Al Jarreau

[fox69]

"Save Your Love For Me"

"Save Your Love For Me"



Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling, please save your love for me
Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool in love I stay
And pray you'll save your love for me.

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you

I can't do a thing,
I'm so in love with you.
So darling , help me please
Have mercy on a
Fool like me
I'm so unwise but still I plead
Darling, please save your love
For me.

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you

I can't
Help myself, oh what will I do.
So darling, help me please
Mercy
I know I'm wrong but still I plead
That you will save your love for me
Go ahead,
Have fun in a crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling, please save your love
For me

 

[fox69]

"Scootcha Booty"

"Scootcha Booty"



Number one is
The (clock) track is runnin' darlin'
Drummer's drummin'
The pulse is pumpin' darlin'
Summer's gone in
The distance runnin' darlin'
Scootcha-booty bottom move
Scootcha-booty bottom move

Stumblers stumblin'
Are gonna stumble on it
Bumblers bumlin'
Will bumble 'til they've found it
No more slumberin'
Get out from under darlin'
Scootcha-booty bottom move
Scootcha-booty bottom move

I seen some lessons in that new school
You never laugh or smile or grin
The same expression if they boo you...
Now if that ain't the time to laugh
You've got'ta show me when

Paint some flowers on your wagon
To help yourself to laugh and grin
Pick up them trousers kid they're saggin'
And don't bite and snap
When you rap
And someone will let you in

Number on is
The track is runnin' darlin'
Drummer's drummin'
The pulse is pumpin' darlin'
Summer's gone in
The distance runnin' darlin'
Scootcha-booty bottom move
Scootcha-booty bottom move

Computers workin' but I'm starvin'
I'd to show it how to sweat
Before it's over we'll be farmin'
You know that just might be
The best thing to happen yet

Number one is
The track is runnin' darlin'
Drummer's drummin'
The pulse is pumpin' darlin'
Summer's gone in
The distance runnin' darlin'
Scootcha-booty bottom move
Scootcha-booty bottom move

 

[fox69]

"Secrets Of Love"

"Secrets Of Love"


Somewhere out there,
Past the rainbow,
Beyond the moon and the stars,
We found Love.

Now it's ours my Lady.
A gift to cherish.
Sent down from heaven above.
And I'm-I'm so thankful, baby.
That I've got you.
And I'm so glad- I don't know why,
I deserve you baby.
I won't question it.
I'll just have faith, oh.

[CHORUS:]
I believe,
That we'll never really figure out the mystery
That's behind all of the joy we're feelin'.
I can see, that some things are beyond understanding.
These are the secrets of Love.
Secrets of Love.

Like a feather falling,
from the blue sky.
It twists and turns as it passes us by.
Somehow it found us.
Now we can hold it
And make a wing if we try.
And we'll fly away baby.
No matter where the winds of fate will take us.

[CHORUS X1]

And we'll fly away baby.
No matter where the winds of fate will take us.

[CHORUS X1]

 

[fox69]

"She's Leaving Home"

"She's Leaving Home"



Wedn'sday morning at five o'clock
As the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that
She hoped would say more
She goes down
The stairs to the kitchen
Clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.

She
(we gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving
(sacrificed most of our lives)
Home
(we gave her ev'rything
Money could buy; bye bye)
Something inside that way always denied
For so many years
She's leaving home; bye bye.

Father snores as his wife
Gets info her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing
Alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
"daddy, our baby is gone"
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How
Could she do this to me?.
She (we never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving
(never a thought of ourselves)
Home
(we struggled all our lives to get by; bye bye)
Something inside that was
Always denied for so many years
She's
Leaving home; bye, bye.

Friday morning at
Nine clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.
She (what did we do that was wrong)
Is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (fun is the one thing
That money can't buy; bye bye)
Something inside that was always
Denied for so many years
She's leaving home; bye, bye

 

[fox69]

"So Good"

"So Good"



There's no greater crime
Than wastin' your life
On a boat goin' nowhere
When you came along
You made it safe
For love to survive
I trusted and dreamed
And you came like I knew you would
I've been 'round before
But this feels so good

I could not walk by
I knew that I'd found
What's at the end of the rainbow
There's no place on earth I'd rather be
Than stayin' right here with you
It's not about luck
I don't need to knock on wood, no no
Been 'round before
But this feels so good

Night after night
It's so hard to believe
That I wake up each day next to you
Time after time
In the cold mornin' light it's good to know
It's good to know that it's true

There's no greater sin
Than missin' your chance
But when it's starin' right at 'ya
That look in your eyes
Say everything and tells me I'm home
For once in my life
You know I don't feel misunderstood
Well I've been 'round before
Oh but this time you know it feels so sure
Been 'round before
But this feels so good
Been, been 'round before
This feels so good

You all sing
So good, so good, so good
So good, so good, this feels so good
This is what I mean
Exactly what I am talking about
This feels so good
So good, so good so good
So good, so good
This feels so good
So good, so good, so good
So good

 

[fox69]

"Some Children See Him"

"Some Children See Him"



Some children see him
Lily white
The baby Jesus
Born this night
Some children see him
Lily white
With tresses soft
And fair

Some children see him
Bronzed and brown
The Lord of heav'n
To Earth come down
Some children see him
Bronzed and brown
With dark
And heavy hair

Some children see him
Almond-eyed
This savior whom
We kneel beside
Some children see him
Almond-eyed
With skin
Of yellow hue

Some children see him
Dark as they
Sweet mary's son
To whom we pray
Some children see him
Dark as they
And, ah
They love him, too

The children
In each diff'rent place
Will see
The baby Jesus' face
Like theirs
But bright
With heav'nly grace
And filled
With holy light

O lay aside
Each earthly thing
And with thy heart
As offering
Come worship now
The infant king
'Tis love
That's born tonight

 

[fox69]

"Someday"
(feat. Dianne Reeves)

"Someday"
(feat. Dianne Reeves)



Surely you'll break my heart,
But I'll be there beside you,
With lots of love to give...
Love's not so easy;
Love can sometimes be just like a cross to bear
Some days it's all right
Sometimes it's so hard to bear
But I still love you
Oh, someday you'll see my point of view
I love...
You...

I know you think I'm crazy,
But I know my mind's not hazy
Knowing how I feel,
Though you don't want me now
I know someday you'll take a look around
Seeing where you've been,
Looking deep within;
You'll find you care for me
Oh, then both our lives will start anew
Someday you'll see my point of view
Then both our lives will start anew...

 

[fox69]

"Sophisticated Lady"

"Sophisticated Lady"



They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow
I see you now

Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry

Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry

Sophisticated lady
You cry

 

[fox69]

"Spain (I Can Recall)"

"Spain (I Can Recall)"


Yesterday
Just a photograph of yesterday
and all it's edges folded
and the corners faded sepia brown
and yet it's all I have of our past love
a post script to it's ending

Brighter days
I can see such brighter days
when every song we sang is sung again
and now we know
we know this time it's for good
and we're lovers once again
and you're near me

I can remember the rain in december
the leaves of brown on the ground
in Spain I did love and adore you
the nights filled with joy were our yesterdays
and tomorrow will bring you near me

I can recall my desire
every reverie is on fire and I get a picture of all our yesterdays
yes today, I can say
I get a kick every time they play that spain again

I can remember the rain in december
the leaves of brown on the ground
Our love was a spanish fiesta
the bright lights and sounds were our joy each day
and the nights were the heat of yearning

I can recall my desire every reverie
is on fire and I get a picture of all our yesterdays
yes today, I can say
I get a kick every time I see you gaze at me
I see moments of history
your eyes meet mine and they dance to the melody
and we live again as if dreaming

the sound of our hearts beat like castanets
and forever we'll know their meaning
I can recall my desire every reverie is on fire
and I get a picture of all our yesterdays
yes, today, I can say
I get a kick every time I see you gaze at me

[music solo]

You gaze at me
I see moments of history
your eyes meet mine
and they dance to the melody
and we live again as if dreaming

the sound of our hearts beat like castenets
and forever we'll know their meaning

I can recall my desire
every reverie is on fire
and I get a picture of all our yesterdays
yes today I can say
I get a kick every time I see you gaze at me

be do de

[scat solo]

You gaze at me
I see moments of history
your eyes meet mine and they dance to the melody
and we live again as if dreaming

the sound of our hearts beat like castanets
and forever we'll know their meaning
I can remember the rain in december
the leaves of brown tumbling down

in spain I did love and adore you
the nights filled with joy were our yesterdays
and tomorrow will bring you near me

I can recall my desire every reverie is on fire
and I get a picture of all our yesterdays
yes today I can say
I get a kick every time you sing that spain

whoa, whoa, oh yeah

 

[fox69]

"Spirit"

"Spirit"



There is a way to make
sweet feeling last
There is a way to be
sheltered when the wind is free
There is a way my father
taught me how to sing
And I sing my song every day now

And it won't take much
of your time
Really won't take much
of your time
No, it won't take much
of your precious time
Just to get the spirit deep
in your bones
You really got it, talking
about the spirit
You got it, deep in your bones,
you really got it

There is a way to make the
mountains cry
Suh a way to be comforted,
sweet mystery
There is a way my father taught
me how to live my life
And I do that every day

There is a way to make
sweet feeling last
There is a way to be
comforted, sweet mystery
There is a way my father
taught me how to do it
Do it to it, when I
wanna do it to it.