PAUL DAVIS: I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE [11]

Paul Davis
Birth name	Paul Lavon Davis
Born	April 21, 1948 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	April 22, 2008 (aged 60) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Blue-eyed soul, country, pop rock, soft rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, piano
Years active	1968–1982 (retired), 1988
Labels	Bang, Arista
Associated acts	Tanya Tucker Paul Overstreet Marie Osmond

Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country and pop music. Typically, the slower a Davis record, the longer it took to reach its peak position. Notable songs in his career include 1977's "I Go Crazy", a #7 pop hit which once held the record for the longest chart run on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the #6 "'65 Love Affair", his highest-charting pop hit. In the mid 1980s, he also had two country #1 hits as a guest vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker, and wrote singles for other country singers. His appearance in the mid 1970s to early 1980s resembled Leon Russell



1. THINKING OF YOU


I read your letter, made me feel better
How did you know that I was singing the blues?
I felt your sunshine, made me feel so fine
How did you know that I was thinking of you?

In blue California, lights are bright
They'll make you learn to fight for fame and fortune
Promises are made and promises are broken
Dreams are falling through, I should have stayed by you

I've had some hard times, your words are so kind
It's good to hear somebody telling the truth
I felt your sunshine, made me feel so doggone fine
How did you know that I was dreaming of you?

In blue LA, nights can be so cold
It makes a lonely soul get tired of freedom
Promises are made and promises are broken
Dreams are falling through, I love you, I still love you

Woah, oh, how did you know that I was singing the blues?
How did you know that I was thinking of?

Thinking of you, thinking of you
Thinking of you
(I still love you)
Thinking of you
(I still love you)

Thinking of you
(I still love you)
Thinking of you
(I still love you)

Thinking of you
(I still love you)

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2. I GO CRAZY


Hello girl it's been awhile
Guess you'll be glad to know
That I've learned
how to laugh and smile
Getting over you was slow

They say old lovers
can be good friends
But I never thought
I'd really see you
I'd really see you again

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
No my heart just can't hide
that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby you know when I look
in your eyes I go crazy

You say he satifies your mind
Tells you all of his dreams
I know how much that means to you
I realize that I was blind

Just when I thought
I was over you
I see your face and
it just ain't true
No it just ain't true

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive
it starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby you know when I look
in your eyes I go crazy

(instrumental)

Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh

I go crazy
You know when I look
in your eyes I go crazy
No my heart just can't hide
that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
I go crazy


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3. CRY JUST A LITTLE



Do your dreams ever take you back when love was new
Does your heart ever long for those days when love was true
Seems like that magic of yesterday has just slipped away
So my darlin', before you go
Oh, I hope you know

I'm gonna cry just a little, I'll die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you
Cry just a little, I'll die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you
I still remember when

We used to laugh at the silly things that we used to say
Now the song that I sing to you just turns you away
I never knew lovers could turn into strangers over night
How could I be so blind to the danger
Oh, it's just not right

I'm gonna cry just a little, die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you
Cry just a little, I'll die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you
I still remember when

I'm gonna have to cry just a little, or die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you
Cry just a little, I'll die just a little
'Cause I still love you and I'll always love you

Cry just a little, or die just a little
Yes I'll always love you, I'll always love you
Cry just a little, die just a little
I'll always love you
Cry just a little, die just a little


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4. 65 LOVE AFFAIR


I was a car hop
You were into be-bop
You sang
doo wop diddy wop diddy wop doo
All of them changes
you put me through

If I could go back again
well I know I'd never let you go
Back with some of my friends
to that wonderful

'65 love affair
We wasn't gettin' nowhere
but we didn't care
It was a crazy
'65 Love Affair
Rock 'n' roll was
simple and clear
Oh I still can hear
I can hear it baby

Well I asked you like a dumb-dumb
You were bad with your pom-poms
You said ooh wah go team ooh wah go
Ooh-ee baby I want you to know

If I could go back in time
Well I know somehow
you'd still be mine
I wouldn't be so blind
to that wonderful

'65 love affair
Rock and roll was
simple and clear
Oh I still can hear
I can hear it baby

Well I tried to make you give in
One night at the drive-in
You said oh no baby, oh no woo
All of them changes
you put me through

If I could go back in time
Well I know somehow
you'd still be mine
I wouldn't be so blind
to that wonderful

'65 love affair
We wasn't gettin' nowhere
but we didn't care
It was a crazy
'65 Love Affair
Rock 'n' roll was
simple and clear
Oh I still can hear
I can hear it baby

We sang
Doo wop diddy wop diddy wop doo
Doo wop diddy wop diddy wop doo

(repeat 5x)

If I could go back in time
Well I know somehow
you'd still be mine
I wouldn't be so blind
to that wonderful

'65 love affair
We wasn't gettin' nowhere
but we didn't care
It was a crazy
'65 Love Affair
Rock 'n' roll was
simple and clear
Oh I still can hear
I can hear it baby

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5. SWEET LIFE


She's got your eyes, she's got my nose
Oh and I get high just watching her grow
We always dreamed we'd live in a castle, oh but
We're in the same old shack

Sometimes we get into a hassle
But we always take each other back
Oh, you know this whole world seems to be in a hurry
But darlin' we'll just keep on taking our time

'Cause we're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, sharing my love with you
Oh, we're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, making our dreams come true
We're makin' our dreams come true

You are my love, you are my life
Oh and I get high just holding you tight
We always dreamed we'd make a lot of money, oh but
I don't mind being poor
'Cause when you make love to me, honey
I couldn't ask for anymore
Oh, you know all our friends seem to be in a hurry
But darlin' we'll just keep on taking our time

We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, sharing my love with you
We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, making our dreams come true
We're making our dreams come true

We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, sharing my love with you
We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, making our dreams come true

We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, sharing my love with you
We're living such a sweet life



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6. I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE


How much do I owe you? said the husband to his wife,
For standing beside me through the hard years of my life.
Shall I bring you diamonds, shall I buy you furs?
Say the word and it's yours.
And his wife said: I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
No, I won't take less than your love.
All the riches of the world could never be enough,
And I won't take less than your love.

