Now there's a dance I can see that the kids all do
It's called "the Mess Around", you can mess around too
Come on mess around, yeah it's Mess Around
You do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around

Now you see that chick with that diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
She can mess around, yeah she can mess around
She do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around

Come on baby, let's mess child, yeah!
Ah it's nice, baby, come on!

Now there's a dance that Ray Charles revived
You can do it, it will keep you alive
He does the Mess Around, yeah he does the Mess Around
Come on and mess around, everybody do the Mess Around

Now you see that gal with the red dress on
She'll do the rock and roll, baby all night long
That's the Mess Around, yes It's Mess around
You do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around

Oh come on and mess baby, yeah you can mess, baby
Oh now you can mess around, yeah yeah you can mess around
Live down, live down to the Mess Around
Everybody do the Mess Around

Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day you first told me your name
Yes, I have loved you
Thinking you all the while felt the same
Ohhh, how I've loved you
But your kisses don't taste the same
Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day I first walked you from school
Yes, I have loved you
Breaking all of loves precious rules
You know I still love you
Even though I feel like a fool
Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day you first told me your name
Yes, I have loved you
Thinking you all the while felt the same
And I, I still love you
Even though I know you've changed

Let me tell you bout a girl I know
She my woman and she lives next door
Ev'ry morning 'fore the sun comes up
She brings me coffee in an old tin cup
Thats why I know
Yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
When I'm in trouble and I have no friends
I know she'll love with me until the end
Ev'rybody asks me how I know
I smile at them and say she told me so
Thats why I know
Yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
When she calls me on the telephone
Baby, I'm all alone
By the time I count, one to four
I hear that woman on my door
And In the evening when the sun goes down
And there is no one else around
She kisses me and she holds me tight
Eric, baby ev'rythings all right
Thats why I know
Yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
All right now
Now when I call her on the telephone
Hey baby I'm all alone
By the time I count, one, two, three, four
I hear that woman on my door
And in the evening when the sun goes down
And there ain't nobody else around
She kisses me holds me tight
Says baby everythings all right
Thats why I know
Yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
Whoa yeah
Hallelujah, I just love her so
She's my woman
Hallelujah, I just love her so
One more time
Hallelujah, I just love that gal so
Oh baby yeah

One of these days and it won't be long
Youre gonna search for me and down the road I'm gone
'Cause I believe
Oh yes, I believe
I believe to my soul
You're tryin' to mess around with me babe

You keep complainin, my progression is slow
You shouldn't complain baby
You aught to know
'Cause I believe
Oh yes sir I believe
I believe to my soul
You're tryin to make a fool of me

Once you told me you loved me I found out it was a lie
You should be ashamed baby hang your head and cry
'Cause I believe
Oh yes, I believe
I believe to my soul
You're tryin' to make a fool of me
I believe it

Oh Lord, Lordy Lord, it hurts me so bad for us to part
Someday baby, I ain't gonna worry my life no more

You're on my mind every place I go
How much I love you baby, baby you'll never know
Someday baby, I ain't gonna worry my life no more

So many mornings since you've been gone
I'm on my knees prayin' to you baby, please come back home
Someday baby, I ain't gonna worry my life no more, oh yeah

I want you brown eyes, I want you till my days end
But I want you as a lover, you're no good to me as my friend
Someday baby, I won't worry my life no more, yeah

That's my story, this is all I got to say to you
Oh goodbye baby, I don't care what you do
Someday baby, I ain't gonna worry no, my life no more

I ain't mad at you
Don't you be mad at me
I ain't mad at you
So don't you be mad at me
One and one is two
Two and one is three

I wanna find my baby going away downtown
I wanna find my baby going away downtown
If I can't find Roberta,
Going to jump overboard and drown

Oh, I said I ain't mad at you
Don't you be mad at me
I ain't mad at you, child
Don't you be mad at me
One and one is two,
Two and one is three

Come on baby

Going to pawn my whistle,
Pawn my watch and chain
Going to pawn my whistle
Pawn my watch and chain
If I can't find Roberta
I'll hand over all my pay

