Luther Vandross

[fox69]

"If Only For One Night"

"If Only For One Night"



Let me hold you tight
If only for one night
Let me keep you near
To ease away your fear
It would be so nice
If only for one night

I won't tell a soul
No one has to know
If you want to be totally discreet
I'll be at your side
If only for one night

Your eyes say things i never hear from you
And my knees are shakin too
But i'm willin to go thru
I must be crazy
Standin in this place
But i'm feeling no disgrace

For asking...

Let me hold you tight
If only for one night
Let me keep you near
To ease away your fear
It would be so nice
If only for one night

I tell you what i need is
One night, one night oh (and oh, oh)
What i need is
One night, one night
Of your love, of you love, of your lovin ooh
I'm asking...

Let me take you home
To keep you safe and warm
Till the early dawn
Warms up to the sun
It would be so nice if only for one night

If only for one night
If only for one night
If only for one night, night, night, yeah one night
If only for one... night

 

[fox69]

"If This World Were Mine"
(with Cheryl Lynn)

"If This World Were Mine"
(with Cheryl Lynn)



If this world were mine
I would place at your feet
All that I own
You've been so good to me
If this world were mine

I'd give the flowers the birds and the bees
And it'd be your love beside me
That would be all I need
If this world were mine
I'd give anything

If this world were mine
I would make you a king
With wealth untold
You could have anything
If this world were mine

I'd give your each day so sunny and blue
And if you wanted the moonlight
I'd give you that too
If this world were mine, oh, baby
I'd give you anything

Oh, baby, you're my inspiration
And there's no hesitation
When you want me
Honey, just call me, oh

Oh, baby, your are my consolation
And I feel so much sensation
When I'm in your arms
When you squeeze me

Oh, the way that you do
Oh...the way that you love me, boy
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, the way that you do
Ooh, the way that you love me

Oh...oh...every sky will be blue
As long as your loving me, baby (Ooh....)
Whoa...whoa...ho...
When I'm in your arms
Life is so wonderful, my love

Oh...oh...give me pretty lovin', baby
Give me pretty lovin', honey
Keep on lovin' me, baby
Whoa...oh...oh...
You know I need you, honey
You know I need you, baby
Keep on loving me

Lovin' me the way (The way) you do (You do, oh)
My love
I love the way that you, the way that you love me, baby
Oh...and I don't wanna let you go, wanna let you, wanna let you go, my love, no
I love the way, the way that you love me, baby
Mmm...ooh...
You know (Woo...hoo...)
The world, the world would be yours
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah...hea... (Mmm...hmm...)
Yes, it would (Yes, it would)
The world would be yours (Yeah)
Baby (Baby)
Ooh...hoo...
It would be yours
If you'll believe

 

[fox69]

"Impossible Dream"

"Impossible Dream"



To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
And to run where
the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
And to love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march,
march into hell
For that heavenly cause
And I know
If I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart
Will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be
better for this
That one man, scorned
and covered with scars,
Still strove with his last
ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable,
the unreachable,
The unreachable star
And I'll always dream
The impossible dream
Yes, and I'll reach
The unreachable star

 

[fox69]

"Isn't There Someone"

"Isn't There Someone"



Another sad day, another lonely day
For all we know some people only cry
They have no good times, no poetry rhymes
They don't know how or when or if or why
Why the goodness never stays
Or why love didn't come again today

Isn't there someone who knows they're in trouble
Isn't there someone who sees
I'll be the someone who cares that you're dying for love
I can be the someone that you need

I know you dream at night and lay your feelings down
And you wish your life could be more like your dreams
What a moonlit sound, your voice is not too loud
But somehow I hear it coming through to me
I pray you hang on to your dream
And I hope it gives you all the love you need
You need

Isn't there someone who knows that you're hurting
Is there someone to believe
Well, I'll be the someone who cares that you're dying for love
I can be the someone that you need

Don't you miss love, I know I often do
That's why I'm pulling you closer to me
But like anything you can't see
It's just a little harder to believe

Isn't there someone who loves you completely
Isn't there someone like me
Well, I'll be the someone who cares that you're dying for love
I can be the someone that you need
I can be the someone that you need

 

[fox69]

"It's Hard For Me To Say"

"It's Hard For Me To Say"



Didn't know 'til today
That you would love for me to say
All of things I feel
Though you don't doubt they're real
Insecure, very shy
Are the only reasons I have why
I never say the things that you would love to hear
All the words I try
Disappoint me and I cry
So they're words I don't always say, but
It's in my love, it's in my feeling
It's in the very same heart that loved you from the start
It's in the heat, it's in the spirit
And it's got me totally high
It's just hard for me to say why
Kinda sad, kinda blue
Because I wanted to tell you
That you were in my heart
Though we were far apart
Didn't know how to say
All the little things to make you stay
And not to keep assuming
You could read my mind
You're the one I love
Though it's hard for you to know
'Cause the words I don't always say, but
It's in my love, it's in my feeling
It's in the very same heart that loved you from the start
It's in the heat, it's in the spirit
And it's got me totally high
It's just hard for me to say why

 

[fox69]

"It's Over Now"

"It's Over Now"


[Voice:] Get out!

