Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (born July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend.
Lobo
Birth name Roland Kent LaVoie
Born July 31, 1943 (age 68)
Origin Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Genres Pop, country, folk
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitarist
Years active 1961–present
Labels Laurie, Big Tree, MCA, Lobo Records, Curb, Ponycanyon Records
Associated acts The Rumours (Gram Parsons, Jim Stafford)
1. I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME
When I saw you standing there
I about fell off my chair
When you moved your mouth to speak
I felt the blood go to my feet
Now it took time for me to know
What you tried so not to show
Something in my soul just cried
I see the want in your blue eyes
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Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be
Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be
You told yourself years ago
You'd never let your feelings show
The obligation that you made
For the title that they gave
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Repeat verse 2
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2. DON'T TELL ME GOOD NIGHT!
[written by Kent "Lobo" LaVoie]
Lying there beside me
With your head resting on my arm
Your body feels so warm
And your hair smells
Like a Sunday morning
I feel you moving closer
And I know what you're gonna say
But girl there's just no way
I'll ever like what you'll be saying
Don't tell me goodnight
It makes me feel so empty inside
And if only I could
I wouldn't sleep at all
Don't tell me goodnight
Just let me drift off slowly away
And dream of you
You reach out and you touch me
Just to let me know you're there
And I can feel your hair
And somehow I don't
Feel like sleeping
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3. LOVE ME FOR WHAT I AM
Love Me For What I Am
I wore the clothes you like
You said they gave me that look
I even tried to like the food
I know you like to cook
I parted my hair on the left
I carried your arm on the right
I slept late in the morning
And stayed out late at night.
I can't give anymore of my soul away
And still look myself in the mirror everyday
I can't change anymore of what makes me be myself
And still have enough left not to be somebody else
I'm not demanding as a man
Just asking you love me for what I am.
I tried hard not to say the things you don't like to hear
And when to you it was apricot I nibbled on your ear
I open the door up for you, I keep my big mouth shut
But I've been moving down while you been going up.
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4. STANDING AT THE END OF THE LINE
You've been around for a long, long time
I've seen you here before
You'll meet some guy who really turns you on
And sneak out of the side door.
You'll never look my way I know
I ain't much to look at
But one of these nights you're going
Home with me, I'm gonna see to that.
Well I'm just waiting out my time
Standing at the end of the line
I got a lot of loving I'm saving
inside for you
Yes I'm just waiting out my time
Standing at the end of the line
But you're gonna know that you've
been loved when I get through loving you.
You look right at me and smiled
One time just last week
And what one look from you did to me
It kept me in my seat
But you picked another guy to entertain
you that night
And I was left to entertain myself
so I got into a fight.
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5. HOW CAN I TELL HER
She knows when I am lonesome
She cries when i am sad
She's up in the good times
She's down in the bad
Whenever I am discouraged
She knows what to do
But girl...
She doesn't know about you
I can tell her my troubles
She makes them all seem right
I can make up excuses
Not to hold her at night
We can talk about tomorrow
I'll her things i wanna do
But girl...
How can I tell her about you
How can I tell her about you
Girl, please tell me what to do
Every thing seems right whenever I'm with you
So girl, won't you tell, how to tell her about you
How can I tell her I don't miss her
Whenever I am away
How can I say it's you I think of
Every single night and day
But when is it easy
Telling someone the truth
Oh girl, help me tell her about you
How can I tell her about you
Girl, please tell me what to do
Everything seems right whenever I'm with
So girl, won't you tell, how to tell her about you
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6. I AM THE ONLY ONE
She knows when I am lonesome
She cries when i am sad
She's up in the good times
She's down in the bad
Whenever I am discouraged
She knows what to do
But girl...
She doesn't know about you
I can tell her my troubles
She makes them all seem right
I can make up excuses
Not to hold her at night
We can talk about tomorrow
I'll her things i wanna do
But girl...
How can I tell her about you
How can I tell her about you
Girl, please tell me what to do
Everythings seems right whenever I'm with you
So girl, won't you tell, how to tell her about you
How can I tell her I don't miss her
Whenever I am away
How can I say it's you I think of
Every single night and day
But when is it easy
Telling someone the truth
Oh girl, help me tell her about you
How can I tell her about you
Girl, please tell me what to do
Everything seems right whenever I'm with
So girl, won't you tell, how to tell her about you
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7. DON'T EXPECT ME TO BE YOUR FRIEND
I stopped sending flowers to your apartment
you said you weren't at home much anymore
I stopped dropping by without an appointment
'cause I'd hear laughter coming through your door
Sometimes late at night you'll still call me
just before you close your eyes to sleep
You make me vow to try and stop by sometime
baby that's a promise I can't keep
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so lets just let the story have an end
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so don't expect me to be your friend
I don't walk down through the village or other places
that we used to go to all the time
I'm trying to erase you from my memory
'cause thinking of you jumbles up my mind
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so lets just let the story have an end
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so don't expect me to be your friend
you always act so happy when I see you
you smile that way, you take my hand and then
introduce me to your latest lover
that's when I feel the walls start crashing in
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so lets just let the story have an end
I love you too much to ever start liking you
so don't expect me to be your friend
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8. RING..
[Songwriters: Harvey, Alex; Reeves, Edward B;]
Ring, ring, telephone ring
Somebody said, ?Baby what you doin'?"
