- A Change Is Gonna Come
I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Cos I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
- A Little Time
If you don't think I'm loving you enough
Oh, you got to tell me so
And I bet you five dollars and a quarter
I'm gonna love you just a little bit more
Give me just a little time
All I need
Got to have a little time, yeah baby
- Any Ole Way
I don't do the things that you do
And I don't go the places that you go
And I don't say the bad things that you say
But I love you any ole way, darling
I love you any ole way, now
I love you any ole way
But I want you to say that it's true
- Chained And Bound
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Darling, now, you made me change my mind.
- Champagne and Wine
Sittin' here thinking, about the times I roamed
Different girls, that I have known
Of all girls, that I have met
You are the one girl that I can't forget, listen
We had our time, now
Good and bad, now
I can't forget a man
- Cigarettes and coffee
It's early in the morning
About a quarter till three
I'm sittin' here talkin' with my baby
Over cigarettes and coffee, now
And to tell you that
Darling I've been so satisfied
Honey since I met you
Baby since I met you, ooh
- Come To Me
Come to me for I'm lonely
Come to me for I'm lonely, darling
Come to me and be my girl
For I love, love you so
Come to me forget the past
Think of life we have ahead, my my my my baby
Come to me and be my girl
- Demonstration
I was born to be a lover
Cutest thing in this town
I got some love I want to demonstrate you
When you get it you can't turn it down, no you can't now call
Good loving is my occupation
I want to soothe you a little inspiration
Let me give you a little demonstration
I wanna give you good demonstration
- Direct Me
I done cried a river of tears
This you may not believe
But I've been crying for five long years
Afraid of all my fears
Love has got me now
In a terrible bet
I done lost the best little woman
- Don't Mess with Cupid
You must have thought my love was for fun, honey
You tried to spend it like a dollar
You got the right string, baby
But your yo-yo is the wrong color, honey I'm tellin' you
Don't you mess with cupid, no, no
Cupid, he's not stupid, baby
Don't you mess with cupid, no, no
Cupid, he's not stupid
- Down in the Valley
Down in the valley, ha
In the valley so low,
Hang your hair over your shoulder
And you can hear the four winds blow, now, oh my
Now can't you hear the wind blow my love,
Can't you hear the wind blow,
We're down in the valley, ha
In the valley so low, now, ha
- For Your Precious
Your precious love, babe
Means more to me
Than any love
Than any love could ever be
For when I wanted you
I was so lonely and so blue
For that's what love,
That's what love really made me do
- For Your Precious Love
For your precious love means more to me
Than any love could ever be
For when I wanted you I was so lonely and so blue
For that's what love will do
Darling, I was so surprised,
Oh, when I first realized
That you weren't fooling me
- Free Me
Turn me loose
There ain't no use
Free me darling
Don't hang me up
Let me go from your love, now
Just like a prisoner
You got me chained and bound
- Gone Again
The sun is gone away
It is dark in the day
No kids are laughing
And none are playing
No flowers have grown
Since the month of May
That's how it's been
- Good To Me
I don't know what you got baby
But you're so good to me
I don't what you're doing wrong to me baby
But you're so good to me
Honey, I've been loving you for a long time
And you're still good to me
I've been loving you woman 20 long years
- Groovin' Time
It's groovin' timeâ??that's what my baby told me
If you can't groove me, boy, you might as well let me be
It's lovin' timeâ??that's what my baby told me
If you can't love me, boy, you might as well let me be
Now, she said she don't want me hanging in the street
Don't want me going down seeing old Pete
Hanging out on Broadway is not her stick
Staying up late at night is not her kick
- Hard to Handle
Hey there, here I am
I'm the man on the scene
I can give you what you want
But you got to come home with me
I forgot some good old lovin'
And I got some more in store
When I get to thrown it on you
You got to come back for more
- Hawg for You
I'm a hawg for you, baby
I'm gonna root all around your door
I'm a dirty hawg for you, baby
And I'm gonna keep on rootin'
All around your door, baby, now now
I'm gonna keep on rootin', baby
Till I can't root no more
- Hey Hey Baby
Hey, hey pretty baby
Baby, you sure is fine
Hey, hey pretty baby
Baby, you sure is fine
Every time I look at you
You drive me out of my mind
She got big blue eyes
- Home in Your Heart
Don't you know I got to find me a home
Right now in your heart
I'll travel over miles and down the highways, babe
Through the valleys every byway
Just to find me a home right now in your heart
I'll bring you to the music, refueling
- I Can See Clearly Now the Rain is Gone
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all the obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-Shiny day.
