Aaron Neville

Say What’s in My Heart

My eyes can’t lie to you
My kiss my kiss can only tell you true now
You say you have your doubts
But I say I don’t know what that talks about now

My world, I have given you
I never gave myself the way I gave myself to you
What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you’re the one for me

Didn’t you hold me last night
Didn’t you look in my eyes
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart
Didn’t my heart tell you true,
That I could only love you
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart
When I say I love you,
I say what’s in my heart

There is no other love
I know that God knows you’re the only one so
Why can’t you believe when I tell you
There ain’t nobody
There ain’t nobody but you in my heart

Long as we’ve been together
You should know by now the love I feel,
I feel forever

What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you’re the one for me,
Didn’t you hold me last night
Didn’t you look in my eyes
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart
Didn’t my heart tell you true,
That I could only love you
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart
When I say I love you I say what’s in my heart

I’ll never walk away, I’ll never leave your side,
I’ll never break your heart
Looking in someone else’s eyes
Your the one I need, the air that I breathe
I won’t live one day without you, believe me

Didn’t you hold me last night,
Didn’t you look in my eyes,
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart,
Didn’t my heart tell you true,
That I could only love you
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart
When I say I love you I say what’s in my heart

Didn’t you hold me last night,
Didn’t you look in my eyes,
Didn’t I, Didn’t I say what’s in my heart,
Didn’t my heart tell you true,
That I could only love you
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart,
Didn’t you hold me last night
Didn’t you look in my eyes
Didn’t I, didn’t I say what’s in my heart

Just to Be With You

I’d travel any day (to be with you)
Realize how much I care (to be with you)
With you in my life, there’s no way I could go wrong (to be with you)
Every night and day I pray (to be with you)
Someway, somehow this love will stay (to be with you)
Hoping you want me the way that I want to be with you

Deep inside I know you care,baby for me, you really care
I felt it the first day you came my way
So beautiful, and here we are, baby like the moon and the stars
Together never one without the other

My emotions are in your hands, cause you’re my man baby
So take care of me, and I’ll understand, that you need a friend
So don’t ever worry, don’t ever doubt, cause you’re all I’m about

I’d travel any day (to be with you)
Realize how much I care (to be with you)
With you in my life there’s no way I could go wrong (to be with you)
Every night and day I pray (to be with you)
Someway, somehow this love will stay (hoping you want me)
Hoping you want me, the way that I want to be with you

Baby, baby let it be, let your love overpower me
Take me to a place that I’ve never been, never been before
Somehow this love is out of control
I’m falling for you and I don’t want to go
I don’t want to go, no, no

Baby I’ll go
Don’t let me go

My emotions are in your hands
Girl I want to be your man
I’ll take care of you, I’ll understand
I understand that you’re my friend
No, no need to worry
Don’t you ever doubt, cause you’re my friend
I love you too

Oh, I’d travel anyday (to be with you)
Realize how much I care (to be with you)
With you in my life there’s no way I could go wrong (to be with you)
Every night and day I pray (to be with you)
Someway, somehow this love will stay (to be with you)
Hoping you want me the way I want to be with you
Cause you’re my friend, and I love, I love ,I love you baby

I’d travel anyday (to be with you)
Realize how much I care (to be with you)
Realize, realize there’s no way I could go wrong (to be with you)
Every night and day I pray (to be with you)
Someway, somehow this love will stay (to be with you)
Hoping you want me the way that I want to be with you
I’d travel anyday (to be with you)
Realize how much I care (to be with you)
Realize there’s no way I could go wrong (to be with you)
Every night and day I pray (to be with you)
Someway, somehow this love will stay (to be with you)

Sweet Amelia

Oh, Amelia
My southern woman
Never had a chance to say goodbye

I met her back in sixty-three, she was such a mystery
She was there on Barron Street, down in New Orleans
So wild but yet so tame, she could calm a hurricane
She was only seventeen and Amelia was her name

Oh, when I took her for a ride, she got close by my side
And when I looked into her eye, Amelia kept me hypnotized
But in my heart she fell, oh, I got pulled into her spell
I can still see her there with the flowers in her hair

Oh Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you every time I close my eyes
Sweet Amelia, where did you run to?
We never had a chance to say goodbye

I remember making love underneath the stars above
I can feel the summer breeze up in magnolia trees
That night in the Southern land, the girl, she took me by the hand
And I was weak as a little lamb but I became a man

Love was pumping through my veins, her lips were sweet like sugarcane
We rode all night in the rain ‘cross the Lake Poncetrain
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She had a heart as fine as fire, burning innocent desire
I can still see her there with flowers in her hair

Oh, Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you, every time I close my eyes
Sweet Amelia, where did you run to?
We never had a chance to say goodbye

Just like a shooting star, she vanished in the night
But I’ll always remember her lips so warm and tender
In my heart she’ll always shine so bright
Sweet Amelia, if I could just see her one more time

Oh Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you every time I close my eyes
Sweet Amelia, where did you run to?
We never had a chance to say goodbye

Oh Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you every time I close my eyes
Sweet Amelia, where did you run to?
We never had a chance to say goodbye

