David Ruffin

Winds may blow over the icy sea
I'll take with me the warmth of thee
A taste of honey
A taste much sweeter than wine
I will return
I'll return
I'll come back for the honey and you

I'll leave behind my heart to wear
And may it ever remind you of
A taste of honey
A taste much sweeter than wine
I will return
I'll return
I'll come back for the honey and you

He never came back to his love so fair
And so she died dreaming of his kiss
His kiss of honey
A taste more bitter than wine
I will return
I will return
I'll come back for the honey and you
I'll come back for the honey and you!

All my hopes and dreams are forgotten now
All the apples in my barrel are rotten now
Standing on a mountain of misery
Loneliness is my only company
Oh, when are gonna come cindy
When will you be homeward bound
I'm in need of you and the love of you Cindy

I thought we were birds of a feather now
And we would always be together now
And where ever i would go you would follow me
A life of love with you was my destiny
Oh, when you gonna come come home cindy
When will you be homeward bound
there's an empty space
since you left this place


Cindy, my cindy
Come back cindy comeback
Cindy you have made a great mistake
But mistakes were sometimes made to save
Cindy love is made of give and take
Let a move be made for love's sake
Come on home Cant you see
I was made for you,
you were made for me!

People tell me I'm not the same now
I only half respond to my name now
But no one knows it better than me myself baby
Without your love I can never be myself
Ohhhhhh, when you gonna come home cindyCindy, my cindy

Once a wiseman said to me. This advice I give you free. A woman is made of fantasy so fan the flame. Always keep her hopes up high. Make her laugh don't make her cry and don't let her love die, so fan the flame.

A woman needs love and affection and little things mean alot (little things mean alot). And when she has an emotional baby. That's why you got to fan the flame to keep it burning hot.

Make her feel she ten feet tall, even though she short and small. so fan the falme. Her love is your reality let her go and you will see just how lonely life can be. So fan the falme.

A woman needs love and praising so give her them each day. Tell her you love her, its added protection. That's why you got to fan the falme to keep it burning hot.

Once a wiseman said to me. This advice I give you free. A woman is made of fantsy so fan the flame.

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me.
Someone I needed so long.

For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me.
Some how I know I'll be strong.

For once I can touch
What my heart used to dream of.
Long before I knew.
Aww, someone like you
Would make my dream come true.

For once in my life
I won't let sorrow hurt me.
Not like it's hurt me before.

For once I have something
I know won't desert me.
I'm not alone anymore.

For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it.
As long as I know
I have love I can make it.

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me.

For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it.
Long as I know
I have love I can make it.

For once I can feel
That somebody heard my plea.
For once in my life
I have someone who needs me.

(For once in my life)
(In my life)

Alright...hmm...alright...hooo

A rose is a beautiful flower.
To me the prettiest in the world.
And that goes double, double for a girl cause she's like no other flower in the world.
Remember, they're not perfect you see. So you got to take the bitter with the sweet.
And remember fellas: he who picks a rose must accept the thorns it bears. (yeah, yeah, yeah).
Talking about the goood and the bad in a woman.

A rose remains so pretty if you treat it with loving care (yeah yeah yeah)
And that goes double double for a girl
Treat her right and her love she'll truly share
But you've got to take the bitter with the sweet and return the lowly moments of despair.
And remember fellas he who picks a rose must accept the thorns that's there...yeah yeah yeah yeah

Talking 'bout the good and bad in a woman...

I tell ya, tell ya...that a rose remains the same if you handle it with care (yeah yeah yeah)
And now that goes double double for a girl;
Treat her right and she'll stand besides you anywhere
I know sometimes they get carried away, say some things they don't mean to say.
Just remember fellas: he who picks a rose must accept the thorns it bears...yeah

Talking bout the good and bad in a woman
(He who picks a rose must accept the thorns it bears)

Gotta remember when you choose your lover
(He who picks a rose must accept the thorns it bears)

The day you take one, you've got to take the other
(He who picks a rose must accept the thorns it bears)

I'm sending you red roses and violets.
(Violets of...) blue, girl.
The roses mean I love you.
The violets mean I'll always be true, girl. (Be true, girl)

Because I really love you.
And I truly, truly believe, yes I do.
Inspite of the way you acting, that you love me too.
Come on and say it dear.

Hmm, you try, to keep me away, girl.
Just to prove you don't really care.
But I believe you feel the same way I do.
And this torture just ain't fair. (No, this torture just ain't fair)

I'm sending you a bracelet.
In grave in gold that, "I love you" girl. (Love you, girl)
And I'll send my heart if I could, to prove I'll always be true, girl.

Because I really love you.
And I truly, truly believe, yes I do.
Inspite of the way you acting, that you love me too.
Come on and say it dear.
Oh, say it dear.

[Instrumental]

I hope you'd understand.
That the red roses and violets of blue, girl, (Hope you'd understand)
And that bright shining bracelet, help me, baby, say 'I love you'. (I love you. Love you)

And I really love you.
And I truly, truly believe, yes I do. (Yes, I do)
I believe that you love me.
So baby, come on and say it.

A-Say it. (I truly believe, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do)
I truly, truly believe. (I truly believe, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do)
(I truly believe, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do)

Sunshine blue skies please go away
The girl has found another and gone away.
With her went my future my life is filled with gloom
So day after day I stay locked up in my room.
I know to you, it might sound strange but I wish it would rain,

Cause so badly I wanna go outside
But everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
Listen, I gotta cry 'cause crying eases the pain,
Oh yeah, people this hurt I feel inside.
Words could never explain, I just wish it would rain.

Day in day out my tear-stained face
Pressed against the window pain,
My eyes search the skies desperately for rain,
Cause rain-drops will hide my tear -drops
And no one will ever know that I'm crying,
Crying when I go outside.
To the world outside my tears,
I refuse to explain, oh I wish it would rain,
let it rain, let it rain.
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes.
Oh, let it rain.
I'm a man and I got my pride
Til' it rains I'm gonna stay inside and let it rain.

As I stand alone on this moonful night.
For the first time I feel alone in life.
As I watched the moon kissed the star-lit skies.
I feel the need for your lips to press close to mine.

For so long, I've been afraid to love.
But right now I feel a need for love.
And you have the love, love I need. (Right now)
Aw, to comfort me.

Ooo, and I'm ready for love. (Ready for love)
I'm truly ready for love. (Ready for love)
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love. (Sweet, sweet love)
Ooo, and I'm ready for love.

I tried to shield my heart from love tender touch.
'Cause to lose a love, aw, would hurt so much.
But as I softly walked in my solitude.
I search my heart and I found there's a need for you.

And for the first time I feel alone.
'Cause I need a love, aw, to call my own.
And only you, have the love, the love I need.
Aw, to comfort me.

Ooo, and I'm ready for love. (Ready for love)
I'm truly ready for love. (Ready for love)
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love. (Sweet, sweet love)
Aw, and I'm ready for love.

I ready (right now.)

And for the first time I feel alive.
Have the tender love, deep down inside.
And just as soon as I see a smiling face,
I rush into your warm embrace.

Right now, I'm ready for love.
I'm truly ready for love.
Your wonderful sweet, sweet love.
Right now, I'm ready for love.
Comfort me, baby. (?)
Aw, I'm ready for love.
Wonderful sweet, sweet love.
Aw, I'm ready for love

NO MAN CAN LOVE HER LIKE I DO!

Ah, he can buy her diamonds, he can buy her pearls,
He can send her on a trip, all around this world.
He can buy her anything her little heart desires
But he don't know how to set that little girl's soul on fire

Even though he drives a big fine Cadillac car,
And he keeps her dressed up (ah!) like a movie star.
Anything she asks of him, his money can buy
But when it comes down to love, she gives me a try!

No man can love her like I doa€|

Tell the truth, no man can love her like I do,
No man can love her like I doa€|
Even though I don't have one thin dime,
Everytime I call her, you know she's right on time.

No man can love her like I doa€|

Ain't no man in this land who can love her like I do!
No man can love her like I do!

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day
Don't look up and don't look down
Ya don't dast make the white boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until you're dead
Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along
You and me, we sweat and strain
Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in ja-ail
I gets weary and so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

please return your love to me girl/ forgive me for the wrong i've done/ and oh baby

i cry myself to sleep at night
for fear of another holdin you tight and oh baby/ oh baby
i miss you more with each passin day/
every night on my knees i pray oh

please return your love to me girl/
forgive me for the wrong i've done/
without your love im just no good/
i am just a lonely one

im sorry for the wrong i've done
now i know how it feels to lose that special someone
and oh baby/ i need you more than words can say/ without your love i can pass another day

chorus

i want you to know as long as there's/ a heaven above/
you'll be my one and only love/
and oh baby/ i cant control this growin' need
girl come and see about me

chorus

Someday, somewhere
We'll find a new way of living
Will find a way of forgiving
Somewhere...

