 Genius Lyrics
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Bill Withers – Lovely Day
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Lovely Day was published by Bill Withers in 1977.
The song appeared in Bill’s 1978 album “Menagerie”. In early 1978 it reached the #30 on Billboard top 100.
By the way, in the
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Bill Withers – Grandma's Hands
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“Grandma’s Hands” was the third single from Bill Withers' 1971 album Just As I Am.
Uncharacteristically short, it clocks in at just barely over two minutes long. The lyrics
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Bill Withers – Lean on Me
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It’s not often that a song works equally well as a Black Nationalism anthem and as an educational song for little children. “Lean on Me” fits the bill.
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Bill Withers – All Because Of You
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[Verse 1] / A sparkle in my eye / Satisfied / All because of you, pretty one / A bubble in my desire / I've suddenly become / [Chorus] / High as the birds that fly above the clouds
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Bill Withers – Rosie
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[Chorus] / I...smile...when Rosie comes to see me / And I'm sad when Rosie goes away / 'Cause, Rosie brings the sunshine / [Verse] / I...smile...'cause Rosie lets me be me / Love
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Bill Withers – Better Off Dead
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This bleak tune tells the story of an alcoholic who chooses to take his own life after his wife leaves him and takes their children with her. It is the final track on the album and
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Bill Withers – Ruby Lee
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[Verse 1] / Staring at shadows on the wall / Wish I knew of someone I could call / Someone who might understand it all / Ruby Lee, I sure wish you was here with me / [Verse 2
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Bill Withers – Stories
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Stories was the third track on Bill Withers' 3rd studio album. Bill succinctly describes the album on the cover. “Life like most precious gifts gives us the responsibility of
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Bill Withers – Use Me
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Use Me was included on Bill Withers‘ 1972 album Still Bill. It was his second-biggest hit in the United States, eventually reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song
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Bill Withers – Naked And Warm
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[Intro] / Heaven lies here asleep / And sweet, naked, and warm / I said I feel naked and warm / Heaven lives here with me / And I feel mm, mm / Naked and warm / I said I feel naked
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Bill Withers – Hello Like Before
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Hello like before / I'd never come here / If I'd known that you were here / I must admit though / That's it's nice to see you, dear / You look like you've been doing well / Hello
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Bill Withers – Oh Yeah!
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes you stare and the look that's in your eyes / It says that you care and it gives me butterflies / [Chorus] / Oh, yeah! What a pure delight / Oh, yeah! I'm in
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Okay Kaya – Bill Withers
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[Intro] / Low, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh, oh / Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / [Verse 1] / Trying to go back to mine / Make bees uneasy tonight / Bzz, sounded like a
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Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
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Take a look at that face. That doesn’t look like the kind of guy who expects to lose his girlfriend – that looks like one chill, good-lookin' brother. So if Bill’s suspicious
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Bill Withers – Can We Pretend
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[Verse 1] / Can we pretend / That from now on / There is no yesterday / Paint a portrait of tomorrow / With no colors from today / [Chorus] / There's a light that shines in your
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Bill Withers – You
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[Verse] / You want to take me to a doctor / To talk to me about my mind / To try to give directions to some places / That I don't really want to find / Trouble in me is not related
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Bill Withers – Railroad Man
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Ad Lib / I was a little boy / Back in West Virginia / We lived very close to a railroad track / And I remember I used to dream about them trains / And where they might go / And the
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Bill Withers – You
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[Verse] / You want to take me to a doctor / To talk to me about my mind / To try to give directions to some places / That I don't really want to find / Trouble in me is not related
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Bill Withers – Liza
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NARRATION: / Probably one of the nicest affections in the world / Is that feeling that's there between a worldly old / Uncle and very innocent young niece / Liza, won't you lay
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Bill Withers – Lonely Town, Lonely Street
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[Verse] / You can live your life in a crowded city / You can walk along a crowded street / But the city really ain't no bigger / Than the friendly people, friendly people that you
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Bill Withers – I Don’t Know
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[Verse 1] / I get a warm, warm summer feeling / Walking through the snow / Even chilly darkness has the brightest glow / [Chorus] / And I just love you so, mmm / Sometimes I just
