Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy on me
Well, if I've done somebody wrong
Lord, have mercy if you please

I used to have plenty of money
The finest clothes in town
Bad luck and trouble overtook me
And God, look at me now

Please have mercy, Lord, have mercy on me
And if I've done somebody wrong
Lord, have mercy if you please

Keep on working, my child
Oh, in the morning, oh
Lord, have mercy

If I've been a bad girl, baby
Yeah, I'll change my ways
Don't want bad luck and trouble
On me all my days

Please have mercy, Lord, have mercy on me
And if I've done somebody wrong
Lord, have mercy if you please
Have mercy on me

Don't go to church on Sunday
Don't get on my knees to pray
Don't memorize the books of the Bible
I got my own special way
But I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more

I fall out on my knees every Sunday
At Zerelda Lee's candy store

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied

Well I don't want no Abba Zabba
Don't want no Almond Joy
There ain't nothing better
Suitable for this boy
Well it's the only thing
That can pick me up
Better than a cup of gold
See only a chocolate Jesus
Can satisfy my soul

When the weather gets rough
And it's whiskey in the shade
It's best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But that's ok
Pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied

Your eyes may be whole but the story I'm told is
Your heart is as black as night
Your lips may be sweet such that I can't compete
But your heart is as black as night

I don't know why you came along
At such a perfect time
But if I let you hang around
I'm bound to lose my mind

'Cause your hands may be strong
But the feeling's all wrong
Your heart is as black as night

I don't know why you came along
At such a perfect time
But if I let you hang around
I'm bound to lose my mind

'Cause your hands may be strong
But the feeling's all wrong
Your heart is as black as night

Your eyes may be whole but the story I'm told is
Your heart is as black as night
Your lips may be sweet such that I can't compete
But your heart is as black as night

I don't know why you came along
At such a perfect time
But if I let you hang around
I'm bound to lose my mind

'Cause your hands may be strong
But the feeling's all wrong
Your heart is as black, your heart is as black
Oh, your heart is as black as night, as night, as night

One of us has to say he's sorry, yeah
Or we will never be friends again
Let's have a drink and talk it over
I wanna keep you for my date

We're here today and gone tomorrow, oh
None of us knows when life will end
I said some things that caused you sorrow
I wanna keep you for my friend

A-ha, oh ha
A-ha, oh ho
Yeah
Oh ho

One of us has to say he's sorry
Or we will never be friends again
Let's have a little drink and talk it over, oh
I wanna keep you for my friend

We're here today and gone tomorrow, oh
None of us knows when life will end
I said some nasty things that caused you sorrow
But I wanna keep you for my friend, hey

Aha, oh ho
Aha, oh ho
Oh
Oh ho

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
I'm glad you're back
Don't explain

Quiet, don't explain
I'm missed with some dame
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
Nothing rates above you
And I'm so completely yours

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

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
I'm glad you're back
Don't explain

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

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right and 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, don't explain

Something told me that it was over, baby, yeah
When I saw you
When I saw you and that girl
And y'all was talking

Something deep down
Something deep down in my soul said
"Go on, go on and cry, girl"
When I saw you, when I saw you with that same person
And y'all was walking around

And I'd rather
I'd rather be a blind girl, baby, yeah, yeah
Than to see you walk away, walk away from me, baby
Don't leave me, I don't wanna see you go

'Cause you see, I love you so much
And I don't wanna watch you leave me
Don't wanna watch you leave me, baby
And another thing is, one more thing is
I just don't, I just don't wanna be free
Scared to be by myself

I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
About your sweet kiss and your, your warm embrace
Hmm, your warm embrace
Hmm, yo, yo, warm, warm embrace

When I look down in the glass that I held to my lips
And I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face
That's when I knew I love you and I couldn't do without you
And I'd rather be a blind girl

Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, babe, no, babe, oh, oh
Oh babe, all day sitting up
Sitting up thinking about you

Myself, I don't wanna see you leave
Please don't go
Oh, babe, no, babe, oh, babe
I'd rather be a blind girl

Something told me that it was over, baby
When I saw you
When I saw you and that girl
And y'all was talking

Something deep down in my soul said
"Go on, go on and cry, girl"
When I saw you, when I saw you and that girl
And y'all was walking by