There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere

There's a time for us
Someday there'll time for us
Time together and time to spare
Time to learn, time to care
Someday, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living
Will find there's a way of forgiving
Somewhere...

There's a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand and we're half way there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow...
Someday, somewhere...

That's life, that's what people say.
You're riding' high in April,
Shot down in May.
But I know I'm gonna change that tune,
When I'm back on top in June.

That's life, funny as it seems.
Some people get their kicks,
Steppin' on dreams;
But I don't let it get me down,
'Cause this ol' word keeps getting around.

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race.
That's life, I can't deny it,
I thought of quitting,
But my heart just won't buy it.

If I didn't think it was worth a try,
I'd roll myself up in a big ball and die.

To dream
the impossible dream
To fight
the unbeatable foe

불가능한 꿈을
갖는 것,
패배시킬수 없는 적과
싸우기 위해서...

To bear with
unbearable sorrow
to run where the brave
dare not go

참을수 없는 슬픔을
견뎌내는 것,
용사들도 감히 갈 수 없는 곳으로
전진하기 위해서...


To right
the unrightable wrong
To love pure
and chaste from afar

잘못을 바로잡는 것,
저멀리 순수와
순결함을 지켜내기 위해서...

To try when your arms
are too weary
To reach
the unreachable star

당신 두 팔이
움직일 수 없을 만큼 지쳤을 때도 포기하지 않는 것,
하늘의 별을 따려는 것 같이
무모해 보이고 불가능해 보이는
목표를 이루기 위해서 ...

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

제 바램은 비록 가망이 없고,
멀어보인다 하더라도..
도저히 이룰 수 없을 것 같은
목표를 따르는 거예요.

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to
march into hell
For that heavenly cause


의심하거나 머뭇거림없이
정의를 위해 싸우는 것,
저 신성한 명분을 위해서라면,
지옥과 같은 곳일지라도
기꺼이 나아가는 것,

And I know
If I'll only be true
To this glorious quest

전 알고 있습니다.
이렇게 영광스러운 요구에
제가 진실할 수만 있다면,

That my heart
Will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

제가 죽음에 가까이 이르렀을 때에
제 마음은 평화롭고도
침착해 질 수 있을 것을..

And the world will be
better for this
That one man, scorned
and covered with scars,

세상은 이보다
나아질겁니다.
경멸과 상처로 범벅된 ,
저 한 인간이..


Still strove with his last
ounce of courage
To reach, to reach the unreachable the unreachable star~

마지막 남은 힘을 다하고도
여전히 투쟁하여 ,
하늘의 별을 따려는 것처럼
불가능한 일을
이루어 내기 위해서..

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain so yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a young and a callow fellow

Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow-follow, oh-oh

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow

Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow-follow, oh-oh

[brief instrumental interlude]

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt, the heart is hollow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made you mellow

Deep in December our hearts should remember
Then follow-follow, oh-oh Follow, oh-oh

Who can I turn to
When nobody needs me
My heart wants to know
So I must go
Where destiny leads me
With no star to guide me
And no one beside me

I'll go on my way
And after the day
The darkness will hide me
But maybe tomorrow
I'll find what I'm after
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
'Cause with you I could learn to
With you on a new day

But who can I turn to
If you turn away
With you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away

With these hands, I will cling to you
I'm yours forever and a day.
With these hands, I will bring to you
A tender love as warm as May.

With this heart I will sing to you
Long after stars have lost their glow
And with these hands, I'll provide for you
Should there be a stormy sea

I'll turn the tide for you
And I'll never
No, I'll never let you go

Dennis: The childhood part of my life
Wasn't very pretty, see...
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: I was born and raised
In the slums of the city,
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: It was a one-room shack
That slept ten other children beside me,
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: We hardly enough food
Or room to sleep
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: It was hard times...
I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind

Dennis: Oooh listen...
My father didn't know the meaning of work
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: He disrespected mama,
And treated us like dirt
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: I left home seeking a job
That I never could find
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: The pressure came down hard
And I took to cloud nine
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom

Paul: I'm doing fine
Up here, on cloud nine
Dennis: A one more time
Paul: I'm doing fine
Up here, on cloud nine
Dennis: Folks down there tell me...

Dennis: They say give yourself a chance
And don't let life pass you by,
Temptations: Woo, woo, woo
Dennis: But the world, say, is a rat race
Where only the strongest survive,
It's a dog-eat-dog world
And that ain't no lie,
Temptations: Ain't no lie
Dennis: It ain't even safe no more
To walk the streets at night

Temptations: I'm doing fine
On cloud nine

Dennis: Let me tell 'bout cloud nine...
Temptations: Cloud nine
Paul: You can be what you want to be
Temptations: Cloud Nine
Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility
Temptations: Cloud Nine
Eddie: And every man, every man is free
Temptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality
Paul: Reality

Temptations: I wanna' say up
Eddie and Otis: Higher
Temptations: Up and up,
Up and away

Temptations: Cloud nine

Eddie: I wanna' say I love the life I live,
And I'm going to live, the life I love
Or be on cloud nine...
I, I, I, I, I, I'm ridin' high
Temptations: On cloud nine

Dennis: You're as free as a burning flame
Temptations: Cloud nine
Melvin: There's no difference between day and night
Temptations: Cloud nine
Eddie: It's a world of love and harmony
Temptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality
Paul: Reality

Temptations: I wanna' say up
Eddie and Otis: Higher
Temptations: Up and up, up and away

Temptations: Cloud Nine
Paul: You can be what you want to be, ah
Temptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility
Temptations: Cloud nine
Eddie: Every man in his mind is free
Temptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality
Temptations: Cloud nine
Paul: You can be what you want to be

Temptations: all of them weave in and out with ad libs
and
es of "Boom-booms"

fade to end

hey girl (tell me) whats ur name
i like your style (i like your style)
can i stick around enrapture you a little while

and hey girl
dont turn away (dont turn away)
please listen to what i have to say
dont tell me some other day
please wont u stay

all my life i've prayed for someone like u oh yeah
oh the look in your eyes
tell me you feel the same way too oh yeah

hey girl (hey girl hey girl hey girl)
cant i be your friend
can i see u again
no dont walk away (dont walk away)
if in your heart u really want to stay
girl what u feel is for real and believe me its ok

I bet you're wondering how I knew.
Ah, what you're plans to make me blue.
With some other guy you knew before.
Between the two of us, you know I love you more.

Dennis:
It took me by surprise I must say, when I found out yesterday.
Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine. (Not much longer would you be mine)
Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it through the grapevine)
And I'm just about to lose my mind.

I know a man ain't supposed to cry.
But these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see.
'Cause you mean that much to me.

Eddie:
You could have told me yourself,
Oh, that you love someone else.
Instead I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine. (Not much longer would you be mine)
Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, and I am, and I am just about lose my mind.


Ah, boom, boom, boom,...(ect.)

Dennis:
People say believe half of what you see.
Oh, and none of what you hear.
Whoa, I jus' can't help being confused.
If it's true please tell me dear.

Eddie:
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you left me for
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine. (Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
Oh, heard it through the grapevine.(Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
Woo, I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
I heard it through the grapevine. (Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)
Oh, heard it throught the grapevine.(Heard it, heard it, I heard it, yes I heard it)

You played hookie from school and you can't go out to play, yeah!
Mama said, "For the rest of the week, in your room you gotta stay, yeah!"
Now you feel like the whole world's pickin'[ on you,
But deep down inside, you know it ain't true.

You're in punishment
'cause your mother wants to raise you in the right way, yeah!
But you don't care,
'cause you already made up your mind you wanna run away yeah!
You're on your way, Runaway Child, Running Wild,
Runaway Child Running Wild,
Better go back home where you belong.

Roaming through the city going nowhere fast, you're on your own at last,
Hey! It's gettin' late. Where will you sleep?
You're gettin' kinda hungry, you forgot to bring something to eat.
Oh, lost with no money you start to cry,
But remember, you left home wantin' to be grown, so dry your weeping eyes.

Sirens screamin' down neon lighted streets.
You want your mama.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Are they looking for you?
You're frightened and confused.
I want my mama.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run,
but she's much too far away, she can't hear a word you say.

You've heard some frightening news on the radio,
about little boys running away from home,
And the parents don't see them no more.
You wanna stop to hitch a ride, I know,
But your mama told you never trust a stranger
And you don't know which way to go.

Streets are dark and deserted, not a sound nor sign of life.
How you long to hear your mother's voice, 'cause you're lost and alone.
But remember, you made the choice, Runaway Child Running Wild.
You better go back home where you belong,
Oh, Runaway Child Running Wild,
You better go back home where you belong.
You're lost in this great big city,
Go back home where you belong.
Not a familiar face, ain't it a pity,
Go back home where you belong.
Runaway Child, Running Wild,
You better go home where you belong.

