Lovely Day (Mixed) - Bill Withers

Shake it up and throw it Roll it up and smoke it No one knows what it's worth, where it's going Tired moneymakers Boring conversators Keep it up, we all know where you blow it And now I live in a world that I call my own It's always nice when no one's home Give it a time and a place if you don't, ask what it's for It's another world But it's something more than ordinary Such a lovely day And it's nothing more than ordinary living That you're living Waking up and rollin' Loaded up and flowing Creeping out, we all know where you're going You're trying to ignore it What you're looking for, and No one knows what it's worth, where it's going And now I live in a world that I call my own It's always nice when no one's home Give it a time and a place, if you don't, ask what it's for It's another world But it's something more than ordinary Such a lovely day And it's nothing more than ordinary It's another world But it's something more than ordinary living That I'm living And now I live in a world that I call my own It's always nice when no one's home Give it a time and a place, if you don't, ask what it's for It's another world But it's something more than ordinary Such a lovely day And it's nothing more than ordinary It's another world But it's something more than ordinary Such a lovely day And it's nothing more than ordinary living That you're living

When I wake up in the morning, love And the sunlight hurts my eyes And something without warning, love Bears heavy on my mind Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day A lovely day When the day that lies ahead of me Seems impossible to face When someone else instead of me Always seems to know the way Oh, then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day A lovely day Lovely day Lovely day A lovely day

Who will buy a glad story That a young man has to sell? Come into my house of glory And I will treat you well. Who will buy a sad story That a widow has to sell? Come into my house of lonely And I will treat you well. Young and old, we all have stories That we all must try to sell Tales of how you get to heaven And how we been through hell Who will buy a perfumed story That a young girl has to sell? Sleep with me on satin pillows And I will treat you well.

You want to take me to a doctor To talk to me about my mind To try to give directions to some places That I don't really want to find Trouble in me is not related To things that I might say or do I'm really not that complicated Your good doctor friend, he oughta talk to you I notice that he can't remember Things that he never should forget Why does he spend his evenings smoking Them funny-smelling cigarettes? I have a friend that knows your best friend He goes some places where she goes He said he saw y'all at a party Sniffing white powder up your nose You got the nerve to call me narrow-minded 'Cause I'm not loose and indiscreet People lying down always get blinded By people standing on their own two feet Life is just a shadow That I just can't seem to find sometimes Oh Lordy, sometimes But I guess I'll make it 'Cause I found out that it's really in my mind Really all in my mind You shouldn't take it too seriously 'Cause it really ain't gon' last too long Really ain't gon' last too long You really only got two choices You can lay down and be weak Or you can stand up where you're at And still be strong Stand up and still be strong Hey, tomorrow depends too much on today And yesterday, all that gentleman is to you is gone All he is, is gone All you find out looking back Is the fact that both of us was wrong Both of us was wrong Hey, now you're talking right to me But you really ain't saying a thang You're pouring muddy water on me Trying to convince me it's rain Now you're talking to me crazy But you're trying to make me feel insane Oh Lordy, feel insane You're like a Sunday family Digging animals in a zoo But while you're looking at monkeys Monkey's looking dead at you Two people getting done Trying to figure out who's doing who If you're throwing dirt at people You got to get some dirt on you I got to take a ton of lies Just to get an ounce of truth from you You're like a man loving Jesus That says he can't stand a Jew Get on down and play the dozens Talk about your folks From your mama to your cousins You head down there Now you know what I'm talking 'bout Get on down and play the dozens Talk about your folks From your mama to your cousins You head down there Now you know what I'm talking 'bout

Summer night in Harlem Man it's really hot Well it's too hot to sleep and too cold to eat I don't care if I die or not Winter night in Harlem Oh oh radiator won't get hot And that mean old landlord He don't care if I freeze to death or not Saturday night in Harlem Oh every thing's alright You can really swing and shake your pretty thing The parties are out of sight Sunday morning here in Harlem Now every body's all dressed up The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party And the good folk just got up Our crooked delegation wants a donation To send the preacher to the holy land Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money To that lyin', cheatin' man Saturday night in Harlem Hey hey, every thing's alright You can really swing and shake your pretty thing The parties are out of sight Sunday morning here in Harlem Now every body's all dressed up The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party And the good folk just got up Our crooked delegation wants a donation To send the preacher to the holy land Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money To that lyin', cheatin' man

Love, everybody needs you sometimes Why do I have to call on you When I'm only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, can we just be happy one time Why must it always end with you and I Only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, help me shake it Can we make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) Help me make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) If we make it right Love, everybody needs but one time Try not to make it end with you and I Only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, help me shake it Can we make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) Help me make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) If we make it right