Playlist Billy Paul

billy paul - your song

It's a little bit funny Lord, this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but, boy, if I did
I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live

If, if, if I was a sculpture Lord, honey, but then again, no
(then again no, no)
Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
You gave me a gift Lord, and I'm goin' sing it for you

And you can tell everybody that this is your song
(this is your song)
It may be a quite, quite, simple, but that's how it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
What I wrote down in words
Words
How wonderful life is when you're in the world, world, world

If, if, (if), if I was on a rooftop
I'd kick off my shoes (kick off my shoes , kick my shoes off)
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you and people like me
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on

So excuse me for forgetting, but these things I do, Lord
(these things I do Lord)
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue
Anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you go back

I hope you, I hope you go back and tell everybody
That this is your song (this is your song)
It may be quite, quite simple, but now that's how it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
But I wrote down in words
Lord, words
I'm doin' it for how wonderful it is
when you're in the world, world, world

If, if, (if), if I sat upon a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes, ohyeah
(kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you, people like me
I wanna, wanna keep turnin' on, so excuse me, so excuse me

So excuse me for forgetting, but these things I do
(these things I do Lord)
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue, baby
And anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
You are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
The sweetest eyes I've ever seen

I want you to go back, go back and and tell everybody
That Billy Paul's got a song (Billy Paul's got a song)
I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes
I'm gonna write it (write it), write it (write it), write it(write it)
I might come out with the Gospel (Gospel), the Blues (blues),
The Jazz (Jazz), the Rock and Roll

I'm gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody
Because this is my song (this is my song)
It may be quite, quite simple but that's the way it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
What I wrote down in words, words
You come back, you try to try again, try again

Tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song
(Billy Paul's got a song)
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
what I wrote down in words
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it ooooh
Get back, get, got, oh no

billy paul - am i black enough for you

Am I black enough for you
Am I black enough for you
Am I black enough for you
Am I black enough for you

We're gonna move on up
One by one
We ain't gonna stop
Until the work is done

Am I black enough
Black enough for you
Am I black
Black enough for you

We're gonna move on up
Two by two
And this whole world
Is gonna be brand new

Am I black enough for you
Am I black enough for you

Get in line
Stop marching in time
You better make up your mind
We're gonna leave you behind

We're gonna move on up
Three by three
We gotta get rid of poverty

I got to stay black
Black enough for you
I got to stay black
Black enough for you

We're gonna move on up
Four by four
We ain't never
Gonna suffer no more

I got to stay black
Black enough for you
I got to stay black
Black enough for you

Get in line
Stop marching in time
You better make up your mind
We're gonna leave you behind

Make up your mind
Stop marching in time
Get in line
You better make up your mind

We're gonna get on up
Five by five
And this whole world
Is gonna come alive

Am I black
Black enough for you
Am I black enough for you

We're gonna move on up
Six by six
I gotta use my mind
Instead of my fists

Am I black
Black enough for you
Am I black
Black enough for you

We're gonna move on up
Seven by seven
We're God's children
And we got to get to Heaven

Am I black enough for you
Am I black enough for you

We gotta move on up
Eight by eight
Without no witness
We ain't too late

Am I black
Black enough for you
Am I black
Black enough for you

Freedom, freedom
It got to be spended
I could take it
If I could spend it one time

We got to stay
Black enough for you
I gotta, gotta black
Black enough for you......

billy paul - me and mrs jones

Me and Mrs. Jones -
we've got a thing going on.
We both know that it's wrong,
but it's much too strong
to let it go now.

We meet every day
at the same café
6:30 I know - I know she'll be there.
Holding hands - making all kinds of plans
while the jukebox play our favourite song.

Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones
we've got a thing going on.
We both know that it's wrong,
but it's much too strong
to let it go now.

We've gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes up too high.
'Cause she's got her own obligations
and so ? and so do I...

Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones
we've got a thing going on.
We both know that it's wrong,
but it's much too strong
to let it go now.

Well it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much - it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way
And I'll go mine.
Tomorrow we'll meet the same place ? the same time.

Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones ? Mrs. Jones
we've got a thing going on.
We've gotta be extra careful.
We can't afford to build our hopes up too high.

