THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
By
Stevie Wonder
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The shadow of your smile when you are gone
Will color all my dreams and light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things you are to me
Our wistful little star was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips andd so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The Shadow of your smile
CRYIN’ THROUGH THE NIGHT
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Yes I am cryin’
I got the blues and I don’t know why
Yes I am cryin’
I got the blues, I’m so dissatisfied
‘Cause I’ve been cryin’ through the night
Tears on my pillow
And I have been cryin through the night
Weeping like a weeping willow
From cryin’ through the night
Hear me cryin’ through the night
I am lonely, downhearted and sad
‘Cause I’ve lost the best woman that I ever had
To a friend of mine
Just can’t figure out how it could be
That somebody like him could take her away from me
And it’s on my mind
Nearly all the time
Yes I am cryin’
I got the blues and I don’t know why
Yes I am cryin’
I got the blues, I’m so dissatisfied
‘Cause I’ve been cryin’ through the night
Tears on my pillow
And I have been cryin through the night
Weeping like a weeping willow
From cryin’ through the night
Hear me cryin’ through the night
Now I know just how best friends can be
‘Cause he made sure you knew your best was with me
And it’s on my mind
Here’s a lesson much greater that wealth
Keep your business to you, yourself and no one else
And your smiling eyes
Won’t be cryin’ like mine
Yes I’m cryin’
I got the blues and I don’t know why
Yes I’m cryin’
I got the blues, I’m so dissatisfied
‘Cause I’ve been cryin’ through the night
Tears on my pillow
And I have been cryin’ through the night
Weeping like a weeping willow
From cryin’ through the night
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
I’m like a weeping willow
From cryin’ through the night
Oh, Oh, yeah
Hear me cryin’, cryin’, I’m cryin’, cryin’
I’m cryin’ baby, cryin’ baby yeah
Even a fool can tell
That so many tears sho’ enough done fell
And pretty soon before you know
I’ll have enough tears to fill a water well
Hear me cryin’ through the night
Oh yeah, cryin’ through the night
And it’s on my mind
Nearly all the time
Yes I’m cryin’
I got the blues and I don’t know why
Yes I’m cryin’
I got the blues, I’m so dissatisfied
‘Cause I’ve been cryin’ through the night
Tears on my pillow
And I have been cryin’ through the night
Weeping like a weeping willow
From cryin’ through the night
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
I’m weeping like a weeping willow
Oh, Oh, cryin’ tears, cryin’ tears
Through the night
EACH OTHER’S THROAT
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We are supposed to be sisters and brothers
But all we do is constantly dog one another
We are supposed to act as each other’s cover
But we keep at each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Yo, it ain’t no joke
We’re at each other’s throat – Aowl, Aowl
We are supposed to spread love and not evil
But we’ve been acting more like heathens than people
Treating our fellow-man far worse than illegal
Cause we keep at each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Yo, it ain’t no joke
We’re at each other’s throat – Aowl, Aowl
Ut oh, 11 o’clock pm and here’s the news
Another fatality caused by a family feud
Charged, tried, sentenced by the jury of a brother’s gun
Made sister’s fiancee’s wedding never to be sung
He didn’t like the way he treated the girl
So the boy played God, pow, he ended his world
He made a plea for temporary insanity
But left his sister insane permanently
This ain’t new, this stuff happens everyday
Somebody doesn’t like someone so they blow them away
Too fast for reason, too quick to negotiate
Regret and sorrow happens a split second too late
Jealousy for power, greed for possession
Selfishness so you give someone a faked out impression
Speaking of which I’m truly not impressed
So if seeing is believin’- I don’t wanna see the mess
Heartless are we on the straight with no chaser
As if for negativity we got the vapors
Know as I love me so I do love my neighbor
Cause we are too busy at each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Each other’s throat
Yo, it ain’t no joke
We’re at each other’s throat -Aowl, Aowl
IT’S YOU
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I look inside my crystal ball of desire
And know why rapid beats my heart
I see the spark, I feel the flame of the fire
Letting me know love wants to start
No more playing around
No more waiting around for the special one to come
No more wearing a frown
No more tears coming down ’cause I know what I want
And I want what I know
Is you
Nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, it’s you, you’re the angel sent from heaven above
It’s you, nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re that angel sent from heaven above for me
(-Me for you and you for me)
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited my life would be undone
If only I had not waited I woul have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited for you
I look behind and what I sight is the mire
So very lonely was my heart
I look ahead I hear the sound of the choir
Singing that love will never part
No more hearing the sound of the rain coming down
No more I can’t see the sun
No more hurting for fun ’cause the moment has come
When I know what I want
And I want what I know
Is you
Nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re the angel sent from heaven above
It’s you, nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re that angel sent from heaven above for me
(-Me for you and you for me)
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited my life would be undone
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited for you
‘Cause Baby
It’s you
Nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re the angel sent from heaven above
It’s you, nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re that angel sent from heaven above for me
(-Me for you and you for me)
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited my life would be undone
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited for you
‘Cause Baby
It’s you
Nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re the angel sent from heaven above
It’s you, nobody has to tell me so
It’s you, you’re that angel sent from heaven above for me
(-Me for you and you for me)
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited my life would be undone
If only I had not waited I would have picked the wrong one
If only I had not waited for you
‘Cause Baby it’s you
YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
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You are the sunshine of my life
That’s why I’ll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I’ve loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I’d find myself drowning in my own tears
You are the sunshine of my life,
That’s why I’ll always stay around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
You must have known that I was lonely,
Because you came to my rescue,
And I know that this must be heaven,
How could so much love be inside of you?
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
That’s why I’ll always stay around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
Love has joined us,
Love has joined us,
Let’s think sweet love
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