I've been wonderin' where you've been
Now and then I think about you and me
There's no use fightin' 'bout things we can't recall
It don't matter now at all, just come on home
Baby, we'll laugh and sing and we'll make love
And let the telephone ring
Ring, ring, doorbell ring, baby come on in
Got James Taylor on the stereo
I'm glad you came around, I've been feelin' down
Just talkin' to Tony and Mario
You know, they make good conversation
Still it ain't no consolation 'cause I got love
Baby I'll give you some and if somebody comes
We'll let the doorbell ring
Said, ring, ring, golden ring around the sun
Around your pretty finger
Ring, ring, voices ring with a happy tune
Anybody can be a singer
The sun come up across the city
I swear you never looked so dog gone pretty
Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand
With the preacher man, let the weddin' bells ring
Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand
With the preacher man, let the weddin' bells ring
Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand
With the preacher man, let the weddin' bells ring
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9. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS FALLING IN LOVE?
[Written by Sam Lorber / Jeff Silbar / Steve Jobe]
When your eyes met mine,
I knew that I had better play it cool --
I'm doing my best trying to resist
Cause I ain't no fool.
Where in the world did you come from baby?
You waited just a little too long
To look my way.
Now it's a little to late.
Where were you
When I was falling in love?
I was looking for you, baby.
Where were you
When I was falling in love?
Looking for you, baby.
If I'd ever looked in those eyes before,
We'd be together tonight I'm sure.
Where were you
When I was falling in love?
Where were you
Lost and looking for love?
If I'd have met you sooner,
I'd be talking to you and playing the game.
But the best thing for me to do
Is get up and leave without knowing your name.
It might have been something special, baby,
Something only people in love could understand --
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10. NO SECRETS
I have no reason to check up on
Where you are all the time
We are so close it's almost like
You can read my mind
I have no secrets from you
And I know that you have no secrets from me
We have a love that is built on trust
That's what we have you and me, no secrets
I have never even once
Had to worry bout you
And that won't change as the years go
By that's something I just can't do
You know that I have no secrets from you
And I know that you have no secrets from me
We have a love that is built on trust
That's what we have you and me
I have no secrets from you
And I know that you have no secrets from me
We have a love that is built on trust
That's what we have you and me, that's what we have
No secrets
No secrets (We can't live)
No secrets
No secrets
No secrets
No secrets
No secrets
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11. IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
Many a tear has to fall
But it's all in the game
All in the wonderful game
That we know as love
You have words with him
And your future's looking dim
But these things
Your hearts can rise above
Once in a while he won't call
But it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there at your side
With a sweet bouquet
And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away
(Soon he'll be there at your side)
With a sweet bouquet
And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away
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12. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LOVE
Hey baby, you're a beautiful lady
But I guess that you know it
You sure turn my head around
And I'm sure that I show it
If you'll take the chance on romance
When this dance is over
Maybe we could slide away
To a quieter place
This could be a day in the life of a love
That could last forever
How could we ever know until we try
This could be a day in the life of a love
That could last forever
We'll surly make it last till morning light
What cha saw baby
Does it so to crazy
Well I just had to say it
When my heart speaks to me
I have to obey it
Why don't you say yes
And we'll make the best
Of the rest of the night
But then again
It might never end
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13. ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL
Hey baby, you're a beautiful lady
But I guess that you know it
You sure turn my head around
And I'm sure that I show it
If you'll take the chance on romance
When this dance is over
Maybe we could slide away
To a quieter place
This could be a day in the life of a love
That could last forever
How could we ever know until we try
This could be a day in the life of a love
That could last forever
We'll surly make it last till morning light
What cha saw baby
Does it so to crazy
Well I just had to say it
When my heart speaks to me
I have to obey it
Why don't you say yes
And we'll make the best
Of the rest of the night
But then again
It might never end
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14. LIVING MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU
I must admit I've followed every rainbow
I've lived so high I've missed the lows
All my life
I've used my charms
Other ladies have filled my arms
But you have stayed beside me
All my life
I was looking so hard
I couldn't see
The dearest one
Who'd been a part of me
I was living my life without you
Baby you always knew
You saw through my disguise
And open up my eyes
I was living my life without you
How many times have I held you
Like I did last night
And never even seen
The light of you
So I must admit
That you saw more in you and me
Than a fool like me could ever see
All my life
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15. I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
I'm in the mood for love
Simply because you're near me
Funny, but when you're near me
I'm in the mood for love
Heaven is in your eyes
Bright as the stars we're under
Oh, is it any wonder?
I'm in the mood for love
Why stop to think of whether
This little dream might fade?
We've put our hearts together
Now we are one, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud above
If it should rain, we'll let it
But, for tonight, forget it
I'm in the mood for love
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16. SOME ONE TO LOVE
Well it's another one of those nights
The rain is falling down out side
You want to be with someone special
You want to get away and hide
You feel all depressed and lonely
Like that rain on the roof above
You think you're missing someone
You once knew
But what you're missing is
Someone to love
Someone to love someone to love
What you're missing is someone to love
Someone to love someone to love
What you're missing baby
Is someone to love
So you go out and you go cruising
And you meet some guy in a bar
And he takes you home and he loves you
But that don't take you very far
Cos when the thrill is gone
You get restless
So you take your things and go on home
But when you get there you feel all empty
Cause you know that you're still alone
Without someone to love someone to love
What you're missing is someone to love
Someone to love someone to love
What you're missing now
What you're missing baby
Is someone to love
Someone to love
Someone to love someone to love
What you need is someone to love
Someone to love someone to love
What you need baby what you need
What you need is someone to love
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