I wanna meet,
and talk with you,
at the same place,
the same café,
the same time
And we're gonna hold hands like we used to
We're gonna talk it over, talk it over
We know, they know, and you know and I know that it was wrong
But I'll make it strong...
We've gotta let 'em know now
We've got a thing going on...
...thing going on...

billy paul - july july july july

July
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my

I never thought the day would come
When I would be so sure
Of who I am and exactly where
I'm going I never thought the day would come
When I'd be knowing truth like I'm knowing
Lucky, lucky me I'm as happy as I can be
But I was able to find that right road
That makes me be on time
'Cause I feel like [Feel like]
I was just born, just born, just born again

July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my

Deep down inside I guess I knew
That all I needed was someone
To come along to show me the way
I can't explain how much I got
Out of all the things I hear you say
Lucky, lucky me [Lucky me]
I'm as happy as I can be
But I was able to find that right road
That makes me be on time
'Cause I feel like [Feel like]
I was just born, just born, born again

July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my

January, February, March, April,
May, June, then comes July
That's when it all started, when it all started in July I wasborn,
I was born, I was born, I was born, born again in July
I found love was happenin',
I found love was happenin' in July
Our love sticks under the weather,
our love stick under the weather in July
I was able to pick the right road,
I was able to pick the right road in
I knew exactly where I was goin',
I knew exactly where I was goin' in July
Summertime, summertime, summertime, summertime, then July
It's going again, it's going again then

July July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
July, July, July, July

billy paul - let s make a baby

Come on, come on
Let's make a baby
Oh, baby, come on
(Come on, come on...)

Let's bring another
Life into this world
A little boy
A little girl...

Take my hand while we
Walk slowly to the room
Can't you see
Tonight I'm gonna make
Sweet, sweet love to you...

Girl, don't be shy
Don't be shy
This is a moment
We've been waiting for...

Come by my side, by my side
Is the place you'll be
Forever more, forever more...

So, baby, come on
(Come on, come on)
Let's make a baby
Oh, baby, come on
(Come on, come on...)

Let's bring another
Life into this world
A little boy
A little girl...

I want my baby
To have shiny eyes like you
I hope and pray
That he smiles
The same way you do...

Hey, don't be shy
Don't be shy
Let's be fruitful
And multiply...

Come by my side, by my side
Is the place you'll be
Forever more, forever more...

I said, come on
(Come on, come on)
Let's have this baby
Oh, baby, come on
(Come on, come on...)

Let's bring another
Life into this world
A little boy
A little girl...

Let's put wisdom in his head
So he'll never look back
He'll look straight ahead...

We'll teach him the truth
And understand the meaning of it all
So he can walk around
With his head held tall...

Come on
(Come on, come on)
Let's have this baby
(Come on, make a baby)
(Come on, make a baby...)

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, let's do it
Let's have a baby
(Come on, make a baby)
(Come on, make a baby...)

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, let's do it
And plant this baby...

Think it over
Let's put wisdom in his head
We'll have a baby...

billy paul - mrs robinson

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids

Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Ev'ry way you look at it, you lose

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

billy paul - let em in

Someone's knockin' at the door,
somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door,
somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favour open the door and let 'em in.
Sister Suzie, brother John, Martin Luther,
Phil and Don, Brother Michael, auntie
Gin, open the door and let 'em in.
Someone's knockin' at the door,
somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door,
somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favour open the door and let 'em in.
Sister Suzie, brother John, Martin Luther, Phil and Don, ...
Uncle Ernie, auntie Gin, open the door and let 'em in.

billy paul - only the strong survive

I see you sittin' there all alone
Crying your eyes out
While everything's going wrong
You know there's gonna be
A whole lot of trouble in your life
Listen to me, get up off your knees
'Cause only the strong survive

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Hey, you gotta be strong
You gotta hold on
I said don't give up, no don't

I said don't go around
With your head looking down
Dont you let'em make you feel like a clown
There's a lot of opportunity
Out there just waiting for you
But you'll never succeed if you've given up
And say your life is through
Listen this minute what I'm tellin' you

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
I Hey, you gotta be strong
Gotta hold on
You gotta be a man, take a stand

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive

Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on gettin' on

'Cause only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta be strong
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep goin' on

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta be a man
You gotta take a stand

Get up, set your body in motion
You knnw the strong survive
Wake up and get your education
So you can keep your family alive
Get away from negative situations
It can only bring you a lot of frustrations
'Cause only the strong survive

