Ray Charles

[fox69]

"Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It"

"Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It"


Listen...

Somebody ought to write a book about it
I can't sleep at night about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it

There been many a story about love
That's been told
But none know the heartaches
That my story holds
It's filled with excitement
From beginning to the end
And every time I think about it
I have to say it again

Somebody ought to write a book about it
I can't sleep at night about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it

If someone could write the feelings
Of the heartaches and the pain
And the long days and the lonely nights
That I spent in vain
Of the few happy moments
Through my life that she gave
And the way that she used to love me
Just to make me her slave

Somebody ought to write a book about it
I can't sleep at night about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it

I think the last chapter in the book
Should talk about a man's pride
And how when he walks upright
He has to run away and hide
And the way love can make him feel good
Even when walkin' in the rain
That's the one day but the next day
It can bring so much pain

Somebody ought to write a book about it
I can't sleep at night about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it

Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it
Believe there's no doubt about it
Somebody ought to write a book about it

 

[fox69]

"Something's Gotta Give"

"Something's Gotta Give"


Somethings gotta give,
Somethings gotta give
Somethings gotta give
When an irresistible force such as you
Meets and old immovable object like me
You can bet as sure as you live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give.
When an irrepressible smile such as yours
Warms an old implacable heart such as mine
Don't say no because I insist.
Somewhere, somehow,
Someone's gonna be kissed.
So en garde who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky?
I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore
But how long can anyone try?
Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give.
Fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give.
Something's gotta, something's gotta give

 

[fox69]

"Soon"

"Soon"


Soon, maybe not tomorrow
But soon there'll just be two of us.
Soon you and I will borrow
The moon for just the two of us.
Sweetly and so discreetly
We'll be completely alone
No other world, only our own.
Now we must be contented
With schemes about the two of us.
Yet we can have our sweet-scented dreams
That will come true of us.
For presently and pleasantly
Our hearts will be in tune
So soon, maybe not tomorrow, but soon.

 

[fox69]

"Spic And Spanish"

"Spic And Spanish"


There's no Cinderella in Spain;
That story was pulled by a Dane.
Our young girls are simple and pure,
But watched night and day to be sure
And now I'm alone,
Wide awake and full-grown,
With no fairy prince
To call on the phone.
What's the matter with me
There, I'm here all alone.

All dressed up
Spic and spanish
But I got no place to go
Got some thing I got to show.
Oh!
All dressed up
Slick and spanish
No one takes me for a ride
Haven't got a thing to hide
I want to go away
Where the men make music.
And play till the night is day.
Cock-a-doodle daddy!
Spic and span
Spic and spanish
Not the type to cook or sew.
Here's the girl but where's the beau?
I want to go away! Away!

 

[fox69]

"Spirit In The Dark"

"Spirit In The Dark"


I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark
I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark
People movin', oh people groovin'
They're gettin' the spirit in the dark
Tell me sister, how do you feel?
Tell me my brother brother brother, how do you feel?
You feel like dancin', get up and let's start dancin'
Start gettin' the spirit, the spirit in the dark

It's like Sally Walker, sittin' in a saucer
That's how you do it, ain't nothin' to it
Ride Sally ride
Put your hands on your hips, cover your eyes
And move, move with the spirit
Oh yeah move, move with the spirit
Oh move, move with the spirit now now now
Move, with the spirit

How you're gettin' the spirit, I've been gettin' in the dark
I wonder how you're gettin' the spirit, gettin' the spirit in the dark
People movin', yeah everybody's groovin'
Just gettin' the spirit, how you're gettin' it how you're gettin' it in the
Dark

It's like Sally Walker, sittin' in a saucer
That's how you do it, ain't nothin' to it
Ride Sally ride
Put your hands on your hips, cover your eyes
And move, move with the spirit
Oh yeah move, move with the spirit
Oh move, move with the spirit now now now
Move, with the spirit

 

[fox69]

"Spring Is Here"

"Spring Is Here"


Once there was a thing called spring
When the world was writing verses like yours and mine,
All the lads and girls would sing
When we sat at little tables and drank May wine.
Now April, May and June
Are sadly out of tune
Life has stuck a pin in the boat.
Spring is here
Why doesn't my heart go dancing?
Spring is here
Why isn't the waltz entrancing?
No desire,
No ambition leads me
Maybe it's because nobody needs me
Spring is here
Why doesn't the breeze delight me?
Stars appear
Why doesn't the night invite me?
Maybe it's because nobody loves me
Spring is here, I hear

[Instrumental Break]

Maybe it's because nobody loves me
Spring is here, I hear

 

[fox69]

"Stella By Starlight"

"Stella By Starlight"


The song a robin sings
Through years of endless springs
The murmur of a brook at even tide
That ripples by a nook where two lovers hide

A great symphonic theme
That's Stella by starlight and not a dream
Mmm, my heart and I agree
She's everything on Earth to me

(The murmur of a brook at even tide)
(That ripples by a nook where two lovers hide)

A great symphonic theme
That's Stella by starlight and not a dream
Oh, my heart and I agree
She's everything on Earth to me (on Earth to me)

 

[fox69]

"Still Crazy After All These Years"

"Still Crazy After All These Years"


I met my old lover
On the street last night
She seemed so glad to see me
I just smiled
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ourselves some beers
Still crazy afler all these years
Still crazy after all these years
I'm not the kind of man
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old familiar ways
And I aint no fool for love songs
That whisper in my ears
Still crazy after all these years
Still crazy after all these years
Four in the morning
Crapped out
Yawning
Longing my life away
I'll never worry
Why should l?
Its all gonna fade
Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear I'll do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years

 

[fox69]

"Summer Wind"

"Summer Wind"


The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea
It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me
All summer long we sang a song and then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind
Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by
The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky
Then softer than a piper man one day it called to you
I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind
The autumn wind and the winter winds, they have come and gone
And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on
And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end
My fickle friend, the summer wind
The summer wind
Warm summer wind
Mmm, the summer wind

 

[fox69]

"Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)"

"Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)"


Do you know way down
(Way down)
Way down upon the Swanee
(Swanee)
Talkin' 'bout the river
(River)

You know was so far
(So far)
So far away
(So far away)
(Oh, yeah)

Do you know that's where
(That's where)
Where my heart is turnin', ohh
(Turnin')
Ever

And there's where
(There's where)
There's where the old folks stay
(Where the old folks stay)

All the world is sad
And lonely now
Everywhere I roam
Keep until you're mine darlin'
(Darlin')

How my heart is going sad
(So sad)
So sad and lonely

Because I'm so far
(So far)
I'm far from my folks back home
(From my folks back home)

All the world is sad
And lonely now
Everywhere I roam
Keep until you're mine darlin'
(Darlin')
How my heart is going sad
(So sad)
So sad and lonely

Because I'm so far
(So far)
So far from my folks back home, yeah
I'm far from my folks back home, yeah
So far from my folks back home, yeah
Oh, far from my folks back home, yeah