Take me to the river (1974)     (video)

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1. I don't know why I love you like I do

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after all these changes that you put me through.

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You stole my money and my cigarettes

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and I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet.

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I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay ?

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Take me to the river and wash me down !

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Won't you cleanse my soul, put my feet on the ground !

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2. I don't know why she treated me so bad,

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look at all the things that we could have had.

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Love is a notion that I can't forget,

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my sweet sixteen I will never regret.

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I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay ?

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+ Hold me, love me, please me, tease me,

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till I can't, till I can't, can't take no more !

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Take me to the river !

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3. I don't know why I love you like I do

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after all the things that you put me through.

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The sixteen candles are burning on my wall

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turning me into the biggest fool of them all.

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I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay ?

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I wanna know, take me to the river !

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I wanna know, want you to dip me in the water !

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I wanna know, won't you wash me in the water ?

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Wash me in the water, wash me in the water !

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Won't you wash me in the water ?

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Feeling good...

(Al Green)