Etta James

dont know why
theres no sun up in the sky
stormy weather since my man and i ain't together
keeps raining all of the time
oh yeah

life is bad
gloom and misery everywhere
stormy weather
stormy weather
and i just cant get my poor self together
oh im weary all of the time
the time
so weary all of the time

when he went away the blues walked in and met me
oh yeah, if he stays away, old rocking chair is gonna get me.
all i do is pray the lord will let me
walk in the sun once more

i cant go on, cant go on, cant go on,
everything i have is gone
stormy weather
stormy weather
since my man and i, me and my daddy aint together
keeps raining all of the time
all of the time
keeps raining all of the time
all of the time.

stormy stormy stormy weather.

Something told me it was over
when I saw you and her talking,
Something deep down in my soul said, Cry Girl,
when I saw you and that girl, walking out.
I would rather, I would rather go blind boy,
Than to see you, walk away from me child, and all.
Ooooo So you see, I love you so much
That I don't want to watch you leave me baby,
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free no
I was just, I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
Of your kisses and your warm embrace, yeah,
When the reflection in the glass
that I held to my lips now baby,
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah.
And baby, baby, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away,
see you walk away from me, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind now

If there's anyone here
Who knows why these two people should not be joined together
Let them speak now or forever hold their peace

Wait, Wait Stop the wedding
You just marrying her of spite
If she knew the inside story
She'd tell you what your doing just ain't right
I know you don't wanna hurt me
So stop this madness before it starts
Revenge will only cause you regret

So don't do it, don't do it
Don't break two hearts
(Dont break two hearts)
'Cause you belong to me, Oh Darlin
And I belong to you and deep down inside me now
I know you feel that way to
So baby, don't do it (don't do it)
Don't do it (don't do it) Don't do it (don't do it)
Oh, don't you break two hearts
(Oh don't break two hearts)
No, No, No Baby Don't do it (don't you do it)
Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, Don't you break, don't you break two hearts
(Oh don't break two hearts)
No,No,No,No, Don't do it (Don't you do it)
Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, don't break two hearts
(Oh, don't break two hearts)
No,No, No,No, Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, Oh don't you break two hearts
(Oh, don't break two hearts)

I want a Sunday kind of love
A love to last past Saturday night
And I?d like to know it?s more than love at first sight
And I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh yea yeaI want a a love that?s on the square
Can?t seem to find somebody
Someone to care
And I?m on a lonely road that leads to no where
I need a Sunday kind of loveI do my Sunday dreaming, Oh yea
And all my Sunday scheming
Every minute, every hour, every dayOh I?m hoping to discover
A certain kind of lover
Who will show me the wayAnd my arms need someone
Someone to enfold
To keep me warm when Mondays and Tuesdays grow cold
Love for all my life to have and to hold
Oh and I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh yea yea yeaI don?t want a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Thursday, Friday or Saturday
Oh nothing but Sunday oh yea
I want a Sunday Sunday
I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh yea
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday kind of loooove

I heard church bells ringing,
I heard a choir singing.
I saw my love walk down the aisle.
On her finger, he placed a ring, oh, oh.

I saw them holding hands
She was standing there with my man.
I heard them promise 'til death do us part.
Each word was a pain in my heart.

Oh. All I could do, all I could do was cry.
All I could do was cry.
I was losing the man that I loved,
and all I could do was cry.

And now the wedding is over,
rice has been thrown over their heads.
For them, life has just begun but mine is at an end

Oh. All I could do, all I could do was cry.
All I could do was cry.
I was losing the man that I loved,
and all I could do was cry.

Out on the street
The summer heat
Boys playing games
Changing their names
Pulling tricks
Getting their kicks
All the way down
Let it ride

Meetin the stars
In funky bars
Shiny new cars
And back door lies
Trying to hike
Or any other type of ride
All the way down
Let it ride

Trying everythang now
Gotta check it out
Trying everythang now
Gotta check it out
Hey girl!
You want a blow?
Why not?
I got no where to go.

Benny the Albino
Says don't be a whino
Try these here flakes
They got what it takes
To make you a star
And change who you are
All the way down
Let it ride

Tell me were you satisfied?
Did you mix it?
Did you like it?
Oooh! Tell me was it good to you.
I wanna know did you make enough money?
Did you make enough money to go down in style?
Or did you find yourself just dying, dying, dying, dying, after a while?

