Straight Up!: The Very Best of Paula Abdul

Baby I'm down to what you want
But there's some conditions you'll have to follow
You know that I'm not afraid to party
So do you want to have some fun
You're gonna have to get to know me better
Let's go where the music's pumpin'
That's where I want to be
Don't think about anything else boy
I'm feein' right so just vibe with me tonight

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'cause it's all about feeling good
You've got to free your mind
It's feels so good when the music hits ya
It's all about feeling good
You've got to ease your mind
Baby get into it, 'cause it feels so right

I'm hip to the way, the way we get along
I never thought you had it in ya, you're trying to turn me out
Now you think you're all that baby, let me show you how
How you do it, I know I can hold my own
Baby how you feeling now
Don't trip I'm just grooving to the music
Just let your body flow
Boy come here move a little closer
It's all about, it all about a good time tonight

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I made mistakes when I played with your mind
Gave you excuses with each story line
If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real

Watching you wondering what I feel inside
Deep in my soul I've got nothing to hide
If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real
If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real

So baby please don't worry
I wanna make it better
I wanna be your only love
This time I'll understand you
I'll never leave your side
This time it's got to be for you

Let's put an end to these long lonely nights
Things that were once wrong now turned out all right
If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real
If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real

You told me, you loved me
You said that
I need you, you want me
I told you

So baby I won't tease you
I'm gonna make it better
I'm wanna be your only love
This time I'll understand you
I'll never leave your side
This time it's got to be for you

If you ask me how I feel
My love is for real

Just girl to boy, I'd like to share this thought with you.
Our love's a joy.
Two one's have made inseparable two.
Last night my heart spoke to me.
It said, "You've found that lover friend."
So now I finally got the courage just to ask you baby.

Ooh, will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you marry me?
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you, will you, come on baby now.

I lay awake, so full with hope of things to come.
For heaven's sake, I pray I'm not the only one.
I never dreamed I'd be so bold.
I'm standing here my heart's been sold.
So now I finally got the courage just to ask you baby.

Ooh, will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you marry me?
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you, will you, come on baby now.

Think of love as wings, not a ball and chain.
And your fear of things. . . unnecessary.
I only want to share your name, share your name.

I never dreamed I'd be so bold.
I'm standing here my heart's been sold.
So now I finally got the courage just to ask you baby.

Ooh, will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you marry me?
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you, will you, come on baby now.
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you marry me?
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you, will you, come on baby now.
Will you, will you, come on baby.
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you marry me?
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
Will you, will you, will you?

So maybe Sunday.
Come on Monday.
Baby any time this week.
Get an old house, find a back yard, buy some flowers down the street.
Tell your mother, tell your father, don't tell anyone at all.
All we need is just the two of us and ooh. . .

Baby seems we never ever agree
You like the movies
And I like T.V.
I take thing serious
And you take 'em light
I go to bed early
And I party all night
Our friends are sayin'
We ain't gonna last
Cuz I move slowly
And baby I'm fast
I like it quiet
And I love to shout
But when we get together
It just all works out

I take--2 steps forward
I take--2 steps back
We come together
Cuz opposites attract
And you know--it ain't fiction
Just a natural fact
We come together
Cuz opposites attract

Who'd a thought we could be lovers
She makes the bed
And he steals the covers
She likes it neat
And he makes a mess
I take it easy
Baby I get obsessed
She's got the money
And he's always broke
I don't like cigarettes
And I like to smoke
Things in common
There just ain't a one
But when we get together
We have nothin' but fun

I take--2 steps forward
I take--2 steps back
We come together
Cuz opposites attract
And you know--it ain't fiction
Just a natural fact
We come together
Cuz opposites attract

I take--2 steps forward
I take--2 steps back
We come together
Cuz opposites attract
And you know--it ain't fiction
Just a natural fact
We come together
Cuz opposites attract

Baby ain't it somethin'
How we lasted this long
You and me
Provin' everyone wrong
Don't think we'll ever
Get our differences patched
Don't really matter
Cuz we're perfectly matched

I take--2 steps forward
I take--2 steps back
We come together
Cuz opposites attract
And you know--it ain't fiction
Just a natural fact
We come together
Cuz opposites attract

Had everything I ever wanted in my life
Wasn't lookin' for nobody to be satisfied
Wasn't looking for a honey or a steady girl
'Til I turned around the corner
And you rocked my world

You were walkin' down the street
Body boomin' to the beat
You had everything complete
You was cold, too cold
And the funky things you said
Was like music to my head
And you turnded around and said
Baby let's go

You're so sexual
So intellectual, so emotional
You have everything I want,
Everything I need

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Upside down you're turning me
Ooh it's an emergency
Could it be I'm fallin' for your crazy love
I want your body next to me
Ooh with such an urgency
Could it be I'm fallin' for your crazy love

I hear everybody talkin'
That your mind ain't right
And my friends say
I gone crazy girl but that's alright
'cause the things we do together
They mean so much more
Boy you got me feeling things
I've never felt before

