Epiphany: The Best Of Chaka Khan, Volume One

All night and day
Just chippin' away
It's all in a day's work
Tryin' hard to defend
The time that i spend alone

The crown that you lose
Exploiting the blues
Won't get the job done
As hard as it bites
I'm keepin' my sights on you

Chorus:
What cha' gonna do for me
What cha' gonna do for me
What cha' gonna do for me
When the chips are down

In the cool of the night
When nothing seems right
The feeling can take you
Strange as it seems
You make your own dreams come true

If you try to conceal
The way that you feel
You're asking for trouble
Just as sure as i cry
I'm keeping my eye on you

Chorus (2x)

You don't have to tell me
I'm to blame for this
'cause what you hold against me
Is what i miss

Why'd you have to take me there?
You start the fire, then you put it out
I have to depend on my imagination
I didn't want to fade what you've been puttin' down

But then you say the word
Then i go under

Every time you go
Missing you so
Somethin' deep
Baby come around
Missing you now
Somethin' deep
(deeper, going deeper down without you honey)

It's more confusing by the hour
You set me free, but you don't go away
I try to think about somebody else
That's when i know i just can't help myself
So baby say the word and take me over

Every time you go
Missing you so
Somethin' deep
Baby come around
Missing you now
Somethin' deeply

Chorus:
I'm every woman, it's all in me
Anything you want done, baby
I'll do it naturally
I'm every woman, it's all in me
I can read your thoughts right now
Every one from a to z

I can cast a spell
With secrets you can't tell
Mix a special brew
Put fire inside of you
But anytime you feel
Danger or fear
Instantly i will appear, 'cause

Chorus

I can sense your needs
Like rain on to the seeds
I can make a rhyme
Of confusion in your mind
And when it comes down
To some good old fashioned love
That's what i've got plenty of, 'cause

Chorus

I ain't braggin' 'cause i'm the one
You just ask me ooh and it shall be done
And don't bother to compare
'cause i've got it
I've got it, i've got it, yeah

I'm every woman (repeat and fade)

Melle mel:
Chaka, chaka, chaka, chaka khan
Chaka khan, chaka khan, chaka khan
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, that's all i wanna do
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, let me feel for you
Chaka khan let me tell you what i wanna do
Do you feel for me, the way i feel for you
Chaka khan let me tell you what i wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
Let me take you in my arms
Let me fill you with my charms, chaka
'cause you know that i'm the one to keep you warm
Chaka, i'll make you more than just a physical dream
I wanna rock you, chaka
Baby, cause you make me wanna scream
Let me rock you, rock you

Baby, baby, when i look at you
I get a warm feeling inside
There's something about the things you do
That keeps me satisfied

I wouldn't lie to you, baby
It's mainly a physical thing
This feeling that i got for you, baby
Makes me wanna sing

Chorus:
I feel for you
I think i love you
I feel for you
I think i love you

Melle mel:
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, that's all i wanna do
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, let me feel for you
Feel for you

Baby, baby, when i lay with you
There's no place i'd rather be
I can't believe, can't believe it's true
The things that you do to me

I wouldn't lie to you, baby
I'm physically attracted to you
This feeling that i got for you, baby
There's nothing that i wouldn't do

Chorus

Yes sir, one more time
Say yeah
I feel for you (i think i love you)
I feel for you (i, i, i think i love you)

Melle mel:
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, that's all i wanna do
Chaka khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, chaka khan
Let me rock you, let me feel for you
Chaka khan won't you tell me what you wanna do
Do you feel for me, the way i feel for you
Chaka khan let me tell you what i wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
Let me take you in my arms
Let me fill you with my charms, chaka
'cause you know that i'm the one to keep you warm
Chaka, i'll make you more than just a physical dream
I wanna rock you, chaka
Baby, cause you make me wanna scream
Feel for you

I feel for you (oooh, feel for you)
I feel it too (oooh, feel for you)
I feel for you (oooh, feel for you)

Chorus

Here is my hand for you to hold
Here's the part of me they have not sold
I've wandered far, i've had my fill
I need you now, do you love me still

Only you have seen the hidden part of me
Call me foolhardy if you will
But i loved you when, do you love me still

So many smiles and lies surround me
Empty expectations, faceless fears
Sometimes this life is a bitter pill
I love you now, do you love me still

You have been mine since time untold
Our love is immortal, don't you know
Others will come, and they will go
But i loved you young, i love you old

Only you have seen, the other side of me
Call me naive, i think you will
But i loved you then, do you love me still

Here are the eyes that only see you
Here is the mouth that only calls your name
Here is the soul that can not kill
I love you now, do you love me still

It's not difficult
For me to say i love you
It wouldn't be difficult
If you would say the same
And believe me when i tell you
That i know you very well
I know you like i know my name

I think that i have met you
Somewhere in my dreams
I may never have met you at all
And i know you must be thinking,
"what a silly girl"
I know your every thought and scheme

I wake up to the feeling each morning
I go to bed to it at night
I know you, i live you

Chorus:
Like i feel a song in the morning
Like i see the moon at night
I know you as if i've known you all my life
I know you, i live you

One day you'll realize
That we're not strangers
If you open up your eyes
You'll know me too
And see that we were
Meant to be together, my dear
And all the rest is up to you

Bridge

Like i feel a song in the morning
Like i see the moon at night
I know you as if i've known you all my life
I know you, i know you
Like i feel a song in the morning
Like i see the moon at night
I think i know you more than you know yourself
I know you, i live you
Know you, live you
Know you, live you
Know you

And without me you'd stumble
And without you i'd fall
Without each other we would not be at all

So i walk a little too fast and i drive a little too fast
And i'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do
At the end of a love affair?

So i talk a little too much and i laugh a little too much
And my voice is too loud when i'm out in a crowd
So that people are apt to stare

Do they know, do they care, that it's only that i'm lonely
And low as can be?
And the smile on my face isn't really a smile at all!

So i smoke a little too much and i drink a little too much
And the tunes i request aren't always the best
But the ones where the trumpets blare!

So i go at a maddening pace, and i pretend that it's taking your place
But what else can you do, at the end of a love affair?

So i smoke a little too much and i drink a little too much
And the tunes i request aren't always the best
But the ones where the trumpets blare!

So i go at a maddening pace, and i pretend that it's taking your place
But what else can you do, at the end of a love affair?