Got to get off!
Got to get off!
I got to, got to, got to, got to, got to get off!
Please help me, help me!
To git off now, now!
Before I freeze, and before I can come up off my knees
And lose my key to freedom.
And I go, All the way down, All the way down.

At last
my love has come along
my lonely days over
and life is like a song
Ooh At last
the skies above are blue
well my heart was wrapped up in clover
the night I looked at you
I found a dream
that I could speak to
a dream that I could call my own
I found a thrill
to press my cheek to
a thrill that I have never known
well
You smile
you smile
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last

(by Jimmy Reed)

You got me runnin'
You got me hidin'
Run' hide' hide' runnin' anyway you want it let it roll
Yeah yeah yeah oh yeah
Yeah you got me where you want me now
Baby what you want me to do

I'm going up
I'm going down
I' m going up down down up anyway you want it let it roll
Yeah yeah yeah oh yeah
Yeah you got me where you want me now
Baby what you want me to do

Oh baby, you don't have to go
No no no baby baby
Honey you don't have to go
I'm goin' to pack my things
And down the road I go

Oh baby, Honey what's wrong with you?
Oh oh baby baby
Honey honey honey what's wrong with you? oh yeah
You don't treat your mama now
Like you used to do

Oooooh ow ow ow
Oooooh ow ow ow ow ow
Oooooh ow ow ow ow ow ow

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ouw ouw ouw ouw
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ouw ouw ouw ouw
You know oh oh oh oh now oh oh ouw ouw

I can do what I want
I'm in complete control
That's what I tell myself
I got a mind of my own
I'll be alright alone
Don't need anybody else
I gave myself a good talkin' to
No more bein' a fool for you
And when I see you all I remember
Is how you make me wanna surrender

Chorus:

Damn your eyes
For takin' my breath away
Makin' me wanna stay
Damn your eyes
For getting my hopes up high
Makin' me fall in love again
Damn your eyes

It's always the same
You say that you'll change
Some how you never do
I believe all your lies
Look in your eyes
You make it all seem true

I guess I see what I wanna see
Or is my heart just deceiving me
And with that look I know so well
I fall completely under your spell

(repeat chorus)

You came deliberately deceiving me
Makin' me see what I wanna see

(repeat chorus)

Don't cry, don't cry baby
Don't cry baby
Dry your eyes, and let's be sweethearts again
And oh, 'cause you know
You know I didn't mean
To ever treat you so mean
C'mon, c'mon sweetheart
And let's try it over again

And oh, don't cry
Don't cry baby
Don't cry, don't cry
Dry your eyes, and let's be sweethearts again
And oh, 'cause you know I didn't mean
To ever treat you so mean
C'mon, c'mon sweetheart
And let's try it over again

Repeat

Fool that I am,
For falling in love with you.
And, fool that I am,
For thinking you loved me, too.
You took my heart,
Then played the part of little coquette.
And, my dreams just disappeared
Like the smoke from a cigarette.
Fool that I am,
For hoping yo

Well you can really go go go
Jumpin' fast or rockin' slow
I will see ya when the band gone blow
Now hold it, don't move it now boogie some more

I'm a good rockin' daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin' daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin' daddy

I told the boys all to come and see
Just what the sandman brought to me
They stood around with a great big smile
When we start to rock n' roll they all went wild

Good rockin' daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin' daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin' daddy

I'll hold you close and I'll hold you tight
You'll rock n' roll from left to right
'Round and 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Rest awhile and we'll boogie some more

I'm a good rockin' daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin' daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin' daddy

Good rockin' daddy
Good rockin' daddy
Good rockin' daddy
Good rockin' daddy
Good rockin' daddy

Something told me it was over
when I saw you and her talking,
Something deep down in my soul said, Cry Girl,
when I saw you and that girl, walking out.
I would rather, I would rather go blind boy,
Than to see you, walk away from me child, and all.
Ooooo So you see, I love you so much
That I don't want to watch you leave me baby,
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free no
I was just, I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
Of your kisses and your warm embrace, yeah,
When the reflection in the glass
that I held to my lips now baby,
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah.
And baby, baby, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away,
see you walk away from me, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind now

I don't want nobody
If I can't have you
Oh, I can't love nobody
Unless I'm loving you

The way you hug me
The way you squeeze me
The way you kiss me

If I can't have you...

