Ray Charles

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Cry Me A River

Cry Me A River
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Now you say you're lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You drove me,
Nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember?
I remember all that you said
Told me love was to plebeian
Told me you were through with me
Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do

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Don't Set Me Free

Don't Set Me Free
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Dont set me free
And leave me all alone
Dont make me be
Just a rolling stone
Lock me up and throw the key away
Make me a prisoner night and day
And whatever you do to me
Dont set me free

Dont set me free
On my knees I pray
Have mercy on me
Dont send me away
Like a train jumpin off a track
Without ya baby, Id blow my stack
And whatever you do to me
Dont set me free

Like a stamp on a letter, if you let me stick with you
I could love you better, than anyone else can do

So dont set me free
Though Ive done you wrong
Baby cant you see
Without you I cant get along
Keep me in a state of agony
Make me miserable as can be
And whatever you do to me
Dont set me free

Like a stamp on a letter, if you let me stick with you
I could love you better, than anyone else can do

So dont set me free
Though Ive done you wrong
Baby cant you see
Without you I cant get along
Keep me in a state of agony
Make me miserable as can be
And whatever you do to me
Dont set me free
No, no, no, dont set me free
Im saying no, no dont set me free
Baby, no, no, dont set me free

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Eleanor Rigby

Eleanor Rigby
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Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong

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Everytime We Say Goodbye

Everytime We Say Goodbye
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Oh, Everytime we say goodbye I die a little
Everytime we say goodbye I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go

And when you're near
There's such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change from major to minor
Everytime we say goodbye

Everytime we say goodbye I die a little
Everytime we say goodbye I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go

When you're near
There's such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change from major to minor
Everytime we say goodbye

Everyime we say goodbye

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Fever

Fever
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Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the the morning, fever all through the night.

Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the the morning, oh fever all through the night.

Everybody's got the fever, that is something that you should know
Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago.
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh
Tell 'em about it
Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever - I'm afire, fever yea I burn forsooth.

Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
But when her Daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy,Daddy don't you dare"
He gives me fever - with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever - I'm his Missus, Oh daddy won't you treat him right.

Now you've heard our story, (oh, it's your story)
Here's the point I have made (I'm listening)
Chicks were born to give you fever (that's right)
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you fever - when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn.
Aha, what a lovely way to burn.
I tell you, what a lovely way to burn.
All right now, what a lovely way to burn.
I like that, what a lovely way to burn.

(You ain't right, Ray)

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Georgia On My Mind

Georgia On My Mind
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Georgia, Georgia
The whole day through (the whole day through)
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
I said a Georgia, Georgia
A song of you (a song of you)
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in the peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
I said Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find (no peace i find)
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind oh)
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Oh Georgia,
No peace, no peace I find
Just an old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Oh Georgia, Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
I said just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

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How Long Has This Been Going On

How Long Has This Been Going On
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I could cry salty tears
Where have I been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine
And some thrills I can't define
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been goin' on?

Oh, I feel that I could melt
Into heaven I'm hurled
I know how Columbus felt
Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce I was before
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

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If You Were Mine

If You Were Mine
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If you were mine
I'd never let you leave me
If you were mine
I'd never let you go

Because you are
Just what I've always wanted
And I think that you oughta know

From the moment I first saw you
Girl, you went straight to my brain
In my heart I've got a feeling
That I could never explain

If you were mine
You'd never know no sorrow
If you were mine
I'd marry you tomorrow
Yes, I would

Believe me, girl
What the occasion
If you call me
I'll come with no persuasion

You just call
And I'll come running
Oh, yes, I will, baby
Come rain or storm
Hail or snow

Cause the way I feel about you
No place is too remote to go

Oh, well, baby, oh, well
Now now now now now...
Oh, baby, oh, well...

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I've Got A Woman

I've Got A Woman
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Well, I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
Say. I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
She give me money
When I'm in need
Yeah, she's a kind of friend indeed
I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
She saves her lovin' early in the morning
Just for me
She saves her lovin' early in the morning
Just for me
She saves her lovin' just for me
She loves me so tenderly
Well, I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
She's there to love me both day and night
Never grumbles or fusses, always treats me right
Never runnin' in the streats, and leavin' me alone
She knows a woman's place is right there now in her home
Well, I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
Say. I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
Well, she's my baby
Don't you understand
And I'm her loving man
I've got a woman
Way over town
That's good to me oh, yeah
Don't you know she's alright
Don't you know she's alright
She's alright, she's alright.

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I Can't Stop Loving You

I Can't Stop Loving You
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(I can't stop loving you)
I've made up my mind
To live in memory of the lonesome times
(I can't stop wanting you)
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday
(Dreams of yesterday)
Those happy hours that we once knew
Tho' long ago, they still make me blue
They say that time heals a broken heart
But time has stood still since we've been apart
(I can't stop loving you)
I've made up my mind
To live in memories of the lonesome times
(I can't stop wanting you)
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday
(Those happy hours)
Those happy hours
(That we once knew)
That we once knew
(Tho' long ago)
Tho' long ago
(Still make me blue)
Still ma-a-a-ake me blue
(They say that time)
They say that time
(Heals a broken heart)
Heals a broken heart
(But time has stood still)
Time has stood still
(Since we've been apart)
Since we've been apart
(I can't stop loving you)
I said I made up my mind
To live in memory of the lonesome times

(I can't stop wanting you)
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life of dreams of yesterday
(Of yesterday)

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