Cause the road runner honey
Baby that's all I am to you
Yeah the road runner honey
Now I know that, that's true
Move over baby, I'm going to drive
Oh, oh

Cause the road runner honey
Baby that's all I am to you
Yeah the road runner honey
Now I can see that it's true
No
Move over baby, I'm going to drive
No

Cause the road runner honey
Baby that's all I am to you
Yeah the road runner honey
Now I can see that, that's true
Move over baby, I'm going to drive

It's summertime
And the living is easy
The bees are jumping
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good looking
Would you hush pretty baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to wake up singing
There you're going to spread wings
And take to the sky
But till that morning
Ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy
There standing by

It's summertime
And the living is easy
The bees are jumping
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good looking
Would you hush pretty baby
Don't you cry

I can't make up my mind; someone has to help me
I never seem to know what to do; I just can't decide for myself
She has told me in so many words that she's still in love with me
And she wants me back, she wants me back with her again

She said, "Why don't you come back home to me?
Why don't you come back, come back where you belong?
I need you here
Why don't you come back home to me?
Why don't you come back, come back where you belong?
I want you by my side"

Someone show me which way to go; I need guiding in my choice
Of what to do; someone has to help me

[Instrumental]

She said, "Why don't you come back home to me?
Why don't you come back, come back where you belong?
I need you here
Why don't you come back home to me?
Why don't you come back, come back where you belong?
I want you by my side"

Someone show me which way to go; I need guiding in my choice
Of what to do; someone has to help me

Should I try to hide
The way I feel inside
My heart
For you

Would you say that you
Would try to love me too
In your mind
Could you ever be
Really close to me
I can tell the way you smile

If I feel that I
Could be certain then
I would say the things I want to say tonight

But till I can see
That you'd really care for me
I will dream
That someday you'll be
Really close to me
I can tell the way you smile
If i feel that I
Can be certain then
I could say the things I want to say tonight

But till I can see
That you'd really care for me
I'll keep trying to hid the way I feel inside.

Instrumental

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Well no one told me about her the way she lied
Well no one told me about her how many people cried
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know why should I care
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the color of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

Well no one told me about her, what could I do
Well no one told me about her, though they all knew
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the color of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there


But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the color of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

People talk about breaking off
Scatter up my name
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But I'll never be the same

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
Out of my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you baby
Cause they don't know how
To love you like I do

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you right now
Cause they don't know how
To love you like I do

I'm going to love you in the morning
Love you late at night
I ain't going to stop loving you
Till you tell me everything's alright

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you right now
Cause they don't know how
To love you like I do

Can't nobody kiss you
(Can't nobody kiss you)
Like I'm kissing you right now little girl
Cause they don't know how to kiss you
Like I do
(Can't nobody love you)
And ain't nobody that can talk to you
Like I'm talking to you right now
Cause they don't know how to talk to you
Like I do

Listen now
Sam bought you cake and ice cream
Called you cherry pie
Ray Charles called you his sunshine
But you're the apple
Apple of my eye, oh

Can't nobody love you
(Can't nobody love you)
Like I'm loving you right now
Cause they don't know how to love you
Like I do
No they don't know how
To love you
Like I do

Woman
When I walked with you last night
My mind
Saw that you'd soon hold me tight

I can't concede, no
I can't believe you love me too

You don't
Realize what you can do
I just sympathize but still it's true

I can't concede, no
I can't believe you love me too

Woman
When I walked with you last night
My mind
Saw that you'd soon hold me tight

I can't concede, no
I can't believe you love me too

No, no, no

I want you to understand my mind
Seems that girls that do are hard to find

I can't concede, no
I can't believe you love me too

If you can't find better things to do
Than tell me stories about her that you think are true
I don't wanna hear anything about her that's bad
I don't wanna hear anything that makes me sad
I don't want to know (I don't want to know)
I don't want to know (I don't want to know)
I don't want to know; you'd better turn around & go
I don't want to know

I don't wanna listen; I'm not gonna hear you
I believe what I want, no matter what you do
(x3:)
I don't care, don't want another word of anything you say
I don't wanna hear anything; you just keep away
I don't want to know (I don't want to know)
I don't want to know (I don't want to know)
I don't want to know; you'd better turn around & go
I don't want to know

She seems so cold to me
And I remember when I loved her
She seems so cold to me
But I remember when I loved her

Now we are strange
No more in love
But I still wish
That I could hold her

My dream of love has gone
And I remember when I loved her

Now we are strange
No more in love
But I still wish
That I could hold her

My dream of love has gone
And I remember when I loved her
When I loved her
When I loved
Her

What more can I do
You know I'd gladly
Lose myself to you
But something always
Holds me back
I wish I knew
What it is that stops me
From loving you
The way it should be
Oh, oh , oh, oh

What more can I do
I'm trying hard
I know I could believe in you
But something always keeps a hold on me
And just won't let me go
Such a burning bully
Inside while I'm trying to hide that
I want you to own me, own me, own, own
Oh yeah