You're so sexual,
So intellectual, so emotional
You have everything I want,
So intellectual, so emotional
You have everything I want,
Everything I need

Lost in a dream;
I don't know which way to go.
A-let me say if you are all that you seem,
Then baby, I'm movin' way too slow.
I've been fooled before;
Wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door.
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me ,
Do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Straight up, now tell me,
Is it gonna be you and me together,
Oh, oh, oh, or are you just havin' fun

Time's standing still waiting for some small clue.
I keep getting chills when I think your love is true.
I've been a fool before;
Wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door.
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me ,
Do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Straight up, now tell me,
Is it gonna be you and me together,
Oh, oh, oh, or are you just havin' fun

You are so hard to read.
You play hide and seek with your true intentions.
If you're only playin' games, I'll just have to say:
A b-b-b-bye, b-b-b-b-bye.
Do, do you love me, do you love me, baby?
Do, do you love me, do you love me, a hey baby?
Do, do you love me, do you love me, baby?
Do, do you love me, do you love me, a-tell me baby!

I've been fooled before;
Wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door.
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me ,
Do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Straight up, now tell me,
Is it gonna be you and me together,
Oh, oh, oh, or are you just havin' fun

Straight up, now tell me ,
Do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Straight up, now tell me,
Is it gonna be you and me together,
Oh, oh, oh, or are you just havin' fun

Such a mess, such a funny feeling
I must confess, I never felt like this before
Runnin' hot, runnin' my emotions
Your lovin' shock, goes through me like an open door
Ooh my heart's in animation
And beating in double time

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State of attraction
Somehow you make my body come alive
My arms want to hold ya
My lips want to kiss
Ya make me want to want you

This is strange, this is all a new thing
What a change, I know that real life ain't like this
Goin' mad, I'm goin' past the love zone
I've got it bad, I've got it so I can't resist
I'm in a deep suspension
A limbo void of time, I'm in a

State of attraction
You're just a magnet to this heart of mine
These eyes want to know ya
These hands want to touch
Cause I'm affected by you, I'm in a

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Pick and roll me off the wall

This is love science, a chemical reaction
Ooh baby, to resist ain't worth tryin'
Cause once ya start the action, you're in a

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Hey baby, just remember I'm forever your girl.
Baby, forever, and ever and ever, you know I am.

Baby, pick your head up, (head up)
come on and look me in the face,
'cause I can tell that something is bringin' you down.
(Why are you down?)
Is it the rumor that another boy wants to take your place?
(I hear he's after your heart.)
Have you been hearin' the stories?
They're goin' around.
(All of my friends are talkin'.)
Baby, just remember I gave you my heart,
ain't no-one gonna tear us apart.
He can promise the moon and the stars above,
even if he promised me the world;

Just remember I'm forever your girl.
He could promise the world.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl.

Honey, listen to me,
Your love is all I need.
You should know that I don't need nothin'
That money can buy.
So if a boy were to come along
And try to make me leave you,
(Girl, I'd go out of my mind.)
There'd be no reason to worry,
I'm tellin' you why.
(I need to hear that you really love me.)
Baby, don't you know that I love you,
And I'd never put nobody above you.
He could promise the moon and the stars above,
Even if he promised me the world.

Just remember I'm forever your girl.
He could promise the world.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl.
I'm forever your baby.

Just remember I'm forever your girl.
He could promise the world.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl.
When the mountains crumble in to the sea,
that's the day someone will come between you and me.
Baby, just remember I gave you my heart,
ain't no-one gonna tear us apart.
Baby, he could promise me diamonds,
even in he promised me pearls;
honey, you know I ain't lyin',
listen as I tell it to the world.

Just remember I'm forever your girl.
He could promise the world.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl.

Girl you know I love you,
And I always will.
If we live till forever,
I'll be lovin' you still.
just remember I'm forever your girl.
He could promise the world.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl.
I'm forever your baby,
I'm forever your girl.
I'm forever your baby,
I'm forever your girl.

It all went down at the cantina that she liked
Everyone would watch her as she danced all through the lights
She was the center of attraction in him mind
Maria thought she'd never find a man worth her time
Oh he came into the room
Oh she really liked the way that he began to move
They were in the mood for romancin'
There's a fire in little Havana
Flame so hot you can't stand it
Things are getting a little crazy
Someone better tell them that

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Love don't come that easy
(I know you're ready boy)
We've got to control all emotions that we're feeling
Love don't come that easy
We've gotta be strong
Swing
We've gotta stay strong
Straight

As he took her in his arms
She got an instant chill
A sense of passion
She thought no one could make her feel
Their bodies moved with such intensity
The lights went down
Made sighs of pleasure
Like there was no one else around
Ooh now she's in the mood
Ooh to show him what she wants to do
She's got him crazy
There's a fire in little Havana
Flame so hot you can't stand it
Things are getting a little crazy
Can you feel it
(Yeah)
Are you ready
(Yeah)

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