Ray Charles

[fox69]

"I Didn't Know What Time It Was"

"I Didn't Know What Time It Was"


Once I was young...
Yesterday, perhaps...
Danced with Jim and Paul
And kissed some other chaps.
Once I was young,
But never was naive.
I thought I had a trick or two
Up my imaginary sleeve.
And now I know I was naive.

I didn't know what time it was
Then I met you.
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
How sublime it was too!
I didn't know what time it was
You hold my hand.
Warm like the month of May it was,
And I'll say it was grand.
Grand to be alive, to be young,
To be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand tosee your face, feel your touch,
Hear your voice say I'm all your own.
I didn't know what time it was
Live was no prize.
I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.
I'm wise,
And I know what time it is now.

Once I was old --
Twenty years or so --
Rather well preserved:
The wrinkles did't show.
Once I was old,
But not too old for fun.
I used to hunt for little girls
Up my immaginary gun.
But now I ain for only one!

I didn't know what time it was
Then I met you.
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
How sublime it was too!
I didn't know what time it was
You hold my hand.
Warm like the month of May it was,
And I'll say it was grand.
Grand to be alive, to be young,
To be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand tosee your face, feel your touch,
Hear your voice say I'm all your own.
I didn't know what time it was
Live was no prize.
I whanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.
I'm wise,
And I know what time it is now.

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Need No Doctor"

"I Don't Need No Doctor"


I don't need no doctor
'Cause I know what's ailing me
I don't need no doctor, no, no
'Cause I know what's ailing me
I've been too long away from my baby, ahh!
I'm coming down with a misery
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)

I don't need no doctor
For my prescription to be filled
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)

I don't need no doctor, I tell ya now
For my prescription to be filled
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
Only my baby's arms,
Could ever take away this chill
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
Now the doctor say I need rest
(hey hey)
Before I need her tenderness
(hmmm hmm)
Put me on the critical list
(hey hey)
When all I need is her sweet kiss
(hmmm hmm)
He gave me a medicated lotion
But it didn't soothe
(It didn't soothe)
My emotion
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no doctor
For my hope to live is gone
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no doctor, no, no
Wahhh! my hope to live is gone
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
All I need is my baby
Baby, Please!
Won't you please come on home
(I don't need no doctor)
You know what I'm talkin' about?
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no mattress (?)
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no lotion
(I don't need no doctor)
I say, I don't need, no vitamin pills
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no lotion
(I don't need no doctor)
I say, I don't need, no vitamin pills
(I don't need no doctor)
{fade}

 

[fox69]

"I Feel At Home With You"

"I Feel At Home With You"


This used to be a grumpy,
Crabbed old lad~
Look at your beamish boy now.
This used to be a jumpy,
Silly and sad~
What is simply joy now.
Life was a canyon
Too dark to view,
Till a companion
Was found like you.

I feel at home with you.
You always fit on
The knees that you sit on.
That' s why I feel at home with you.
I love to roam with you.
Each place that we go,
You flatter my ego.
That' s why I feel at home with you.
I've a sensible,
Comprehensible,
Great respect for you.
There's a dash in it
Of a passionate,
Tender feeling, too.
You are a part of me,
Something that's giving me
Reason for living~
That's why I feel at home with you.

 

[fox69]

"I Got A Woman"

"I Got A Woman"


I GOT A WOMAN (Sweetie) way over town,
She's (He's) good to me, Oh yeah!
Well, I GOT A WOMAN (Sweetie) way over town,
She's (He's) good to me, Oh yeah!
Now she's (he's) my dreamboat, oh, yes indeed,
She's (He's) just the kind of girl (man) I need,
I found a woman (sweetie) way over town, She's (He's) good to me Oh
Yeah!

I save my kisses and all my huggin' Just for her, Oh, yeah!
I save my kisses and all my huggin' Just for her, Oh yeah!
When I say baby please take my hand
She holds me tight She's my lover girl
I found a woman (sweetie) way over town,
She's good to meOh yeah!

She (He) always answers my beck and call,
Ever lovin' mama (daddy)Mama (papa) tree top tall.
I feel so proud walkin' by her (his) side,
Couldn't get a better girl (man),
No matter how hard I tried.

I GOT A WOMAN way over town,
She's good to me, Oh yeah!
Someday we'll marry, way over town,
She's good to me, Oh year!
Someday we'll marry, don't you understand
'Cause she's my only lover girl
I found a woman (swettie) way over town,
She's (he's) good to me Ohyeah!

 

[fox69]

"I Had A Dream"

"I Had A Dream"


Well I have a feeling (I had a dream) things ain't goin' right (I had a dream)
Come over baby (I had a dream) let me tell you about my dream last night (I had a dream)
I dreamed someone else (I had a dream) was here with you (I had a dream)
Doing all the things (I had a dream) that I used to do (I had a dream)
Please don't let this dream come true (I had a dream)
Tell me I'm not losin' you (I had a dream). Baby, say it was a dream (I had a dream, I had a dream)

Well, well you know I came home (I had a dream) and found you gone (I had a dream)
I never felt so (I had a dream) so all alone (I had a dream)
Oh with your voice (I had a dream) ringin' in my ear (I had a dream)
I just could not hold (I had a dream) hold back my tear (I had a dream)
Please don't let it come true (I had a dream)
Tell me I'm not losin' you (I had a dream). Oh, say it was a dream (I had a dream, I had a dream)

Well, well, well it seems (I had a dream) that you love me no more (I had a dream)
I never felt (I had a dream) felt this way before (I had a dream)
You were so cold (I had a dream) I wonder why (I had a dream)
You didn't care (I had a dream) how much I cried (I had a dream)
Baby please don't let it come true (I had a dream)
Won't you say that I'm not losin' you (I had a dream).Oh, say it was a dream (I had a dream, I had a dream)

Well, well, you know I begged you (I had a dream) to come back fast (I had a dream)
You know without you baby (I had a dream) I know I couldn't last (I had a dream)
Oh, but you would not listen (I had a dream) listen to my plea (I had a dream)
You turned around (I had a dream) and walked away from me (I had a dream)
Now you know you can't let it come true now (I had a dream).
Tell me I'm not losin' you (I had a dream). Won't you say it was a dream (I had a dream, I had a dream)

 

[fox69]

"I Had Twins (He Had Twins)"

"I Had Twins (He Had Twins)"


[Crowd]
Hurrah! Hurroo!
There'll be an execution.
It serves him right.
The law makes retribution.
There's going to be a killing.
Hurrah! Hurroo!