Ow, people gather round me, it's whom it may concern.
I'm not trying to run your life.

But you're never too old to learn, huh.

Stop worrying about your neighbors and the fancy things they got.
'Cause if you do you'll find it sure, you're gonna wind up on the spot.

Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Jone: Get you down, oh down.

One more time.

Don't let the Joneses
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Woo, woo oh oh oh

Huh, you may not believe it but nine times out of ten it's true.
The people you're trying to keep up with

Are trying to keep up too.

Remember that old saying, "All that glitters ain't gold".
Take heed, don't ignore it until your money time will hold. Oh

Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Hear me now, now.

Don't let the Joneses
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Who-har-har-who-who, Who-har-har-do-do-do-do

You're lying to yourself but you don't even know it.
You're so busy following the Joneses, you ain't got time to show it.
Keeping up with the Joneses, it'll only makes your life a mess.
Bill collectors, tranquilizers and getting deeper in debt.

You better leave
The Joneses alone.
Tell 'em one more time.
You better leave, oh leave
The Joneses alone.

Otis: Joneses got a new car today.
Here's what you should say
Harray for the Joneses!
Instead you worry till your whole head turns gray.
Worry 'bout the Joneses.

Melvin Remember it's their car and they're the ones who had to pay.
So leave Jo-Jo-Joneses alone.
Listen, your car might be old, but remember it never fails to get you where you want to go.

Oh, don't let the Jones
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Hear me now, now.

Don't let the Joneses
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Do do do do do do

You're doing fine.
Don't let the Joneses get you down.
Now listen, if you see something you want and you know you can't afford it,
The very next thing for you to do is start saving towards it.
The Joneses have been a downfall for many persons, you see.
So people, take my advice and let the Joneses be. Ow.

Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

Hear me now, now.

Don't let the Joneses
Don't let the Jones
Don't let the Joneses
Get you down, oh down.

You're doing fine.
Don't let the Joneses get you down. (Who)
You're doing fine.
Don't let the Joneses get you down. (Who)

Do do do do do do
Boom-boom-boom-boom

Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah yeah

Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh

[Melvin]
Yes, my skin is black,
But that's no reason to hold me back.

[Eddie]
Why don't you think about it?
Think about it, think about it, think about it,
Think about it...
I have wants and desires,
Just like you.
So move on the side,
'Cause I'm comin' through, oh!

[Temptations]
No matter how hard you try,
You can't stop me now.

[Eddie and Temptations]
No matter how hard you try,
You can't stop me now, oooh...

[Melvin]
Yes, your skin is white...
Does that make you right?

[Eddie]
Why don't you think about it?
Think about it, think about it, think about it,
Think about it...
This is a message,
A message to y'all:
Together we stand,
Divided we fall, oh!

[Dennis]
Black is a color,
Just like white.
Tell me: how can a color determine whether
You're wrong or right?
We all have our faults...
Yes we do.

[Eddie]
So look in your mirror.

[Temptations]
Look in the mirror.

[Eddie]
What do you see?

[Temptations]
What do you see?

[Eddie]
Two eyes.

[Temptations]
Two eyes.

[Eddie]
A nose, and a mouth, just like me, oh!

[Eddie]
Your eyes are open,
But you refuse to see,
The laws of society
Were made for both you, and me.
Because of my color,
I struggle to be free.
Sticks and stones,
May break my bones,
But in the end,
You're gonna' see my friend, oh!

[Temptations]
No matter how hard you try,
You can't stop me now.

[Temptations]
Say it loud!
No matter how hard you try,
You can't stop me now.

Calling out to everyone across the nation
Said the world today is in a desperate situation
Stealing, burning, fighting, killing
Nothing but corruption
It look like mankind in on the eve of destruction
Oh yes it is now people let me tell you now
We've got to learn to live with each other
No matter what the race, creed or color
I just got to tell you what the world needs now
Is love and understanding get aboard the friendship train
Everybody shake a hand make a friend now
Listen to us now, we're doing our thing
On the friendship train

We've got to start today to make tomorrow
A brighter day for our children
Oh calm down people now we can do it
I can prove it but only if our hearts are willing
So get aboard the friendship train
Everybody, shake a hand, shake a hand
Yes I'm talking about the friendship train
Get on board shake a hand, make a friend
It don't matter what you look like
People or who you are
If your heart is in the right place
In the right place
Talking about the right place
You're welcome aboard now

This train stands for justice,
This train stands for freedom
This train stands for harmony and peace
This train stands for love
Come on get on the friendship train
People listen to me now
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
Oh yes it is I say
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
People can't wait cause another day might be too late
Come on get on the friendship train

Ain't no words to this song.
You just dance an' hum along.
Ain't no words to this song.
You just dance and hum along.

