Miki Howard

Mmm...mmm...hmm...

I've been tryin' to tell myself I don't need you
Trying to hold back the feelings I feel for you
Knowing in the end there's no future for you and I
I can't tell no lie

(Baby, be mine) You never really got to know me
(Baby, be mine) I should have said it at the time
(Words left unspoken)
They only gave you a token of my love, ooh

Take a second chance, see what you're missing
I'm just somebody you don't know as well as you think you do
So understand me this time
Baby, be mine

(Baby, be mine) You never really got to know me
(Baby, be mine) I should have said it at the time
(Words left unspoken)
They only gave you a token of my-my love

Ooh...ooh...hoo...
Ooh...
Ooh...hoo...
Hey...hey...hey...hey...

(Baby be mine) Yeah, yeah...oh...yeah, come on, come on
(Baby, be mine) Maybe I should have said at the time
(Words left unspoken)
They only game you a token of my love, my love

(Baby, be mine)
(Baby, be mine) Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Words left unspoken)
They only game you a token of my-my-my-my-my love, hey...hey...yeah...

Come on, you sweet thing
You know I-I need love everyday

No way
(Baby, won't you be mine) Oh, come on , boy
Give me just a little bit, just a little bit, just a little bit lovin', baby
(Baby, won't you be mine) Won't you be mine, won't you be mine, oh, yeah, yeah

Oh...baby, baby, baby, baby, be mine

(Words left unspoken)
(They only game you a token of my love)
You haven't even begun to know me, boy, oh...ho...ho...yeah

(Baby, be mine) Come on and be my love
Say that you will, say that you will, say that you will
(Words left unspoken)
(They only gave you a token of my love)
My-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my love

(Baby, be mine) Come on, baby
Say that you love me too, say that you'll be my forever love
Always together love
(Words left unspoken) I promise you

Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad your back, don't explain

Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And that love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain

You don't have to have a hanker
To be a broker or a banker
No, sir, you just got to be
My mother's son-in-law

Needn't even think of tryin'
To be a mighty socialite
Sippin' tea, if you will be
My mother's son-in-law

Ain't got the least desire
To set the world on fire
Just wish you'd make it proper
To call my old man Papa

You don't have to sing like Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you got to be
My mother's son-in-law

Ain't got the least desire
To set the world on fire
Just wish you'd make it proper
To call my old man Papa

You don't have to sing like Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you got to be
My mother's son-in-law

I'm a fool to want you
당신을 원하는 난 어리석지요
I'm a fool to want you
당신을 원하는 난 바보에요
To want a love that can't be true
그건 있을 수 없는 사랑을 바라는 것
A love that's there for others too
사랑은 다른 사람을 위한 것이에요

I'm a fool to hold you
널 안으려 하는건 내 어리석은 일
Such a fool to hold you
날 안으려고 하는건 바보같은일
To seek a kiss not mine alone
내것이 아닌데 키스하려
To share a kiss that Devil has known
키스를 나누기 위해 그는 알고 있었어요

Time and time again I said I'd leave you
되풀이해 말했지 난 널 떠나겠다고
Time and time again I went away
되풀이해 네게서 멀어져갔지
But then would come the time when I would need you
하지만 그때마다 네가 필요해져서
And once again these words I had to say
또 한번 이런 말을 해야 했어
Take me back, I love you
날 받아줘, 사랑해
...I need you
...널 원해
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
그건 잘못임을 알아, 암 잘못이지
But right or wrong I can't get along Without you
옳건 그르건 너 없인 아무것도 못해

Oh, yeah
Ooh...ooh...

Experience is a good teacher
It takes someone like me to know
All the little games people tend to play
Some call it love
It never has a chance to grow

"You deserve somethin' better," I kept tellin' myself
Just be patient, true love you'll find
I finally found someone who become my friend
And in a matter of time
Real love stepped in

The closed sign on your door
I had to tear it down
A new world of happiness
Turned me completely around

(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love under new management
(I'm in love under new management) Hey...yeah...
(Someone very special came into my life) Nobody, nobody
(Can take his place) Can take his place
He filled my empty space

There's nothin' like someone who can take care of business
You know we treat each other so well
And back together came off a little easy
It's time to celebrate
You see, I never thought I could

The closed sign on my door
I had to tear it down
A new world of happiness
Turned me completely around

(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love under new management
(I'm in love under new management)
Hey...yeah...hey, hey, somebody, somebody very special
(Someone very special came into my life) And I want you to know nobody, nobody, nobody
(Can take his place) Can take his place, oh...oh...
(He filled my empty space) He filled my empty space

(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love under new management
(I'm in love under new management) Woo...hoo...hoo...somebody very special
(Someone very special came into my life) I don't believe nobody
(Can take his place) Can take his place
(He filled my empty space) Oh...ho...

