Medley- Monologue , (They Long To Be) Close To You
Bobby Womack - Essential
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Uh, hello, hello, how are ya?
I wonder, can I borrow about ten minutes of your time?
You know how it is when you feel all alone
You feel like you got to talk to somebody
I wanna talk to ya
Listen to me
Sitting here sipping on a glass of wine
And I'm trying my best not to lose my mind
Not to lose my mind
You know, thinking about the word, heh, commercial
That's a funny, funny, funny word
You know what is funnier than that?
When show people use it
You know what I'm talking about
Like, uh, record companies
Presidents, vice presidents, producers
And the little engineers
But you know what?
I feel down in my heart
I don't care what it is, if I can get into it
It's commercial enough for me
But anyway, I remember a little while back
I walked into a recording studio with just me and my guitar
Heh
And I remember starting out on a song
Sorta went something like this
Well, it had the same melody anyway
The head man called in president, vice president
And just one of his producers, huh
And an engineer, and an engineer
You know, they all sit around with their heads dropped down
While I was trying to get over, heh
You could hear a pin fall
I know y'all know what I'm talking about
And I'm steady trying to get over
Well anyway, after I got through doing my thing
Or should I say doing the best that I could
I'd never forget what they told me
One of the cats got up and say
"I like ya, and I ain't saying that you can't sing"
But as they all began to leave the conference table
They kept on saying
"But you're not commercial, commercial, commercial
No, you're not commercial"
So I went on out
Or should I say, I soul out
But like I said before
Music is music
That's how it is
That's the way it is
Well, I didn't change my style
Because I still had the same heart
But just like the man said
He said, "Bobby, it's got to be funky"
Woo-hoo, oh, yeah
I came back and said
"Now I wanna sing something that I wanna sing"
A little song that says, uh, huh
It says, uh
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you're near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you, yeah
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, can't you see
They just wanna be close to you, yeah
Listen to me
On the day you were born
Angels got together and decided
To create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And on the day that you met me
They said they knew that you'd be
Close to me, yeah
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you're near?
Just like me, can't you see
They just wanna be close to you, yeah
Listen to me
On the day you were born
Angels got together and decided
To create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And on the day that you met me
They said they knew that you'd be
Close to me, yeah
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you're near?
Just like me, can't you see
They just wanna be close to you, yeah
Listen to me
On the day you were born
Angels got together and decided
To create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And on the day that you met me
They said they knew that you'd be
Close to me, yeah
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you're near?
Just like me, can't you see
They just wanna be close to you, yeah
Listen to me
That is why all the guys in town
Follow you, follow you around
Follow you around, follow you around
Just like me, they just wanna be
Close to you
Well, while the stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by
Just like me, they just wanna be
A little bit closer to you
Oh, I know, I know
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And I see rainbows when I look at you
That is why all the guys in town
Follow you, you around
Just like me, they long to be
Closer to you
I think I got a reason to say
Oh, oh, I wanna be closer to you
Let me say it one more time, one more time
(Close to you)
I'll go anywhere you want me to go
(Closer to you)
Buy you anything that you want me to buy
But oh baby, baby, I got to, I got to get a little closer to you
Yes, sir, sometime I lay awake all night long
Knowing that my love is so far away from home