ROBERTA FLACK – You’ve Got A Friend

When you’re down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right.

Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
I’ll come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You’ve got a friend.

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
I’ll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
They’ll hurt you and desert you.
Well they’ll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don’t you let them.

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don’t you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all you’ve got to do is call.
Lord, I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend.
You’ve got a friend.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend.
You’ve got a friend.

ROBERTA FLACK – You Make Me Feel Brand New

I just wanted to tell you this

My love
I’ll never find the words, my love
To tell you how I feel, my love
Mere words could not explain

Precious love
You held my life within your hands
Created everything I am
You taught me how to live again

Only you
Cared when I needed a friend
Believed in me through thick and thin
This song is for you, filled with gratitude and love

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song ’cause you make me feel brand new

My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave my pride back to me

Precious friend
With you I’ll always have a friend
You’re someone who I can depend
To walk a path that’s sometimes back

Without you
My life has no meaning or rhyme
Like notes to a song out of time
How can I repay you for having faith in me?

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you, yes

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you
You make me feel brand new

For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you

ROBERTA FLACK – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Tonight you’re mine, completely
You give your soul so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment’s pleasure
Can I believe the magic in your sighs
And will you still love me tomorrow

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I’m the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun

I’d like to know if your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won’t ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow

ROBERTA FLACK – We Can Work It Out

[Verse 1:]
Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.

[Chorus:]
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

[Verse 2:]
Think of what you’re saying.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it’s all right.
Think of what I’m saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night.

[Chorus:]
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

[Bridge:]
Life is very short, and there’s no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it’s a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

[Verse 3:]
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There’s a chance that we might fall apart before too long.

[Chorus:]
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

[Bridge:]
Life is very short, and there’s no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it’s a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

[Verse 4:]
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There’s a chance that we might fall apart before too long.

[Chorus:]
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

ROBERTA FLACK – Unforgettable (performed with Mark Stevens)

Unforgettable
That’s what you are
Unforgettable
Tho’ near or far

Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more
Unforgettable in every way

And forever more, that’s how you’ll stay
That’s why darling it’s incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too

ROBERTA FLACK – Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
It seems like the natural thing to do
Tonight no one’s gonna find us
We’ll leave the world behind us
When I make love to you
Tonight I celebrate my love for you

And I hope that deep inside you feel it too
Tonight our spirits will be climbing
To a sky lit with diamonds
When I make love to you tonight

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun
Is gonna come shining through
Tonight there’ll be no distance between us
What I want most to do
Is to make love to you tonight

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And soon this old world will feel brand new
Tonight we will both discover
How friends turn into lovers
When I make love to you

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun
Is gonna come shining through
Tonight there’ll be no distance between us
What I want most to do
Is to make love to you

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
Tonight I celebrate my love for you

ROBERTA FLACK – The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right, without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell for a heavenly cause

And I know if I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star!

ROBERTA FLACK – Tenderly

The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly
The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly
Then you and I came wandering by
And lost in a sigh were we

The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can’t forget how two hearts met breathlessly
Your arms opened wide and closed me inside
You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly

The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can’t forget how two hearts met breathlessly
And your arms opened wide and closed me inside
You took my lips, you took my love
You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly

ROBERTA FLACK – Sweet Georgia Brown

She just got here yesterday,
Things are hot here now they say,
There’s a new gal in town.
Gals are jealous, there’s no doubt.
All the guys just rave about
Sweet, Sweet Georgia Brown.
And ever since she came, the common folks all claim, say;

[Chorus:]
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown.
Two left feet, but oh, so neat has Sweet Georgia Brown.
They all sigh and wanna die for Sweet Georgia Brown,
I’ll tell you just why, you know I don’t lie (not much!).
It’s been said she knocks ‘em dead when she lands in town.
Since she came why it’s a shame how she’s cooled ‘em down.
Fellas that she can’t get must be fellas that she ain’t met.
Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her, Sweet Georgia Brown.