It's over now

Something's going on
It's the middle of the night
And my ESP woke me up
I know what's going on girl
You ain't been treating me right
And your sweet talking ain't enough
I know you're messing
With at least 2 other guys
You fooled me a long time
But the kid is getting wise
Yes I am

Don't hug me
Don't kiss me
Don't love me down
Excuse me, but you see
This love affair is over now

You did me bad
(Over now)
It's over now
You treated me so bad
(Over now)
It's all over baby

I didn't know it when I walked into the house
But you were on the telephone
That's when I heard you tell him
To come over tonight
Said you were gonna be alone
I heard you mention
That I had someplace to go
And you helped me pack my things
But it's you who's got to go
Yes it is

You're busted
You must have fooled me for a while
But honey, as they say
Hit the road
It's all over now
You did me bad
(Over now)
It's over now
You treated me so bad
(Over now)
It's all over baby

You can go now
Keep your voice down
There's no need to fuss and shout
Use the backdoor
I don't want no nosy neighbors to see you
Check it out

[Voice:] Get out

(It's all over baby)

Bye baby (bye baby)
So long (so long)
It's been a while
If you really love me
I wouldn't say it's over now
But you did me bad
(Over now)
It's over now
Well, well
You treated me so bad
(Over now)
It's all over baby
Over now
Over baby
It's surely over now
(Over now)
It's all over baby
It's over now
It's all over baby
It's all over now
(Over now)
It's all over baby
(It's all over baby)

It's over now

 

[fox69]

"Keeping My Faith In You"

"Keeping My Faith In You"



I just love how long we've known each other
And I know you care about me
But I can't tell just where your life is going
You've been quite a mystery
You've got all of these brand new friends
They keep taking your confidence

But I'm keeping my faith in you
Deep in my heart of hearts
You've been worried, puzzled, surrounded by your trouble
But I'm keeping my faith in you

We all cried when your first bow was taken
No one could be prouder of you
But I care more about your heart if it's aching
If I'm your friend, what else can I do?
But those people who hang around
They keep bringing your spirit down

But I'm keeping my faith in you, yeah
Deep in my heart of hearts
If anyone can do it
I know you'll get through it
So I'm keeping my faith in you

I've known you ever since way back when
And I know you, you don't want to change, my friend
But you're under pressure, like no one could imagine
It's not a good time that you've been having
But you're a real strong brother, and I know you'll recover
So I'm keeping my faith in you

Keeping my faith in you
Deep in my heart of hearts
If anyone can do it
I know you'll get through it
So I'm keeping my faith in you

Keeping my faith in you
Deep in my heart of hearts
Keeping my faith in you
Deep in my heart of hearts

You've been worried, puzzled
Surrounded by big trouble
But I'm keeping my faith in you

Keeping my faith in you
My faith in you
Keeping my faith in you
My faith in you
Keeping my faith in you
My faith in you

 

[fox69]

"Killing Me Softly"

"Killing Me Softly"



Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style.
And so I came to see him to listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on ...

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He was strumming, oh, he was singing my song.
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...
With his song ...

 

[fox69]

"Knocks Me Off My Feet"

"Knocks Me Off My Feet"



I see us in the park strolling the summer days
Of imaginings in my head
And words from our hearts
Told only to the wind of even
Without being said

I don't want to bore you with my troubles
But there's something bout your love
That makes me weak and knocks me off my feet

There's something bout your love
That makes me weak and knocks me off my feet
Oh baby said you knock me off my feet

I don't to bore you with it
Oh But I love you I love you I love you
I don't want to bore you with it
Oh But I love you I love you I love you

More and more
We lay beneath the stars
Under a lovers tree that's seen
Through the eyes of my mind

I reach out for the part
Of me that lives in you baby
That only our two hearts can find

But I don't want to bore you with
The troubles

But there's something bout your love
That makes me weak and knocks me off my feet

There's something bout your love
That makes me weak and knocks me off my feet
Oh baby said you knock me off my feet

I don't to bore you with it
Oh But I love you I don't to bore you with it
Oh But I love you I love you I love you
I don't want to bore you with it
Oh But I love you I love you I love you

 

[fox69]

"Lady, Lady"

"Lady, Lady"


They may say that we're the best thing that could be
They say it to you and they say it to me
But to each other they're insistin'
Something must be missin'
Things can't really be the way they seem to be

They don't know love the way we do
They've never loved someone like you

[Chorus:]
Lady Lady, I never let them talk about you
Lady Lady, 'cause you're mine
Lady Lady, I jump up when they talk about you
But so what, I'm gonna be your guy

You can never win
Once that stuff begins
'Cause when it starts, its just never ends
Popple start rumors about you
Say those things about you
But I won't ever doubt you
You're my best friend

Let them be how they wanna be
They can't stop you from loving me

[Chorus]

[Spoken:]
So you see, I don't care what they say, I don't care what they do
I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one you need, I'm the one ...

A symphony plays when you are near
And I love the music that I hear

[Chorus and Fade]