn out to be so wrong

 

Where did she go when I need her close to me

And the perfect story ended at the start

I thought you came forever and you came to break my heart

Now I'm hanging on , on the chance that you'll come back to me

 

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong , oh my darling

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong , oh my darling

I could take it in my stride

Start living for the moment

Maybe half the things we sought were never there

Simply open up our eyes and break it down to size

It isn't really fair

 

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong , oh my darling

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong , oh my darling

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong , oh my darling (repeat/fade)

 

  

Lovers

We'll be lovers, lovers , lovers -- got to make you understand

We'll be lovers, lovers , lovers --I wanna hold you in my hand

We'll be lovers, lovers , lovers

 

Wanna be a part of you

And I wanna make you part of me (sweet inspiration)

Oh , we can make it (make it) , make it for the world to see

Don't be blind, time is one our side

And together we can touch the sky

We can make it if we really try

Ah, together you and I

 

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- got to make you understand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- Ah, got to hold you in my hand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers

 

Wanna be a part of you

And I wanna make you part of me ( sweet inspiration)

Oh, we can make it (make it) ,make it for the world to see

Yesterday I had a feeling of a flame of burning desire

And you know we can make it if we really try

Oh, together you and I

 

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- you to make you understand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- Oh, got to hold you in my hand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers

 

(break)

 

Oh, lovers, lovers, lovers -- I got to make you understand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers

Wanna be a part of you

And I wanna make you part of me (sweet inspiration)

Oh , we can make it (make it ) for the world to see

Yesterday I had a vision of a flame of burning desire

And you know we can make it if we really try

Oh together you and I

 

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- till my dying day

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- don't you ever turn away

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- want to get close to you

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- that's what I want to do

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers -- make you understand

We'll be lovers, lovers, lovers-- got to hold you in my hand

 

(fade)

 

 

Can't Keep a Good Man Down

No, you can't keep a good man down

When you got a good woman to keep it up

No, you can't stand on firmer ground

When love is the question I got enough

 

Ooh, with lips so sweet

Our love just can't be beat, my darling, oh yeah

A love like yours and mine

Can stand the test of time, my darling, oh yeah

But for tomorrow -- tomorrow never comes

Love is the secret -- goes living on

 

No, you can't keep a good man down

When you got a good woman to keep it up

No, you can't stand on firmer ground

When love is the question I got enough

 

Just when I need you, show me the way

You came into my world -- turned my night to day

What good is a man without a woman?

But for the trouble -- trouble always comes

Love is the secret -- goes living on

 

No, you can't keep a good man down

When you got a good woman to keep it up

No, you can't stand on firmer ground

When love is the question I got enough

 

Ooh, your love is strong

Keep me forever, you're my darling, oh yeah

A love like yours and mine

Can stand the test of time, my darling, oh yeah

But for tomorrow -- tomorrow never comes

Love is the secret -- goes living on

 

No, you can't keep a good man down

When you got a good woman to keep it up

No, you can't stand on firmer ground

When love is the question I've got enough

 

  

Boogie Child

Boogie - ah, you sexy, sexy (boogie child)

Boogie - the situation wrecks me

Boogie - I can't stand the way you do it (boogie child)

Boogie - bad girl don't put me through it

Boogie - right to the limit (boogie child)

Boogie - you're a bad girl you got me in it

Boogie - a man could die for the way I'm thinking (boogie child)

Boogie - and I'm in too deep and I just keep sinking

 

When you move it like you really know how to move me

I follow you wherever you go

I just wanna lay my love on you -- that boogie child she can

Boogie - oh, you sexy, sexy (boogie child)

Boogie - the situation wrecks me

Boogie - I can't stand the way you do it (boogie child)

Boogie - bad girl don't put me through it (come on boogie, boogie)

 

Oh, boogie child, she's honey-sweet

She got a hungry love, it's good enough to eat

You can't touch her cos you know she's mine

Come on boogie child let your love-light shine

I just wanna lay my love on you -- that boogie child she can

 

Boogie - ah, you sexy, sexy (boogie child)

Boogie - the situation wrecks me

Boogie - I can t stand the way you do it (boogie child)

Boogie - bad girl don't put me through it

You can't touch her cos you know she's mine

Come on boogie child let your love light shine

I just wanna lay my love on you - that boogie child she can

 

