ROBERTA FLACK – I’d Like To Be Baby To You

Cry like a baby,
I’d like a baby,
I’d like to be baby to you.

I may look like a lady,
All grown up a shady,
But I’d like to be baby to you.

To you
No matter what it makes you think of me,
To you
I wanna hide in you like two years old,
To you
I wanna give you everything I got
And that’s a lot to do ror you.

I could run like a rabbit,
Run out of habit,
I hope I can grab it with you.
Otherwise I’ll cry like a baby,
Don’t be no maybe,
And you could be my baby too,
‘Cause I’d like to be baby to you.

I could run like a rabbit,
Run out of habit,
I hope I can grab it with you.
Otherwise I’ll cry like a baby,
Don’t be no maybe,
And you could be my baby too,
‘Cause I’d like to be baby to you.

ROBERTA FLACK – Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
But now it’s come to distances and both of us must try,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.

I’m not looking for another as I wander in my time,
Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
It’s just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
But let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
Yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
But let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.

ROBERTA FLACK – For All We Know

For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go

Make this moment sweet again
We won’t say goodnight
Until the last minute
I will hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it
For all we know

This may only be a dream
We come and we go
Like the ripples of a stream
So love me

Love me tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know

ROBERTA FLACK – Do What You Gotta Do

Man, I can understand how it might be
Kind of hard to love a girl like me
I don’t blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
It’s my own fault for what happens to my heart
You see I’ve always known you’d go

But you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean I’ll never kiss your sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Just find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me when you can

Well, I know they make you sad
They make you feel so bad
They say you don’t treat me like you should
Folks got ways to make you feel no good
I’d guess they’ve got no way to know
I’ve had my eyes wide open from the start
And boy, you never lied to me
And the part of you they’ll never see
Is the part you’ve shown to me

So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean I’ll never kiss those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Just find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me
Come on back and see me when you can

ROBERTA FLACK – Cottage For Sale

Our little dream castle with every dream gone,
Is lonely and silent, the shades are all drawn,
And my heart is heavy as I gaze upon
A cottage for sale

The lawn we were proud of is waving in hay,
Our beautiful garden has withered away,
Where you planted roses,the weeds seem to say,
A cottage for sale.

From every single window, I see your face,
But when I reach a window, there’s empty space.
The key’s in the mail box the same as before,
But no one is waiting any more,
The end of the story is told on the door.
A cottage for sale.

ROBERTA FLACK – Business Goes On As Usual

Business goes on as usual,
The corn and the profits are high
And TV’s boom in every living room,
They tell us what deodorants to buy

Business goes on as usual,
Except that my brother’s dead,
He was 25 and very much alive,
But the dreams have all been blasted from his head

In in a far off land with a gun in his hand
He died in a war he did not understand

While business goes on as usual,
There’s plenty to choose from the rack
But rumor goes that the latest thing in clothes,
The latest things in clothes will be black.

But business goes on as usual, as usual, as usual.

ROBERTA FLACK – Bridge Over Troubled Water

When you’re weary and feelin’ small
When tears are in your eyes, I’ll dry them all
I’m on your side when times get rough
And friends just can’t, can’t be found

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you’re down and out
When you’re on the street
And evenin’ falls so hard
I will comfort you

And I’ll take your part when darkness comes
And pain is all, all around

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl, sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how, how they shine

If you need a friend
I’m sailing right, right behind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I can ease, ease your mind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I can ease your mind

ROBERTA FLACK – Back Together Again

Seems we’ve weathered
Hard times we’ve been through
In silence I’ve waited
I missed you (I missed you too)

‘Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
‘Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin

It’s all come together
Problems we’ve defeated
And I’m here hand in hand.
You take all that I got and you need it, baby

‘Cause you, you and I-I-I back together
Got the world in a spin
You, you and I-I-I back together
Got the world in a spin

Love will last forever (Forever)
We can make it real (Got to be real)
Say you’ll leave me never (No, no, never)
We can truly feel (What you feel)
I feel like you
Back together
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Younger and wiser
Time has shown the way
we’ve come full circle
To stay (Baby)

‘Cause you, you and I-I-I back together again
Got the world in a spin
‘Cause you, you and I-I-I back together again
Got the world in a spin

Truth is the light
It’s the joy that we both share
Make love day and night
It’s so easy to do when you care

Love will last forever (Forever)
We can make it real (Got to be real)
Say you’ll leave me never (No, no, never)
We can truly feel (What you feel)
I feel like you
Back together

Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Back together again

Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Back together again

Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Back together again

ROBERTA FLACK – Baby I Love You

If you want my lovin’
If you really do
Don’t be afraid, baby, just ask
You know I’m gonna give it to you
Oh,and I do declare
I wanna see you with it
Stretch out your arms, little boy you’re gonna get it

‘Cause I love you
(Baby, baby, baby, I love you)
There ain’t no doubt about it
Baby, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
Baby, I love you

If you really wanna kiss me
Go right ahead, I don’t mind
All you got to do is snap your fingers
And I’ll come a runnin’, I ain’t lyin’
Oh, what’cha want, little boy, you know you got it
I’d deny my own self before I’d see you without it

‘Cause I love you
(Baby, baby, baby, I love you)
There ain’t no doubt about it
Baby, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
Baby, I love you

Some day you might want to run away
And leave me sittin’ here a cryin’
But if it’s all the same to you, baby
I’m gonna stop you from saying goodbye (goodbye)
Baby, I love you, baby I need you, baby I want you
Don’t let your neighbors tell you I don’t want you
Don’t let your low down friends tell you I don’t need you

ROBERTA FLACK – Angel Eyes

Try to think that love’s not around
Still it’s uncomfortably near
My own heart ain’t againin’ no ground
Because my angel eyes ain’t here

Angel eyes that old devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need I say that my love’s mis-spent
Mis-spent with angel eyes tonight

So drink up, drink up all you people
And order anything you see
Have fun you happy people
The drink, and the laugh’s, on me

Pardon me, but I gotta run
The fact’s uncommonly clear
I gotta find who’s now number one
And why my angel eyes ain’t here.

I gotta find who’s now the number one
And why my angel eyes ain’t here.
‘Scuse me while I disappear.

ROBERTA FLACK – Always

Dreams will all come true
Being here with you and time will fly
Carrying each day more than the day before
Till spring rolls by

And when the spring time has gone
Then will my love linger on
I’ll be loving you always
With a love that’s true always

And when the things you plan
Need a helping hand, I will understand always
Days may not be filled, always
That’s when I’ll be there, always

Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year but always

Days may not be fair, always
That’s when I’ll be there, always

Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just one year but always

Until forever is through
Until there’s just me, just you, always

ROBERTA FLACK – Let It Be Me

I bless the day I found you
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you, let it be me

Don’t take this heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever, let it be me

Each time we meet love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you’ll always let it be me

Each time we meet love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you’ll always-let-it-be-me