Aaron Neville

Rainy Night In Georgia (featuring Chris Botti)

Hoverin’ by my suitcase, tryin’ to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin’, seems I hear your voice callin’ “It’s all right.”
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it’s rainin’ all over the world
I feel like it’s rainin’ all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin’, taxi cabs and buses passin’ through the night
A distant moanin’ of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it’s rainin’ all over the world
I feel like it’s rainin’ all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It’s life and you just got to play the game

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it’s hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
But it’s a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it’s a rainy night in Georgia I
feel it’s rainin’ all over the world, kinda lonely now And it’s rainin’ all over the
world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin’ all over this man’s world
You’re talking ’bout rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’,
rainin’, rainin’ rainin’, rainin’, rainin’

Ain’t No Sunshine

Ain`t no sunshine when she’s gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain`t no sunshine when she’s gone
And she’s always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

I wonder this time where she`s gone
I wonder if she`s gone to stay
Cause ain`t no sunshine when she`s gone
And this house just ain`t no home, anytime she goes away

I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know

Hey I won`t leave that young thing alone
Ain`t no sunshine when she`s gone
Only darkness every day

Cause ain`t no sunshine when she`s gone
And she’s always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know

Hey I won’t leave that young thing alone
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
Only darkness every day

Cause ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
This house just ain’t no home,
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away

(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay

Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun
I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch ’em roll away again, yeah

I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the ‘Frisco bay
‘Cause I’ve had nothing to live for
And look like nothin’s gonna come my way

So I’m just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time

Look like nothing’s gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can’t do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I’ll remain the same, yes

Sittin’ here resting my bones
And this loneliness won’t leave me alone
It’s two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I’m just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time

(whistle)

Stand By Me

When the night has come and the land, it is dark
And the moon is the only light that we see
No, I won’t be afraid, no, I won’t be afraid
Just as long, just as long as you stand, stand by me

If the sky, we look upon should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble into the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no, and I won’t shed a tear
Just as long, just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darlin’, darlin’, stand, stand by me
Oh, stand by me, oh, my darlin’, please stand by me

If the sky, we look upon should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble into the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no, I won’t shed a tear
Just as long, just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darlin’, darlin’, stand, stand by me
Oh, stand by me, oh, please stand by me
Whenever I’m in trouble won’t you stand, stand by me?
Oh, stand by me, oh darlin’, please stand by me

You Send Me

Darling you send me
I know you send me
Darling you send me
Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do, woooo wo
You thrill me
I know you you you thrill me
Darling you you you thrill me
Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But ooow it’s lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home, woooo wo

You Send Me
I know You Send Me
I know You Send Me
Honest you do

Wooo whenever I’m with you
I know I know I know when I’m near you
Um Hm, Um Hm Honest you do Honest you do, woooo wo
I know I know when you hold me,
woooo wo whenever you kiss me
Um Hm, Um Hm, Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But ooow it’s lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home
I know I know I know You Send Me
I know You Send Me, woooo wo
You Send Me
Honest you do

Respect Yourself (featuring Mavis Staples)

If you disrespect anybody that you run in to
How in the world do you think anybody’s s’posed to respect you
If you don’t give a heck ’bout the man with the bible in his hand
Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it’s a brand new day

Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don’t respect yourself
Ain’t nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself

If you’re walking ’round think’n that the world owes you something cause
You’re here you goin’ out the world backwards like you did when you
Put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that’ll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women and you don’t even know their names and you
Dumb enough to think that’ll make you a big ol man

When A Man Loves A Woman

If you want something to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby my time is too expensive
And I’m not a little boy

If you are serious
Don’t play with my heart
It makes me furious
But if you want me to love you
Then a baby I will, girl you know that I will

Tell it like it is
Don’t be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I know deep down inside me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride

Life is too short to have sorrow
You may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby go on and live

Tell it like it is
I’m nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I… Tell it like it is
My time is too expensive and I’m not your little boy

Let’s Stay Together (featuring Chaka Khan)

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

Since, baby 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)