- I Can't Turn You Loose
Huh, I can't turn you loose now
If I do, I'm gonna lose my life
Ah, I can't ever turn you loose now
If I do, I'm gonna lose my life
I can't turn you loose to nobody, ha
'Cause I love you baby, yes I do now
Oh, baby hip-shaking mama, I told ya
Honey, I'm in love with only you
- I Love You More Than Words Can Say
Please, let me sit down beside you.
I've got something to tell you, you should know.
I just couldn't wait for not another day.
I love you, for more than words can ever say.
Honey living without you is so painful.
I was tempted to call it a day.
You've got me in your hand, why can't you understand.
- I Want to Thank You
I want to thank you for being so nice now
I want to thank you for giving me my pride
Sweet kisses too
And everything you do
I know I'll never find another one like you
If I prove my love it won't be true
Oh my my darling
How can I forget you
- I'm a Changed Man
Learn how to love
Learn how to walk
Learn how to talk
Like a baby talk
Learn how to see
See what I want
Learn how a baby
- I'm Coming Home
My darling, since you left me
Where can you be? Nobody knows now
I'm just a little lonely boy
Nowhere to go
I'm gonna be coming home (coming home)
Coming home (coming home)
Coming home (coming home)
I'm coming home, I'm coming back to you
- I'm Coming Home To See About You
"I'm Coming Home To See About You"
Otis Redding
Hush, darling, and don’t you cry
I’m coming home to dry your weeping eyes
Hush, little darling, and don’t be blue
I’m coming home to see about you
It’s been so long since I’ve seen you
- I'm Depending on You
I'm depending on you
Everything that you do
I'm depending on you
To see me through
You know that I love you
And there is nothing I can do
But depend on you
I'm depending on you
- I'm Sick Y'All
Standin' outside, y'all
It's raining, children
Gettin' soaking wet
And it's raining, y'all
Been put out, y'all
Nowhere to go, children
People all ask me, son
Tell me what's wrong with you
- I've Got Dreams To Remember
I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
I've got dreams Dreams to remember
Honey I saw you there last night
Another mans arms holding you tight
Nobody knows what I feeled inside
All I know, I walked away and cried
- Just One More Day
I've been missing you for so many days
I keep wanting you, Lord, in so many ways
I can't get you off of my mind
But true love is so hard to find
I want yet another day
Ooh, I need another day
Darling, let me have another more day
And I can be anything that you want me to be, now
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
Your arms around me
How can I complain
With your arms around me
Uhm, I know I'm a lucky man
With your arms around me
Honey, I'm taller than a tree
So all I can say is
- Let Me Come on Home
Oh, baby, I want to come home to you
Baby, I got to get home to you
Days and nights feeling so blue
Lord, I just don't know what I'm gonna do
Oh, baby, I wanna come home
Oh, baby, I you're one thousand miles away
Baby, you're just one thousand miles away
Take these chains from 'round my heart
- Love Have Mercy
Love have mercy, yeah, on my soul
How many kisses, y'all, have I stole
From other girls they didn't belong to me
That's why the payback is just misery, yeah
Love have mercy, y'all, Lord
Love have mercy on me now
Love have mercy, y'all, on my heart
- Love Man
I'm a Love Man
Call me the Love Man
Oooh, baby I'm the Love Man
That's what they call me I'm a Love Man
