FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
By
Stevie Wonder
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Me and my heart took a
Vow from the start and a
Vow to my heart I never break
Seasons may come and the
Seasons may go but know
Through every time and space
My love will always stay forever and always
From the bottom of my heart, I love you
I can say these words to you without delay
If you’re wondering just how long I’ll love you
Try forever that’s how long I’ll feel this way
Me and my heart got a
Promise from the stars that they’d
Keep this love burning endlessly
People will come just as
People will go but know
Whatever life has in store
Through all eternity you will have my love for always
From the bottom of my heart, I love you
I can say these words to you without delay
If you’re wondering just how long I’ll love you
Try forever that’s how long I’ll feel this way
Yes, forever is how long my love will stay
Forever is a long, long time
But so what?
CAN I GET A WITNESS
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Ah ah listen everybody, specially you girls
Is it right to be left alone when the one you love is never home
I love too hard my friends sometimes say
But I believe I believe that a woman should be loved that way
But it hurts me so inside to see you treat me so unkind
Somebody somewhere tell her it ain’t fair
Can I get a witness
I want a witness
Somebody
I want a witness
Is it right to be treated so bad when you give her everything you had
Keep on talking in my sleep ’cause I haven’t seen my baby all week
Now you kids you all agree is that the way it’s supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Up early in the morning with her on my mind
Took to find it out all night I been cryin’
But I believe a woman’s a man’s best friend
I’m gonna stick by hr till the very end
Well she causes so much misery how’s a gal supposed to be
Somebody somewhere tell her it ain’t right
Can I get a witness, can I get a witness
I want a witness
Somebody
Can I get a witness
Everybody knows especially you girls
That a love can be sad but my beloved’s twice as bad
Now you kids do all agree that ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
I want a witness
I want a witness
Yeah, I want a witness
Somebody
Is it right to be treated so bad when you give her everything you had
Keep on talking in my sleep ’cause I haven’t seen my baby all week
Now you kids you all agree is that the way it’s supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
I want a witness…
YOU’VE GOT IT BAD GIRLS
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When you believe in a feeling,
And it’s holding you back from my love,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl
When you insist on excluding
The tenderness that’s in my kiss,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl
If you try to display an emotion,
That will contradict itself,
You will find your heart just sitting
Like a statue on a shelf, on a shelf, on a shelf
Should you depend on an outlet,
Through which an escape can be found,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl
If you don’t see there’s no way out,
Just no way of getting around me,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl
Yes, you know the plans I am making,
Are intended to capture you,
So you practice false reactions,
To delay the things I do, the things I do,
things I do, foolish you
You’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad
There’s no reward in detouring
My deep sincerity.
Especially since what you’re feeling,
Is perfectly clear to me, clear to me, clear to me
Before you discover the feeling,
You’ve tried very hard to hide,
You’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl
But when you can find just a small space,
To let my love live in your mind,
Then you’ll have it good girl, you’ll
have it good girl
MY BABY’S GONE
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Woke up this morning, my baby’s gone
Woke up this morning, my baby’s gone
I ain’t had no loving since my baby been gone
I ain’t got nobody to stay at home with me
I ain’t got nobody to stay at home with me
I wonder ’bout my baby, what’s gonna happen to me
My baby’s gone, gone away from me
My baby’s gone, gone away from me
My whole life is in misery
My baby’s gone, gone away from me
My baby’s gone, gone away from me
And now I’m worried taht you can see
I GO SAILING
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I took a worthless trip
Down life’s avenue
Just to try to find a way to smile again
While I was on my way
I met a wise man who said
That happiness you only find within
I learned my lesson then
So I go sailing
Through the rivers of my mind
I go sailing
Be surprised what you can find
I go sailing
Through the rivers of my mind
Take a chance on your mind
Be surprised what you’ll find
I took a friend’s advice
Who said go up and away
Take the magic of a mystery tour
But I felt so all alone
Though I could almost touch the stars
I started missing things I touched before
The tour was such a bore
So I go sailing
Through the rivers of my mind
I go sailing
Be surprised what you can find
I go sailing
Through the rivers of my mind
Take a chance on your mind
Be surprised what you’ll find
FRONT LINE
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I am a veteran of the war
I up and joined the army back in 1964
At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost
I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off
I recall a quote from a movie that said “who’s more a man
Than a man with a reason that’s worth dyin’ for”
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead
They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill
To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill
They put a gun in my hand and said, “shoot until he’s dead”
But it’s hard to kill when ‘please your friend’ echoes through your head
Brought up in church taught no man should take another’s life
But then put in a jungle where life has no price
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead
Back in the world the paper reads today
Another war is in the brewing
But what about the lives of yesterday
And the many happy families that have been ruined
My niece is a hooker and my nephew’s a junkie too
But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do
They laugh and say “quit bragging” ’bout the war you should never have been in
But my mind is so brain-washed I’d prob’bly go back and do it again
I walk the neighborhood parading my purple heart
With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead