Brian McKnight Album

Maxine was 5'9''
Had a man, and she didn't mind
Walked up to me nice and slow
What she wanted
I did not know
Gave me her pager number
And said call her "anytime"
Then she whispered in my ear

[chorus]
She said
My body wants you so
For what I miss at home
Nobody has to know
Keep it
On the down and low
She said
My body wants you so
For what I miss at home
Nobody has to know
Keep it
On the down and low

She says that he
Doesn't take her anywhere
Used to say sweet things
Acts like he doesn't even care
He thinks that she's content
Cos he buys her cars
And he pays her rent
But she's not ready to leave
She turned and said to me

[repeat chorus]

[Bridge:]
I wouldn't treat you that way
If you were my lady
I wouldn't share you
You'd be mine and mine alone, oh yeah
If he continues wastin' your time
Girl, he's crazy
I'll take her
(Got to get down and low)

Maxine looked into my eyes
Wanted me to be the other guy
Cos tonight she's needin' someone to hold
Lonely nights can be, oh, so cold
Deprived of all the things
She misses, wants, wishes, and needs
Got hotter than a hundred an' three
She turned and said to me

[repeat chorus]

[repeat chorus to fade]

[verse]
The bed gives
Cupboard might break underneath you
Hard as I try
The table might shake
Could break a leg when I do what I do
I'm all about mine

[chorus]
Consider the love we made
When pleasure can be found
In and all around
The right place is on the floor
Why don't we get down on the floor
I won't leave you wanting for more
If we get down on the floor
On the floor

[verse]
Comfortable spot
When I get you hot
A place to lay your head
Was it Socrates who said
Good to the last drop, lady
Ooh, you're so sweet
From your head to your feet
Face is turning red
Now my appetite's there

[chorus]
Consider the love we made
When pleasure can be found
In and all around
The right place is on the floor
Why don't we get down on the floor
I won't leave you wanting for more
If we get down on the floor
On the floor

[bridge]
When you're satisfied
That's when I'll give you more
It's gonna rain, let it pour
And if you're gonna stay
And you're willing to play
It's time that we openly, honestly
Get on the floor

[ending section]
On the floor
On the floor
On the floor
Floor, on the floor

[repeat and fade]

Your love is ooh
Your love is ooh baby

[verse]
I contemplate, as we lay
Caught up in your web of pleasure
Let me get my thoughts together
Concentrate, stimulate
Ecstacy cannot be measured
I finally found my treasure

[chorus]
When I think about the love we make
I can't find the word to say, your love is ooh
Your love is ooh baby
When I think about the the love we make
I run out of breath and I start to shake
your love is ooh
Your love is ooh baby

[verse]
Take the sun
Take the moon
All I ever need is you
You make my dreams come true
Through the storm, nice and warm
Girl you know just what to do
You know just what to do

[b-sec]
I'm just an ordinary man
I don't understand
Why the way that I feel gets so hard for me
To explain
Am I dreamin'?

[chorus]
When I think about the love we make
I can't find the word to say, your love is ooh
Your love is ooh baby
When I think about the love we make
I run out of breath and I start to shake
Your love is ooh
Your love is ooh baby

[bridge]
And my heart is beating, sore from being
Loved so beyond my needs
All I know is I want the world to know
Your love is ooh
Your love is ooh
Your love is...... ooh

Ooh, Ooh, Ooh [continue w/ ad lib and fade]

[chorus]
You can call me day and night, night and day
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way
We go together like a potter and clay
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way

[verse]
Michael Angelo would faint
Rembrandt would cry
To stand in line for a lock of your hair
I'd fly around around the world
Just to be close to you
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere

[chorus]
You can call me day and night, night and day
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way
We go together like a potter and clay
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way [repeat]

Just tell me what I should do
Tell me what I should say
Rub me I'm your genie
Your wish is my command right away
Can we talk about it
Lady can we get together
I'm free, I'm free

[rap part]
Left of the sun
Right of the moon
You're hotter than the fourth of July
Ah oooh
One taste of your sweet sweet lips
Will have me doing cartwheels and flips
Kinda shy to say that I'm sweating you
Judging by the smile on your face
Says I'm getting through
You no rush, come will the day
You come around my way
Come on

[chorus]
You can call me day and night, night and day
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way
We go together like a potter and clay
Girl you're all that I want
I need you up around my way

[repeat and fade]

[verse]
I have been through many disappointments and regrets
Never known yet
The joy of lasting love
Now I'm reaching for your hand
On the shore of happiness
Oh, acquiesce
To you my dear, my love

[chorus]
You take my breath away
You're everything I desire
I can't stay away
I used to say never
But I'll never say never again
Every night and day
I realize what can't be denied
I never thought I'd fall
But I fell anyway
And I know that I know that I know that
I never thought I'd fall but I fell
Anyway

