Aaron Neville

My Brother, My Brother

You are my brother, you are my family
And it seems like only yesterday, we were running wild and free
Down the corner buying candy, or messin’ ’round in the neighborhood
Hanging out with you night and day, it was good, so good

Lately I’ve heard you’ve got the weight of the world on your shoulder
Times have been rough, I can’t turn the other way

My brother, my brother, whatcha gonna do?
My brother, my brother, here to help you
Tell me your sorrows, tell me your fears
My brother, my brother, I’ll always be here

I know that we are different, and we’ve gone our separate way
But we’ve got to learn to accept each other, for who we are today
I know it won’t be easy, but we both have got to try
To hold onto each other, until the day we die

Nobody knows you quite the way that I do
And if you’re in trouble, come to me, come to me

My brother, my brother, whatcha gonna do?
My brother, my brother, here to help you
Tell me your sorrows, tell me your fears
My brother, my brother, I’ll always be here

Whatcha gonna do?
I’m here to help you
Tell me

We got the same blood running through our veins, my brother
Father is the Heaven, mother is the grave
We gotta look out for each other, my brother
Yeah, that’s what we gotta do

Tell me
My brother, my brother, whatcha gonna do?
My brother, my brother, here to help you
Tell me your sorrows, tell me your fears
My brother, my brother, I’ll always be here

My brother, my brother, whatcha gonna do?
My brother, my brother, here to help you
Tell me your sorrows, tell me your fears
My brother, my brother, I’ll always be here

My brother, my brother, whatcha gonna do?
My brother, my brother, here to help you
Tell me your sorrows, tell me your fears
My brother, my brother, I’ll always be here

Don’t Take Away My Heaven

Oh, baby, I found heaven when I found you
And this heaven is somethin’ I don’t wanna lose
I only know that if you ever said goodbye, I couldn’t stand the pain
These eyes would cry, cry, cry like the rain

And the sun would have nowhere to shine
And the stars would all fall from the sky
Baby, please
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

‘Cause this world would stop turnin’, I know
And I’d lose my whole world if you go
Baby, don’t
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

Oh, baby, I saw forever when I saw you
And if you left me, I can’t imagine what I’d do
Now that I’ve gone and built my world around your love, I couldn’t let you go
Don’t ever say goodbye, no, don’t, don’t, don’t ever go

‘Cause the sun would have nowhere to shine
And the stars would all fall from the sky
Baby, please
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

‘Cause this world would stop turnin’, I know (Yes, I know)
And I’d lose my whole world if you go (If you go)
Baby, please
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

‘Cause you might as well take my life from me
What good would a life without you be anyway (Anyway)
If you go away

Well, the sun would have nowhere to shine
And the stars would all fall from the sky (From the sky)
Baby, please
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

‘Cause this world would stop turnin’, I know (Yes, I know)
And I’d lose my whole world if you go (If you go)
Baby, don’t, no
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

Don’t take away my heaven, don’t take away your love
Don’t take away my world ’cause baby, I need your touch
Baby, don’t
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

Please don’t take away my heaven
Please
Baby, don’t, oh, no
Don’t take away my heaven, oh…

Don’t take away my heaven, don’t take away your love
Don’t take away my world ’cause baby, I need your touch
Baby, don’t, oh
Don’t take away my heaven, oh, no

I Owe You One

There’s a chill in the evening air
Carries me back to some place where
I thought I’d lost my way forever
Every dream and every plan
Every last chance slipped through my hand
And you smiled at me and it was over
Holding you tonight
Hold on tight
I try to say it right
And I guess sometimes the words don’t come
And I wish I told you how you changed my life
And saved me with your love
I hope when all is said and done
You know I owe you one
Walk me down those streets again
Stop me right at the moment when
You stood there talking to a stranger
Tell me how you looked at me
And knew the very best that I could be
How did you see this happy ending

Standing by your side
I’m still surprised
I try to say it right
But I guess sometimes the words don’t come
And I wish I’d told you how you changed my life
And saved me with your love
I hope when all is said and done
You know I owe you one
One for life and one for love
And all you’ve given me
For the dreams you made me dream again
And all that we can be
Holding you tonight, holding you tonight
Hold on tight
I try to say it right
I guess sometimes the words don’t come
And I wish I’d told you how you changed my life
And saved me with your love
I hope when all is said and done
You know I owe you one

Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight

Just a minute ‘fore you leave girl
Just a minute ‘fore you touch the door
What is it that you’re trying to achieve girl
Do you think we can talk about it some more
You know the streets are filled with vipers
Who’ve lost all ray of hope
You know it ain’t even safe no more
In the palace of the pope

Don’t fall apart on me tonight
I just don’t think that I could handle it
Don’t fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday is just a memory
Tomorrow’s never what it’s suppose to be
And I need you

Come over here from over there girl
Sit down here you can have my chair
I can’t see you going anywhere girl
The only place open is a thousand miles away
And I can’t take you there

Oh, I wish I’d a been a doctor
Maybe I’d a saved some lives that’ve been lost
Maybe I’d a done some good in this world
Instead of burning every bridge I crossed

Don’t fall apart on me tonight
I just don’t think that I could handle it
Don’t fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday is just a memory
Tomorrow’s never what it’s suppose to be
And I need you

Oh, I wish I’d a been a doctor
Maybe I’d a saved some lives that’ve been lost
Maybe I’d a done some good in this world
Instead of burning every bridge I crossed

Don’t fall apart on me tonight
I just don’t think that I could handle it
Don’t fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday is just a memory
Tomorrow’s never what it’s suppose to be
And I need you

Don’t fall apart on me tonight
I just don’t think that I could handle it
Don’t fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday is just a memory
Tomorrow’s never what it’s suppose to be
And I need you

(Don’t fall apart on me tonight)
Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Betcha by Golly, Wow

There’s a spark of magic in your eyes
Candyland appears each time you smile
Never thought that fairy tales come true
But they come true, when I’m near you

You’re a genie in disguise
Full of wonder and surprise, and

Betcha by golly, wow
You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for, forever
And ever will my love for you keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

If I could, I’d catch a falling star
To shine on you So I’ll know where you are
All the rainbows in your favorite shades
To show I love you, thinking of you

Write your name across the sky
Anything you ask, I’ll try

‘Cause betcha by golly, wow
You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for, forever
And ever will my love for you, keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

Betcha by golly, wow
You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for, forever
And ever will my love for you, keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

Betcha by golly, wow
You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for, forever
And ever will my love for you, keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

Betcha by golly, wow
You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for, forever
And ever will my love for you, keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

Song of Bernadette

There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story, long ago
She saw the queen of heaven once
And kept the vision in her soul

No one believed what she had seen
No one believed what she heard
But there were sorrows to be healed
And mercy, mercy in this world

So many hearts I find
Broken like yours and mine
Torn by what we’ve done and can’t undo
I just want to hold you
Won’t you let me hold you?
Like Bernadette would do

We’ve been around we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every no and then, we try
To mend the damage that we’ve done

Tonight, tonight I cannot rest
I’ve got this joy inside breast
To think that I did not forget
That child, that song of Bernadette

So many hearts I find
Broken like yours and mine
Torn by what we’ve done and can’t undo
I just want to hold you
Come on let me hold you?
Like Bernadette would do

I just want to hold you
Won’t you let me hold you?
Like Bernadette would do

You Never Can Tell

It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell,
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell

They furnished off an apartment with a two room roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with tv dinners and ginger ale,
But when pierre found work, the little money comin’ worked out well
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell

They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records, all rock, and rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell

They bought a souped-up jitney, was a cherry red ’53,
Drove down to new orleans to celebrate the anniversary
It was there where pierre was married to the lovely mademoiselle
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell

They had a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell,
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell
“c’est la vie”, say the old folks, it go to show you never can tell

The Bells

I’ll never hear the bells if you leave me
I’ll never hear the bells
I’ll never hear the bells if you leave me
I’ll never hear the bells

Do you hear what I hear
Your lips are kissing mine
Can you hear the bells darling
Can you hear them when I’m kissing you

What do I have to do to make you feel the tingling too

Can you hear the bells darling
Can you hear them when I’m kissing you

Oh yeah
Oh, I hear the bells, ringing in my ear
Tell me do you love me, do you love me, do you love me, do you love me like I love you

Oh, it’s one thing that I want you to remember
If you ever leave me I believe I’ll go insane
And I’ll never hear the bells again
No, I’ll never hear the bells again
No, I’ll never hear the bells again

These Foolish Things

A cigarette that bears a lipsticks traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you

A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground painted swing
These foolish things remind me of you

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me, I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of march that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings, but who’s to answer
How the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

How strange, how sweet, to find you still
These things are dear to me, they seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

The Roadie Song

You know night after night these guys are setting up, hooking up,
Climbing past the sky. they don’t really get no praise,
So I wrote this song in honor of them,
’cause without them there’d be no show.

So get a roadie song, after all he ain’t no bum
Give a roadie a hand, he’s really part of the band

Get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie song
Them speakers weigh a ton
His work is never done
So get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie song

Got a mighty long ways to travel
He’s gotta cover many miles of gravel
He’s gotta long long ways to go
And if he don’t make it, there ain’t gonna be no show

So give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie song
He climbed to kingdom come
He’s up to see the sun
Get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie song

He’s got a mighty long ways to travel
He’s gotta cover many miles of gravel
He’s gotta long long ways to go
And if he don’t make it, there ain’t gonna be no show

Get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie song, after all he ain’t no bum
And get a roadie a hand, he’s really part of the band
Give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie song
Get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie, get a roadie song
Give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give a roadie song
Give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give the roadie, give a roadie song

Ain’t No Way

Ain’t no way for me to love you if you won’t let me
It ain’t no way for me to give you all you need
If you won’t let me give all of me

I know that a mans duty is to have and love a woman
And that’s the way it was planned
Oh but how can I, how can I, how can I give you all the things I can
If you’re tying both of my hands

It ain’t no way, it ain’t no way, just ain’t no way, ain’t no way baby

It ain’t no way for me to love you if you won’t let me

Stop trying to be someone you’re not
The hard cold truth is, woman, you paid too much for what you got
And if you need me, baby, say, say you do,
Baby, I, baby, baby, don’t you know that I need you

It ain’t no way
I tell you that it ain’t no way, it ain’t no way, it ain’t no way baby, baby, baby, baby
Just ain’t no way, sure ain’t no way
It ain’t no way for me to love you if you won’t let me

The Grand Tour

Step right up come on in
If you’d like to take the grand tour
Of the lonely house that once was
Home sweet home

I have nothing here to sell you
Just some things that I will tell you
Some things I know will chill you
To the bone

Over there sits the chair
Where she’d bring the paper to me
Sit down on my knee and whisper
Oh, I love you

But now she’s gone forever
And this old house it will never
Be the same without the love
That we once knew

Straight ahead that’s the bed
Where we’d lie in love together
And Lord knows we had
A good thing going here

See her picture on the table
Don’t it look like she’d be able
Just to touch me and say
Good mornin’ dear

There’s her rings all her things
And her clothes are in the closet
Where she left them when
She tore my world apart

As you leave you’ll see the nursery
Oh, she left me without mercy
Takin’ nothin’ but our baby
And my heart

Step right up come on in
Come on in

The Lord’s Prayer

Our father
Which art in heaven.
Hollowed would be thy name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread

And forgive our debts
As we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power, and the glory.
Forever and ever. amen.