Boogie - oh, you sexy, sexy (boogie child)

Boogie - the situation wrecks me

Boogie - I can't stand the way you do it (boogie child)

Boogie - bad girl don't put me through it

Boogie - oh, right to the limit

Boogie - bad girl you got me in it (come on boogie, boogie)

Boogie - a man should die for the way I'm

For the way I'm thinking (boogie child)

Boogie - and I'm in too deep and I just keep sinking

 

Boogie - boogie child (come on boogie, boogie)

Boogie - boogie child (come on boogie, boogie)

 

Repeat to fade

 

 

Love Me

I remember times my love when we really had it all

You were always there to make me smile, help me when I fall

Ooh, I can't believe you're leaving me

When there's so much more to say -- I can't let you go

Ooh , ev'ry time I look at you I still can feel the glow

Let it be, let it grow

 

Love me , please , just a little bit longer

Together we can make it

Our love is much too young to break it

Love me , please , just a little bit harder

 

All I ever wanted was to have you to myself

Then I see you standing there in the arms of someone else

You know a man can stand so much

And it's more then I can bear -- I can't let you go

Ooh, ev'ry time I look at you I still can feel the glow

Let it be , let it grow

 

Love me , please, just a little bit longer

Together we can make it

Our love is much too young to break it

Love me , please, just a little bit harder

 

Never even try to see things her way

It's hard on a woman when love ain't no love at all

And when she walks away (no no) -- and she probably will

You're gonna be sorry, begging her , please

 

Love me , please, just a little bit longer

Together we can make it

Our love is much too young to break it

Love me , please, just a little bit harder

 

I think I can work it out

I can't get enough

I want you tomorrow

 

Love me , please, just a little bit longer

Together we can make it

Our love is much too young to break it

Love me , please, just a little bit longer

Together we can make it

Our love is much too young to break it

 

(repeat and fade)

 

 

Subway

ooh, take me to the subway

It ain't far away, but the night is mine, like it fine, gonna stay

See you in the morning, gotta rush, et a bus, make a fuss

Gimme some loving in the morning

 

Ooh, she makes me feel so good, instant reaction and ready for love [Geez!]

I got no work, no sweat, no strain

I got to make it to the midnight train

so take me to the subway

 

Ooh, city life is bittersweet

I don't care, take me there on the sstreet, freedom in the city

Gotta ride, goin' down underground, watch me slide, loving in the city

 

OOh, she makes me so complete, heavy in love and light on my feet

I got no work, no sweat, no strain

I got to make it to the midnight train

So take me to the subway

ooh take me to the subway.

 

  

The Way It Was

I don't know how, but nights get lonely now

They keep appearing in my eyes

Such a warm and tender glow

For just one moment I remember all

The love we had was never all that bad

There were smiles and there were tears

On that special starry night, with your arms around me

Held on tight

 

Wasn't that the way it was?

Two strangers reaching for a worthless cause

Wasn't that the love we shared?

Or just the restless years when no-one cared

 

I don't know why, it's hard to say goodbye

Or even justify the end

You meant so very much to me

Then to let you go, start my life again

The love we had was never all that bad

There were smiles and there were tears

Till that special summer day

When I reached out for you, you just walked away

 

Wasn't that the way it was?

Two strangers reaching for a worthless cause

Wasn't that the love we shared?

Or just the restless years when no-one cared

 

When you move it like you really know how to move me

I follow you wherever you go

I just wan

 

 

Children of the World

We are children of the world - watching every day go by

Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating

We are searchers of the truth, every man's a boy deep down

Gotta say it how you mean it - there ain't no easy way

 

Like a bird in the wind, like a tree in the storm

Like the breath of a child from the moment he's born

To the very last day when the curtains are drawn

We are children of the world - asking every question why

From arrival to survival - just to make it worth the waiting

We are faces in the night - watching every day go by

Changes my life, changes your life - there ain t no easy way

 

In the back of your mind there is always a mark

There's a wandering solo alone in the dark

You can keep it forever or tear it apart

 

We are children of the world - watching every day go by

Changing my life, changing your life - keeps us all anticipating

 

We are children of the world - watching every day go by

Like a bird in the wind, like a tree in the storm

Like the breath of a child from the moment he's born

Till the very last day when the curtains are drawn

We are children of the world - watching every day go by

Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating

 

We are children of the world - watching every day go by

Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating

 

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