[verse]
You're the perfect lover
And you are the perfect friend
Now all that's ever been
We simply rose above
And as long as we don't build
A castle on quicksand
We'll experience and understand
The pleasure of lasting love
My heart's on fire
Burning with a flame that will never die
There's a voice inside
Saying don't be afraid don't compromise

[chorus]
You take my breath away
You're everything I desire
I can't stay away
I used to say never
But I'll never say never again
Every night and day
I realize what can't be denied
I never thought I'd fall
But I fell anyway
And I know that, I know that, I know that
I never thought I'd all but I fell
Anyway

[bridge]
There are many, many words that I could say
Melodies I could could play
Prayers that I can pray
Nothing could take your love away

[chorus]
You take my breath away
You're everything I desire
I can't stay away
I used to say never
But I'll never say never again
Every night and day
I realize what can't be denied
I never thought I'd fall
But I fell anyway
And I know that, I know that, I know that
I never thought I'd fall but I fell anyway
I know
I never thought I'd fall but I fell
Anyway

[verse]
I think I must be dreaming
That you are here with me
Must have died and gone to heaven
And it's all that I hoped it would be

[chorus]
When the eagles forget how to fly
When it's twenty below in July
And when violets turn red
And roses turn blue
I'll be still in love with you

[verse]
I live to be around you
You take my breath away
Can't help but talk about you
Every night and day

[chorus]
When eagles forget how to fly
And it's twenty below in July
And when violets turn red
And roses turn blue
I'll be still in love with you

[bridge]
All I need is you
Need you just to hold me, console me
Over and over.......I love you

[chorus]
When the eagles forget how to fly
And it's twenty below in July
And when violets turn red
And roses turn blue
I'll be still in love with you
Still in love with you

[verse]
I could feel
It coming from a mile away
When I opened up the door
I saw everything that I've been waiting for, hey
Close your eyes
I don't care what other people say
Here underneath the stars
Now Jupiter and Mars don't seem so far away

[chorus]
I want you to know
You take my breath away
And it's been that way right from the start
I didn't know how to tell you
That I want to love you
With every beat of my hear
(With every beat of my heart)

[verse]
Take my hand
Don't be afraid, don't go
I want you to stay
Just relax your mind
I promise that tomorrow will be just like today

[chorus]
I want you to know
You take my breath away
And it's been that way right from the start
I didn't know how to tell you
That I want to love you
With every beat of heart
(With every beat of my heart)

[music interlude]

[chorus]
That's why I want you to know
That you take my breath away
And it's been that way right from the start
I didn't know to to tell you
That I want to love you
With every beat of my heart
(With every beat of my heart)
With every beat of my heart

How, how we carried on
How I used to walk with you
And talk with you
Until I moved away
Oh, although some things may change
Others stay the same
We're not four anymore
But can you come out and play

[b-sec]
You wore pigtails and hand-me downs
I banged the piano
Played the clown
And though time slips away
It can never replace
How you'll always be here in this heart of me

[chorus]
Lucy and Linus and Charlie Brown
Oh how Snoopy he never left the ground
Oh that is true
You remember me like I remember you

[verse]
Oh, I wonder where you are
My heart says you're not far from me
It's so hard for me
To leave those years behing
Ohhhhhh, cotton candy carousels
Gotta find that wishing well
To wish you back to me
That's the way I feel inside

[b-sec]
You wore pigtails and hand-me-downs
I banged the piano
Played the clown
And though time slips away
It can never replace
How you'll always be her in this heart of me

[chorus]
Lucy and Linus and Charlie Brown
Oh how Snoopy he never made a sound
Oh that is true
You remember me like I

[bridge]
How we laughed in the face of danger
Tanto and the lone ranger
There was no mountain we could not climb
We soard like eagles 'cross the sky
Heaven knows
How I miss those little toes

[short piano interlude]
[b-sec]
You wore pigtails and hand-me-downs
I banged the piano
Played the clown
And though time slips away
It can never replace
How you'll always be here in this heart of me

[chorus]
Lucy and Linus and Charlie Brown
Oh how Snoopy he never left the ground
Oh, it is true
You remember me like I
You remember me like I
You remember me like I remember you
Like I remember you

[verse]
I used to hang out all night
Ladies on the left and and the right
They used to call me Mr. Shady down low undercover
(This must be)
I didn't give a damn what I said
As long as they awoke in my bed
I was gonna get it one way or the other
(This must be)
I was just as fast as I could be
Didn't want nobody changing me
I'd go running from lover to lover
Then you walked in my life right on time
Not a penny short of a dime
And baby I'm beginning to discover

[chorus]
This must be love
It must be love, yeah
Cause tell me what is love
If this ain't love
This must be love
It's gotta be love, yeah
Cause tell me what is love
If this ain't love

