Anita Baker Album

(Anita Baker and Patrick Moten)

Dialogue:
You know, this old world just,
Keeps on spinning around and around and around
And sometimes it just spins too fast
And you, you not only lose your balance
But you lose your rhythm and
It's at times like these that you just need to stop
And not only find your way again but find your own rhythm
Because life has a rhythm…
And mother nature has a rhythm
And love…oh yes, love has a rhythm

Song starts:
Can't cha come away, away tonight and talk to me
Far away from all the world's insanity.
Fill your heart with music tonight.
Satisfy your soul and ease your mind.

Open your arms, close your eyes
Hearts will harmonize
Making music in your arms
Never before, never anymore
Will you be alone
Now that you have known
My rhythm of love, baby
Rhythm of love
Rhythm of love
Rhythm love darling
Rhythm of love

Hold me closer
Times are troubled, there's no doubt
Where's the cure in times like these?
The rhythm of love is the remedy

Open your arms….(as above)
I'll never leave anyone, a fool could see
We have all we need, as long as
We believe

The rhythm of love (chorus)

Oh Lord, where would I go?
Oh without you here to love me baby?
Oh Lord, what would I do?
Oh without you here to love me, ahh yeah…
I can't stop it
I don't want to stop it

Darling oh no, no
Oh you must live by the rhythm
Oh you must love by the rhythm
Oh you must live by the rhythm
Oh you must love by the rhythm

(Lyrics by Hal David, Music by Burt Bacharach)

The look of love
Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise

The look of love
Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise

The look of love
Is saying so much more than Just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breathe away

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Baby be mine, tonight

Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
The look of love

Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so

(Ellen Shipley, Rick Nowels)

What have you done to me
I can't eat, I cannot sleep
And I'm not the same anymore, oh no, no
I don't know what to do
All of me wants all of you
Do I satnd alone at the shore?

Now once I could turn away
From everything I feel today
But, now I want to walk through your door

(Chorus)
But I've got to know – oh
Body and soul
That you've got no doubt, inside and out
We are whole – oh
Body and soul
Don't leave me out in the cold
Just love body and soul

- Do you hear me baby –
I've wasted too much time
Livin' for what wasn't mine
Then came the day I found you
And now I want nothing less

I've found a love that's truly blessed
I wanna make dreams come true

(Chorus)
But I've got to know – oh
Body and soul
That you've got no doubt, inside and out
We are whole – oh
Body and soul
Don't leave me out in the cold
Just love body and soul

(Bridge)
Every day is getting better
The more I trust I feel stronger, stronger
Every kiss brings me closer
It feels good to let you inside.
(Vamp out)

(Anita Baker)

This heart of mine seldome lies, you see.
It's often said you don't care for me no more.
You took so long, how could you lead me on,
Left me wondering where and how we went wrong.

(Chorus)
Come on, baby (Make it alright)
Oh, baby (Say it's alright)
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Baby, make it alright
Please baby, say it's alright
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Won't you please do this for me?

Heart of mine please just let him go
Always knew you'd leave honey, many times I told you so?

Yesterday it was when you walked out my door
Hopes and dreams lay scattered on my floor

(Chorus)
Come on, baby (Make it alright)
Oh, baby (Say it's alright)
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Baby, make it alright
Please baby, say it's alright
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Won't you please do this for me?

Holding on to your memory is what I've done
Baby, see what I've done
Baby, see what I've done
Oh yes, holding on to my pillow, it's all I've got

And the power of your thunder belongs to someone new
Is it any wonder I cry the whole night through.
How we ever made it's a mystery to me
Fire and water were never meant to be

(Chorus)
Come on, baby (Make it alright)
Oh, baby (Say it's alright)
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Baby, make it alright
Please baby, say it's alright
Would you baby
And I'll be alright if I could only see you baby
Won't you please do this for me?

(Anita Baker, Barry J. Eastmond, Gordon Chambers)

(Verse)
Operator, get my lover on the line
Just the other night we had a terrible fight
But I admit it
I got out of control
But I still love my man with my body and soul
When the road gets rough we say things we should not say
But I never meant to treat my baby that way.

(Chorus)
I apologize, believe me I do
I apologize, honest and true
I know I was wrong so I'm singing this song,
Trying to get thru to make it up to you
I apologize

(Verse)
Operator it was like a bad dream,
Ooh girl, you should have seen how I shouted and screamed
but I regret it ‘cause I was unfair
Took it all out on him just because he was there.
When the road gets rough we say things we should not say
But I never meant to treat my baby that way.

(Bridge)
I apologize, for I was unkind and I wish
That I could go back in time.
Erase the good-byes and rewrite my lines.
But, come rain or come shine,
I'm gonna do right this time.
I apologize.
(Vamp)

(Anita Baker)

I thought I told you everything
You needed, needed to know
I thought I gave you everything
And then you, you decided to go.

Ooh, you know I understand
Child I love you with an open hand
If you should ever need me, you know where I am.

(Chorus)
I've got room, plenty of room
Never lonely again
Just open my door, come on in
‘cause I got room, plenty of room
You'll never be lonely again.
Open my door, come on in
‘cause I got room

Don't you know I love you child
Wherever, wherever you roam on your own?
Lord knows it gets cold outside
And if you, you should want to come
home, come on home.

You know I don't lie.
Should the world outside make you want to cry
Don't be shy darling why don't you come on by,
‘cause I've got room.