All you gals will get the blues,
All you pals will surely lose.
And, there’s but one excuse.
Now I’ve told you who she was,
And I’ve told you what she does,
Still, give this gal her dues.
This pretty maiden’s prayer is answered anywhere

[Chorus]

No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown.
Two left feet, but oh, so neat has Sweet Georgia Brown.
They all sigh and wanna die for Sweet Georgia Brown,
I’ll tell you just why, you know I don’t lie (not much!).
All those tips the porter slips to Sweet Georgia Brown
They buy clothes at fashion shows for one dollar down.
Fellas, won’tcha tip your hats. Oh boy, ain’t she the cats?
Who’s that mister, ain’t her sister, It’s Sweet Georgia Brown.

ROBERTA FLACK – Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she’s half crazy
But that’s why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you’ve always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said “All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them”
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you’ll trust him
For he’s touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind.

ROBERTA FLACK – Soul Deep

Darling, I don’t know much
I know I love you so much
My system’s on your touch.

And my love is a river runnin’ soul deep
Deep down inside me it’s runnin’ soul deep
Too big to hide, and it can’t be denied
My love is a river runnin’ soul deep.

I work myself to death for you
Just to show I adore you
Nothin’ I wouldn’t do for you.

And my love is a river runnin’ soul deep
Deep down inside me it’s runnin’ soul deep
Too big to hide, and it can’t be denied
My love is a river runnin’ soul deep.

All I ever want to be
Depends on your love for me
Baby, baby, if you should leave me
I would be nothin’ but an empty shell

Honey, I don’t know much
I know I love you so much
My system’s on your touch.

And my love is a river runnin’ soul deep
Deep down inside me it’s runnin’ soul deep
Too big to hide, and it can’t be denied
My love is a river runnin’ soul deep.
Too big to hide, and it can’t be denied
My love is a river runnin’ soul deep.
Too big to hide, and it can’t be denied
My love is a river runnin’ soul deep.

ROBERTA FLACK – My Foolish Heart

The night is like a lovely tune
Beware my foolish heart
How white the ever constant moon
Take care my foolish heart

There’s a line between love and fascination
That’s hard to see, how many names such as this
For they both have the very same sensation
When you’re locked in the magic of a kiss

Her lips are much too close to mine
Beware my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start

For this time it isn’t fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It’s love, this time it’s love
My foolish heart

ROBERTA FLACK – Maybe

If we both decide to try and make it one more time
I hope we take the time to know each other well
And if the answers don’t come quick we’ll go with how it feels
And sometimes that’s not yes or no but

Maybe there’ll be no falling stars this time around
I still believe that
Honesty is all we’ll ever need
You and me again, maybe

You keep asking me if I will love you for all time
If two of us will be enough to make it strong
And if we learn to keep it free and let each other grow
We’ll find out there’s no yes or no just

Maybe there’ll be no falling stars this time around
I still believe that
Honesty is all we’ll ever need
Can we make it through, maybe

No candles or guitar this time around (this time around)
I still believe that
Honesty is all we’ll ever need (all we’ll need)
You and me again (maybe)
Maybe

Maybe there’ll be no falling stars this time around (this time around)
I still believe that
Honesty is all we’ll ever need
[till fade]

ROBERTA FLACK – Looking For Another Pure Love

Never tears or sorrow came before me in my mind
I had no problems
Never a problem in my life, never a worry in my mind

All my days before today were happy and secure
Until your phone call
You were tellin’ me goodbye

I, I’m lookin’ for another love
Lookin’ for another pure love in my life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lookin’ for another love
Lookin’ for another pure love in my life

Things you cherish most in your life
Can be taken if they’re left neglected
Leavin’ a problem in your life

I, I’m lookin’ for another love
Lookin’ for another pure love in my life
In my life

Lookin’ for love, lookin’ for love
Oh, love in my life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lookin’ for love, yeah, yeah
In my life

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
In my life, in my life
In my life, in my life
In my life, in my life
In my life, in my life

ROBERTA FLACK – Let Them Talk

Let them talk
If they want to
Talk, don’t bother me
I want the whole wide world to know
That I love you so

Let them whisper
For they know not what
What’s between you and I
And I’ll keep on loving you
Until the day I die

