Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were: The Best Of Gladys Knight ＆ The Pips (2009) by Gladys Knight & The Pips (보컬) on maniadb.com

L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.
He's leaving,
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopes
and he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,
He said he would
Be leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)

I've had my share of life's ups and downs
But fate's been kind, the downs have been few
I guess you could say that I've been lucky
Well, I guess you could say that it's all because of you

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
Ooo, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
Ah, you're the best thing that ever happened to me

Oh, there have been times when times were hard
But always somehow I made it, I made it through
'Cause for every moment that I've spent hurting
There was a moment that I spent, ah, just loving you

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
Oh, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
Oh, you're the best thing that ever happened to me
I know, you're the best thing, oh, that ever happened to me

> [Come and walk with me]
[We can go where peaceful waters flow]

If loneliness surrounds you
And rain clouds always hang around you
And wakin up each day gets you down [Gets you down, gets you down]
And if the life that youre leading
Seems hollow, then maybe what youre needing
Is someone to turn your world around

[Take my hand] Come take my hand and walk with me [And walk awhile]
[Let me teach you how to smile] Let me teach you how to smile
[And Ill show you skies ] And Ill show you skies where gentle breezes blow
[Where breezes, gentle breezes blow] Yeah, hey

And Ill take you where peaceful waters flow [Peaceful waters flow]
If you let me Ill take you where peaceful waters flow
[Come and walk with me] Mmm, hmm
[We can go where peaceful waters flow]

Now if the sunshine hurts your eyes, boy
Then its time for you to realize, boy
Beyond this moment theres
A better day [Better day], mmm, hmm [Better day]

And if you let me
Ill guide you, mmm
Ill always be there, right there beside you
Reaching every step of your way

[Come take my hand and walk] Come take my hand and walk with me awhile
[And walk awhile] Yeah, hey, hey
[Let me teach you how to smile ] Let me teach you how to smile
And Ill show you skies [Ill show you skies ] where gentle breezes blow
[Where breezes, gentle breezes blow] Hey, yeah, hey, hey, hey

And Ill take you where peaceful waters flow [Peaceful waters flow]
Hey, hey, if you trust me, Ill take you there where peaceful waters flow
[Come and walk with me] Mmm...hmm...
[We can go where peaceful waters flow]

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Written By JIM WEATHERLY
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I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on
Got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone
Darkness all around me
Blackin out the sun
Old friends call me
But I just don't feel like talkin to anyone
Emptiness has found me
And it just won't let me go
I go right on livin'
But why I just don't know

Staring down reality
Don't do me no good
'Cause our misunderstanding
Is too well understood
Such a sad, sad season
When a good love dies.
Not a day goes by
When I don't realize
I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on
I got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone

I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on
I got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

Released 9/28/67, made the top 40 on 11/04/67 where it spent 14 weeks
Highest charted position was #2,

Ooh, I bet you're wond'rin' how I knew
Baby, baby, baby, 'bout your plans to make me blue [how]
With some other girl you knew before
Between the two of us girls ya know I love you more
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday.

Don't ya know that I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh, don't ya know that I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about, just about, just about, to lose my mind
Oh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am.

Baby won't you listen to me.

Boy take a good look at these tears of mine
Baby, baby these tears I can't hold inside
Losin' you would end my life you see
Because you mean that much to me
You could've told me yourself
That you love some body else.

Instead I heard it through the grapevine
Oh-h, not much longer you be mine
Oh, I heard it, yes, I heard it [heard it through the grapevine]
Oh, just about, just about, just about, to lose my mind
Oh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am

Go-o-o-o-o, go
Go, I gotta go
Go, go
You gotta let me go
Go, go, go
I gotta go whoa, whoa, whoa

Say believe half of what you see
Oh, ho, and none of what you hear
Baby, but I just can't help bein' confused
If it's true please baby, won't ya tell me dear
Oh-h-h, do you plan to let me go
For the other girl you loved before?
Don't ya know that I heard through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Don't ya know that I heard it, yes I heard it

Fade

Um I don't wanna do wrong
But you've been gone baby so long
And I hope I hope you'll understand
That it's really, it's really oh yes it is
It's out of my hands but (I don't wanna do wrong)
I don't wanna do wrong
(But it's been so long) it's been so long
(I just can't help myself) no
(No, no, no) um

since you been away
I been prayin' everyday
For God to make me strong till ya get back home
No, no, no, no I don't wanna do it
But my heart keeps tellin' me to
I know I tried with all of my might
Ah ha I think I've lost this fight
(I don't wanna do wrong) I don't wanna do wrong
(But it's been so long) it's been so long
(I just can't help myself)
I just can't (no, no, no)
Oh yeah, No I don't wanna
No I didn't wanna do it ooh, ooh, oh

But then again my dear
Time passed and I didn't hear
A comforting word from you to make me see
That you were still in love with me
So if by chance you've found ya' another girl
Love her and I wish ya' all the happiness in the world
'Cause I've found a new love and I can't break loose
I hope I can find happiness too
(I don't wanna do wrong)
I don't wanna do wrong
(But it's been so long) baby, baby, baby
(I just can't help myself) I just can't (no, no, no)
I just can't (I don't wanna do wrong)
Don't wanna do wrong no
(But it's been so long)
Baby, baby, baby (I just can't help myself)
I just can't (no, no, no)

It must have been cold there in my shadow
To never have sunlight on your face
You been content to let me shine
You always walked a step behind
I was the one with all the glory
While you were the one with all the strength
Only a face without a name
I never once heard you complain
Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I'd like to be
I can fly higher than an eagle
With you as the wind beneath my wings

It might have appeared to go unnoticed
But I've got it all right here right here in my heart
I want you to know I know the truth oh baby
Oh when I would be nothing without you
Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I'd like to be
I can fly higher higher than an eagle
With you as the wind beneath my wings
For you are the wind beneath my wings oh baby

> I need somebody
Whos consistent with me
Someone already there
When I need company
Cuz when Im feelin low
I dont wanna have to go out lookin
for a Part time love

And when the dreams and rainbows start to disappear
I dont want somebody up and runnin out of here
Cus when you stop and start
Baby its a just too hard upon my heart
For a part time kind of love

I cant take it now
Now listen here waitn see
I want somebodys whos committed now to me
Somewhere, somewhere
Someday, Someday youv...

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Written By BRADFORD, JANIE/WYLIE, RICHARD WAYNE
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