[verse]
It's all because of you
I'm doing all the things I would not do
I've come so far I don't think I'll recover
Now everybody in the world can see
That you've become the biggest part of me
And I could never leave you for another

[chorus]

[bridge]
Oh when you come close to me
I know this is the way
That it's supposed to be
Ever since that day
You came up around my way
You're all that I think of
And I know this must be love

[chorus]

[verse]
You got me saying things I would not say
On top my things to do today
All I ever want to do is love ya
It's like I was blind but now I see
I can't believer the change inside of me
And baby I'm beginning to discover

[chorus--repeat and fade]

I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles
And the heavens open up every time she smiles
And when I come home to her that's where I belong
Yet I'm running to her like a river's song

[chorus]
she gives me love love love love crazy love
she gives me love love love love crazy love...

She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
And when I come home to her when the sun goes down
She takes away my troubles, takes away my grief
Takes away my heartache in the night like a thief.

[repeat chorus]

She's got love love love love crazy love
Yes I need her in the daytime
Yes I need her in the night
I want to throw my arms around her
To kiss her, hug her, kiss her, hug her tight
And when I'm returning from so far away
She gives me such sweet lovin' brightens up my day
And makes me righteuos and makes me whole
And it makes me mellow down to my soul

[repeat chorus]

[verse]
Dear, every time you're near
Unreal as it may seem
You stepped right out of a dream
Oh my, did you fall down from the sky
To cause my world to spin
Now I'm back in love again

[chorus]
Marilie, I know you're the one for me
Yo te quiero a si
(Yo te quiero a si)
Everytime I look into your eyes
Marilie, the most beautiful I've ever seen
You're everything I'd ever need
(everything I'd ever need)
You help me be all I can be
That's why I love you, Marilie

[verse]
I feel like I could fly
With your hand in my hand
I'm some kind of superman
See, now you and I are here
Still what goes up comes down
I'll never let you touch the ground

[chorus--repeat and fade]

[verse]
Tell, tell me it isn't so
You say you have your reasons for leaving
You have to go
I watch you turn and walk away
And I'm searching to find
The right words to say
Hoping and praying you'll stay

[chorus]
So I'll kiss your love goodbye
I guess it wasn't meant to be
I gave my all, you've tried
And now I see
The love caught my eye
I went blind
And now it makes me cry
The only thing I can do
Is kiss your love goodbye

[verse]
Why, why should I look deep inside
To find where I went wrong, girl
'Cause after all, you'll still be gone
Oh how I've tried
Though I gave my best to you
You were determined to leave
And there's nothing I can do
Guess that none of my dreams won't come true

[chorus]

[bridge]
I won't ask you why
(I won't ask you why)
Give me back my pride
'Cause time will mend
The heart that you've broken, baby
I'll let you go
Though I love you so
I'll find a way to kiss your love goodbye

[chorus]
I guess it wasn't meant to be
I gave my all, you've tried
And now I see
The love caught my eye
I went blind
]Now it makes me cry
The only thing I can do
Is kiss your love
Is kiss your love
Is kiss your love goodbye
Goodbye

For once, in my life
I finally found what I was looking to find
When I first, saw your eyes
I saw right through your heart
And climbed into your mind
I never thought I would ever have the thing
I believe other lover do
Now I do

Chorus:
Baby with you
All my life I've been waiting for you
And there ain't no mistaken it's true
I've been saving forever for you
Girl my only desire is you
Baby I'm so on fire for you
It's not hard to believe, I love you

There's no war, I can't fight
There's no river to wide
There's no mountain to high
With you, by my side
From the moment I wake up, till deep in the night
I never thought I would ever have the thing
I believe other lovers do
But now I do

Chorus

Oh, I said it couldn't be done
We played one on one
And that's when I saw your hang time
Oh baby you came to play
And then I traded away
My heart for you

He was a king without a crown
Thy hanged him on on his throne
And nailed him in the ground
The prophet, he upon the tree,
Sacrificed himself for the whole world to see
He bled for you, he bled for me
On that day, that day on Calvary
It was a day, forget I never will
It was the day the earth stood still

It was for real
Upon the hill
The Savior gave his life
So you and I might live
He had to die
To pay redemption's price
It was the only day the angels ever cried
He died for you, he died for me
The lonely road on his way to Calvary
It was the day, forget I never will
It was the day the earth stood still

Then came Sunday morning
The angels sang and the stone it rolled away
It was the day, forget I never will
It was the day the earth stood still

So wipe your weeping eyes
'Cause he died for you and I
And he's coming back again
So every time we sin

Lullaby, say good night
Close your eyes
Fall away to sleep
Eyes like mine
Don't you cry
Cause tomorrow there'll be much more
To see
Don't you cry
Say goodnight and fall asleep