Aretha Franklin

[fox69]

"A Rose Is Still A Rose"

"A Rose Is Still A Rose"



Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo

There was a rose I knew
I met her once or twice before
She was a pretty sweet thing
Not the least bit insecure

Then you came with your slick game
And played with her youth
Unashamed of the way you lied
Played with the truth, hey hey

Mmm, she never knew what hit her, yeah
Steal her honey, then forget her
A rose, she wears a flower
Tryin' to forget about you

'Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby girl, you're still a flower
He can't lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin', you hold the power

Now believe me when I tell you
That I've been hurt myself
When he tells you that he loves you
And sees nobody else

And now you're so tough tryin' to
Wear tight clothes and things
Tossin' and flossin'
Tryin' to fill the void heartbreak brings

Oh yeah, when she faces the mirror, yeah
She's cryin', you can't hear her
Now the rose is still a rose
She wears a flower, tryin' to forget about you

'Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby girl, you're still a flower
He can't lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Baby girl, you hold the power

See a rose is still a rose
Baby girl, you're still a flower
He can't lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin', you hold the power

Let your life be in the sunshine
Not the darkness of your sorrow
You may see you're all today
When you know it'll come tomorrow

Tough to be, but life ain't over
Just because your man is gone
Girl, love yourself and love to love
'Cause without him your life goes on

Without him your life goes on
Without him your life goes on

'Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby girl, you're still a flower
He can't lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Baby girl, you hold the power

See a rose is still a rose
Baby girl, you're still a flower
He can't lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin', you hold the power

 

[fox69]

"A Song For You"
(originally by Leon Russell)

"A Song For You"
(originally by Leon Russell)



I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singin' this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be, baby
I've treated you unkindly but girl can't you see
There's no one more important to me
So darling can't you please see through me
'cause we're alone now and I'm singin' my song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholdin'nothin'
You came out in front and I was hiding
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, 'cause you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I've loved you for my life, yes, you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you, yes
We were alone and I was singin' this song for you, baby
We were alone and I was singin' my song,
Singin' my song, singin' my song, singin' my song
Singin' my song

 

[fox69]

"A Summer Place"

"A Summer Place"



There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Still I'm safe and warm

For within that summer place
Your arms reach out to me
And my heart is free from all care

For it knows there are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those that are blessed with love

And the sweet secret of a summer place
Is that it's anywhere where two people share
All of their hopes, all of their dreams
All of their lives

I don't know what to say
I love you too much to speak
Seeing you brings back
So many beautiful moments
So many beautiful memories

I need to hold you in my arms
I want to kiss your mouth
I want to love you and never stop loving you
I never want to stop loving you

There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Still I'm safe, safe and warm in your arms
All our hopes and all of our dreams

All of our love
All of our dreams, all of our lives
All of our lives, all of our
All of our dreams, all of our dreams
All of our lives, all of our lives

Oh darling, I love you
Just hold me when I lie down to sleep
Darling, oh darling, oh darling
Your face comes into view just before I told you

I'm fighting hard, baby, I don't plan to come back
I'm going to win, I will be triumphant
I will be triumphant for the rest of our lives

 

[fox69]

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive"

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive"



Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me, while I preach some

The topic will be sin
And that's what I'm agin'
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing right

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween

You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
And have faith, or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, noah in the ark,
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween

 

[fox69]

"Ain't No Way"

"Ain't No Way"



Ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
Ain't no way for me to give you all you need
If you won't let me give all of me

I know that a woman's duty
Is to help and love a man
And that's the way it was planned

Oh but how can I, how can I, how can I
Give you all the things I can
If you're tying both of my hands?

Oh, it ain't no way
(Ain't no way)
It ain't no way
(Ain't no way)
It just ain't no way, baby
(Ain't no way)
Ain't no way, baby
(Ain't no way)
It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me

Stop trying to be someone you're not
How cold and cruel is a man
Who paid too much for what he got?
And if you need me like you say, say you do
Oh then please, please
Please don't you know that I need you?