I can't talk to nobody
Unless I'm talking to you
I don't wanna hold nobody
Unless I'm holding you

I can't be kissing nobody
Unless I'm kissing you
I just don't
I just don't
I just don't want to be bothered with nobody
Unless I'm bothered with you

The way you hug me
The way you squeeze me
The way you kiss me

If I can't have you...

Is someone like you
My dearest darling
Please~love me to
Within my heart
I pray your answer's yes
I'll make your life
Full of happiness

I'll be there by your side
Oh,I pledge my love to you
With God as our guide..

Unh~my dearest darling
I offer you my heart

Oh, yeah whenever you need me
I'll..I'll be there by your side
Oh~I pledge my love to you
With God as our guide

Oh nothing,nothing,nothing in this world
Can keep us apart
Unh~ my dearest darling
I'm offering you my heart

Unh~my dearest darling...

So you told all the boys that you were gonna take me out
Ya even ya even had the nerve to make a bet a yes you did
That I, I would give in all of my love you would win
But you haven't, you haven't won it yet
You took me for a pushover
Oh you thought I was a push over
Wo I'm not a push over
You thought my love was easy to get
All of the girls think you're fine
They even call ya Romeo
Ya got 'em, yeah you got 'em runnin' to and fro
Yes ya have
But I don't want a one night thrill
I want a love that's for real
And I can tell by your line, your's is not the lasting kind
You took me for a push over
Oh you thought I was a push over
Whoa I'm not a push over
You thought that you could change my mind
your temptin' lips (m m hm) your way hair (oh yeah)
your pretty eyes with that (ahhhhhhh) come hither stare
It makes me weak and I, I start to bend
and then I stop and think again
no (no), no (no), no don't let yourself go
I hate to spoil your reputation
I want true love not an imitation
And I'm hip to every word in your conversation
Who took me for a -- push over
Whoa I'm not a -- push over
Whoa you thought I was a -- push over
Whoa you can't (push me over)
Nobody is gonna (push me over)
Oh you're not man enough to (push me over)
(fade) Everybody thought you was gonna (push me over)

Security, yeah yeah
I want some security

I want security, yeah
Without it I'm at a great loss
Yes I am, now
Security, yeah, yeah
And I want it any cost, yes I do now

Oh, don't want no money now
Don't want no pay
But with security, yeah, yeah
I'll have all these things
Yes, I will now

Security, yeah
That's all I want from you
Yes, I do now
Talkin' bout security, yeah, yeah
And a little love that'll be true
Right now

Your sweet lips, you know
They tell me
That you're the one for me
Darlin', how can I forget now?
How can I forget? Yeah

Security is what I want right now
Your love is all right
But I need a little more honey
I can't spend your love
At the grocery store

I need security, right now
Security, yeah
I tell you once again
Yes I will now
Talkin' about security, yeah
And I want it to the end, yes I do

Your sweet tender lips, you know
They tell me
That you're the one for me
Darling, how can I forget now?
How can I forget? Yeah
Security, yeah, security is what I want

Sometimes I get a good feeling
I get a feeling that I never, never had before
And I got to tell you right now
I believe, I really do believe that
Something's got a hold on me
(Oh, it must be love)
Something's got a hold on me right now child
(Yeah, it must be love)
Let me tell you now
I never felt like this before
Something's got a hold on me that won't let go
I believe I'd die if I only could
I sure feel strange, but I sure feel good
I said, Oh yeah
It must be love
(You know it must be love)
Let me tell you now
Something's got a hold on me
(Oh, it must be love)
Something's got a hold on me right now child
(Yeah, it must be love)
Let me tell you now
I got a feeling, I feel so strange
Everything about me seems to have changed
Step by step, I got a brand new walk
I even sound sweeter when I talk
I said, Oh yeah
It must be love
(You know it must be love)
Let me tell you now
My heart feels heavy, my feet feel light
I shake all over, but I feel alright
I never felt like this before
Something's got a hold on me that won't let go
I never thought it could happen to me
My heart was heavy when in misery
I never thought it could be this way
Love's sure gonna put a hurting on me
I said Oh yeah
It must be love
(You know it must be love)
Yeah he walks like love
(Yeah he walks like love)
And he talks like love
(And he talks like love)
Makes me feel alright
(Makes me feel alright)
In the middle of the night
(In the middle of the night)
Na na na na!

If there's anyone here
Who knows why these two people should not be joined together
Let them speak now or forever hold their peace

Wait, Wait Stop the wedding
You just marrying her of spite
If she knew the inside story
She'd tell you what your doing just ain't right
I know you don't wanna hurt me
So stop this madness before it starts
Revenge will only cause you regret

So don't do it, don't do it
Don't break two hearts
(Dont break two hearts)
'Cause you belong to me, Oh Darlin
And I belong to you and deep down inside me now
I know you feel that way to
So baby, don't do it (don't do it)
Don't do it (don't do it) Don't do it (don't do it)
Oh, don't you break two hearts
(Oh don't break two hearts)
No, No, No Baby Don't do it (don't you do it)
Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, Don't you break, don't you break two hearts
(Oh don't break two hearts)
No,No,No,No, Don't do it (Don't you do it)
Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, don't break two hearts
(Oh, don't break two hearts)
No,No, No,No, Don't do it (don't you do it)
Stop the wedding (don't you do it)
Oh, Oh don't you break two hearts
(Oh, don't break two hearts)

All alone at the end of the evening and the bright lights have faded to blue. I was thinkin' 'bout a woman I loved and I never knew. You know I've always been a dreamer SPENT MY LIFE RUNNING ROUND and it's so hard to change CAN'T SEEM TO SETTLE DOWN
but the dreams I've seen lately keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same.
So put me on a highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time.
You can spend all your time making money, you can spend all your love making time.
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow would you still be mine? And when you're looking for your freedom NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE and you can't find the door CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE
when there's nothing to believe in still you're coming back, you're running back, you're coming back for more. So put me on a highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit,
take it to the limit one more time

Your dogs ain't found a good girl,
One that love you and give you warn
Now you find that you been misused you,
Talk to me, I'll do what you choose
I want to chose

Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama,
what you need Tell Mama,
what you want
Well how many girls can think all right
She'd embarrass you anywhere,
She'd make her friends think
that she didn't care
Give me the chance and I'd been begging
And I just want to take care of you
and I want you to
Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama,
what you need Tell Mama,
what you want and how that girl
does things all right

The girl you had didn't have no sense,
she wasn't worth all the time you spent
Had another man kick you out the door,
now that same dude is wearing your clothes
Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama,
what you need Tell Mama,
what you want

The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets.
The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets.
I looked out my window, the rain was falling down in sheets.
My baby left me this morning, Lord knows I don't know the reason
why.
My baby left me this morning, I don't know the reason why.
And everytime I think about it, I hang my head and cry.
The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart.
The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart.
I love my baby, I hate to see us part.

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Written By JAMES, ELMORE
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Oh! Will you never let me be?
Oh! Will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us
Are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fair ground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came you saw you conquer'd me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you

First daffodils and long excited cables
And candle lights on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The park at evening when the bell has sounded
The "Ile de France" with all the gulls around it
The beauty that is Spring's
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside dance invitations
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you

Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow
Wild strawb'ries only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you

Trust in me in all you do
Have the faith I have in you
Love will see us through
If only you trust in me
Why don't you, you trust me
Come to me when things go wrong
Cling to me Daddy, oh yeah, and I'll be strong
We can get along, we can get along
Oh, if only you trust in me
While there's a moon, a moon on high
While there are birds, birds to fly
While there is you, you and I
I can be sure that I love you
Oh, stand beside me, stand beside me all the while
Come on Daddy, face the future, why don't you smile
Trust in me and I'll be worthy of you
Oh yeah, yeah, why don't you, you trust in me in all you do
And have the faith I, I have in you
Oh, and love will see us through
If only you trust in me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Why don't you, you come to me when things go wrong
Cling to me and, whoa, and I'll be strong
We can get along, we can get along
Oh, if only you trust in me
Yeah, yeah