 Genius Lyrics
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Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
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By the time Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay”, he was ambitious to finally record a number one hit. Even though he finally succeeded his goal with this song
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Otis Redding – Respect
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Most people know this from Aretha Franklin’s version, which demands respect for women when their husband comes home.
In this original version by Otis Redding he wants respect when
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Intuition – Otis Redding
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[Verse 1] / Otis died at 26 / I'm 26 while writing this / What's that say about the life I live? / What's that say about my lifelessness? / Does that really say that life's a gift
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Everclear – Otis Redding
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Do you remember when we were hungry? / Do you remember when we were cold? / Do you remember when we were happy? / Do you remember? Do you remember? / Do you remember when we were
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Otis Redding – These Arms of Mine
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Otis Redding wrote “These Arms of Mine” while he was the vocalist/songwriter for Pat Teacake’s Band. He performed “These Arms of Mine” and “Hey Hey Baby” for some artist reps
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Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Tramp
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With their rendition of “Tramp,” Otis Redding and Carla Thomas create a classic battle of the sexes set to brassy soul music. The feisty duet appears on King & Queen, a joint album
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Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
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Backed by Booker T. & the M.G.’s and produced by Isaac Hayes, Otis' version of the pop staple has been popular since its recording – most famously cropping up in Kubrick’s 1964 Dr
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Otis Redding – I’ve Got Dreams to Remember
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[Chorus] / I've got dreams, dreams to remember / I've got dreams, dreams to remember / [Verse 1] / Honey, I saw you there last night / Another man's arms holding you tight / Nobody
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Otis Redding – For Your Precious Love
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Your precious love / Means more to me / Than any love, than any love could ever be / For when I wanted you / I was so lonely, and so blue / That's what love, that's what love
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Otis Redding – Cigarettes and Coffee
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Cigarettes and Coffee was released in 1966, on side one of The Soul Album.
The lyrics are about the simple pleasure of a man and his girl, chatting over late-night cigarettes and
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Okkervil River – Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas
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[Verse 1] / Home is where beds are made and butter is added to toast / On a cold afternoon you can float room to room like a ghost / Take the creche out and argue 'bout who gets to
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Otis Redding – Free Me
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Turn me loose / There ain't no use / Free me darling / Don't hang me up / Let me go from your love, now / Just like a prisoner / You got me chained and bound / Unlock 'em, Let me
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Otis Redding – The Glory of Love
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[Verse 1] / Give a little, take a little / And let your little heart just cry a little / That's the story of / That's the glory of love / Y'all, I know what I'm talking about, mhm
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Otis Redding – My Girl
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[Verse 1] / I've got sunshine on a cloudy day / And it's cold outside, I've got the month of May / [Chorus] / Oh, I guess you'd say / What can make, ooh, me feel this way? / It's
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JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Otis Redding) – Otis
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The second single from Watch the Throne, “Otis” has Yeezus flipping a portion of a classic Otis Redding track into an entire instrumental. He formed the track after his mentor No I
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Otis Redding – Pain In My Heart
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[Verse 1] / Pain in my heart, she's treating me cold / Where can my baby be? Lord, no one knows / Pain in my heart just won't let me sleep / Where can my baby be? Lord, where can
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Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Lovey Dovey
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I said you're the cutest thing that I've ever seen / I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree / Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time / Said lovey dovey, I can't get you
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Otis Redding – Wonderful World
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I Don't know much about history / Don't know much about biology / Don't know much about the science book / Don't know much about the French I took / All I do know is I love you
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Otis Redding – That's What My Heart Needs
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[Verse 1] / You left me for another / You told me he was your lover / So I'm begging and I'm pleading / And I'm down on bended knee, oh baby / That's what my heart needs / [Verse 2
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Otis Redding – Chained and Bound
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[Verse 1] / Darling, hey now, you made me change my mind / Can go no further, because you got me chained and bound, oh / Taller than the tallest pine / Sweeter than a grape on a
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Otis Redding – Change Gonna Come
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[Intro] / I was born by a river, oh man, in this little old tent / Oh, just like this river I've been running ever since / [Chorus] / It's been a long, long, long time coming / But
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Otis Redding – Mr. Pitiful
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“Mr. Pitiful” was recorded in December 1964 at the Stax Records studios. The song was written by guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Otis Redding, his first collaboration with
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Otis Redding – Good To Me
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[Verse 1] / I don't know what you got, baby / But you're so good to me / I don't what you're doing wrong to me, baby / But you're so good to me / I've been loving you, honey, for a
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Otis Redding – Amen
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[Verse 1] / Amen, uh, A-Amen, uh / A-Amen, Amen, Amen / With the horns, now / Amen / With the rhythm, now / A-Amen, A-Amen / A-Amen, Amen, Amen / Everybody, now / A-Amen, A-Amen
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Otis Redding – Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
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Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa / Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa / I keep singing them sad, sad songs, y'all / Sad songs is all I know / I keep singing them sad, sad songs, y'all / Sad songs
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Otis Redding – You Don't Miss Your Water
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“You Don’t Miss Your Water” was originally recorded by William Bell at Stax Records in Memphis, Tenn. Otis Redding covered it on Otis Blue in 1965.
It’s a classic tale of not
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Otis Redding – It's Too Late
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Song is sampled in Kanye West’s Gone
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Otis Redding – White Christmas
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[Verse 1] / I'm, I'm dreaming, dreaming of a white, white Christmas / Just like the ones that I used to know / Honey, it's where the treetops, treetops glisten / Little bitty
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Otis Redding – Shout Bamalama
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[Intro] / Bamalama / Let's do the song now one time, Bamalama / Okay, hold it, hold it right there now, ho— hold it, hold it / A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four / [Chorus] / He
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Otis Redding – Love Man
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[Verse 1] / I'm a Love Man / Call me a Love Man / Ooh baby, I'm a Love Man / That's what they call me, I'm a Love Man / I'm six-feet-one, weigh two-hundred-and-ten / Long hair
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Otis Redding – Chain Gang
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That's the sound of the men / They're working on the chain gang / That's the sound of the men / They're working on the chain gang / That's the sound of the men / They're working on
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Otis Redding – Tennessee Waltz
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[Verse 1] / I was dancing with my baby / To that Tennessee Waltz / When an old friend I happened, happened to see / Well, I didn't know I was going to see him / I introduced him to
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Otis Redding – I Need Your Lovin'
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[Verse 1] / Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa / I need your love every day / I need it every hour / Come on and set my little soul on fire / Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa / Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-
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Otis Redding – Merry Christmas, Baby
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[Verse 1] / Merry Christmas, baby / Sure did treat me nice / Merry Christmas, baby / Sure did treat me nice / Bought me a diamond ring for Christmas / I feel like I'm in paradise
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Otis Redding – Gone Again
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The sun is gone away / It is dark in the day / No kids are laughing / And none are playing / No flowers have grown / Since the month of May / That's how it's been / Since you've
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Otis Redding – Shake
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Shake! / [Everybody say it!] Shake! / [Early in the morning] Shake! / [Late in the evening] Shake! / [In the midnight hour] Shake! / [When the time's going bad, now] Shake! / Shake
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Otis Redding – Down in the Valley
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[Verse 1] / Down in the valley, ha / In the valley so low, whoa-oh / Hang your hair over your shoulder / And you can hear the four winds blow, now, oh my / Now can't you hear the
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Otis Redding – Everybody Makes A Mistake
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[Verse 1] / Out in the street, late all night long / While that one who love me / Man, she was sitting at home / Oh, I've been worried / I was a fool / Paying the bills and running
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Otis Redding – Hawg for You
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I'm a hawg for you, baby / I'm gonna root all around your door / I'm a dirty hawg for you, baby / And I'm gonna keep on rootin' / All around your door, baby / I'm gonna keep on
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Otis Redding – Tell the Truth
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[Verse 1] / Tell the truth / Tell the truth, girl, now / You know you got me doin' everything crazy that you want me to do / Yes you have, girl / Don't you, don't you, don't you
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Otis Redding – Stand By Me
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[Verse 1] / When the night has come / And the land is dark / And the moon is the only / Only light we see / No, I won't be afraid / No, no, no, no, no, no / No, I won't be afraid
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Otis Redding – Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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[Verse 1] / Once I lived the life of a millionaire / People spending my money / Honey, know that I just didn't care now, no / Taking my friends out trying to have a good time / We'
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