Oh no-there's got to be a better way
Say it again
There's got to be a better way-yeah
What is it good for?
War has caused unrest
Among the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die?
War-huh
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War-huh
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Yeah
War-I despise
'Cos it means destruction
Of innocent lives
War means tears
To thousands of mothers how
When their sons go off to fight
And lose their lives
I said
War-huh
It's an enemy of all mankind
No point of war
'Cos you're a man
War has caused unrest
Among the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die?
Give it to me one time-now
Give it to me one time-now
War has shattered
Many young men's dreams
We've got no place for it today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord, there's just got to be a better way
It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War
War
War-Good God, now
Now
Give it to me one time now
Now now
What is it good for?

Kumba ya-ya
Oh my soul, of my whole ya-ya-ya
Price so right, my whole ya-ya-ya

Born into this world a baby,
You're mind is clear as the air
Time passes...
You learn to walk and talk
Time passes...
You learn right from wrong
Time passes...
You leave home seeking a life
Of your own...

I'm tellin' you the natural facts
For way this world
Listen to me people...
You make your own heavens and hell
Right here on earth

I'm tellin' you the natural facts
For way this world
You make you own heaven and hell
Right here on earth
On earth, on earth, on earth...

Time passess...
And your values change
Life becomes a strange, confusing game
Suddenly you want the finer things in life
But you find it takes a lots of hard work
Now you're standing
At the crossroads of life
To satisfy your personal wants...
Will you do wrong
Or will you do right?
Well one thing you must admit,
And you know it's true
The final decision,
Is still up to you

I'm tellin' you the natural facts
For way this world
Listen to me people...
You make your own heaven and hell
Right here on earth
Let me tell you one more time...
I'm tellin' you the natural facts
For way this world
You make your own heaven and hell
Right here on earth

Listen people...
Life is a giant, invisible scale with two sides;
Good and bad
You and your beliefs
Are the weights
The things you do each day
Determine the balance
Your conscience is a flawless
Judge and jury;
The only question is what you want

I'm tellin' you

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May

*I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way
My girl, talking about my girl

I've got so much honey
the bees envy me

I've got a sweeter song
than any bird you got in any tree

* Repeat

ho~
ho~

I don't need no money, fortune nor fame
I've got all the riches, baby
One man can claim, oh yes I do

* Repeat

I've sunshine
on a cloudy day with my girl

I've even got
the month of May with my girl
So I can think about

Ooo
Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by.
I say to myself, you're such a lucky guy.
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true.
Out of all the fellas in the world, she belongs to me.

But it was just my 'magination, running away with me.
It was just my 'magination, running away with me.

(Soon) Soon we'll be married and raise a family. (Oh, yeah)
A cozy little home out in the country with two children, maybe three.
I tell you, I can visualize it all. This couldn't be a dream, for too real it all seems.

But it was just my 'magination, once again.
Running away with me.
Tell you it was just my 'magination,
Running away with me.

Paul: Every night on my knees I pray.

Dear Lord, hear my plea.
Don't ever let another take her love from me.
Or I will surely die. Hmm

(Her love is) heavenly.
When her arms enfold me.
I hear a tender rhapsody.
But in reality, she doesn't even know me.

Just my 'magination, once again.
Running away with me.
Oh, tell you it was just my 'magination,
Running away with me.

I never met her but I can't forget her.
Just my 'magination,
Ooo yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Running away with me.

Ooo, just my 'magination running away with me.
She's in my mind and hard to find.
Just my 'magination...

I've got sunshine
On a cloudy day
And when it's cold outside,
I've got the month of May

Well, I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin''bout my girl (my girl)

I've got so much honey
The bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees

Well, I guess you'll say what can make me feel this way?
My girl(my girl, my girl)
Talkin''bout my girl (my girl)


Oooo~~h, Hoooo~~

I don't need no money,
Fortune, or fame
I've got all the riches, baby,
One man can claim

Well~ I guess you'll say
What can make me feel this way
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin''bout my girl (my girl)

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
With my girl
I've even got the month of May
with my girl

You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance,
You didn't even want me around.
And now I'm back to let you know I can really shake 'em down.