What more can I say
I've said it all now
Got such a love loose
A price to pay

If you ignore me
What more can I do
(What more can I do)
Oh
What more can I do
(Oooh)
Oh
What more can I do

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do

I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do

I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got some red hot tips I got to keep on ice

Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working

But it - uh uh - just won't work on you

If you wanna mess around, just stay away from my door
I've got a leak in my bucket & a great big hole in my floor
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

I've got no money, can't afford no big black car
My bank account won't see me very far
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

I'm sick & tired of bein' on my own
But you know, I'll take nobody who's gonna leave me tired & alone

[Instrumental]

So you see, I can only offer a man that's poor
With frost & that & trouble at my door
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

Ooo ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo ooo ooo

Sometimes I feel a little a little lonely
Well, don't you know that sometimes (I feel a little lonely)
And don't you know that sometimes (I cry at night)
But I just have to hold you (I just have to hold you)
And I know it's all right (I know it's all right)

(x2):
When I'm so happy when I'm with you
When I touch you, all my feelin's can't describe
All the love I feel for you
But I just wake up in the mornin'
And I wonder if this love is real
I've been hurt so many times before
But now I know, I know this love is real
Then sometimes I wonder (I feel a little lonely)
I really do (I cry at night)
But I just have to hold you (I just have to hold you)
And I know it's you (I know it's you)

The kind of girl who says to me she doesn't want my love
Is not the kind of girl that you tell me I should be thinking of
But more of that another day
I've found another child to share with me
All of the pleasures that you've enjoyed

But don't you think that you're forgiven for taking her away
For if it hadn't been for your deceit, I'd be holding her today

(x2):
You think you've got everything
Just because you hold her in your arms and squeeze her tight
Don't you understand that she runs away
With anyone who happens in her sight
Oh you can't see how hard she is; you think you're very wise
But she will run away from you before you realize

She's gone, she's gone

And if she should tell you "come closer"
And if she tempts you with her charms

Tell her no no no no no-no-no-no
No no no no no-no-no-no
No no no no no
Don't hurt me now for her love belongs to me

And if she should tell you "I love you"
And if she tempts you with her charms

Tell her no no no no no-no-no-no
No no no no no-no-no-no
(don't take her love for your arms)
No no no no no
Don't hurt me now for her love belongs to me

I know she's the kind of girl
Who'd throw my love away
But I still love her so
Don't hurt me now, don't hurt me now

If she tells you "I love you"
Just remember she said that to me

Tell her no no no no no-no-no-no
No no no no no-no-no-no
(don't take her love from my arms)
No no no no no
Don't leave me now for her love belongs to me

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

People talk about breaking off
Scatter up my name
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But I'll never be the same

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
Out of my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

If you wanna mess around, just stay away from my door
I've got a leak in my bucket & a great big hole in my floor
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

I've got no money, can't afford no big black car
My bank account won't see me very far
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

I'm sick & tired of bein' on my own
But you know, I'll take nobody who's gonna leave me tired & alone

[Instrumental]

So you see, I can only offer a man that's poor
With frost & that & trouble at my door
But if you wanna stay around & love me
You know it's all right with me

Ooo ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo ooo ooo

I know this girl
And know you well
You want her now
She needs you now
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
She'll be for you
I know she will
I know she will

Take my advice
Treat her good, treat her right
Smile for her
She'll be your world
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
She'll be for you
I know she will
I know she will

She told me how she longed for you
Asked me what to do
And I'm wondering how to
Make you see
All you've got to say
Make her come your way
And I know she will

Just take her hand
She'll go with you
One to her

She'll be your world
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
She'll be for you
I know she will
I know she will

No matter where you go
No matter what you do
She'll be for you
I know she will
I know she will

She told me how she longed for you
Asked me what to do
And I'm wondering how to
Make you see
All you've got to say
Make her come your way
And I know she will

Just take her hand
She'll go with you
One to her

She'll be your world
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
She'll be for you
I know she will
I know she will

In the night you'll hear me crying
That's because I'm sad that I'm away from you
If there's something on my mind
Take no notice
No, I'm just trying to think of something else

If I weren't, that's my business
Anytime I want to cry
If I want to feed this sickness
Keep away from me
Cause I'll keep trying till you come on home
(Keep trying)
Keep trying (keep trying)
Till my time has come
Keep trying till you come on home to me

You thought you could throw away
Everything I gave you just a say a word
Can't you see that you were wrong
Can't you see I knew how long you'd lied and cheated

If I weren't, that's my business
Anytime I want to cry
If I want to feed this sickness
Keep away from me
Cause I'll keep trying till you come on home
(Keep trying)
Keep trying (keep trying)
Till my time has come
Keep trying till you come on home to me

If I weren't, that's my business
Anytime I want to cry
If I want to feed this sickness
Keep away from me
Cause I'll keep trying till you come on home
(Keep trying)
Keep trying (keep trying)
Till my time has come
Keep trying till you come on home to me