Billy Paul

Am I black enough for you Am I black enough for you Am I black enough for you Am I black enough for you We're gonna move on up One by one We ain't gonna stop Until the work is done Am I black enough Black enough for you Am I black Black enough for...

Some have said, down through history If you last it's a mystery But I guess they don't know, what they're talking about From the mountains down to the sea You've become such a habit with me America, America Well I come from, down around Tennesee But th...

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, She's the joy of my life, She's a young thing And cannot leave her mother. Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she bid you to...

Poor little, sad little blue Bluesette Don't you cry, don't you fret You can bet one lucky day you'll waken And your blues will be forsaken Some lucky day, lovely love will come your way If there is love in your heart to share Dear Bluesette, don't despair So...

Haven't you noticed A breakdown in the family tie Just not as strong as it once was Every time I see it weaken, it makes me want to cry Oh, what a shame [Oh, what a shame] 'Cause another home's falling apart Oh, what a shame [Oh ,what a shame] Another...

Brown baby You gotta spread the news around Brown baby Don’t you let your people down Brown baby You gotta make your father proud I only want to take A few minutes of your time, oh yeah Try and concentrate and open Up your mind, oh yeah Now your...

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don't matter, anyhow An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window, honey, and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm trav'l...

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong My own beliefs are in my song The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then Makes no difference what group I'm in I am everyday people, yeah, yeah There is a blue one Who can't accept the green one For living with a fat...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Everything must change Nothing stays the same Everyone will change No one stays the same The young become the old And mysteries do unfold, yes, they do But that's the way of time Nothing and no one stays the same You're everything in life It can'...

Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel. It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life for me yeah It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me Ouh And I'm feeling good...

Too late, too late, too late, baby too late, too Too late, too late, too late, baby too late, Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time There's something wrong here, there can be no denying One of us is changing, or maybe we've just stopped tryin...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Just in time I found you just in time Before you came my time Was runnin' low. I was lost The losin' dice were tossed My bridges all were crossed Nowhere to go. Now you're here I don't know where I'm goin' No more doubts or fears I'm on my way....

Come on, come on, let's make a baby Oh, baby, come on, come on (Come on, come on) Let's bring another life into this world A little boy, a little girl Take my hand while we walk slowly to the room Can't you see tonight I'm gonna make sweet, sweet love t...

I, I'm so in love with you, whatever you want to do, is alright with me, 'cause you make me feel so brand-new, I want to spend my life with you, they say it seems, baby, since we've been together, loving you forever, is what I need. Let me be the one...

Out where the children all get their own rooms Where they stir coffee with old silver spoons in their mansions There's a girl that the whole town can see doesn't fit in But they all know that she understands them And they want to know Where the kid came...

Me and Mrs. Jones We got a thing going on We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now We meet every day at the same cafe Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there Holding hands, making all kinds of plans While the juke box plays o...

Every time I think of you I always catch my breath And I'm still standing here And you're miles away And I'm wondering why you left And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight I hear your name in certain circles And it always makes me s...

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo) God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson Heaven holds a place for those who pray (Hey, hey, hey hey, hey, hey) We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to...

On a clear day Rise and look around you And you'll see who you are On that clear day How it will astound you That the glow of your being Outshines every star You'll feel part of every... every mountain, Sea and shore You can hear From far and near A world you'...

I see you sittin' there all alone Crying your eyes out While everything's going wrong You know there's gonna be A whole lot of trouble in your life Listen to me, get up off your knees 'Cause only the strong survive Only the strong survive Only the str...

Left a good job in the city, Workin' for The Man ev'ry night and day, And I never lost one minute of sleepin', Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been. CHORUS: Big wheel keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin', Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the ri...

Hey, now, hey What you've been doin'? Boy, it's been such a long time since I seen you girl You haven't changed that much You look good The high school days and college, oh I haven't seen you in a long, long time I haven't seen you since God knows when...

Sooner or later you're gonna come around You think about this love, you turn it down Sooner or later you got to settle down You think about this love, you turn it down Sooner or later Hey, girl, tell me why You keep me at a distance all the time We ca...

Thanks for savin' my life For pickin' me up Dusting me off Making me feel like I'm living again (Like I'm living again) I'm so glad I ran into you If I hadn't seen you I would have been through Our love is lucky though Could not stand anymore Oh, I co...

That's life (that's life), that's what people say You're riding high in April Shot down in May But I know I'm gonna change that tune When I'm back on top, back on top in June I said, that's life (that's life), and as funny as it may seem Some people get their...

Like a circle in a spiral, Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning Like an ever-spinning reel, Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon, Like a carousel that's turning Running rings around the moon, Like a clock whose hands are sweep...

I'd like to get away, Junior Somewhere alone with you It could be oh, so gay, Junior You need a laugh or two A certain place I know, Frankie Where funny people can have fun That's where the two will go, Darling Before you can count up One, two, three. For ......

This is your life you're living And it's the only one you've got It's your life you're giving Don't you think it's time you asked yourself for what? This is your life, not a game that you play It's your life and you're throwing it away You're a runaround The...

Faded photograph Covered now with lines and creases Tickets torn in half Memories in bits and pieces Traces of love long ago That didn't work out right Traces of love Ribbons from her hair Souvenirs of days together The ring he used to wear Pages from an old l...

Wake up, wake up You've got the power Why don't you wake up, why don't you? Why don't you wake up? Why don't you wake up, why don't you? Why don't you wake up? Set it off for the plan up here, we gotta stand up here An' give thanks for the Man upstair...

When love is new Every day's a new sensation When love is new You thrill with infatuation When love is born (When it's born) It's so warm, soft and tender (So warm, soft) Everybody's willing to surrender When love is new (When love is new, when it's...

Who's peeking out from under a stairway Calling a name that's lighter than air Who's bending down to give me a rainbow Everyone knows it's Windy Who's tripping down the streets of the city Smiling at everybody she sees Who's reaching out to capture a moment E...

No I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes it shows No I can't forget tomorrow When I think of all my sorrow When I had you ther...

It's a little bit funny, Lord, this feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide I don't have much money but, boy, if I did I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live If, if, if I was a sculpture, Lord, honey, but then again, no (then again no,...