Do you love me?
(I can really move, )
Do you love me?
(I'm in the groove.)
Now do you love me?
(Do you love me now that I can dance?)
Watch me, now.
(Work, work)
Ah,work it out baby.
(work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy.
(work, work)
With just a little bit of soul, now
(work!)
Now I can mash potatoes, I can do the twist,
Tell me, baby, do you like it like this?
Tell me,
(Tell me,)
Tell me.

Do you love me?
(I can really move, )
Do you love me?
(I'm in the groove.)
Now do you love me?
(Do you love me now that I can dance?)
Watch me, now.
(Work, work)
Ah,work it out baby.
(work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy.
(work, work)
With just a little bit of soul, now
(work!)
Now I can mash potatoes, I can do the twist,
Tell me, baby, do you like it like this?
Tell me,
(Tell me,)

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Written By GORDY, BERRY JR
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Power, boom boom
Power, boom boom boom
Power, boom boom
Power, boom boom boom
Power, boom boom boom
Power boom boom
Power boom boom boom
Power boom boom
Power boom boom boom
Power

My hands are clean
My heart is so pure
The world is sick
I am the cure
I don't want no money, gold or gifts
Give me your minds and souls to lift
Put you faith and trust in me
I'll move your mountains
Part your sea
All you poor all you needy
All you're doin' is givin' to the greedy
All you poor all you needy
All you're doin' is givin' to the greedy
Get off your knees, believe in me
I'll set you free

All I need's a little more power
Power, power, power, power, power,
Power, power, power, power.

I have for you a master plan
To lead you to the Promised Land
I give you peace, I give you pride
I save you from mass suicide
I'm your hope, your one salvation
I'm your one man United Nation
All you poor all you needy
All you're doin' is givin' to the greedy
All you poor all you needy
All you're doin' is givin' to the greedy
Tell me your sins, I'll be your friend
I won't do you in.

All I need's a little more power
Power, power, power, power, power,
Power, power, power, power.

I'll make you all the master race
Just put me in my godly place
We'll march the world down in defeat
Take the fields of oil and the lands of wheat
Power, I need it, more, I got to have it
One thing I must make perfectly clear
Nuclear weapons, all men fear
Their hands sweat, their fingers itch
I'm the only one you can trust with the switch
Give it to me, more power

More, give it to me
More, give it to me

Ooo
Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by.
I say to myself, you're such a lucky guy.
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true.
Out of all the fellas in the world, she belongs to me.

But it was just my 'magination, running away with me.
It was just my 'magination, running away with me.

(Soon) Soon we'll be married and raise a family. (Oh, yeah)
A cozy little home out in the country with two children, maybe three.
I tell you, I can visualize it all. This couldn't be a dream, for too real it all seems.

But it was just my 'magination, once again.
Running away with me.
Tell you it was just my 'magination,
Running away with me.

Paul: Every night on my knees I pray.

Dear Lord, hear my plea.
Don't ever let another take her love from me.
Or I will surely die. Hmm

(Her love is) heavenly.
When her arms enfold me.
I hear a tender rhapsody.
But in reality, she doesn't even know me.

Just my 'magination, once again.
Running away with me.
Oh, tell you it was just my 'magination,
Running away with me.

I never met her but I can't forget her.
Just my 'magination,
Ooo yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Running away with me.

Ooo, just my 'magination running away with me.
She's in my mind and hard to find.
Just my 'magination...

Night and day, you are the one
Only you, beneath the moon, under the sun.
Whether near to me, or far,
It's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you night and day.
Night and day day and night why's it so,
That this longin' for you
follows wherever I go?
In the roaring traffic's boom,
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you night and day.
Night and day, under the hide of me
There's an oh such a hungry yearning
burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through,
Till you let me spend my life makin love to you
Day and night, Night and day

Only you, beneath the moon, under the sun.
Whether near to me, or far,
It's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you night and day.
Night and day, under the hide of me
There's an oh such a hungry yearning
burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through,
Till you let me spend my life makin love to you
Day and night, Night and day

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
Writers Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 11

Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger You may see a stranger across a crowded room And somehow you know, you know even then That somewhere you'll see her again and again Some enchanted evening, someone may be laughing You may hear her laughing across a crowded room And night after night, as strange as it seems The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams Who can explain it, who can tell you why Fools give you reasons, wise men never try Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love When you feel her call you across a crowded room Then fly to her side and make her your own Or all through your life you may dream all alone Once you have found her, never let her go Once you have found her, never let her go