Oh Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you every time I close my eyes
Sweet Amelia, where did you run to?
We never had a chance to say goodbye

Oh Amelia, my Southern woman
I can still feel you

…To Make Me Who I Am

I’ve walked through this world sometimes without a friend
My life has been up and down, been close to an end
But I’ve been through the mill
And I’ve paid my dues
Walked so many miles in different peoples shoes

But I’ve been through the fire
And I’ve walked in the rain
I’ve felt the joy and endured the pain

Once I was a schemer
But I always was a dreamer
But it took me who I was and where I’ve been
To make me who I am

I’ve met a lot of lost souls in the bowels of hell
Traveled some crooked roads, got some stories yet to tell
I’ve shot up with the junkie, in piss stench halls
Broken bread with the devil, fallen on my knees to god
Some days I was blessed, some nights I was damned
But I always tried to lend a helping hand

Once I was a deceiver
Not I am a believer
But it took me who I was and where I’ve been
To make me who I am

Oh, I’ve seen the little children, all strung out on dope
No one to care about them, living without hope
But I’ve been lucky that I always had a song
I’ll sing it with compassion, to try to right the wrong.

Once my life was wretched
But why should I regret it
Cuz, it took me who I was, and where I’ve been
To make me who I am

Speech:
This is dedicated to my friends in jail
For my brother jake who had to ride the rail
For my friend roonie and melvin, who were so dear
They were so misunderstood
But I wish they were still here
To hear this song I sing from my heart
They’re forever in my soul, even though we had to part

Once I was a deceiver
Not I am a believer
But it took me who I was and where I’ve been
To make me who I am

God said I forgive you
Wipe away the scars
Cause I know it took who you were
And where you came from
To make you who you are

Cause I know it took who you were
And where you came from
To make you what you are

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless sky, my love,

And the first time ever I kissed your mouth,
I felt the earth move in my hand,
Like a trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love,

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
and I knew our joy it would fill the earth
And would last til the end of time, my love,
It would last til the end of time

The first time ever I saw, saw your face
Your face, your face, your face, your face

Yes, I Love You

I’m changing my mind,
Never gonna learn about how to feel again
Cause you, you’ve opened my heart,
And I just can’t hide, I love you still.

I know you mean it, when you say you need me,
You say you won’t leave me, you’ll always be here,
You won’t regret it, cause I’ll never leave you,
And I won’t deceive you, I need you too,

Yes, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
Yes, I love you, I love you, I love you,
Oh I do, girl, I love you

We belong together, loving forever, enjoying this life,
We’ll do what’s right, we’ll do it tonight, will you be my wife
I know you mean it, when you say you need me, won’t ever leave me,
Saying you’ll be right here my baby,

You won’t regret it, no, don’t you forget it,
I’ll never deceive you, I need you too.

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
Yes, I love you, I love you,
I love you

Forgive me for what I’ve put you through,
I’m learning to put my trust in you,
Believe in me and I’ll show you,
Cause I’ll always be here,
I love you

I love you baby, oh I love you baby, I love you,
I love you, from the bottom of my heart girl,
I love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you
I love you
I love you, love you, love you, love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, love you, I love you,
Oh believe me darling

Your Sweet And Smiling Eyes

Looking in your eyes
Is like looking through a window seeing clear skies of days gone by
Of happiness, imaginning sweet visions of your loveliness
Oh and your tenderness

Makes me want to cry, for the love that we’ve shared
It makes me feel alive to know that you care
Hold you through the night, let me lie in your arms
Tonight I want to love you girl til the morning comes and look into your eyes

Your sweet and smiling eyes
Take me to paradise
It makes me want to cry tears of joy
Whenever I see your sweet and smiling eyes

When I see your face, oh and you hold me in your warm embrace
I feel so safe
Your amazing grace calms me through the fire
Or the rainy days and the clouds it brings

Makes me want to cry, for the love that we’ve shared
It makes me feel alive to know that you care
Hold you through the night let me lie in your arms
Tonight I want to love you girl ’til the morning comes
And look into your eyes

Your sweet and smiling eyes, hold me darling
Take me to paradise
Your an angel, it makes me want to cry
Tears of joy whenever I see your sweet and smiling eyes

Could you be an angel from up above, from up above
So beautiful, beautiful, wonderful
Sent down from heaven for me to love
Oh I love you girl

Your sweet smiling eyes,
Your sweet and smiling eyes
Take me to paradise
It makes me want to cry
Tears of joy whenever I see your sweet and smiling eyes,
Sweet and smiling eyes
Your sweet and smiling eyes, your sweet and smiling eyes
Sweet and smiling eyes, take me to paradise, paradise
It makes me want to cry, tears of joy
Whenever I see your sweet and smiling eyes

I Can’t Change the Way You Don’t Feel

I believed I could see a day you would want me, like I want you
You would need me, like I need you to
There was a moment I thought time might change your mind
And there’d be a place there for me in your life

But I can’t change the way you don’t feel
And I can’t make you see what you’re heart won’t see
And I can’t make you need what you say you don’t need
I can’t change you baby, I can’t change the way you don’t feel

And now as I walk away, I won’t look back, I won’t break down
What I was living for, I’ll have to live without

There will be moments I’ll think how it might have been
But baby now this is how it must end

Cause I can’t change the way you don’t feel
And I can’t make you see what you’re heart won’t see
And I can’t make you need what you say you don’t need
I can’t change you baby, I can’t change the way you don’t feel

No, I can’t change the way you don’t feel
And I can’t make you see what you’re heart won’t see
And I can’t make you need what you say you don’t need
I can’t change you baby
You never gonna change you baby, no
I can’t change you baby, I can’t change the way you don’t feel

Please Remember Me

When all our tears have reached the sea,
A part of you will live in me,
Way down inside my heart.

