Something's on my mind. Mother dear the boy keeps me crying. Don't know which way to turn. Keeps me so confused. Keeps me so confused. . Mother dear. 'Cause for him I yearn.
Lovin' you, baby. Is better than ever. The stronger the thought. Of you that never ceases. . The longer our loving. The more it increases. But 'you' is where my everlasting peace is.
We starve, look at one another short of breath. Walking proudly in our winter coats. Wearing smells from laboratories. Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy.
I want a guy to love me. One who will love me completely. Not like the last. Who's in the past. Who broke my heart and made me cry. . I wish that he would come and kiss me.
Oh, Western Union man. Send a telegram to my baby. Send a telegram, send a telegram, oh. Send a telegram to my baby. This is all I want you to say.. .
Oooohooo, every town I go in, huh, listen, there's a street. The name of the street, y'all, huh, Funky, Funky Broadway.. . Down on Broadway, there's a night club, huh.
Ah. If there's a cure for this. I don't want it. Don't want it. If there's a remedy. I'll run from it. From it. . Think about it all the time. Never let it out of my mind.
Well, I'll be doggone if I wouldn't work all day. And I'll be doggone if I wouldn't bring you my pay. But if I ever caught you running around. Blowing my money all over this town.
It makes no difference now. What kind of life fate hands me. I'll get along without you. Now that's plain to see. . I don't care what happens next. But I'll get by somehow.
See the little baby, Amen. Wrapped in a manger Amen. On Christmas morning,. Amen, Amen, Amen. . See him in the temple, Amen. Talking with the elders, Amen.
Maybe you'll wanna give me kisses sweet. But only for one night with no repeat.. And maybe you'll go away and never call,. And a taste of honey is worse that none at all..
(Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson). . Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. Ain't nothing like the real thing. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
I was alone, I took a ride,. I didn't know what I would find there. Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there. . Ooh, then I suddenly see you,.
So sweet you are. Like a shining star. You brighten my whole world. It brings me joy being your girl. . 'Cause everything's good about you. I couldn't live without you.
I'll need tonight to sit and think about this. Think what to do.. I'll take some strength to banish hollow sorrow.. Hollow sorrow's nothing new.. Just enough strength to last until tomorrow.
There's something wrong with me, people don't respect me,. Don't seem to like me no, they want to hurt me so,. There's something wrong with me, I can't let no-one see,.
I was thinking of a compromise. When I saw the beauty in your eyes. It heightened something in me so I'll say so. You were always near to me,. And thoughts of you will stay with me.
I've never gotten high, never tried to get high.. (Well, there was that one time.. No, people don't really care.. They tell me "Good job. Good for you.".
Once I laughed when I heard you saying. That I'd be playing solitaire. Uneasy in my easy chair. It never entered my mind. . And once you told me I was mistaken.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Just like the ones I used to know. Where the treetops glisten,. And children listen. To hear sleigh bells in the snow.