George Benson

[fox69]

"Something / Octopus's Garden / The End"

"Something / Octopus's Garden / The End"


Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you

Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?

[Drum solo]

[Guitar solos]

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make

 

[fox69]

"Stairway To Love"

"Stairway To Love"


You were the owner of a broken heart.
You didn't know that I was falling in love from afar
Every morning, wiping tears from your eyes
You never dreamed someone was watching and heard every cry

What are the odds of a fool finding in love
It's a one in a million shot in the dark
Just when I thought there's no need holdin' on..
You wrapped me in your arms and took me on a stairway to love..

And that's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

A little candlelight, a fire for two,
A glass of chardonnay bring out the lover in you
So dancing through the night makes a picture so right
Two silhouettes framed as one in the moonlight

What are the odds of a fool finding in love
It's a one in a million shot in the dark
Just when I thought there's no need holdin on..
You wrapped me in your arms and took me on a stairway to love..

And that's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

Are you ready?
We can fly away right now to Tahiti
Pack your bags. Whatever you want,
You can have, here on the stairway to love..

It's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

 

[fox69]

"Standing Together"

"Standing Together"


Have I told you I love you
Or has it been a while since I said I did?
Have I told you that I care
Or have I said something I can't face?
These are thoughts that go through my mind
To make sure that my love stands the test of
time, and
When I think of you loving me
Yes, I know it's a love that was meant to be

Standing together is you and me
Living in love is our destiny
We will be floating on like an endless sea
We will be standing together

If I took you for granted
Well, that will never ever happen again
You thought me love is an action
More than a lover, you were my best friend
You brought me to a love so new
And the joy that I feel, I owe it all to you
When I think of you loving me
It's a love that I know that was meant to be

Standing together is you and me
Living in love is our destiny
We will be floating on like an endless sea
We will be standing together

Standing together is you and me
Living in love is our destiny
We will be floating on like an endless sea
We will be standing together

With open ears and a listening heart
Tears fell, and we rejoiced inside
Our new love grew side by side, hand in hand
And slowly we began to stand

Standing together is you and me
Living in love is our destiny
Floating on like an endless sea
We will be standing together

 

[fox69]

"Star Of A Story"

"Star Of A Story"


Angel
Come to me, let me be
Part of all the love you are

'Cause angel
We could fly, you and I
Ride a rainbow to the stars

So hold me, all through the night
Stay till the day is bright
And Angel don't ever break the spell
'Cause you're the star of a story, I'll always tell

Angel
Used to say, yesterday
Love was only in a dream

But angel
I was wrong, all along
Just took you to make me see

So hold me, all through the night
Stay till the day is bright
And angel don't ever break the spell
Cause you're the star of a story, I love so well

So hold me, all through the night
Stay till the day is bright
And angel don't ever break the spell
'Cause you're the star of a story, I'll always tell

'Cause you're the star of a story, I love so well
'Cause you're the star of a story, I'll always tell
'Cause you're the star of a story, I'll always tell

 

[fox69]

"Stephanie"

"Stephanie"


Can't you tell how much it hurts me
To see the tears roll down your face
I have never known such yearning
Have you any idea, how much I'd like to take his place?

[Chorus:]
Stephanie, are you there? or are you living somewhere in the
past hanging on to dreams you should let fade away
Stephanie, in my arms, I wish that I could hold you tenderly
Is there any room for me Stephanie?
I lye down awake at night, I toss and I turn
And try to think things through
Hoping you'll find out before it goes to far
With all of the love you have for him, he's got none for you

[Chorus]

I love you more than you will ever know
But your heart belongs to somebody else
I shouldn't have to hide, wish I could find the nerve
To tell you what's going on inside of me ...ooh -oh-oh
Stephanie, in my arms, I wish that I could hold you tenderly is
there any chance for me Stephanie, are you there? or are
you living somewhere in the past hanging on to dreams you
should let fade away stephanie, in my arms, I wish that I
could hold you tenderly

 

[fox69]

"Stormy Weather"

"Stormy Weather"


Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time

Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together

I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time

When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All I do is pray

The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone

Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time

 

[fox69]

"Strings Of Love"

"Strings Of Love"


She signs her name on my guitar
Spanish kisses on my heart
We dance flamenco in the dark
On my strings of love

Thru the night i cried her name
To the pounding of the ring
Swept the way in passions flame
On my strings of love

(Hmm...)

Tender out the way she hunts my mind
She was only mine one night in time
Chasing after the dreams she've left behind
No one compares to how she shines

Though she's gone without a trace
I'm seeing visions of her face
Kisses by the fire place
We're on my strings of love

(Hmm...)

Tender out the way she hunts my mind
She was only mine one night in time
Chasing after the dreams she've left behind
No one compares to how she shines

She signs her name on my guitar
Spanish kisses on my heart
We dance flamenco in the dark
We're on my strings of love

On my strings of love
We're on my strings of love
We're on my strings of love

 

[fox69]

"Summer Breeze"
(with Al Jarreau)

"Summer Breeze"
(with Al Jarreau)



See the curtains hanging in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light shining through the window
Let me know everything is alright, sing this song

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Hear me sing, summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

See the paper lying on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the doorstep
Through the screen and across the floor

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Sing it, summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind, yeah

When I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waitin' there not a care in the world

See the smile a waitin' in the kitchen
Food cooking and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evenin' when the day is through

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

Here we go, summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Come on, summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

 

[fox69]

"Summertime"

"Summertime"


Summertime
And the living is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your mama's rich
And your daddy's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't cry

One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky

But 'til that moment
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by

One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky

But until then
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by
With your mum and your dad
Standin' by

 

[fox69]

"Take The "A" Train"

"Take The "A" Train"


You must take the A train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem

If you miss the A train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem

Hurry, get on, now it's coming
Listen to those rails a-humming

All aboard, get on the A train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem