An Evening With Diana Ross

(burt bacharach/hal davis)

Here i am
Here i'll stay
All of my life we'll be together you and i
I was afraid but now my doubts and fears are gone

Here i am
And here i'll always stay
Wanting you, needing you
Don't let me go a single day without your love
You are the one thing i'm certain of
Here i am

(georgia dobbins/robert bateman/william garret/brian holland)

Oh yes, wait a minute mister postman
Hey, hey, hey, hey mr. postman
Just a little bit soul

Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder

Stevie wonder and fingertips
Yes
Gladys knight & the pips
The four tops
Martha reeves & the vandellas
The temptations

(j. turner/g. parsons/sir c. chaplin)

Smile,
Though your heart is aching
Smile,
Even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by

If you smile,
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile,
And maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear maybe ever so near

That's the time
You must keep on trying
Smile,
What's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you,
Just smile

That's the time
You must keep on trying
Smile,
What's the use of crying
You'll find that life
Life is still worth while
If you just smile

(brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.)

You've given me a true love
And every day i thank you love
For a feeling that's so new
So inviting, so exciting

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
A tender melody
Pulling me closer
Closer to your arms

Then suddenly, i hear a symphony
Ooh, your lips are touching mine
A feeling so divine
'till i leave the past behind
I'm lost in a world
Made for you and me

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
Play sweet and tenderly
Every time your lips meet mine now baby

Baby, baby
You bring much joy within
Don't let this feeling end
Let it go on and on and on
Now baby, baby
Those tears that seem my eyes
I cry not for myself
But for those who never felt the joy we felt

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
Each time you speak to me
I hear a tender rap so dy of love now

Baby, baby
As you stand holding me
Whispering how much you care
A thousand violins fill the air

Now baby, baby
Don't let this moment end
Keep standing close to me
Ooh, so close to me, baby, baby
Baby, baby
I hear a symphony
A tender melody

(b. holiday/h. nicholas)

Lady sings the blues
She got them bad
She feels so sad

Wants the world to know
Just what the blues is all about

The blues ain't nothing
But a pain in your heart
When you got a bad start
You and your man have to part

Lady sings the blues...

(john phillips)

Girls, they are so lovely
Oh girls, girls, oh, please love me
Girls run around in your head
'till you wish you had boys instead
Girls, they are such fragile stuff
That you just can't get enough

Oh girls, girls
They are impossible
Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

Do i have girls?
Let me tell you about some girls
I have three girls
Rhonda, tracee and chudney

I have girls in my bathroom
Girls in my closet
Girls wearing my shoes, my lipstick, my perfume
Sleeping with my husband
What was that?

They say your life changes when you have kids
Bring it way down, gill
You know your life doesn't change
It ends...

(stephin sondheim)

Don't you love farce?
Isn't it queer
Losing my timing this late in my career?

Where are the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Don't bother, i may...

(johnny bristol)

I wouldn't change a thing
If i had to live my life all over
I wouldn't change a thing
If i had to live my life all over

I lived a life that's full
Many times i had to pull my way to the top
Never knowing where i'm gonna stop
I made my mistakes
But lord, what i learned
It led me straight to you babe
And that's my only concern

I wouldn't change a thing
If i had to live my life all over
Oh, i'd do it all again
If i had to live my life all over

It saddens me to think
That somewhere along the way
I'd change my course
And i wouldn't be here today
So i'll take my ups and downs
And bear it with a smile
Cause it brought me straight to you babe
And it makes it all worthwhile

I wouldn't change a thing
If i had to live my life all over
I'd do it all again
If i had to live my life all over

Here i am
Here i'll stay
Here i am
Here i'll stay...

(brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.)

Ooh baby love, my baby love
I need you, oh how i need you
But all you do is treat me bad
Break my heart and leave me sad
Tell me, what did i do wrong
To make you stay away so long

'cause baby love, my baby love
Been missing ya, miss kissing ya
Instead of breaking up
Let's do some kissing and making up
Don't throw our love away
In my arms why don't you stay
Need ya, need ya
Baby love, ooh, baby love

Baby love, my baby love
Why must we seperate, my love
All of my whole life through
I never loved no one but you
Why you do me like you do
I get this need

Ooh, ooh, need to hold you
Once again, my love
Feel your warm embrace, my love
Don't throw our love away

Please don't do me this way
Not happy like i used to be
Loneliness has got the best of me
My love, my baby love

I need you, oh how i need you
Why you do me like you do
After i've been true to you
So deep in love with you

Baby, baby, ooh 'til it's hurtin' me
'til it's hurtin' me
Ooh, baby love
Don't throw our love away
Don't throw our love away

(a. lyman/g. arnheim/a. freed)

I cried for you
Now it's your turn to cry over me
Every road has a turning
That's one thing i'm learning

I cried for you
What a fool i used to be
Now i found two eyes
A little bit bluer
I found a heart
Just a little bit truer

I cried for you
Now it's your turn to cry over me

I cried for you
Now it's your turn to cry over me
Every road has a turning
That's one thing i'm learning

I cried for you
What a fool i used to be
Now i found two eyes
Just a little bit bluer
I found a heart
Just a little bit truer

That i cried for you
Now it's your turn to cry over me

(b. holland/l. dozier/e. holland, jr.)

I need love, love
To ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine
But mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
You got to trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

But how many heartaches
Must i stand before i find a love
To let me live again
Right now the only thing
That keeps me hangin' on
When i feel my strength, yeah
It's almost gone
I remember mama said:

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take

How long must i wait
How much more can i take
Before loneliness will cause my heart
Heart to break?

No i can't bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
But when i feel that i, i can't go on
These precious words keeps me hangin' on
I remember mama said:

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

No, love, love, don't come easy
But i keep on waiting
Anticipating for that soft voice
To talk to me at night
For some tender arms
To hold me tight
I keep waiting
I keep on waiting
But it ain't easy
It ain't easy
But mama said:

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said to trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take

(richard rodgers/lorentz hart)

I get too hungry for dinner at eight
I like the theatre but never come late
I never bother with people i hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the crap games with barons and earls
Won't go to harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like that cool fresh wind in my hair
Life without care
I'm broke, it's oke!
Hate california
It's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

I get too hungry for dinner at eight
I like the theatre but never come late
I never bother with people i hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the crap games with barons and earls
Won't go to harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like that cool fresh wind in my hair
Life without care
I'm broke, it's oke!
Hate california
It's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

If you need me, call me. no matter where you are, no matter how far. just call my name. i'll be there in a hurry. on that you can depend and never worry.
(you see, my love is alive it's like a seed that only needs the thought of you to grow. so if you feel the need for company, please, my darling, let it be me. i may not be able to express the de
F the love i feel for you, but a writer put it very nicely when he was away from the one he loved. he said down and wrote these words:)

No wind, (no wind) no rain, (no rain)
Nor winter's cold
Can stop me, babe (oh, babe) baby (baby)
If you're my goal

No wind, no rain,
Can stop me, babe
If you wanna go

I know, i know you must follow the sun
Wherever it leads
But remember
If you should fall short of your desires
Remember life holds for you one guarantee
You'll always have me

And if you should miss my love
One of these old days
If you should ever miss the arms
That used to hold you so close, or the lips
That used to touch you so tenderly
Just remember what i told you
The day i set you free

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (say it again)
Ain't no river wild enough
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (say it again)
Ain't no river wild enough
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Nothing can keep me
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (one more time)
Ain't no river wild enough (say it again)
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Nothing can keep me
To keep me from you

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can

(just try)
Take a little time out of your busy day
To give encouragement
To someone who's lost the way
(just try)
Or would i be talking to a stone
If i asked you
To share a problem that's not your own
We can change things if we start giving
Why don't you

Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can

(just try)
If you see an old friend on the street
And he's down
Remember his shoes could fit your feet
(just try)
Try a little kindness you'll see
It's something that comes very naturally
We can change things if we start giving

Why don't you
Reach out and touch
Why don't you (why don't you)
Reach out and touch somebody's hand

Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can

(p. graninger/e. robbins)

There ain't nothin' i can do
Or nothing i can say
That folks don't criticize me
But i'm gonna do what i want to anyway
And i don't care just what people say

If i should take a notion to jump into the ocean
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

If i go to church on sunday then cabaret all day monday
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

If my man ain't got no money and i say take all mine honey
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

If i give him my last nickle and it leaves me in a pickle
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

I'd rather my man would hit me than for him to jump up and quit me
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

I swear i won't call no coppa if i'm beat up by my poppa
't ain't nobody's bizness if i do

Nobody's bizness, ain't nobody's bizness
Nobody's biznes if i do

(m. masser/g. goffin)

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Do you get
What you're hoping for
When you look behind you
There's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know...?

Once we were standing still in time
Chasing the fantasies
That filled our minds
You knew how i loved you
But my spirit was free
Laughin' at the questions
That you once asked of me

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Now looking back at all we've planned
We let so many dreams
Just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long
Before we'll see
How sad the answers
To those questions can be

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Do you get
What you're hoping for
When you look behind you
There's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know...?