Oh, it ain't no way
I tell you that it ain't no way
It ain't no way, it ain't no way, baby, no
It just ain't no way
It sure ain't no way
It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
No way
If you won't let me
Ain't no way

 

[fox69]

"Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)"

"Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)"



Ain't nobody gonna turn me around no more
Ain't nobody gonna turn me around

Well I've learned my lesson and now I see
Love ain't the thing for me
Ain't nobody gonna turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around, turn me around

Ain't nobody gonna talk sweet talk to me
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how sweet your love can be
I'm gonna take my love and put in on the shelf
Ain't gonna give it to nobody else
Ain't nobody who's gonna turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around, turn me around

Love you've been so doggone mean
You shattered every one of my dreams
You know I can't love nobody else
But still you left me here all by myself

You turned me around
You turned me around
You turned me around
You turned me around
I learned my lesson and now I see
Love ain't the thing for me
Ain't nobody who's gonna turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around, turn me around

Love, you've been so doggone mean
Love, you shattered every one of my dreams
You turned me around, turn around
You turned me around, turn around

 

[fox69]

"Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You"

"Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You"



I've seen you hangin? out
Lookin? like you know what life's about
Laughin?, jivin? with your friends
Baby, that ain't where the world ends, oh yeah

I'm layin? my love on you
You'll be feelin? somethin? brand new, oh yes, you will
Gonna hold you tight with all my might
Squeeze you right, whatcha wanna do tonight? Yeah

I'm gonna hold you in the afternoon
Tease you from the sun
Dancin' 'neath the island moon
We'll go on and on, yeah

Ain't nobody ever loved you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah, oh, baby, no
Ain't nobody ever loved you, boy
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah

Hey, drag a comb across your hair
Change your shirt, we're going somewhere, ain't we, baby?
I'll throw a little lipstick on
Check the mirror twice and we're gone

I believe in rain
We can bring the heat up again, oh, yes, we can
I'm gonna take my time and treat you fine
Baby, baby, baby, I'm makin' you mine, oh tonight, boy

Hear the people laugh and sing
Right outside your door
Somethin? great is happenin?
And you can be sure

Ain't nobody else could love you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah
Ain't nobody ever loved you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah

Ain't nobody love you, no
Like I'm gonna love you, hey hey
Ain't nobody love you, no
Like I'm gonna love you, hey hey

Hear the people laugh and sing, hey hey
Right outside your door, hey man
Somethin? great is happenin?
And you can be sure

Nobody else can love you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah
Ain't nobody ever loved you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah

Ain't nobody love you, no
Like I'm gonna love you, hey hey
Ain't nobody love you, no
Like I'm gonna love you, hey hey

Ain't nobody love you, no
Like I'm gonna love you, hey hey
Ain't nobody love you, no

 

[fox69]

"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
(originally by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)

"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
(originally by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)



There ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain't nothing like the real thing
There ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain't nothing like the real thing

I see your picture hangin' on the wall
It can't see or come to me when I call your name
I realize it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters when you're not near
But they don't move me
And they don't groove me like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear

There ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain't nothing like the real thing

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
So let's stay together
Together, baby, together, together, together

I got some memories to look back on
And though they help me when you phone
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being there

There ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain't nothing like the real thing
There ain't nothing like the real thing
There ain't nothing like the real thing
There ain't nothing like the real thing
There ain't nothing like the real thing

 

[fox69]

"All Night Long"

"All Night Long"



Never knew the softness of his tender kiss
Don't know if he's weak or strong
All I know is he's in every dream I dream
All night long

Mmm, never heard him speak a single word of love
Never knew his favorite song
Because he only speaks to me in dreams I dream
All night long

When I'm asleep
He tells me he's in love with me
And how much he needs me to be near
But at best, a dream is just a fantasy
If I touch his hand, he'll disappear

No, no, no, no, no

No, I don't need a lover that's just a memory
Fate, how could you be so wrong?
Now I've got to find a man who's haunting me
All night long

All night long
All night long
All night long

 

[fox69]

"All The King's Horses"

"All The King's Horses"



All the king's horse and all the king's men
They couldn't put my broken heart back together again.
I woke up this mornin' that this is what I found.
You had gone and left me,
Any you never even made a farewell sound.

All the king's horse and all the king's men
They couldn't put my broken heart back together again.
I asked my friends about you and this is what they said,
"She can live without you,
She's gonna find a man with money instead."

All the king's horse and all the king's men
They couldn't put my broken heart back together again.
Someday you will know, the meaning of a love that's true.
But when you find out I won't be around to share it with you.

All the king's horse and all the king's men
They couldn't put my broken heart back together again.
All the king's horse and all the king's men
They couldn't put my broken heart back together again.