(I'm in love, doo doo doo) Ooh...ooh...whoa...ooh...
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Hey, girls, can I talk to you for a minute
I know you'll understand
You see, I was in love with this guy
That really wasn't worth my time of day, uh-uh
But you know when you're in love, can't nobody tell you nothin'
So I just kept on waiting and waiting
Hoping he'd (Fill up) All the empty spaces in my life, oh...oh...
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Everybody tried to tell me 'bout him
But you know it's nothin' like leadin a blind horse to a pasture
You see, they could smell the grass, but they just don't know their way to it, uh-uh
But girl, just when I was about ready to throw my hands and (Give up)
On love, hoo...hoo...hoo...hoo...hoo...
Real love walked in, girls
I'm talkin' about the kind you can hold on to in the middle of the night, yeah, yeah
It seems like he turned my entire life around
And I'm through with all those old love games
And some guys messin' around with so many girls I can't even name
You see, I-I knew a happiness burns me completely love

(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love under new management
(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love
(I'm in love under new, love under new) Under new (Management) management
(I'm in love under new, love under new management) Somebody every special

(I'm in love under new management) If it happened to me it can happen to you, yeah, yeah
(I'm in love under new management) I'm in love under new management
(I'm in love under new, love under new) Yes, I am (Management)

It's cost me a lot
But there's one thing that I've got
It's my man
Cold and wet, tired you bet
But all that I soon forget
With my man
He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books
Is my man
Two or three girls has he
That he likes as well as me
But I love him!
I don't know why I should
He isn't good
He isn't true
He beats me too
What can I do?

Oh, my man I love him so
He'll never know
All my life is just despair
But I don't care
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright, all right
What's the diff'rence if I say
I'll go away, When I know
I'll come back on my knees some day?
For whatever my man is
I am his forever more!
Oh, my man I love him

Sometimes I say
If I could just get away
With my man
He'd go straight sure as fate
For it never is too late
For a man
I just like to dream
Of a cottage by a stream
With my man
Where a few flowers grew
And perhaps a kid or two
Like my man
And then my eyes get wet
I 'most forget
"Til he gets hot
And tells me not to talk such rot.

Oh, my man I love him so
He'll never know
All my life is just despair
But I don't care
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright, all right
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away, When I know
I'll come back on my knees some day?
For what ever my man is
I am his forever more!

Hey girl, you're runnin' away from me
I can't give you any more than honesty
I must read like an old love letter
Little girl, it's now or never

We've had some time to learn the rules
I'm so bad at wearing other peoples shoes
I really thought that we could be together
And that's why, its now or never, it's now or never

And like a candle burning
Both ends are melted all through
My hourglass is turning
I can't live this life without you

And I don't care if they say
I'm off my head
Cause baby when it's now or never
It's now or never

We both know, you called my phone to speak
But I was freakin' so I turned the other cheek
I know now I was less than clever
Little girl, it's now or never

If you could read my troubled mind
If only you could feel my heart beat overtime
I'd make it known on this earth forever
I want you and it's now or never, it's now or never

And like a candle burning
Both ends are melted all through
My hourglass is turning
I can't live this life without you

And I don't care if they say
I'm off my head
Cause baby when it's now or never
It's now or never, it's now or never

I'm not off my head
I'm not off my head
I'm not off my head
I'm not off my head

Southern trees
Bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin'
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean and fresh
Then the sudden smell
Of burnin' flesh
Here is a fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the leaves to drop
Here is
Strange and bitter crop

Whoa...whoa...whoa...oh...ho...ho...
Ooh...ooh...yeah...
Ah, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh

Girl, I love you so
I promise you I'll never let you go
Till the end of time
You will always be forever mine, baby

We will share our joy
We'll care and understand each other, boy
A love that's built on trust
I'll never love again, you're the only one

You give me all that I need
And I can't get you out of my mind
We have the love everyone wants
And we know it's real 'cause the way we feel
It was so hard to find

Just like Romeo and Juliet
Our love is strong and stronger we'll get
Like a hand in glove, nothing's closer than this
That's what love is {Oh...oh...baby...oh...}

Your touch, your tender kiss
Your smile I can't resist
No one can love me better
Until the end of time we'll be together

You're a special part of me
A tender far beyond what one could see
Keep on lovin' me this way
Forever in my heart you'll always stay, baby

Oh, you give me all that I need
And I can't get off of my mind
We have the love everyone wants, see and-and
And we know it's real 'cause the way we feel
It was so hard to find

Just like Romeo and Juliet
Our love is strong and stronger we'll get
Like a hand in glove, nothing's closer than this
That's what love is (Oh...)
Honey, honey, honey, baby, baby

Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

I love you forever, together for better
Caring and sharing, please don't leave me never
{No way}
Honey, honey, honey, baby, baby

Just like Romeo and Juliet
Our love is strong and stronger we'll get
Like a hand in glove, nothing's closer than this (Hey, hey, hey)
That's what love is (Oh...) {When you hold me close to you, baby}

It's just like Romeo and Juliet (Ooh, hoo)
Our love is strong and stronger we'll get (Hey, hey)
Like a hand in glove, nothing's closer than this (Hey, baby, hey, baby)
That's what love is (That's what it is, that what it is)
{When you hold me, baby}
{When you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze}
That's what love is {Baby} (Oh...ho...)
{Oh, my baby, please, please}
Don't ever go never, don't ever go never
Don't ever go never, don't ever go never
Don't ever go never
That's what love is (Don't leave me, baby) {Please}
(No, no, no, no, no) {'Cause I'm not done lovin' you}
(Hey, hey, hey) {Love when you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze me}
(I know you will need me, boy, I know that I love you, boy)
{You don't know what you do to me}
(Don't leave me, don't leave me, no, no, no) {You're drivin' me crazy, crazy}
(Oh) {Oh...oh...} (Ooh...yeah...)

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You're in love
Your heart's fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
'I love you'
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peepin' through
He'll get bored
You can't resist him
All you'll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh