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The Commitments soundtrack lyrics (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music)

song listing: The Commitments Lyrics (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music)

Mustang Sally .......... Wilson Pickett

Chain Of Fools .......... Aretha Franklin

Hard To Handle .......... Otis Redding

Mr. Pitiful .......... Otis Redding

I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You) .......... Aretha Franklin

In The Midnight Hour .......... Wilson Pickett

Slip Away .......... Clarence Carter

Please, Please, Please .......... James Brown

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man .......... Aretha Franklin

I've Got Dreams To Remember .......... Otis Redding

The Dark End Of The Street .......... Percy Sledge

Try A Little Tenderness .......... Otis Redding

Show Me .......... Joe Tex

Theme From 'Shaft' .......... Isaac Hayes


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Mustang Sally .. Wilson Pickett


Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your Mustang down
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your Mustang down
You been running all over town now
Oh I guess I have to put your flat feet on the ground

Listen!
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is a ride around Sally
One of these early morninings
I'm gonna be wiping your weeping eyes

I bought you a brand new Mustang
A nineteen sixty-five
Now you come around Signifying a woman
That don't wanna let me ride - Mustang Sally now baby oh lord
Guess you better slow that Mustang down

Huh! oh Lord! Look here
You been running all over town
Oow! I got to put your flat feet on the ground
Huh! what I said now hey-a
Let me say it one more time y'all

Listen!
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is a ride around Sally
One of these early morninings
I'm gonna be wiping your weeping eyes


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Chain Of Fools .. Aretha Franklin


Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools
Five long years I thought you were my man
But I found out I'm just a link in your chain
You got me where you want me
I ain't nothing but your fool
You treated me mean oh you treated me cruel
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools

Every chain has got a weak link
I might be weak child, but I'll give you strength
You told me to leave you alone
My father said come on home
My doctor said take it easy
Whole bunch of lovin is much too strong
I'm added to your chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain,
Chain, chain of fools

One of these mornings the chain is gonna break
But up until then, yeah, I'm gonna take all I can take
Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Hard To Handle .. Otis Redding


Hey
Here I am
I'm the man on the scene
I can give you what you want
But you got to come home with me
I forgot some good old lovin'
And I got some more in store
When I get to throw it on you
You got to come back for more

Toys and things that come by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drug store lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle'
Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, gets around

Action speaks louder than words
And I'm a man of great experience
I know you got another man
But I can love you better than him
Take my hand, don't be afraid
I'm gonna prove every word I say
I'm advertisin' love for free
So, you can place your ad with me

Once it come along a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but ten cent lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle'
Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, gets around
Yeah, hard to handle, now

Oh, baby
Baby, here I am
The man on your scene
I can give you what you want
But you got to come home with me I forgot some good old lovin'
And I got some in store When I get to throw it on you
You got to come runnin' back for more

Once it come along a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drug store lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle'
Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now,
Get around Hard, hard to handle, now
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah

Once it come along a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but ten cent lovin'
Hey little baby, let me light your candle'
Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, gets around
Yeah, so hard to handle, now
Oh yeah Baby, good lovin'
Baby, baby, owww, good lovin'
I need good lovin'
I got to have, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah So hard to handle, now, yeah Um-um-um


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Mr. Pitiful .. Otis Redding


OR: Otis Redding CT: Carla Thomas
OR:
I dont' wanna loose
This good thing [Baby]
That I got If I do, now
I would surely
I got to, I got to loose a lot
CT:
Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
OR/CT:
I said its like thunder
Its like lightning
The way you love me is frightn'in
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
CT:
I'm not superstitous...
OR: About what?
CT: About you But I can't take no chance
You got me spinnning Spinning
Baby I'm in a trance
OR:
Your love is better
Than anything I know
OR/CT:
I said its like thunder
Its like lightning
The way you love me is frightn'in
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
OR:
I dont see that women
[Talkin about colour] To feel my loving colour
You got me seeing
She can really see
That I can't get enough
CT:
Its just one touch
From you baby
You know it just means so much
OR/CT:
I said its like thunder
Its like lightning
The way you love me is frightn'ing
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
I think I better knock, knock, knock
on wood
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You) .. Aretha Franklin


You're a no good heart breaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
And I don't know why
I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me
That you ain't no good
But oh, they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could

I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
Cause I ain't never
I ain't never, I ain't never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

Some time ago I thought
You had run out of fools
But I was so wrong
You got one that you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame
How could ya hurt me so bad
Baby, you know that I'm the best thing
That you ever had
Kiss me once again

Don'cha never, never say that we we're through
Cause I ain't never
Never, Never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

I can't sleep at night
And I can't even fight
I guess I'll never be free
Since you got, your hooks, in me

Whoa, oh, oh
Yeah! Yeah!
I ain't never loved a man
I ain't never loved a man, baby
Ain't never had a man hurt me so bad

No
Well this is what I'm gonna do about it


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- In The Midnight Hour .. Wilson Pickett


I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
Do all things I told you
In the midnight hour
Yes I am, whoa, yes I am

I'm gonna wait 'til the stars come out
See them twinkle in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
You're the only girl I know
Really love you so
In the midnight hour

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
Just you and I, oh baby, just you and I


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Slip Away .. Clarence Carter


What would I give for just a few moments
What would I give just to have you near
Tell me you would try to slip away somehow
Oh I need you darling I want to see you right now
Can you slip away, slip away
Slip away, oh I need you so
Oh love oh love, how sweet it is
When you still involve it
Let me tell you how sweet it is
Now I know it's wrong,
The things I ask you to do
But please believe me darling
I don't mean to hurt you
But can you slip away
Without him knowin you're gone
Baby we could meet somewhere,
Somewhere we both are not known
Can you slip away, slip away,
Slip away-ay-ay-ay I need you so
Oh can you slip away baby
I'd like to see you right now darling
Can you slip away baby
Cause I got to, got to see you
I feel a deep burning inside
Oh I wish you could slip away...

[FADE]


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Please, Please, Please .. James Brown


Please, please, please, please me (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please, please me (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please don't go (You don't have to go)
Don't go, I said baby, don't baby
I love you so (You don't have to go)

Baby, you know you broke my heart when you went away (You don't have to go)
I said, I said, I said I'll see you some other day (You don't have to go)
I said, baby, baby, please, don't go (You don't have to go)
Don't go, no baby, no baby
I love you so (You don't have to go)

Take this pain from my heart

Baby, let me take you by the hand (You don't have to go)
Baby, baby let me, let me be your lover man (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please don't go (You don't have to go)
Don't go, I said baby, don't baby
I love you so (You don't have to go)

Please, please, please, please me (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please, please me (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please don't go (You don't have to go)
Don't go, I said baby, don't baby
I love you so (You don't have to go)

Please please me


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man .. Aretha Franklin


Take me to heart and I'll always love you
An nobody can make me do wrong
Take me for granted leaving love unshone
Makes will power weak and temptation strong

A woman's only human
You should understand
She's not just a play thing
She's flesh and blood just like her man

If ya wanna do right (do right - do right)
Holding (do right - do right) this woman (woman)
You've gotta be a do right (do-right - do-right)
All night man (do right - do right) (man)

Yeah-yeah they say that's it's a man's world
But you can't prove that by me
And as long as we're together baby
Show some respect for me

If you wanna do right (do right - do right)
Holding (do right - do right) this woman (woman)
You gotta be a do right (do right - do right)
All night man (man)

A woman's only human
This you should understand
She's not just a plaything
She's flesh and blood
Just like her man

If you wanna do right (do right - do right)
Holding (do right - do right) this woman (woman)
You gotta be a do (why don't cha) right (why don't cha)
All night (why don't cha - why don't cha)
Man
You gotta be a do right
All night man


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- I've Got Dreams To Remember .. Otis Redding


I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
I've got dreams Dreams to remember

Honey I saw you there last night
Another mans arms holding you tight
Nobody knows what I feeled inside
All I know, I walked away and cried

I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
[Listen to me] I've got dreams, rough dreams Dreams to remember

I know you said he was just a friend
But I saw him kiss you again and again
These eyes of mine, they don't fool me
Why did he hold you so tenderly?

I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
[Listen honey] I've got dreams
Dreams, rough dreams
Dreams to remember

I still want you to stay
I still love you anyway
I still don't want you to ever leave
Girl, you just satisfy me! [Ooh-Wee!]

I know you said he was just a friend
But I saw you kiss him again and again
These eyes of mine, they don't fool me
Why did he hold you so tenderly?

I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
[Listen to me mama]
I've got dreams
Dreams, bad dreams
Dreams, rough dreams
To remember
Don't make me suffer
Dreams, bad dreams
Dreams, rough dreams
To remember


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- The Dark End Of The Street .. Percy Sledge


At the dark end of the street
that is where we always meet
hiding in shadows where we don't belong
living in darkness, to hide alone
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me
I know a time has gonna take it's toll
we have to pay for the love we stole
It's a sin and we know it's wrong
Oh, our love keeps going on strong
Steal away to the dark end of the street
You and me
They gonna find us, they gonna find us
They gonna find us love someday
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me
When the daylight all goes around
And by chance we're both down the town
Please meet, just walk, walk on by
Oh, darling, please don't you cry
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Try A Little Tenderness .. Otis Redding


[This is for you] Ooh she may be weary
And them young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress
But when they get weary
[You gotta] try a little tenderness

[Tell you, might not believe it, but]
You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
The thing that she'll never, never, possess,no,no
But while [all the time] she's without it
Go to her and try just a little bit of tenderness
[Thats all you gentlemen gotta do]

Oh,but its one thing
It might be a bit sentimental yeah, yeah
She has - her greaves and care
But the soft words [they] are spoken so gentle
Yeah
But, oh, that makes it, makes it easier to bear, yeah

You wont regret it
No no,
Them young girls they dont forget it
[Cause] Love is their whole, whole happiness Yes, yes, yeah

And its all so easy
Come on and try
Try a little Tenderness
Yeah Try
Just keep on trying

You've got to love her
Squeeze her
Don't tease her Make love [Get to her]
Hold her tight
Just, just try a little tenderness
Thats all you gotta do
Youve gotta hold her tight

One more time
You`ve got to love her
hold her Don't tease her
Never leave her
Make love to her
Hold her, man

Try a little tenderness
[Just one time] God have mercy now

All you`ve gotta do
Love her
You've gotta hold her
Don't squeeze her
Never leave her Y
ou gotta now,now,now

Watch it , tell everybody
Try
Try a little tenderness

You gotta make love
Don't tease her
Never leave her
Rub her down
Smooth her, soothe her
Move her
Love her
Rub her
Gotta gotta, zak it to her
Try some tenderness

Oh yeah
Tenderness
Little tendernes
Gotta, lord you gotta hold her
Squeeze her Never leave her


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Show Me .. Joe Tex


Ahhhhhh! Show me a man that's got a good woman
Show me
Show me a man out there that's got a good woman
Show me (huh huh)
Show me a man that's got a good woman
Show me a man that's got a good woman
Show me a man that's got a good woman
Show me a man that's got a good woman

Show me a man that's got a good woman
I'll show you a man that goes to work hummin'
He knows he's got some sweet love coming
at the end of his working day.

*Yeah*

Show me a woman that's got a good man
Show me!
I wanna see a woman out there that claims she got a good man!
Show me!
And if you show me a woman that's got a good man
Show me a woman that's got a good man
Show me a woman that's got a good man
Show me a woman that's got a good man

Show me a woman that's got a good man
I'll show you a woman doin' all she can
To make life worth living for her good man
So his troubles don't cross his mind.

*Yeah*

Show me two people that's in love with each other
Y'all, show me.
I want you to show me two people that's in love with each other
Show me.
Ah ya show me two people that's in love with each other
Show me two people in love with each other
Show me two people in love with each other
Show me two people in love with each other

Show me two people that's in love with each other
I'll show you two people that ain't going no further
than their arms can reach to hold one another
Let them lovers alone, yeah
they doin' all right


The Commitments (Original Artists Recordings of Featured Music) soundtrack lyrics -- Theme From 'Shaft' .. Isaac Hayes


Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!

Who is the man that would risk his neck
For his brother man?
SHAFT!
Can you dig it?

Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
SHAFT!
Right On!

They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.
THEN WE CAN DIG IT!

He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
JOHN SHAFT!


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