B.J. Thomas

WHOS THE ONE WHO TIED YOU SHOE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
AND KNEW JUST WHEN TO COME AND SEE WHAT YOU HAD DONE
MAMA OH MAMA
AND WHOS THE ONE WHO PATCHED YOUR EYE AND TOLD YOU NOT TO CRY
CAUSE HE WAS TO BIG FOR YOU TO TRY
MAMA MAMA

AND WHOS THE ONE YOU DIDNT NEED TO PLEAD
TO GIVE HER TIME TO THE LITTLE LEAUGE
IT WAS MAMA OH MAMA
AND WHOS THE ONE WHO GAVE HER SHOULDER
WHEN YOU TOLD HER YOUR FIRST LOVE WAS OVER
SHE'D MET SOMEONE OLDER MAMA MAMA

IT WAS MAMA, MY MAMA, MAMA, OH MAMA

WHOS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT YOU OBLIGATION THEN DEDICATION
RESULTS GRADUATION MAMA MAMA
AND WHOS THE ONE WHOS SHOWN THE FRIENDS YOU'VE KNOWN
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME WHEM THEY WERE TIRED AND ALL ALONE
MAMA MAMA

AND WHOS THE ONE WHO HELD A TEAR INSIDE
WHEN YOU INTRODUCED YOU FUTURE BRIDE
AND WHOS THE ONE THAT DIDNT MEAN TO CRY
AS YOU WALKED DOWN THE ISLE THROUGH TEARS YOU SAW HER
SMILE
MAMA OH MAMA
MAMA MY MAMA
IT WAS MAMA MY MAMA

I'll be in New York City
When the lights shine bright tonight
Where my woman waits for me
Arms that hold me tenderly
Lips as sweet as honeycomb
Love that waits for me alone
Deep in the eyes of a New York woman

The eyes of a New York woman
Are eyes that can hold a man
She swept me off of my feet
Made my world seem so complete
I'll never have to look for more
I found what I've been lookin' for
Deep in the eyes of a New York woman

Thought I wasn't ready
For the tie that binds
But I lost my heart to her
When her eyes met mine

Now I see her differently
I've got to make her mine

So I'll make my home Fun City
And let the lights shine bright on me
East side cafe?s, West side plays
Uptown, downtown, I'll be there
I'll never have to look for more
I found what I've been lookin' for
Deep in the eyes of a New York woman

The eyes of a New York woman
Are eyes that can hold a man
She swept me off of my feet
Made my world seem so complete
I'll never have to look for more
I found what I've been lookin' for
Deep in the eyes of a New York woman

Deep in the eyes of a New York woman

I can′t stop this feelin′ deep inside of me
Girl, you just don′t realize what you do to me
When ya hold me in your arms so tight
You let me know everything′s all right

I-I-I, I′m hooked on a feelin′
High on believin′ that you′re in love with me

Lips are sweet as candy, the taste stays on my mind
Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine
I got it bad for you, girl but I don′t need a cure
I′ll just stay addicted and hope I can endure

All the good love when we′re all alone
Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on
I-I-I, I′m hooked on a feelin′
High on believin′ that you′re in love with me

All the good love when we′re all alone
Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on
I-I-I, I′m hooked on a feelin′
I′m high on believin′ that you′re in love with me

Hello darlin', my ? it's good to hear you
I'm at the railroad station in st. Paul
How are all the folks, I'd love to see 'em
But girl I'd love to see you most of all

Well I've been staring at the rain and I've been thinkin'
Ever since the train left Montreal
Thought I'd always love this life I'm living
But now I know I love you most of all

Many times before I know I swore that I'd come home to stay...
But it always seems that foolish dream and trains got in my way

Tomorrow there will be snow in Minnesota
But I won't be around to watch it fall
I'll be heading for that old familiar station...
Hopin' you still love me most of all

Girl , you know I love you most of all
I miss ya baby... Most of all
I miss ya baby, most of all

Read in the paper nearly day
People breakin' up and just walkin' away from love and that's wrong
That's so wrong

A happy little home comes up for sale
Because two fools have tried and failed to get along
And ya know that's wrong

A man hurts a woman and a woman hurts a man
When neither one of them will love and understa-a-a-a-and
And take it with a grain of salt
Oh, now believe that

A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And even the sad love is better than no love at a-l-l
Got to believe that
A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And any kind of love is better than no love at all

Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

No love at all is a poor old man
Standin' on the corner with his hat in his hand
And no place to go, he's feelin' low
No love at all is a child in the street
Dodgin' traffic and beggin' to eat on a tenement row
And that's a long row to hoe
No love at all is a troubled young girl
Standin' on a bridge at the end of the wor-or-or-or-ld
And it's a pretty short fall
Now people believe me

A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And even the sad love is better than no love at a-l-l
Got to believe that
A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And any kind of love is better than no love at all

Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

Oh you got to believe me

A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And even the sad is better than no love at a-l-l
Got to believe me
A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And any kind of love is better than no love at all

Got to believe me

FADE
A little bit of love is better than no love
Even the bad love is better than no love
And any kind

Those old bad dreams
Been sleeping in your head
Those old dark clouds
Been hanging around your head
But all your hard times
Will vanish in the wind
When the mighty clouds of joy
Come rolling in
Ohhhh, Holy Jesus
Let your love seize us
Oh, let us find sweet peace within
Hallelujah!
Happiness begins,
When the mighty clouds of joy
Come rolling in.
Those old storm clouds
Are slowly drifting by
And those old raindrops
Are fading from your eyes
And oh, Mr. Sun,
Gonna shine on us again
When the mighty clouds of joy
Come rolling in
Ohhhh, Holy Jesus
Let your love seize us
Oh, let us find sweet peace within
Hallelujah!
Happiness begins,
When the mighty clouds of joy
Come rolling in
Holy Jesus
Won´t you let your love seize us
Let us find sweet peace within
Hallelujah!
Happiness begins,
When the mighty clouds of joy
Come rolling in

LONG AGO TOMORROW-(1971)=
1/.Maybe I'll be the things I dream And not the things I seem Maybe I'll get to change the world
Before it changes me And maybe my life Will always be Just as happy as it seems Long ago
tomorrow Long ago tomorrow Long ago tomorrow
2/.In my dreams Maybe I'll learn to face the truth And like the truth I face Maybe I'll get to find
myself Before I'm lost in space And maybe a love Will always be Just as faithful as it seems
Long ago tomorrow Long ago tomorrow Long ago tomorrow
3/.In my dreams And maybe a love Will always be Just as faithful as it seems Long ago
tomorrow Long ago tomorrow In my dreams.