[Repeat to fade:]
Let’s, we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

It’s All Right

Say it's all right, say it's all right
Say it's all right, have a good time
'Cause it's all right, it's all right

We're gonna move it slow
When the lights are low
When you move it slow, it sounds like more
And it's all right, it's all right

Now listen to the beat
You kinda pat your feet
'Cause you got soul and everybody knows
That it's all right, it's all right

When you wake up early in the mornin'
Feelin' sad like so many of us do
Harm a little soul, make life your goal
And surely something gotta come to you

And say it's all right, say it's all right
It's all right, have a good time
'Cause it's all right, it's all right

Now everybody clap your hands
And give yourself a chance
'Cause you got soul and everybody knows
That it's all right, it's all right

Someday I'll find me a woman
Who will love and treat me real nice
And my woes got to go and my love she will know
From morning, noon and night

And she's gotta say that it's all right, say it's all right
Say it's all right, have a good time
'Cause its alright, it's all right

Now come on and clap your hands
And give yourself a chance
'Cause you got soul and everybody knows
That it's all right, it's all right

Now come on and clap your hands
And give yourself a chance
You got soul and everybody knows
That it's all right

People Get Ready (featuring David Sanborn and Art Neville)

People get ready
There’s a train coming
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board ’em
There’s room for all
If you’ll just love the Lord

There ain’t no room
For the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind
Just to save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances grow thinner
There’s no hiding place
Around the kingdon’s throne

Chorus
People get ready
There’s a train coming
Don’t need no ticket
You just get on board
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board ’em
Don’t need no ticket
You just thank the Lord

My Girl

I’ve got sunshine
On a cloudy day.
When it’s cold outside,
I’ve got the month of May.

Well, I guess you’ll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl. (My girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl. (My girl)

I’ve got so much honey
The bees envy me.
I’ve got a sweeter songThan the birds in the trees.

Well, I guess you’ll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl. (My girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl. (My girl)

Ooooh, Hoooo.

Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey.

I don’t need no money,
Fortune or fame.
I’ve got all the riches, baby,
One man can claim.

Well, I guess you’ll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl. (My girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl. (My girl)

Talkin’ bout my girl.
I’ve got sushine on cloudy day
With my girl.
I’ve even got the month of May
With my girl.

Ain’t That Peculiar

You do me wrong
But I’m still crazy about you
Stay away too long
And I can’t do without you

Every chance you get
You seem to just hurt me more and more

But each hurt just makes my love go stronger
Stronger than before

I know flowers grow from rain
But how can love grow from pain

Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiarity
Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiar as it can be

You tell me lies
It should be obvious to me
But I’m so much in love with you, baby
That I don’t want to see

That the things you do and say
Are designed to make me blue
But it’s a doggone shame my love for you
Makes all your lies seem true

But if the truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make my love stronger?

Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiarity
Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiar as it can be

I cried so much just as like a child
That’s lost it’s toy
Baby, baby, you think these tears I cry
Are tears of joy

A child can cry so much
And then you do everything they say
No, no, no, like a child my tears don’t help me
To get my way

I know love can last through years
But how can love last through tears?

Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiarity
Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiar as it can be

I don’t understand
Why you made me cry so much?
I don’t understand
Why you lie so much?

And made me cry tears of pain
You made me cry for all that rain
I don’t understand
Don’t understand sometimes

Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Ain’t that peculiar, baby?
Peculiar as it can be

Ain’t that peculiar?
Peculiarity
Ain’t that peculiar, baby?

A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I’ve been running ever since

It’s been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

It’s been too hard living
But I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know
What’s up there beyond the sky

It’s been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

When I go to my brother, my brother, my brother
And I say, Brother, help me please?
But he winds up knockin’ me
Right down on my, on the knees

And there been times that I thought
I couldn’t last for long
But now I think
I’m able to carry on

It’s been a long
A long, long time coming
Well, I know, I know change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

It’s been a long
It’s been a long, long time coming
Well, I know, I know, I know change gonna come
Oh, yes it will