Six feet one weigh two hundred and ten
A Long hair... Real fair skin
A long legs and I'm-a out-a sight
There ain't no doubt I'm gonna take you out,
- Loving By The Pound
Got some loving
That I want to give you, babe
Got it by the pound, girl
Yes I have, now, huh
When you get it
It's such a strong love
It's gonna knock you down, girl
- Mary's Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb
His bleeks was white as snow
everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go
He followed her to school one day
And that was against the rules
He made the children laugh and play
- Merry Christmas Baby
Merry Christmas, baby
Sure did treat me nice
Merry Christmas, baby
Sure did treat me nice
Bought me a diamond ring for Christmas
I feel like I'm in paradise
I feel mighty fine, y'all
I've got music on my radio
- Mr. Pitiful
They call me Mr. Pitiful
Baby thats my name now, oh
They call me Mr. Pitiful
That's how I got my fame
But people just don't want to understand that
What make a man feel so blue
They call me Mr. Pitiful
- My little tenderness
[This is for you] Ooh she may be weary
And them young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress
But when they get weary
[You gotta] try a little tenderness
[Tell you, might not believe it, but]
You know she's waiting
- My Lover's Prayer
This is my lovers prayer
I hope it'll reach out to you, my love
This is my lovers prayer
And I hope you can understand it, my love
My life is such a weary thing
But In My Ears, Old Prayers Just Ring and Ring
You keep wanting, waiting and wishing
- Ole Man Trouble
Ole man trouble leave me alone
Go find you someone else to pick on
I live my live and now you see now
Ole man trouble
Please stay away from me, oh now
Ooo oh yeah,
Yeah
Oh I look like I'm down in my luck
- Open the Door
I've been so wrong, so many times. Now you know what
I'm talkin' about. We've all been wrong a time in our life.
And we all make mistakes sometimes of leaving what's good for us.
I made that mistake, now I'm tryin' to get back to my baby.
This runnin' round, sure 'nough, is killin' me
Let me, let me in
Let me in, let me in
- Otis For You Precious Love
Your precious love, now
Means more to me
Than any love could ever be, me
For when i wanted you, oh now
I was so lonely and so blue
That's what love, that's what love really made me do
And darling, oh, they keep saying that our love will go, now
- Pain In My Heart
Pain in my heart
she's treating me cold
where can my baby be
Lord no one knows.
Pain in my heart
just won't let me sleep
where can my baby be
- Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Come here sister
Papa's in the thing
Ain't you hip, of that new green thing
It ain't no drag
Papa's got a brand new bag
It's gone beserk
He's going to fly
- Respect
Respect"
Otis Redding
What you want
Honey you've got it
And what you need
Baby you've got it
- Rock Me Baby
You can rock me baby
You can rock me all night long
Rock me baby, rock me baby, rock me baby, huh
Little girl, you can rock me all night long, now oh, now
Just keep on rockin' me little girl, girl
Honey 'till my back ain't got no bone, yeah, huh
Roll me, baby, ha
- Scratch My Back
Aw, I'm itchy
And I don't know where to scratch
Come here baby
Scratch my back
I know you can do it
So baby, get to it
Aw, you're workin with it now
- Send Me Some Lovin
Send Me Some Lovin`
Send me some lovin'
Send it, I pray
How can I keep loving you
Only when you're so far, far away?