billy paul - america

As America is right as America is wrong
As America is weak so America is strong
Ain't nobody perfect At least up until now
But now it's the time for the one mind In this time of darkness
America we need the light
The part that you wrote it on we got to make it right
America, America
We need the light We want the light
We need you If the beauty is still the same
Take me to the beautiful lands
Are you feeding hungry babys
Have you forgotten them, hey old lady
Most people that are living here
Have forgotten they got to be restored the pride, justice andlove
Grabbing us from above America, America
We need the light We want the light
We need you Oh As America is true as America is false
As America may slave so America may abolish
Ain't nobody perfect Let'em all about themselves
But now the time for the perfect mind
A merry day, your beauty can last forever
Open up your eyes we gotta get better
You're two hundred years old today
Come such a long long way
That few words that you wrote correspond with the words you spoke
Get up to what you suppose to say
What America has to say America, America
We need the light We want the light
We need you America is peace As America is power
As America makes peace as America makes war
Ain't nobody perfect, at all until now
And now it's the time for the perfect mind, the perfect mind
We need the light We want some light
We need you As America is brave as America is free
As America is home I see no reason to leave
Ain't nobody perfect Let all about themselves
And now it's the time for the one perfect mind
We need the light We want some light
We need you We need the light We want some light
We need you America, America We want some light
We need the light We need you
You're two hundred years old today
And you've gone such a long long way
We need the light We want some light
We need you America, America, America America,
America, America America, America
We need the light We want some light

billy paul - bring the family back

Haven?t you noticed
A breakdown in the family tie
Just not as strong as it once was
Every time I see it weaken, it makes me want to cry

Oh, what a shame (Oh, what a shame)
?Cause another home?s falling apart
Oh, what a shame (Oh ,what a shame)
Another group of broken hearts

It?s not a secret
We all know that it?s slipping away
Don?t let it go, no, don?t you let it go
It is the only true foundation on which we can survive

Don?t be afraid (Don?t be afraid)
?Cause you got to take it for a stand
Don?t be afraid (Don?t be afraid)
You?ve got to try to understand

Bring the family back, bring it back together
Bring the family back
Bring the family back, bring it back together
Together

Bring the family back, bring it back together
Bring the family back

There?s also the children
The future?s quickly comin? their way
How it will be
Oh, tell me how do you think it will be

Will they all join hands together and live in harmony

Oh, what a shame (Oh, what a shame)
If we don?t get together fast
Oh what a shame (Oh what a shame)
How much longer will the whole thing last

Bring the family back, bring ?em back together
Bring the family back
Bring the family back, bring the family back and together

Bring the family back and live in harmony
Bring the family back
Bring back family unity

Bring the family back, bring ?em back together
Bring the family back
Bring the family back together, bring ?em family back
Bring ?em back together

Bring the family back and live in harmony
Bring the family back
Bring the family back, where?s the unity
Bring the family back

Bring the old folks, the young folks, and all folks together
Just bring the people back
Bring the family back (Bring the family back, bring it backtogether)
(Bring the family back)

Bring the family back
Bring the family back
Bring the family back
Bring it all the time together

Bring the family back together (Bring the family back, bring itback together)
(Bring the family back)
(Bring the family back, bring it back together)
(Bring the family back)

(Bring the family back)

billy paul - let s stay together

I, I'm so in love with you,
whatever you want to do,
is alright with me,
'cause you make me feel
so brand-new,
I want to spend my life with you,
they say it seems, baby,
since we've been together,
loving you forever,
is what I need.
Let me be the one you come runnin' to,
I'll never be, ah, untrue,
Ooo baby,
Let's... Let's stay together,
loving you whether, whether,
times are good or bad,
happy or sad,
whether time are good or bad,
happy or sad.

Why, somebody?,
Why do people break up,
and turn around and make up?
I just can't see.
You'd never do that to me
(would you baby)?
Being around you,
is all I see.
Here's what I want to do:
Let's... we otta stay together,
loving you whether, whether,
times are good or bad,
happy or sad.
(come on)
Let's... Let's stay together,
loving you whether, whether,
times are good or bad,
happy or sad...

billy paul - don t think twice it s all right

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It'll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right

So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never done before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

billy paul - it s too late

Too late, too late, too late, baby too late, too
Too late, too late, too late, baby too late,
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
One of us is changing, or maybe we've just stopped trying
And it's too late, baby,it's too late
Though we really, really, really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it
Oh no, no, no, no, no
It used to be easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and you knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel just like a fool
And it's too late, baby, it's too late
Though we really, really, really did try to make it, try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it
Too late, too late
There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, can't you see it too
Still I'm glad for what we had, for how I once loved you
And it's too late,baby, it's too late
Though we really, really, really did try to make it, try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it
Too late, baby Too late, Too late, too late baby
Too late, too late, Ah too late, ah too late
Ah too late, ah too late Ah too late, ah too late
Ah too late, ah too late Ah too late, ah too late, too late
Too late, too late, too late, baby Too late, no no no no
I just can't take you back I just can't take you back
One of us has changed You I feel unhappy, baby
Ah but we just Ah but we just
Ah but we just Ah but we just can't stay together
Can't you see that too
But still I'm But still I'm, I'm, I'm I'm still in love with you
You know baby But too late

billy paul - i m just a prisioner

Attention! The following inmates, when names are called
Will be transferred due to overcrowded conditions

What am I doing here?
I've been serving time for five long years
Got no trial in sight
This justice they all talk about just ain't right

Has everybody forgotten about me?
Will I ever, ever, ever be free?

