Aretha Franklin Album

Drinkin' again
Thinking of when you loved me
Having a few
Wishing that you were here

Making the rounds
Buying a round for total strangers
Just being a fool
'Cause I keep hoping, hoping
Hoping you'll appear

Sure I can borrow a smoke
I can sit here all night and tell these jokers some jokes
But who wants to laugh
Who's gonna laugh at a broken heart?
Oh, my heart is aching, I swear it's breaking

And I'm drinking again
Thinking of when you loved me
And I'm tryin' to get home
With nothin', nothin' but a memory

Yes, I'm dying to get home
Dying to get home
With just my memory
Really, just trying to make it on home
And I got nothin' but a bottle of Seagram's
And a memory

Without a word of warnin'
The blues walked in this mornin'
And circled around my lonely room.

I didn't know why I had that sad 'n lonely feelin'
Until my baby called and said we were through, hooo.

For yesterday this time I sang a lovesong
But today ... I'm singing the blues.

Now, I know the explanation
But to me that's no consolation
No, no, it just goes to show you
No matter how you love, everybody has got to lose
And since I've lost, I'd rather walk around and woe
I guess I just walk the darkest avenue

For yesterday this time I sang a lovesong
But today ... I'm singing the blues.

Now, it strikes me kinda funny how love can be this way
'Cause we were lovin' 'til last night honey, yeah.
I'm alone again today

And it strikes me kinda funny how fate can be so unfair
'Cos I seem to come right on the losin' end in every, every love affair!

Yes it must be, it must be meant for me that I should be the one,
Be the one to always lose, hooo.

For yesterday this time I sang a lovesong
But right now ... I'm singing the blues.

What a difference a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain

My yesterday was blue, dear
Today I'm part of you, dear
My lonely nights are through, dear
Since you said you were mine

What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss

It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you

What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss

It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you

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Trouble in mind
Yes, I'm blue
But I won't be blue always
Son is gonna shine
In my backdoor someday

Trouble in mind
Yes, it's true
I have almost lost my mind
Never had so much trouble
In my life before

Now if it don't stop
I'm going right on down to the river
I'm gonna take my easy chair
And if the blues don't get me
I'm gonna rock on away from here

Talking 'bout a trouble in mind
Oh, yes, I'm blue
I have almost lost my mind
Never had so much trouble
In my life before

Now if it don't stop
I'm going right on down
Ooh, to the river
I'm gonna take my easy chair
And if the blues don't get me
I'm gonna rock right on away from here

You better believe me
I'm trouble in mind
Oh, yes, it's true
I have almost lost my mind
Never had so much trouble
In my young life before

If it don't stop
I'm going right on down
Ooh, to the river
I'm gonna take my old easy chair
And if the blues don't get me
I might have to rock on away from here

Saying that I'm trouble in mind
Oh, yes, I'm blue
But I just refuse to be blue always
The sun is gonna shine
In my backdoor someday

I said it is and I know it is
The sun is gonna shine
In my backdoor someday

Well, I said that I believe that
The sun is gonna shine
In my backdoor someday
Oh, trouble in mind

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I wonder, my little darlin',
Where can you be this moonlit night?
Are you holdin' someone tight?
Oh baby, I wonder.

My heart is achin',
But I'm a fool to let it go on breakin'!
Maybe I'll awake to find that I'm mistaken,
Mmm, I wonder.

Baby, since we are through I've been through Lovers Lane,
But in my heart there's only pain.
You went travellin' but will it last?
Well I'm travellin' nowhere fast, mmm sweetheart, mmm sweetheart.

I wonder, well well well, little baby,
If this new love dies, where will you be?
Will your heart come runnin' back to me, baby?
I wonder.

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I'm an evil gal don't you bother with me, no
I said I'm an evil gal don't you mess around with me, mmhmm
Well I'll empty your pockets and fill you with misery, yes I will!
If you tell me good mornin'
I'm gon' tell you that's a lie
If you say hello baby I'ma give you the evil eye
I'ma evil gal don't you mess around with me, Mmhmm
I'm gonna empty your pockets and fill you with misery, yes I will
I want caviar for breakfast, champagne every night,
I want a midnight snack for every man that I invite
I'm an evil gal don't you mess around with me, no
So goodbye baby I'm gonna set you free
Whoaaaa if you wanna be happy honey don't you mess around with me
I said if you wanna be happy don't you mess around with me, no
Cause I'll empty your pockets and fill you with misery
Yeah- yeah oh I'm evil

-Harmonica-

Oh if you wanna be happy don't you hang out with me, no more
I said if you wanna be happy, honey, don't you hang out with me
You'd better not
Cause I'll empty your pockets and I'll set you free
and I'm so proud- that's how I am!

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Maybe I'm a fool
For loving you so
And maybe
Maybe I'm a fool
I don't, I don't really know
But I can't
I can't stop loving you
Darling, oh yes
Though I tried, oh yes

And maybe
Maybe your goodbye was so mean
So mean and unfair
Though you made me cry
My love's still there
And I know, I know
That I'll long for your kisses, oh
Until I die
Oh yes, until I die

Well, I said all of my friends
All of my friends have told me
They said
"Aretha, why don't you find
You really need to find
Somebody new"
Yeah, oooh yeah
But what they don't know
What they just don't know
Is in my heart
I'd missing, oh
That that someone was you

So, oh, it's all for you to decide
If you should decide
To trap me once more
All you got to do
All you got to do is knock on my door
And I'll say
I'll say that I've taken you back

Yeah, taking you back would be folish
Then maybe, oh, maybe I'm a fool
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!