Oh, I said, I ain't mad at you
Don't you be mad at me
I ain't mad at you
Don't you be mad at me
One and one is two
Two and one is three

I got a sixty-five Cadillac
Sparetyre on the back
I got a charge account at Goldblatt's
But I don't have you

I got women to the left of me
I got women to the right of me
I got chicks all around me
But I don't have you

I got a tavern, a liquor store
I got the numbers four forty-four
I got a Mojo and don't you know
I'm all dressed up with no place to go

I got women to the left of me
I got women to the right of me
I got chicks all around me
But I ain't got you, oh baby

Yeah I got a tavern, a liquor store
I got the numbers four forty-four
I got a Mojo and don't you know
I'm all dressed up with no place to go

I got a sixty-five Cadillac
Sparetyre on the back
Charge account at Goldblatt's
But I ain't got you, come on baby

Yeah I got a tavern, a liquor store
I got the numbers four forty-four
I got a Mojo and don't you know
I'm all dressed up with no place to go

I got a closet full of clothes
And no matter where I go
Got a ring in my nose
But I ain't got you

I said I ain't got you
Baby I ain't got you
Well I ain't got you child

Bright lights, big city they've gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said

It's alright, pretty baby yeah, you'll need my help someday
It's alright, pretty baby, you'll need my help someday
You're gonna wish you had listened to some of these things that I said

You know I told you baby
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said

Owh baby! Oh yes now!
Oowh it's alright baby, you'll need my help someday
It's alright baby, you should have listened to what I said

You know I warned you baby
About the long Cadillacs with the big shiny pims (wheels ?)
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud wings (baby ?)
Men with money, cigarettes, flamingo, scotch, bourbon

Yeah bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Awh! Bright lights, big city, yeah gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said

Come on baby, let the good times roll
Come on baby, let me thrill your soul
Come on baby, let the good times roll, roll all night long

Oh baby, feel so good when you're home
Come on baby, rock me all night long

Come on baby, let's close the door
Come on baby, let's rock some more
Come on baby, let the good times roll, roll all night long

Come on baby, let's close the door
Come on honey, let's rock some more
Come on baby, let the good times roll, roll all night long

Oh baby, feel so good when you're home
Come on baby, rock me all night long

Come on baby, let the good times roll
Come on baby, let me thrill your soul
Come on baby, let the good times roll, roll all night long

Well, you've been gone,
For fourteen long days
Yes, you've been gone
For fourteen long, lonely days
And I'm prayin' to the Lord
Please don't take my love away...

Come back home,
All I want is you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, Come back home, baby
You know all I want is you
You know you'll never find another boy
To treat you like I used to treat you

Oh baby,
Baby, why don't you come back home to me
Hey, baby baby,
Why don't you come back home to me

I want you to come back home baby
Baby, please set me free...

Yeah, baby, come one baby, Oh, oh

I'm a roadrunner baby,
Can't keep up with me, oh, oh
I'm a roadrunning mad,
You can't keep up with me, yeah
Come on and lets have a race
And baby, baby you will see
Oh, take my hand baby

Yeah, Yeah, take my hand baby
I wanna prove to you,
That I'm a roadrunning man, yeah
I wanna tell you something
I'm the fastest in the land
Oh, Come one take my hand baby, yeah

Now listen to me baby
Oh Oh, why don't you move up a bit slowly
Let this man by, let me by
I want to give my love to you
To put some dirt in your eye
Oh, Oh baby, come over baby
Can't keep up with me, oh, oh
I'm a roadrunning man,
You can't keep up with me, ah
Come on and let's have a race,
And baby, baby, baby, baby.
Oh, oh yeah, come on baby

Yes, I'm a roadrunning man,
Can't keep up with me
Yeah, come on and lets have a race
And baby, baby you will see
Oh, I'll say it one more time now

Oh, oh, bye bye baby
I've got to put you down
Oh yeah, I've got to put you down
I'll see you baby
I'll see you somewhere hanging around, oh