[Citizen]
It serves him right.
Hurrah! Hurroo!
What did he do?

[Policeman]
He came from Syracuse.

[Crowd]
No! No! No!

[Policeman]
Yes! Yes! Yes!
So let him plead,
For what's the use?
The sap's from Syracuse!

[Crowd]
The sap's from Syracuse!

[Policeman]
Sh! Listen!
Yes-he dies!

[Crowd]
Good! That's one down!

[Policeman]
He dies tomorrow at sundown.
Our rigid laws of Ephesus
Most rightfully refuse
A visa to any citizen
Of uncivilized Syracuse.
If any one of us would dare to go
To that barbaric city.
He'd get the ax the same as he-
That's why he gets no pity.

[Crowd]
Give him the ax, the ax, the ax-
Give him the ax, the ax-

[Policeman]
Unless he can pay a thousand marks,
Or borrow it from the local sharks.

[Duke]
Why did you come here?

[Aegean]
I had twins.

[Crowd]
He had twins.
That's nothing much agin him.
He had twins.

[Policeman]
I never thought he had it in him.

[Crowd]
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Policeman]
Is that why you came here?

[Aegean]
I had twins who looked alike,
Couldn't tell one from the other.
They had two slaves who looked alike,
Couldn't tell one from his brother.
But on one unlucky day .
We went sailing on the sea.
This was an unlucky blunder,
For our ship was torn asunder
Just like that!
Just like that!
Just
Like
That!
See?
One young twin went down with me,
One went swimming with his mother.
We were parted by the sea,
Man and wife and slave and brother.
Now my one remaining brave boy
Went a-searching with his slave boy.
Having lost my son
And wife, too-
I will gladly give my life, too-
Just like that!
Just like that!
Just
Like
That!
See?
I have searched the isles of Greece
]From my home to far-off Samos.
Didn't know your local laws.
I am just an lgnoramus.
I am sinless!
I am twinless!
I am wifeless!
I am lifeless!
I
Am
Glad
To
Die!
He had twins,
For them he'd give his life.
He had twins,
To say nothing of his wife.

[Crowd]
Hurrah! Hurroo!
There'll be an execution.
It serves him right.
The law makes retribution.
There's going to be a killing.
Hurrah! Hurroo!
What did he do?
He came from Syracuse.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes! Yes! Yes!

 

[fox69]

"I Like To Hear It Sometime"

"I Like To Hear It Sometime"


I don't want you to say pretty words
Makin' music like the sweet singing birds
I don't want you to be no fool
And don't treat me no special way - Just say
"I love you so" - now and then ....
'Cause if you really, really love me, yeah,
I like to hear it some time
Sometimes you ought to take me in your arms
And say the words that I want to hear
You ought to sooth me with your magic charms
Call me "sweetheart", "darling" or "dear"!
I don't want you to beg or cry
A little affection would satisfy
I don't want you to be upset
I just want to hear you say
"I love you so" - now and then ....
'Cause if you really, really love me, yeah,
I like to hear it some time

 

[fox69]

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"


I love you so much it hurts me
Darlin', that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
I'm afraid of losing you.
I love so much it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my dear, forever and ever
I love you so much it hurts me so.
I love you so much it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my dear, forever and ever
I love you so much it hurts me so.

 

[fox69]

"I Married An Angel"

"I Married An Angel"


Have you heard I married an angel,
I'm sure that the change'll be awf'lly good for me.
Have you heard an angel I married,
To heaven she's carried this fellow with a kiss,
She is sweet and gentle, so it isn't strange, when I'm sentimental
She loves me like an angel.
Now you've heard, I married an angel,
This beautiful change will be awf'lly good for me.

 

[fox69]

"I Never See Maggie Alone"

"I Never See Maggie Alone"


Maggie dear, just won't go out alone
Seems that she must have a chaperone
When we go out no matter where we're bound
There's always somebody around

She brings her father, her mother
Her sister and her brother
Woah, I never see Maggie alone
She brings her uncle, her cousin
She's got ‘em by the dozens
You know that's why I never see Maggie alone

And if I phone her, say to her "Sweet,
Where shall we meet, supposing we eat."
She brings her father, her mother
Her sister and her brother
Oh! I can never, never see my Maggie alone

She brings her father, her mother
Her sister and her big big brother
Oh! I never see Maggie alone
One night when we were out walking
And she got tired of talking
She invited me up to her home

I turned the lights down, they were too bright
Oh! What a sight when I turned on the light
There was her father, her mother
Her sister and her big, fat brother
Oh! I never see Maggie alone

I bought a roadster, two-seated
I even had it heated
So that I could see Maggie alone
While we were riding, and kissing
The engine started missing
And we were a long way from home

I got right out and then fast as I could
Found what was wrong, for when I raised the hood
There was her father, her mother
Her sister and her big, fat brother
Oh! I never see Maggie alone

I never
Oh I never
Ow, I never see my little Maggie alone
Oh, Maggie