How much do I owe you? to the mother said the son.
For all that you have taught me in the days that I was young.
Shall I bring expensive blankets to cast upon your bed?
And a pillow for to rest your weary head.

And the mother said: I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
No, I won't take less than your love.
All the comforts of the world could never be enough,
And I won't take less than your love.

How much do I owe you? said the man to his Lord.
For giving me this day and every day that's gone before.
Shall I build a temple, shall I make a sacrifice?
Tell me Lord and I will pay the price.

And the Lord said: I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
No, I won't take less than your love.
All the treasures of the world could never be enough,
And I won't take less than your love.

I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
No, I won't take less than your love.
All the treasures of the world could never be enough,
And I won't take less than your love.

No, I won't take less than your love.


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7. KEEP OUR LOVE ALIVE

You're the sunlight that opened my eyes
When the world was tumbling down
You're the river that gave me a drink
When a drop of water couldn't be found

You give me what I want when I want it
And all I'll ever want is you, ooh, ooh

I was born to be loved by somebody
And I know that somebody is you
I'm gonna love you til the day that I die
And there ain't nothing that nobody can do

I love the way you
Make love when you make it
And I just wanna make it with you

(CHORUS)
So I just wanna keep our love alive
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So I can go on living
We've got to keep
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So don't ever stop
What you're giving to me

You're like a summer of breeze on my face
When it looks like there'll be nothing but rain
You brought the sunshine and now I can say
There'll never be a cloudy day again

I love the way that you do
When you do it
And I just wanna do it to you

(CHORUS)

Don't let it die
(We've got to keep our love alive)
Don't let it die
(We've got to keep our love alive)
No, don't let it die
(We've got to keep it alive)

We've got to keep
(Keep) our love alive
So I can go on living
We've got to keep
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So I can go on living

We've got to keep
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So don't ever stop
What you're giving to me

We've got to keep our love alive
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So I can go on living
We've got to keep
(We've got to keep our love alive)
So don't ever stop
What you're giving to me

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8. LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY

Oh, love or let me be lonely
Part time love I could find any day
So don't defy Mother Nature's ways
Make it the love, the love
That's here to stay

I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom, oh, yeah

(Love, love) or let me be lonely
(Love) you better love or let me be
(Love, love) or let me be lonely

Oh, you will or either you won't, baby
It's up to you, I've had my say
So truly love, do love me completely
Hey, come on, come on, come on my way

Well, I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

(Love, love) or let me be lonely
(Love) you better love me or let me be
(Love, love) or let me be lonely (love)

I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

I could live
I could live without your love
But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

Hey, whatcha gonna do
I could live without love
If I wanted to
But it's up to you

But I don't want to
So I leave it up to you
To wash away my gloom

Well, I could live without love
If I wanted to in this lonely room

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9. A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP

Mmm, just a little bit

A little bit of soap will wash
Away your lipstick from my face
A little bit of soap will never
Never, ever, ever erase

The pain in my heart and my eyes
As I go through the lonely years
A little bit of soap will never
Wash away my tears

Mmm, just a little bit of soap will
Take way your powder from my chin
A little bit of soap will never
Never, ever, ever begin

To take away the hurt that I feel
As I go through the lonely years
A little bit of soap will never
Wash away my tears

Now have you heard
When love begins to die
It leaves someone to cry
Night and day

Just like a bird
You left the robin's nest
You're just like all the rest
You flew away, yeah

A little bit of soap will
Take away your perfume eventually
A little bit of soap will never
Take away the memory

Of your name in the night
As I call go the lonely years
A little bit of soap will never
Wash away my tears

Mmm, just a little bit of soap
(Just a little, just a little)...

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`10. I JUST WANNA KEEP IT TOGETHER

I don't know when it started
Just how long it's been
Where it began

I never meant to love her
Just turned out that way, yeah
Oh, and this is how I
Want it to stay, oh, oh, oh

I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever
I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

Now, I'll be yours forever
Until the day I die
But I don't know why

If you'll just stand by me, girl
I'll be twice as strong, yeah
Oh, cause I could never
Make it alone, oh, oh, oh

I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever
Yeah, I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

Oh, I can't make
A move without you
Yeah, there ain't no way
To groove without you

And I don't know what
I'd do without you
To show me the way

I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever
Don't you know
I just wanna keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

Don't you know
I just wanna keep it
Keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

I just wanna keep it
Keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

I just wanna keep it
Keep it together
Forever and ever and ever

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11. COOL NIGHT

I sometimes wonder why all the flowers had to die
I dream about you and now summer's come and gone
And the nights they seem so long
Come on over tonight, come on over

CHORUS:
It's gonna be a cool night
Just let me hold you by the firelight
If it don't feel right, you can go
Oh, when the cool night
Brings back memories of a good life
When this love was not so old

Ohhh, I won't talk about the past
How love's supposed to last forever
And you, don't have to take a stand, lay out any plans
Come on over tonight, come on over

CHORUS

Instrumental break

Come on over tonight, come on over
It's gonna be a cool night
Just let me hold you by the firelight
If it don't feel right you can go

(Repeat and fade)
On a cool night, let me hold you
On a cool, just let me hold you by the firelight
If it don't feel right you can go

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