FRANKIE & JOHNNY
By
Stevie Wonder
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Frankie & Johnny were sweethearts
At least, that’s the way the story goes
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
From his sports-car to his Ivy League clothes
Oh, he was a man allright,
Oh, but he was doing a-wrong
Just to show you what came happen
A friend came running to Frankie
Said you know I wouldn’t tell you no lie
I saw your man riding in his Jaguar
With a chick named Mary Bley
Oh if he was your man honey
Let me tell you he was doing you wrong
Let me tell the story
Frankie ran around the corner
And peeked in a swinging place
And there she saw Johnny with a woman
He had his arm around her waist
Oh he was a man alright
But Frankie could see that he was doing a-wrong
Oh let me tell you
Frankie reached down in her pocketbook
And up with a long 44
She shot once, twice, three times
And Johnny fell on the hardwood floor
Oh he was a man alright
But she shot him because he was doing a-wrong
But the last thing he told her was
Frankie, you know I love you
Why, honey why did you do that
Frankie, I was telling her about you
Frankie, you know I love you
Frankie, you know that I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Frankie you know good well that I love you
Frankie I’ll always love you baby
Frankie, you know I can’t do without you
Frankie, you know I love you
I’m your man and I know I was doing a-wrong
HOLD ME
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Hold me darling hold me
And I’ll always be your, be your guy
Closer, baby come closer
Let me be the one that loves and be by your side
Why should you be lonely when I need you so
Give my arms a chance I know I’ll never let go
So hold me, baby hold me
Say you’ll never let me go
Why should you be lonely when I need you so
Give my arms a chance I know I’ll never let go
So hold me, baby hold me
Say you’ll never let me go
You know I love you so
I’ll never-never let you go
I’ll never let you go
Oh baby-baby, hold me
Why should we be apart
I’ll never-never let you go
SUNSHINE IN THEIR EYES
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A lonesome fear
A hungry face
A barren pain
A dream unchased
Oh I can’t wait until the day there’s sunshine in their eyes
A prayer is heard
By one so small
Let love be in the
Hearts of all
Oh I can’t wait until there’s sunshine in their eyes
You and I may never see them cry
Or wonder why the world’s so cold
You feel that they’re too young
To take a look around
But in their faces I can see the trouble all around
Today we must turn into lies
The truth already in their minds
Oh I can’t wait until the day there’s sunshine in their eyes
He can’t wait until the day there’s sunshine in their eyes
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sunshine
Oh I can’t wait until the day there’s sunshine in their eyes
Sunshine in our eyes
Oh my momma’s worried cause she feels the world is ending
She believes that everything is coming to an end
Papa’s stayin real careful cause his brother Sam was robbed
Trying to buy just a loaf of bread for baby John
See how the world escaped
All the streets turin bare
Most of the news is bad
Crime just feeds in the air
Sad is the song
Rolling along
Everything is happening
Wit is the tune
Are we all doomed?
Everything is happening
Cost of livin’s up, but the pay is low and down
Hate to see the babies starve cause momma cant be found
Sister lives alone, bolts and chains the door at night
Never ever walks an alley or a shorter way
See how the world escaped
All the streets turin bare
Most of the news is bad
Crime just feeds in the air
Sad is the song
Rolling along
Everything is happening
Wit is the tune
Are we all doomed?
Everything is happening
Father Bills gone fighting in a place where he’s a stranger
But could men die a stranger in every war
We all hide in shame bolding pointing to another
When the blame we know for sure is right in ourselves, in ourselves, in ourselves, in ourselves, in ourselves
Sad is the song
Rolling along
Everything is happening
Wit is the tune
Are we all doomed?
Everything is happening
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
yeah yeah yeah
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
everybody say it now
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
ahhh
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
yeaoow
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
ohhh noo
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
ohhhh oh baby
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
ohh baby
la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la la la la la
OVERJOYED
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Over time, I’ve been building my castle of love
Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason
I’ve gone much too far for you now to say
That I’ve got to throw my castle away
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I’ve been dreaming
The sandman has come from too far away
For you to say come back some other day
And though you don’t believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find, I had found what I’ve searched to discover
I’ve come much too far for me now to find
The love that I’ve sought can never be mine
And though you don’t believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
And though the odds say improbable
What do they know
For in romance
All true love needs is a chance
And maybe with a chance you will find
You too like I
Overjoyed, over loved, over you, over you
WITH EACH BEAT OF MY HEART
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Honey, sweet
I’ve got something to say to you in privacy
Something I’d like for you to hear
And only your ears alone
Secretly, I’ve been admiring you intensely
So much so I’d like to settle down with you
And make a home
You are my first breath
My first smile
And my morning cup of tea
Yours is the love
That I pray for
Before I go to sleep
From the time I saw your face
I knew no other could erase
My loving you with each beat of my heart
Until the day I heard you speak
I didn’t know that sound was sweet
Me hearing you in each beat of my heart
There’s a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart
Honey, sweet
I soared into a heaven’s galaxy
So hypnotized was I
From seeing all the magic in your eyes
So I bring
To you what’s been a lifetime fantasy
Of being with the only one who can
Create my paradise
You are my first breath
My first smile
And my morning cup of tea
Yours is the love
That I pray for
Before I go to sleep
From the time I saw your face
I knew no other could erase
My loving you with each beat of my heart
Until the day I heard you speak
I didn’t know that sound was sweet
Me hearing you in each beat of my heart
There’s a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart
There’s a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart
THAT GIRL
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That girl thinks that she’s so fine
That soon she’ll have my mind
That girl thinks that she’s so smart
That soon she’ll have my heart
She thinks in no time flat
That she’ll be free and clear to start
With her emotional rescue of love that you’ll leave turn apart
That girl thinks that she’s so bad
She’ll change my tears from joy to sad
She says she keeps the upper hand
‘Cause she can please her man
She doesn’t use her love to make him weak
She uses love to keep him strong
And inside me there’s no room for doubt
That it won’t be too long
Before I tell her that I love her
That I want her
That my mind, soul and body needs her
Tell her that I’d love to, that I want to
That I need to do all that I have to
To be in her love
I’ve been hurting for a long time
And you’ve been playing for a long time
You know it’s true
I’ve been holding for a long time
And you’ve been running for a long time
It’s time to do what we have to do
That girl, That girl
That girl knows every single man
Would ask her for her hand
But she says her love is much too deep
For them to understand
She says her love has been crying out
But her lover hasn’t heard
But what she doesn’t realize is that I’ve listened to every word
That’s why I know I’ll tell that I love her
That I want her
That my mind, soul and body needs her
Tell her that I’d love to, that I want to
That I need to do all that I have to
To be in her love
Tell her I love her
That I want her
That my mind and soul and body needs her
Tell her that I’d love to, that I want to
That I need to do all that I have to
To be in her love
That I love her
That I want her
That my mind and soul and body needs her
Tell her that I’d love to, that I want to
That I need to do all that I have to…
Tell her that I love her
That I want her
That my mind and soul and body needs her
Tell her that I’d love to, that I want to
That I need to do all that I have to
To be in her…
That girl, that girl, that girl,
Oh, That girl, that girl, that girl, that girl…