Aretha Franklin

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"Amazing Grace"

"Amazing Grace"



Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And Grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come.
'Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.

 

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"An Angel Cries"

"An Angel Cries"



Ooh yeah, she cries, ooh

When a heart needs healing, oh, who do you call?
The good Lord, you know, He’s heard them all
I didn’t want to get Him involved
With this little problem of mine

Since you left I’ve had no one else
I’ve been sitting by the window just waiting for help
I believe He shares the pain I felt
Cause He’s shown me a sign, yeah

An angel cries in the sky tonight
With a twinkle and a tear in her eyes
An angel cries in the sky tonight
Though you’re gone and said goodbye, oh yeah, she cries

Oh, Mister Moon, I’ve seen it’s just half full
It’s part of it missing cause he misses you too
He said I look up just the way mine do
Guess I’m not alone in missing your love, ooh

An angel cries in the sky tonight
With a twinkle and a tear in her eyes
An angel cries in the sky tonight
Though you’re gone and said goodbye, oh, oh yeah, she cries

I think he’s trying to tell me
That he understands what I’m going through
When a heart gets broken down here below
Heaven feels a little sorrow too, oh oh

Ooh, an angels cries in the sky tonight
With a twinkle a tear in her eyes
An angel cries in the sky tonight
Though you’re gone and said goodbye
An angel cries in the sky tonight
With a twinkle and a tear in her eyes, oh oh
An angel cries in the sky tonight
Though you’re gone and said goodbye, yeah

An angel cries in the sky tonight
An angel cries with a tear in her eyes
An angel cries in the sky tonight
An angel cries, ooh, in the sky tonight, oh yeah

(Come back baby, come back) Yeah, yeah, come back
(Come back baby, come back) Pretty doggone made
(Come back baby, come back) Ooh baby, come back
(Come back baby, come back) Baby baby, sweet thing
(Come back baby, come back) Oh baby

 

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"Angel"

"Angel"


[Spoken:]
I got a call the other day
It was my sister Carolyn, sayin'
"Aretha, come by when you can
I've got somethin' that I wanna say"

And when I got there she said
"You know rather than go through a long drawn out thing
I think the melody on the box will help me explain"

Gotta find me an angel
To fly away with me
Gotta find me an angel
Ooo and set me free

My heart is without a home
I don't want to be alone
I gotta find me an angel
In my life, in my life

Too long have I loved
So unattached within
So much that I know
That I need somebody so
So I'll just go on
Hoping that I find me someone
Gotta find me an angel in my life
In my life...in my life

I know there must be someone
Somewhere for me
Oh I lived too long
Without the love of someone
And there's no misery
Ooooh oooh like the misery
I feel in me

I gotta find me an angel in
In my life
(You'll meet him now don't you worry)
In my life
(Keep lookin' and just keep cookin')
In my life
(He'll be there, now don't you worry)
In my life.

 

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"Angels We Have Heard On High"

"Angels We Have Heard On High"



Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plain
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their sweet refrain

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ, whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

See Him in a manger laid
Whom the choirs of angels praise
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
While our hearts in love we praise

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
In excelsis Deo
In excelsis Deo

Merry Christmas
From the Franklin's to all of you

 

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"Another Night"

"Another Night"



All my friends have to ask if I'm shattered.
I say the past is the past and it no longer matters.
I made my mind up
I can make it
I'll be fine
Even if I gotta fake it.
I'll keep surviving.

Another night - without you.
Another night - I know I can get through.
Another night - it's only
another night - I won't be lonely.
Another night - another night
Another night - it ain't much
Another night - without your touch.

I used to search through the crowd to find you

But I don't feel like it now
So don't look behind you.
You better face it
I won't be calling

I hit my stride when the evening is falling

I'm gonna make it

Another night - without you...

Out where the music is loud and the people are laughing

I'm gonna step on out
I won't be down

Gonna stand my ground for just another night
Oh yes for a another night.

I made my mind up
I can make it

I'll be fine
Even if I gotta fake it.
I'll keep surviving
Yes
I will.

Another night - without you.
Another night - I know I can get through.
Another night - it ain't much
I don't need you to be bringing me down

 

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"April Fools"

"April Fools"



(April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...
April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...)

In an April dream, once you came to me,
You smiled, I looked into your eyes, and I knew I'd be loving you, and,
Then you touched my hand, and I knew April dreams could come true...

Are we just April fools, who can't see all the danger around us?
Are we just April fools? I don't care, true love has found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...)
Whoo! Yes, it has!
(April fool, true love's found us now...)
Uh-huh...

Little did we know where the road would lead;
Here we are, a million miles away from the past, travelin' so fast, and,
There is no turning back if our sweet April dream doesn't last...

Are we just April fools, who can't see all the danger around us?
Are we just April fools? I don't care, true love has found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Yes, it has!
(April fool, true love's found us now...)
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Yes, it has!
(April fool, true love's found us now...)