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Bill Withers – Hope She'll Be Happier
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[Verse 1] / Maybe the lateness of the hour / Makes me seem bluer than I am / But in my heart there is a shower / I hope she'll be happier with him / [Verse 2] / Maybe the darkness
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Bill Withers – Better Days (Theme from "Man and Boy")
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Tomorrows must be better days / And rocky fields must turn to meadow / But there are prices men must pay / To make a world where boys can grow / Idle thoughts of horses / Running
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Bill Withers – Love
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Love, everybody needs you sometimes / Why do I have to call on you / When I'm only feeling sad and lonely / Let's just love awhile and smile / Love, can we just be happy one time
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Bill Withers – Make A Smile For Me
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[Verse 1] / Make a smile for me / Lately I've been so lonely / And a smile from you / Might make these blues go away / Stay awhile with me / Can't you tell I've been lonely / And a
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Bill Withers – Harlem
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Four years prior to “Harlem”, the song was released as a single under the title “Three Nights And A Morning”. One reviewer explained:
The lyrics are basically the same, but the
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Bill Withers – I Want to Spend the Night
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[Verse 1] / I want to spend the night with you forever / Every time we wind up spending the night together / Do you ever feel it? / [Verse 2] / I want to share my life with you
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Bill Withers – World Keeps Going Around
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[Verse 1] / Looking at the pictures of the places that he's been / Old man told me what he found / Said it don't make no difference whether you're out or whether you're in / You
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Bill Withers – Kissing My Love
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[Verse 1] / Woah now / When I'm kissing my love / Yeah thump a thumping in my head / Woah now / When I'm kissing my love / I close my eyes and see a pretty city / With a million
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Bill Withers – Soul Shadows
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[Verse 1] / San Francisco morning coming clear and cold / Don't know if I'm waking or I'm dreaming / Riding with Fats Waller on the Super Chief / He said, music's real, the rest is
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Bill Withers – The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
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[Verse 1] / Your love is like a chunk of gold / Hard to gain, and hard to hold / Like a rose that's soft to touch / Love has thorns that hurt so much / [Chorus] / Well and why
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Bill Withers – Do It Good
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[Intro] / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / [Verse 1] / If you want to kiss a funky beagle / Hitch a ride upon an
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Bill Withers – Medley: Harlem / Cold Baloney
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---------------------------- Harlem ---------------------------- / Summer night in Harlem / Man it's really hot / Well it's too hot to sleep / And I'm too cold to eat / I don't
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Bill Withers – The Gift of Giving
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[Verse 1] / Winter wind on the window / Christmas trees / Take a shawl from the bureau / Cover your knees / [Verse 2] / Send a card to the widow / See what she needs / And for the
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Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
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“Ain’t No Sunshine” was released as a B-side to the song “Harlem” in 1971. At the time of the song’s recording, Withers was working at a factory making toilet seats for Boeing 747
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Bill Withers – Love Is
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Love is caring / And love is needing / Love is sharing / And love is feeling / Love is (love is caring) / Love is (love is needing) / Love is (love is sharing) / Don't you know
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Bill Withers – Let Me in Your Life
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[Intro] / La, lala, lala / [Verse 1] / I only want to love you / Please don't push me away / Let me in your life / I wasn't there when he hurt you / So why should I have to pay
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Bill Withers – Moanin' and Groanin'
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(Hmm) (hum) (hum) / Ah, she keeps me moanin', groanin', hey, because I feel so good / Feel real good / Why can't nobody love me like my baby does? / Young girl turned out to be two
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Grover Washington Jr. – Just the Two of Us
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“Just the Two of Us” is a smooth-jazz/R&B single that establishes an emphasis on how love ebbs and flows. Particularly, the protagonist doesn’t wish to plunder his opportunity to
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Bill Withers – I'm Her Daddy
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In this song, Bill’s narrator confronts Lucy, a presumed ex-lover who has hidden their daughter from him for six years.
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Bill Withers – Let It Be
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[Verse 1] / When I find myself in times of trouble / Mother Mary comes to me / Speaking the words of wisdom, let it be / Lord, let it be, ah-ha, yeah / And in my hour of darkness
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