I'm just a prisoner, oh Lord
Just a prisoner, just a prisoner
Just a prisoner, just a prisoner
Just a prisoner, just a prisoner
Just a prisoner, just a prisoner

I thought a man was innocent until he's proven guilty
Ain't been no jury to judge me
How long must I pay for the wrong I've done?
I'm a victim of circumstance, you see

Has everybody forgotten about me?
Will I ever, will I ever see my family

I'm just a prisoner, oh Lord
Just a prisoner, just a prisoner

I'm telling the truth
My wife and my kids
I know they miss me
The baby, she's five years old
And she don't even know
Who her daddy is, no

The cell is cold as hell
You can never get used to the smell
My bed is hard as wood
I gotta fight, fight, fight to keep my manhood

Seem like everybody, everbody, everybody, everybody forgotten about me?
Will I ever, ever, ever be free?

My cell is as cold as hell
You can never get used to the smell
My bed is hard as wood
I gotta fight, fight, fight to keep my manhood

Just a prisoner, Lord, just a prisoner, just a prisoner
Got to fight to keep my manhood
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Somebody hear me
Won't somebody help me
Why won't they take these chains off me
The cell is cold and the bed is hard as a rock
With electric locks that stays locked-up
I need my woman, need my woman, need my woman
Need her, need her, need her
Got to fight to keep my manhood, Lord
I been incarcerated for five long years
You hear me, you hear me?
I've been incarcerated for five long year
Waiting for my trail
Where is the judge
And the jury, Lord
Took my name and gave me a number
And now they talkin' 'bout, they talkin' 'bout
They talkin' 'bout it's, it's overcrowded
And they might have to transfer me
I'm from 25th [?] and I know what I'm talkin' about
A whole lot of prisoners, a whole lot of prisoners
And everybody, I want the world to hear me
And I want the Lord to listen to me
If I open my mouth, if I open my mouth
I'll be in solitary confinement, yeah
Eating bread and water, bread, bread and water
Talk too much, you talk too much
The brothers in the prison gonna kill me
Yell back, yell back, the guards in the prison gonna kill me
Oh, they got guns, . 45's, machine-guns, and heavy artillery
Makin' license plates for cars and writing to lawyers

billy paul - brown baby

Going back to the memories
Reminiscing 'bout you and me
Thinking how it used to be
It's plain and clear I treated you bad
But, girl, you know that I care
Every relation have wear and tear
Just draw near girl and try to hear and listen
What my heart says
Many days and many nights
Many heartbreaks, many fights
Many wrongs but so many rights
So, girl, don't let this love die
Never meant to cause you no pain
Girl, I never meant to treat you lame
Gimme one more chance rewind come back again
Don't let this love die
Just cry baby cry
(don't cry no more)
'cause every tear that flows
Falls into the ocean
And rises to the sky
And then the rain will come
Right before the sun shines
Can you feel me reaching out to you
Girl, can you hear my open thoughts
Never want to disrespect you
Girl, don't let this come break us apart
'cause I know I would die without you
My girl, can you hear my broken heart
It's calling out to the good times
That we had back at the start
Baby
(don't call me, baby)
You know I need you in my life daily
(you know you played me)
I was a player but now your love changed me
(dead wrong)
I'm going crazy
(I'm gone)
Never thought losing you would be so hard
It's your turn to cry baby cry
(don't cry no more)
'cause every tear that flows
Falls into the ocean
And rises to the sky
And then the rain will come
Right before the sun shines
So let go and move on
What we were is now undone
My tears have all dried
It's your turn now to cry
You're losing your love and your trust for me, girl
And you know, I would go to the ends of the world
If you wanted just like we started
Girl, 'cause I don't want to fight no more
Make it like it was before
I tell you the truth and you're caught in a crowd
Looking back to the place and that look in your eyes
Can you feel it inside, no clouds in your sky
The sun is gonna shine
Chat to her, santana
It's your turn to cry, baby, cry
(don't cry no more)
'cause every tear that flows
Falls into the ocean
And rises to the sky
And then the rain will come
Right before the sun shines
Just cry, baby, cry
'cause every tear that flows
Falls into the ocean
And rises to the sky
And then the rain will come
Right before the sun shines
Just cry, baby, cry
'cause every tear that flows
Falls into the ocean
And rises to the sky
And then the rain will come
Right before the sun shines

billy paul