Little did we know where the road would lead;
Here we are, a million miles away from the past, traveling so fast, and,
There is no turning back if our sweet April dream doesn't last...

Are we just April fools, who can't see all the danger around us?
Are we just April fools? I don't care, ooh-ooh, true love has found us now!
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Whoo!
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Ha-ha, ha-hey, it's found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Yeah! True love has found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...)

(April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...)
(April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...)
(April fool, true love's found us now...) True love...
(April fool, true love's found us now...) Has found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...) April fool has found us now...
(April fool, true love's found us now...) True love has found us now...
(April fool...)

 

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"Are You Sure"

"Are You Sure"



Are you sure your prayers
Haven't been answered?
Now, think
Sister, think

Are you sure your prayers
Haven't been answered?
Now, think
Brother, think

But don't you dare
Say the good Lord
Didn't stop to hear you
He hears and sees
Everything you do
Stop right now
And take the inventory
You'll come up
With a different story

Because He sees
Every move you make
Every wiggle of you head
Every wink of your eye
He sees
The laugh you're laughing
And hears tears you cry

You may not know
How to pray
But He loves you
When you try
So raise your voices high
And the Lord will hear you
Hear you

He sees every move you make
Every wiggle of you head
Every wink of your eye
He sees
The laugh you're laughing
And hears tears you cry

You may not know
How to pray
But He loves you
When you try
So raise your voices high
And the Lord will hear you
Hear you

Are you sure
You haven't been answered?
Now think
You'd better think

Are you sure
Real sure
You haven't been answered?
Now think
Brother, think

Don't you dare
Say the good Lord
Didn't stop to hear you
He hears and sees
Everything you do
Stop right now
And take the inventory
You'll come up
With a different story

Because He sees
Every move you make
Every wiggle of you head
Every wink of your eye
He sees
The laugh you're laughing
And hears tears you cry

You may not know
How to pray
But He loves you
When you try
So raise your voices high
And the Lord will hear you
Hear you

Oh! Raise your voices high
And the Lord will hear you
Hear you

Oh! Raise your voices high
And the Lord will hear you

 

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"Ave Maria"

"Ave Maria"



Ave Maria, maiden mild
Oh, listen to a maiden's prayer
For thou can't hear amid the wild
This thou, this thou can't save amid, despair

We slumber safe until tomorrow
Though we by man outcast relieved
Oh, maiden, see a maiden's sorrow
Oh, mother, hear a suppliant child
Ave Maria

Ave Maria, gracia plena
Maria, gracia plena
Maria, gracia plena
Ave, ave dominus

Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tuae, Jesus
Ave Maria

 

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"Baby, Baby, Baby"

"Baby, Baby, Baby"



Baby, baby, baby, this is just to say
How much I'm gonna miss you, but believe, while I'm away...
That I didn't mean to hurt you;
Don't you know that I'd rather hurt myself?
(I'd hurt myself, I'd hurt myself...)

Baby, baby, baby (baby), think of me sometimes (baby);
Because if loving you was so wrong (baby), then I'm guilty of this crime...
(Guilty, I'm guilty, I'm guilty...)
I'm bewildered, I'm lonely, and I'm loveless,
Without you to hold my hand (Reach out for me, boy...);
If you'd just understand... (Reach out to me, right now...)

Those that we love, we foolishly make cry,
Then sometimes feel it's best to say goodbye, goodbye...
But what's inside can't be denied;
The power (power of love), power of love (power of love) is my only guide...
Baby! (Oh...), Baby! (Oh...)
Baby (Oh...), baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, this is just to say
Just how much I'm really gonna miss you, but believe, while I'm away,
(I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you...)
That I really didn't mean, I didn't mean, I didn't mean to hurt you;
Don't you know that, that I'd rather hurt myself? (I'd hurt myself...)

Baby... I need you, I need you, I need you (I need you, I need you, I need you...)
If I did you wrong, if I did you wrong... (I'd hurt myself...)
I need you, I need you, I need you (I need you, I need you, I need you...)
If I did you wrong... (I'd hurt myself...)

 

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"Baby, I Love You"

"Baby, I Love You"



If you want my lovin'
If you really do
don't be afraid baby
Just ask me
You know I'm gonna give it to you
Oh and I do declare
I want to see you with it
Stretch out your arms little boy,
You're gonna get it
Cause I love you
ain't no doubt about it
Baby I love you,
I love you, I love you
I love you, baby I love you

If you feel you want to kiss me
Go right ahead I don't mind
All you got to do is
Snap your fingers and I'll come running
I ain't lying, I ain't lying
I heard you once little boy
You know you got it
I'd deny my own self
Before I see you without it
I love you
Ain't no doubt about it
Baby I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, baby I love you

Someday you might want to run away
And leave me sittin' here cryin'
But if it's all the same to you baby
I'm gonna stop you from sayin' goodbye
Baby I love you
Baby I need ya
Said I want ya
Got to have you baby
Don't let your neighbors
Tell you I don't want you