TIME AFTER TIME
WRITERS SAMMY CAHN, JULE STYNE


What good are words I say to you?
They can't convey to you what's in my heart
If you could hear instead
The things I've left unsaid

Time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

So lucky to be
The one you run to see
In the evening, when the day is through

I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new

And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new

And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
Lucky to be loving you

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
WRITERS STANLEY ADAMS, MARIA GREVER

What a diff'rence a day makes Twenty-four little hours Brought the sun and the flowers Where there used to be rain My yesterday was blue, dear Today I'm part of you, dear My lonely nights are through, dear Since you said you were mine What a diff'rence a day makes There's a rainbow before me Skies above can't be stormy Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss It's heaven when you Find romance on your menu What a diff'rence a day makes And the difference is you What a diff'rence a day makes There's a rainbow before me Skies above can't be stormy Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss It's heaven when you Find
romance on your menu What a diff'rence a day makes And the difference is you.

I've got sunshine
On a cloudy day
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May

I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, my girl, my girl
Talkin' 'bout my girl
My girl

I've got so much honey
The bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song
Than the birds in the trees

Well, I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, my girl, my girl
Talkin' 'bout my girl
My girl
Ooo-ooo, hoo-ooo

Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Ooh yeah

I don't need no money
Fortune or fame
I got all the riches, baby
One man can claim

Well, I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, my girl, my girl
Talkin' 'bout my girl
My girl

(Talkin' 'bout my girl)
I got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl
I've even got the month of May with my girl
(Talkin' 'bout my girl)
Talkin' bout, talkin' 'bout, talkin' 'bout my girl

Lady luck and a 4 leaf clover
wanting this hurt I feel all over
my life was one special occasion
till your leavin ended the situation

thats why I'm standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down

my car got repossesed this morning
hardest times I've seen in years
lord, you got to throw me a life preserver
cause I'm about to drown in my own tears

thats why I'm standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down
standin on shakey ground
ever since you put me down

I like the sound of funky music
Let me hear you sing it (I like the sound of funky music)
I like it
'Cause funky music sho nuff turns me on
I like the sound of funky music

Bless my soul, I can't control
The feeling I get when I hear the funky music
People, it does something to my brain
What it is I can't explain
Keep it right there
I don't want to lose it

Come on, come on, come on people now
Express yourself
Come on come on come on people now

I like the sound of funky music

My mind is singing
Everybody sing it sing it
I like it
'Cause funky music sho nuff turn me on

Music's got my soul on fire
I can feel the blood boiling in my veins
People I get a feeling deep down inside
Something like a rollercoaster ride
And I ain't ashamed to say that I feel alright

Funky now

Come on come on come on people and express yourself

Don't it make you feel alright
All you crazy people from the big city
Get on down to the nitty gritty

I like the sound of funky music
Everybody sing it with me (I like the sound of funky music)
'Cause funky music sho nuff turn me on

Boom boom boom
Like a river turns me
Boom boom boom

It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember, yes I will
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died
I never had a chance to see him
Never heard nothin' but bad things about him
Mama I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
Mama looked up and said son
Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died all he left us was alone
Mama is it true what they say
That papa never worked a day in his life?
And mama there's some bad talk goin' round town
That papa had three out-side children
And another wife, and that ain't right
Heard some talk about papa
Doin' some store-front prechin'
Talking about saving souls and all the time leaching
Dealin' in dirt and stealing in the name of the Lord
Mama looked up and said son
Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died all he left us was alone
I heard papa call himself a jack of all trades
Tell me is that what sent papa to an early grave?
Folks say papa would beg, borrow or steal
To pay his bills
Hey mama, folks say papa wasn't much on thinkin'
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinkin'
Mama I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died all he left us was alone

I watch you go to church on Sunday
But you forget all you learned on Monday
You see your smiling face can't hide
How you hate your brother inside

So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)

You built this great big beautiful city
But you ran away and left it to die. What a pity.
You could have made friends with your neighbor
But you are much too prejudiced to try; tell me why!

So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)

But the greatest wrong you know you've done
Is you passed this sickness onto your son
(your one and only boy)
He came into this world with a mind so clean
You took it, molded it, and made it mean!

So Ima telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
(The niggers are coming?!)

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
WRITER EWAN MacCOLL

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies, my love, To the dark and the empty skies. The first time ever I kissed your mouth And felt your heart beat close to mine Like the trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command, my love That was there at my command. The first time ever I lay with you I felt the earth move in my hand I thought our joy would fill the earth And last 'till the end of time, my love, And last