They’re trying to break up our romance
But they don’t stand a chance
We have a love that’s so strong
We’ll be together from now on on on

Let them gossip
It’s the devil’s workshop
True love, can make it stop
And I want the whole wide world to know
That I love you so

They’re envious of everything we do
But
It’s so wonderful
When you love someone
And that someone LOVE’S YOU

ROBERTA FLACK – Let’s Stay Together

I, I’m so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is all right with me
‘Cause you make me feel so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you

Since, since we’ve been together
Loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me be the one you come running to
I’ll never be untrue

Let’s, let’s stay together
Lovin’ you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad

Why, why some people break up
Then turn around and make up
I just can’t see
You’d never do that to me (would you, baby)
Staying around you is all I see
(Here’s what I want us to do)

Let’s, we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

ROBERTA FLACK – You Are Everything

Today I saw somebody who looked just like you
Walked like you do, I thought it was you
And as he turned the corner I called out your name
I felt so ashamed, it wasn’t you, wasn’t you

You are everything, everything is you
You are everything, everything is you, you
You are everything, everything is you

How can I forget when each face that I see
Brings back memories of being with you?
I just can’t go on living life as I do, comparing each girl to you
They just won’t do, they’re not you

And you are everything, everything is you
You are everything, everything is you
You are everything, everything is you
You are everything

And something happens to me
When it’s you that I see
When it’s you that I feel
Everything is so real, so real

You are, you are, you are
You are, you are, you are everything
Say that you want me and you’re gonna be mine
Say that you need me all the time
You are, you are, you are, you are

ROBERTA FLACK – Jesse

Jesse, come home, there’s a hole in the bed
Where we slept, now it’s growing cold
Jesse, your face and the place where we lay
By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart
And I’m leaving the light on the stairs
No, I’m not scared, I wait for you
Hey Jesse, it’s lonely, come home

Jesse, the stairs and the halls, recalling
Your step, and I remember too
All the pictures are shaded and fading in gray
And I still set a place at the table at noon
And I’m leaving the light on the stairs
No, I’m not scared, I wait for you
Hey Jesse, it’s lonely, come home

Jesse, the spread on the bed, it’s like
When you left, I kept it for you
All the blues and the greens have been recently cleaned
And are seemingly new,
Hey Jess, me and you
Will swallow the light on the stairs
I’ll fix up my hair, we’ll sleep unaware
Hey Jesse, it’s lonely, come home

ROBERTA FLACK – It Might Be You

Time…
I’ve been passing time watching trains go by
All of my life
Lying on the sand watching sea birds fly

Wishing there would be someone waiting home for me
Something’s telling me it might be you
Yes, it’s telling me it might be you
All of my life

Looking back as lovers go walking past
All of my life
Wondering how they met and what makes it last
If I found the place would I recognize the face
Something’s telling me it might be you
Yeah, it’s telling me it might be you

So many quiet walks to take
So many dreams to make
And with so much love to make
I think we’re gonna need some time
Maybe all we need is time…
And it’s telling me it might be you
All of my life

I’ve been saving love songs and lullabies
And there’s so much more
No one’s ever heard before
Something’s telling me it might be you
Yeah, it’s telling me it must be you
And I’m feeling it’ll just be you all of my life

Yeah, maybe it’s you, maybe it’s you
I’ve been waiting for all of my life
Maybe it’s you, maybe it’s you
I’ve been waiting for you all of my life
Maybe it’s you, maybe it’s you
I’ve been waiting for all of my life

ROBERTA FLACK – Isn’t It Romantic?

Isn’t it romantic?
Music in the night
A dream that can be heard
Isn’t it romantic?

Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is sayin’ you were meant for love

Isn’t it romantic
Merely to be young
On such a night as this
Isn’t it romantic?

Every note that’s sung is like a lover’s kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn’t it romance?

Isn’t it romantic?
Music in the night
A dream that can be heard
Isn’t it romantic?

Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes blowin’ in the trees above
While all the world is sayin’ you were meant for love

Isn’t it romantic
Merely to be young
On such a night as this
Isn’t it romantic?

Every note that’s sung is like a lover’s kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn’t it romance?

Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn’t it romance?