Ooh, send me your kisses
Why don't you send it, my dear
- She Put the Hurt on Me
Oh she put the hurt on me, y'all
Yes she did
She put the hurt on me, y'all
Oh she put the hurt on me
My baby socked it to me
Put the hurt on me, y'all
Oh she put the hurt on me
- Shout Bamalama
Shout bamalama
He's down in alabama
Shoutin' bamalama
Way down in louisana
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down
- Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
- Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Sittin' in the morning sun
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time
- Something Is Worrying Me
Something is worrying me, yeah
And that something is driving me in misery, oh
I can tell the way things change
That you've been loving some other man
That's why something keeps on worrying me, yes it is
That's why something is worrying me, oh
I can tell by the look in your eye
- Sweet Lorene
Hey Lorene girl, huh
Bring yourself home to me
You've got my mind
Messed up and shattered
I'm at the point
Where don't nothin' matter
You got me beggin', pleadin' and needin'
Oh sweet Lorene, girl, all right
- Tell the Truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth, girl, now
You know you got me goin' everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes you have girl
Don't you, don't you, don't you know you gotta tell the truth, yeah huh
Baby, baby, baby, babe why don't you tell me truth, now, uh
You know you got me goin' everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes you have, yeah watch it
- That's a Good Idea
You make me wanna just dance and sing
You make me feel like I'm a natural man
You tell me when you want to come and go
Make me say I want a little bit more, listen
What you want
How you want
When you want
- That's How Strong My Love Is
If I was the sun way up there
I'd go with love most everywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I'm still around
That's how strong my love is, whoa
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is, baby, baby
That's how strong my love is
- That's What My Heart Needs
I've been loving you too long to stop now
You were tired and you want to be free
My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me
Ooh, I've been loving you too long
I don't want to stop now, oh
With you my life has been so wonderful
- The Glory of Love
Give a little, take a little
And let your little heart just cry a little
That's the story of
That's the glory of love
Y'all, I know what I'm talking about
Mm
- The Happy Song
When I sing this song y'all
Singin' it for my baby
She's the only one can bring me joy
That's why I sing these happy songs
They go, dum, dum, deedle dee, dum dum
Dum, dum, deedle dee, dum dum
Dum, dum, deedle dee, dum dum
- The Huckle-Buck
There's a dance you should know
When the lights are down low
Grab your baby then go
Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
If you don't know how to do it, boy you're out of luck
Push your partner out then you hunch your back
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac
- The Match Game
Come on honey let's play the match game
You strike me and I'll be the flame
Girl you start the biggest fire
When you touch me I'm like a likewire
You burn a tattoo on my arms
I can't feel the fire
But your kisses is warm
- These Arms Of Mine
These arms of mine
They are lonely
Lonely and feeling blue
These arms of mine
- Ton of Joy
My baby nothing but a ton of joy
Children, yes she is one ton of joy
My baby nothing but a ton of joy
Love, love, love, love, love, lovely
Lovely ton of joy
The way she love me
Makes me know I'm a man
- Tramp
Tramp!
What you call me?
Tramp.
You didn't!
You don't wear continental clothes, or Stetson hats.
Well I tell you one dog-gone thing. It makes me feel good to know one thing. I know I'm a lover.
Matter of opinion.
That's all right, Mama was. Papa too. And I'm the only child. Lovin' is all I know to do.
- Trick Or Treat
You say you love me, babe
But you don't know
When I tell you I wanna take you out
And you just don't want to go, girl
So if you love me (Don't say you like me)
And if you like me (Don't say you love me)
I can't wait to Halloween to find out
- Try A Little Tenderness
Oh she may be weary
And young girls they do get wearied
Wearing that same old shaggy dress
Yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah
Oh my my, huh
- White Christmas
I, I'm dreaming, dreaming of a white, white Christmas, y'all
Just like the one that I used to know, oh
Honey, it's where the treetops, treetops glisten
Little bitty, little bitty, little bitty children
They trying to listen
To hear, before the sleigh bells that are ringing in the snow
I want to tell you one more time what I'm thinking about
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, yeah
- Wholesale Love
Wholesale love, girl
Wholesale love, girl
Wholesale love, girl
The way you used to call my name
You make it sound sweet and plain
The way you kiss and hold me so
Make me love you more and more, yeah
- You Don't Miss Your Water
In the beginning
You really loved me, oh
I was too blind
I could not see, now
But now that you left me
Ooh, how I cried out, I keep crying
You don't miss your water
- Your Feeling Is Mine
I hurt your feelings
And you hurt mine, girl
But I still love you
More than anything in this world
You got me crying, girl
I'm going blind, girl
I'm going up, down, down, up
Losing weight by the pound