(Chorus)

Oh, right now would be a good time to find,
That you have walked into my room
Any time is a good time, baby
It ain't never too late, baby, never too soon
Love is all I wanna give,
I wish I knew what you were gonna do.
And ain't no one in the world boy, but me and you.
You know it's true
Sit down at my table
Til your spirit is fed
Lay your burdens by the fire
Rest your worries in my bed
I'll never leave you lonely, oh boy, now
Don't you hear what I say?
Lord, I got room

(Chorus)

(Sami Mckinney, Mary Unobsky, Micheal O'Hara)

I had a dream
A love dream so tender,
You were with me old friend
We cave in to sweet surrender
And I've held it in through October,
November
No wonder…
It's never been the same since then

I picked up my phone
A million times to call you
But I lost my nerve
'cause everytime I saw ya
like a lovesick kid
it was my paranoia
You'd laugh….but instead
I read the thoughts inside my head

(Chorus)
It's you
It's been you all the time
Like somebody turnded on a light
It took just a minute
But now that I'm in it
It's you
It's been you all the time
You're changing my whole state of mind,
Watch me shine
It's been you all the time.
Now when you smile

The world opens up for me
You're just my style
And inside I do believe
We're two of a kind
How could I be so blind
My heart…it's sincere
I believe I've wanted you for years and years

(Chorus)

Now to think you've always been right here
And loneliness had been my greatest fear
Until I saw the answers in your eyes,
Yes I did.
And, at last it's clear
Now I see that you're the only one for me.

(Graham Lyle, Terry Britten & Billy Livsey)

She wants you near her
Only to be there
She won't let go of you now
Nobody loves you
Like I can love you
I just keep holding on somehow

It's pointless, I guess
To be so possessive
When I'm staking my claim to your heart

You belong
You belong to me
You know my love for you is guaranteed
You belong
You belong to me
Now and forever it will always be

Every moment we share is stolen
(feel in my heart)
Nothing's so precious as time
(you don't love me)
Then I'm reminded your world is calling
(I play a part)
I play a part on the sidelines
(I'll wait for you)

My role is to wait anticipating
The minute you walk through my door

You belong
You belong to me
You know my love for you is guaranteed
You belong
You belong to me
Now and forever it will always be

Maybe I have no rights
Oh but when your arms are holding me tight
And your kisses tell me all I want to know
My only problem is letting you go

And your kisses tell me all I want to know
But I will never get used to letting you go

You belong
You belong to me
You know my love for you is guaranteed
You belong
You belong to me
Now and forever it will always be

(Anita Baker)

I feel you moving, slipping away
I try to call, but I can't find the words to say
My lips move but they don't make a sound
I hear your voice but you're nowhere around
I close my eyes I can't find my sleep
My wounds will not heal, you cut me too deep
My mind is strong but my spirit is weak
I got back on my feet.

Well, you can be so cruel
Oh, I just don't understand
Do the tears that I cry, baby
Hey, does it make you feel like a man?
And I told you once, boy
Oh, baby let me tell you again
You can't do right 'cause you're the wrong man

(Chorus)
You're the wrong man
You're the wrong man
You're the wrong man

I hear you calling but I ain't no fool
I've got to be stronger, I've got to get over you
Each time I cry it's a sign of my pain
Every tear that falls carries your name
All I know is it cannot go on
Everything I do for you is wrong
Ain't nothing I can say or can do
I just got to, I gotta get up child
I gotta move.

Hear me baby
Tell me what you want me to do
Ain't my my my, ain't my lovin' good enough for you?
I told you once boy, baby lemme tell you again
You can't do right 'cause…

(Chorus)

You know I love you
Sometimes it just ain't enough
And I don't wanna leave you
Baby but I'm giving you up
And I told you once boy
And I don't wanna tell you again
You can't do right 'cause
You're the wrong man
You can't do right baby (repeat)

I'd rather lose you, child
Than lose my mind, yeah (repeat)

(Dawn Thomas)

(Verse 1)
For a little while
We know what heartache is
And we feel the pain the world can sometimes bring
For a while
We cry in the night
Without a single song to sing
But one day all will change
There'll be no more stormy rain
Then at last we will rest forevermore

(Chorus)
So if you're in the valley
And life is so unkind
And, if the tears keep falling
From your tired eyes
If burdens seem so heavy
And it's hard to smile
Then just remember
It's only for a while

(Verse 2)
For a little while
You lose someone you love
And miss the times together that you shared
For a little while
You feel all alone and scared
With no one there to hold
Oh, the nights get long and cold
But it won't last
It will pass in time

(Chorus)
So if you're in the valley
And life is so unkind
And if the tears keep falling
From your tired eyes
If burdens seem so heavy
If it's hard to smile
Then just remember
It's only for a while

(Mike Reid, Mack David)

Sometimes I wonder why
I go on loving you this way
When I'm not sure that you are sure
That you will stay
Sometimes I wonder why
I go on hurting like I do
I guess my heart ain't very smart
It wants no one but you

But when I lay in your arms
It's so easy pretending
This is a real fairytale
With a happy ending
This tightrope that I walk
A tightrope without a net below
And if I fall, well I'll just fall
Because I know
I'll love you till I die

(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)

My funny Valentine. Sweet comic Valentine,
You make me smile with my heart.
Your looks are laughable.
Unphotographable,
Yet, you're my favorite work of art.
Is your figure less than greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it is speak, are you baby are you smart?

Don't change your hair for me,
Not if you care for me.
Stay little Valentine. Stay.
Each day is Valentine's day.
(Musical interlude)
Ad lib
Baby, don't change your hair for me.
Is your figure less than greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are
You…baby are you smart?

Don't change your hair for me.
Not if you care for me.
Stay little Valentine, why don't you stay?
Each day is valentine's day,
(scat) doo, wee, day.
Ad lib
Everyday is…
Every night is…
Every day ooh, ooh.