MY CHERIE AMOUR
By
Stevie Wonder
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La la la la la la, La la la la la la
My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My cherie amour, distant as the milky way
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You’re the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I’ve been near you, but you never noticed me
My cherie amour, won’t you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
Maybe someday, you’ll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday, I’ll share your little distant cloud
Oh, cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You’re the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
SYLVIA
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Whoa, oh, oh, yeah
Mmm, hmm Sylvia
You know you’re getting to me now
Mmm, mmm, mmm, Sylvia
You gently touched my heart somehow
Yesterday you made me happy as a child at play
Just like the summer sun that warms my heart
And move on, now you are gone
Whoa, oh, oh, Sylvia
You’re everything that I adore
That sweet song, that caught a spark in me more
Tenderly that’s how you whisper that you loved me
As if a raindrop kissed my ear and disappeared, now you are gone
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
You know I love my little Sylvia
Whoa, oh, oh, yeah
And yesterday I feel in love with you all the way
Tenderly you lit a spark in my heart, now you are gone
Mmm, hmm, Sylvia
I gently miss Sylvia
I’m crazy ’bout ya, Sylvia
You know I love my little Sylvia
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
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How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the canon balls fly before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
EDGE OF ETERNITY
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Wolf tickets are all you say I’m selling
Well that goes to show what you need to know
Cause I ain’t yackin’ nothin’ I ain’t packin’
My love can get with your love toe to toe
So when you’re ready
Really, truly ready
Holding strong and steady
I’ll be good to go
Cause if you start it
I am gonna finish it
I am gonna knock it
Like it ain’t been knocked before
Getting with this
Know you’re gonna be
Stepping off the edge of eternity
Just one kiss
Know it’s you and me
Stepping off to the edge of eternity
Dead air time is all you say you’re hearing
Well that shows how much you don’t comprehend
Cause it’s not in the loud but in the quiet
Where lies the thing that will make your head spin
So when you’re willin’
Really, truly willin’
Not just simply illin’
You just let me know
Cause when you get it
I ain’t gonna quit it
Girl, I’m gonna hit it
Like it ain’t been hit before
Gettin’ with this
Know you’re gonna be
Stepping off to the edge of eternity
Just one kiss
Know it’s you and me
Stepping off to the edge of eternity
Pie in the sky is all you say I can deliver
Well wait til you feel what I’ve got in store
One hundred and eighty pounds of good and plenty
And when you’ve got the need I’ve got some more
So when you mean it
Really, truly mean it
Not just scheming to get to it
We can get it on
Cause if you woo it
I’m going to get to it
Girl, we’re gonna do it
Until every ounce is gone
Gettin’ with this
Know you’re gonna be
Stepping off to the edge of eternity
Just one kiss
Know it’s you and me
Stepping off to the edge of eternity
Are you ready to step off the edge into eternity
Really, really ready to step off the edge into eternity
Cause if you’re ready to step off the edge into eternity
We can step right off the edge into eternity
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
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It brings a tear,
Into my eyes,
When I begin,
To realize,
I’ve cried so much,
Since you’ve been gone,
I guess I’m drowning in my own tears,
I sit and cry,
Just like a child
My pouring tears
Are runnin’ wild
If you don’t think
You’ll be home soon
I guess I’ll drown in my own tears
I know it’s true
Into each life
Some rain, rain must pour
I’m so blue
Here without you
It keeps raining
More and more
Why don’t you
Come on home
Oh yes so I won’t
Be all alone
If you don’t think
You’ll be home soon
I guess I’ll
(drown in my own tears)
Ooh, don’t let me
(drown in my own tears)
When I’m in trouble, baby
(drown in my own tears)
Oh, yeah, baby don’t let me
(drown in my own tears)
I guess I’ll drown in my own tears
Oh, mmmmm.
POSITIVITY
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Some people ask me why always on the bright side
When there’s so much going on down the other side
It’s like I live in a bubble with no trouble
And problems don’t exist
I chuckle and tell them that ain’t the case at all
It goes way back to the time when I was very small
Not in mind but size and age my papa use to say
You can always look at the negative
But you should always live in the positive
So I try everyday to live that way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Some people live in what was and what they could have been
As opposed to living in a what is and how much they can
And be the first to complain about nothing in life going their way
The attitude is “that I can’t do nothing ’bout”
And very happy with just breathing in and out
The ones that when you say “lets go make a difference”
They’ll say “naw that’s OK”
So I don’t waste time on the trip side
‘Cause I do know the real on the flipside
And I’m crystal clear everyday that’s why I say, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon me
I joy in the blessing
That still the ground is not above me
And for the people
That I can truly say do love me, I feel
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life’s meant to be
Positivity, ’cause this day did not have to be
Some ask me why I’m such an optimist
When it’s more fashionable be a pessimist
From what’s in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and view
Well I use to have a friend named Minnie Riperton
Who use to always say when she was living
“Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half full than half empty”
I’m saying sometimes life can’t be rough
But never to the point of me saying I’ve had enough
Long as my heart beats I ain’t giving up
That’s why I say everyday
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When people ask me as an African American
What do I see for tomorrow in the human plan?
Is it possible for all the people of the world to co-exist?
I say unity is only as big as our vision
And if its narrow, try to expand beyond the horizon
But true leaders must guide us through the ills of society
That stands in our way
So if the road is to harmony, be with the call
But if its about discord, don’t take the ride at all
‘Cause the world vision I see is the one-we for everybody
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon me
Just joy in the blessing
That still the ground is not above me
And for the people
That you can truly say do love you, do feel
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life’s meant to be
Positivity, and that’s the energy the world needs
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life means to me
Positivity, ’cause this day did not have to be
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life’s meant to be
Positivity, ’cause that’s the energy the world needs
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life’s meant to be
Positivity, and this day did not have to be
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life means to me
Positivity, and that’s the energy the world needs
Positivity, ’cause that’s what life’s meant to be
Positivity, and that’s the energy the world needs