And I'd rather go blind, I'd rather go blind
I'd rather go blind, babe
Than to see you walk away, walk away
Don't walk away 'cause I'd rather go blind

I know sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
And I get a feeling that I never, never, never
Never had before, no, no, hey
And I, and I, I just wanna tell y'all, I said y'all
I believe, I believe, I believe

Something got a hold on me, yeah, yeah
Oh, it must be love
Something got a hold on me right now
Oh, it must be love

Let me tell, I never felt like this before
Something got a hold and it won't let go
Believe I'd fly if only I could
Sound so strange, sure it's good

I said whoa, I said whoa
I said whoa
Aha-ho, aha-hey, yeah
Hey, now it must be love

Let me tell you now
Something got a hold on me, yeah, yeah
Oh, it must be love
Something got a hold on me right now, yeah, child
Oh, it must be love

Let me tell you
I never felt like this before
Something's got a hold and it won't let go
Believe I'd fly if only I could
Sound so strange, sure it's good

I said whoa, I said whoa
I said whoa
Aha-ho, aha-hey, yeah
Hey, now it must be love

Let me tell you know
My heart feel heavy, feet feel light
I shake all over, I feel alright
I never thought it could happen to me

It got me heavy without the misery
I never thought it could be this way
Love's sure gone and put a hurting on me

I said whoa, I said whoa
I said whoa
Aha-ho, aha-hey, yeah
Hey, now it must be love

You know it talk like love
It walk like love
It make me feel alright, aye
Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, I feel alright
Yeah, yeah, I feel that I feel alright
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah

Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
Alright, alright, yeah

Said it walk like love
Said it talk like love
It makes me feel alright
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I said something gotta hold on, child
And it won't let go
Said it walk like love, it talk like love
Make me feel alright, make me feel alright

I said hey, I said hey, I said hey
I said hey, I say hey, I say hey
I said hey, I said hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yay, yay, yay

Something got a hold on me, yeah, yeah
Oh, it must be love
Something got a hold on me right now
Oh, it must be love

Let me tell you, I never felt like this before
Something got a hold and it won't let go
Believe I'd fly if only I could
Sound so strange, sure it's good

I said whoa, I said whoa
I said whoa, whoa
Say yeah, say yeah, yeah
Oh, now it must be love, yeah

I know you've been hurt
By someone else
I can tell by the way
You carry yourself

But if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I'll take care of you

I, I loved and lost
The same as you
So you see I know
Just what you've been through

And if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I just have got to take care of you

You won't ever have to worry
You don't ever have to cry
I'll be there beside you
To dry your weeping eyes

So darlin' tell me
That you'll be true
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
I know what I want to do

And just as sure
One and one is two
I just got, I got to take care of you
I just got to take care of you
Take care of you

Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well
I've heard some talk in the neighborhood bout a good time somebody's havin'
They don't know
They just don't know the half about it
And that there's so much to it
And what they're sayin
They don't know what we're knowin
Never gonna catch up
Never get goin

Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well
As long as I can see its you and me alone together
It feels so good
Lord I feel so good about it
If its feelin good inside of one
Nothin ever matters
Lovin you doin what I'm lovin
Lovin me lovin what ya do
Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well

Don't you hear me talkin to you Joe?
Come on
Well well

Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well
I heard some talkin in the neighborhood bout a good time somebody's havin
But they don't know
They just don't know the half about it
And that there's so much to it
What they're sayin
They don't know but we know it
Never gonna catch us
They'll never get goin

Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well
Well well gettin to know you so well

Ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
It ain't no way for me to give you all you need
If you won't let me give all of me

I know that a woman's duty
Is to help and love a man
And that's the way it was planned

Oh, how can I, how can I, how can I
Give you all those things I can
If you're tying both of my hands
It ain't no way, ain't no way

Just ain't no way, baby
Ain't no way, baby
It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me

Stop trying to be
Someone you're not
Hard, cold and cruel is a man
Who paid too much for what he got

And if you need me
Like you say, say, yeah, you do
Oh, then babe, babe, baby
Don't you know that I need you? oh

It ain't no way
I tell you that it ain't no way
It ain't no way, it ain't no way, baby, no
Just ain't no way, sure ain't no way, baby

It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
If you won't let me, no way

If you won't let me
No way