The days keep coming without fail,
A new winds gonna find your sail,
And that’s where your journey starts,
You’ll find better love,
Strong as it ever was,
Deep as a river runs,
Warm as the morning sun.
Please remember me.

Just like the waves down by the shore,
We’re gonna keep on coming back for more,
Cause we don’t ever wanna stop.
Out in this brave new world you see,

Only the valleys and the peaks,
I can see you on the top,
You’ll find better love,
Strong as it ever was,
Deep as a river runs,
Warm as the morning sun.
Please remember me.

Remember me when you’re out walking,
When snow falls high outside your door,
Late at night when you’re not sleeping,
And moonlight falls across your floor.
When I can’t hurt you anymore,
You’ll find better love,
Strong as it ever was,
Deep as a river runs,
Warm as the morning sun.
Please remember me.
Please remember me.

What Did I Do (To Deserve You)

Unbelievable describes your smile so sweet
Inconceivable that you’re a part of me
Innocent look in your eyes
Love without compromise for me
It’s a mystery

What did I do to deserve you
Only God’s hands could have made you
And brought this dream to life
Always swore that I, I would never fall
I guess miracles happen after all
What did I do to deserve you
Oh Yeah

Unconventional, describes my love for you
Unconditional, cause there’s nothing I won’t do
I pray as this feeling grows
That you always touch the heart and soul of me
It’s a mystery

What did I do to deserve you
Only God’s hand could have made you
And brought this dream to life
Always swore that I, I would never fall
I guess miracles happen after all
What did I do to deserve you

I’ve waited all my life to hold such a treasure
What is this feeling worth, there is no measure
Tell me what can I do

What did I do to deserve you
Only God’s hand could have made you
And brought this dream to life
Always swore that I’d, I would never fall
I guess miracles happen after all
What did I do to deserve you
To deserve you

God Made You for Me

It must have taken a long long time to make a woman like you
Ooh baby, cause you’re so, so fine
He took the stars from the sky, put the sparkle in your eye
Baby, don’t you know, you’re my only desire

When I enter the room, I smell your perfume
The taste of your lips is like the nectar from the gods
And the sunlight on your hair, is just like spun gold
After God made you, he broke the mold

God made you for me, you’re my dream come true
I don’t want another woman, all I need is you
You’re everything to me, and my lifes complete
I’m gonna worship and adore you, I’m gonna bow to your feet

To describe how your body feels when you’re next to me
Like rockin’ and rollin’ on a stormy, stormy sea
You bring me up, oh and then you take me down,
Then you take me to heaven and back down to the ground

You’re just like a rose, blooming in the spring
You’re everything a man could want
Everything a man could need
And at night I fall down, on my knees
And thank God for sending an angel, just to love me

God made you for me, you’re my dream come true
I don’t want another woman, all I need is you
You’re everything to me, and my lifes complete
I’m gonna worship and adore you, I’m gonna bow to your feet

Girl, let me touch you, make sure it’s not a dream
If it is please don’t awake me, it would be so so mean
The thought of ever losing you is more than I could bear
It just wouldn’t be heaven no more if you were not there

God made you for me, you’re my dream come true
I don’t want another woman, all I need is you
You’re everything to me, and my lifes complete
I’m gonna worship and adore you, I’m gonna bow to your feet

God made you for me (I thank God)
You’re my dream come true (from high up above)
And I don’t want another woman (for sending you to me)
All I need is you (for me to love)
You’re everything to me, and my lifes complete
I’m gonna worship and adore you, I’m gonna bow to your feet
Cause I love you girl, oh I love you girl
All I need is you
You’re everything to me
And my lifes complete

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue

Lovely lady, dressed in blue
Teach me how to pray
‘Cause God was just your little boy
And you know the way

Did you lift him up sometimes
Gently on your knee?
Did you tell him stories of the world
Like mother did to me?

And when he fell, did you lift him up
And make everything alright?
And did you tell him
His prayers at night?

I wanna know my lovely lady
Lovely lady, dressed, dressed in blue
Oh, God was just your little boy
Your little boy and you know the truth

And did you whisper
In his ear sweet lullabys?
Oh I, I wanna know, wanna know
I wanna know, did he cry?

Lovely lady, dressed in blue
Oh, won’t you please, teach me how to pray?
‘Cause God was just your little boy
And I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
So teach me how to pray

Teach me how to pray