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Maxi Priest - Bonafide

 

 

Just A Little Bit Longer

Close To You

Never Did Say Goodbye

Best Of Me

Space In My Heart

Human Work Of Art

Temptress

Peace Throughout The World

You

Sure Fire Love

Life

Prayer For The World

 

Just A Little Bit Longer

written by Handel, Tucker

 

You say you're hurting oh

Cause they say I'm flirting oh no

You just can't take it anymore

Your friends say I'm no good for you

But in my heart I'm so true

A partner for life we can be sure

You've asked me for some time to clear your mind

I stayed away it hurt so much

Without your touch

Now I'm back and you say

 

chorus

Just a little bit longer baby

For my love keeps growing stronger

A little more time to say

But in my head a love song plays

For you and me yeah ah oh

 

We played in the rain together

That feeling lives on forever

Memories that bring tears of joy

We've had our share of bad times too

Hurting each other me and you

It's brought us much closer in the end

Just too much we've both fought for

To put it all down the drain

I've stayed away just for a while

But now you're driving me insane

 

repeat chorus

 

I said all there is to say now

Hoping that you'll make me stay

Believe me I'm yearning for you girl

Hope there's a place in your heart

That remembers the good from the start

Just put me back where I belong

You asked me for some time to clear your mind

I stayed away it hurt so much

Without your touch now I'm back and you say

 

repeat chorus 3x

 

Just a little more time girl

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Close To You

written by G. Benson, W. Sela, M. Elliott

 

She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen

Living her life like a backstreet dream

Telling me lies when the truth was clear

I think she knew what I wanted to hear

Spinning me round like a wheel on fire

Walking on tightrope on love's high wire

Fatal attraction is where I'm at

There's no escape for me

 

chorus

I just wanna be close to you

And do all the things you want me to

I just wanna be close to you

And show you the way I feel

 

I feel love when I'm lying in the midnight hour

Holding you just like a dream

Love is never what it seems

When we touch and you're holding me the way you do

Girl you make my dreams come true

You make my dreams come true

 

repeat chorus

 

She was a Gemini on the cusp of Mars

She holds me back or she goes too far

Winding me up just to let me down

So emotionally gagged and bound

There was more to this than meets the eye

A devil woman locked inside

With the full moon rising I was scared

I think I was possessed

 

repeat chorus

 

I feel love every time your body's next to mine

Something deep inside of me

Wants to love you endlessly

When we touch girl you don't know how it makes me feel

I just can't believe it's real

I can't believe it's real

 

repeat chorus

 

She had an attitude I can't explain

You never know if you're in frame

Tying me up with elastic words

I'm on a countdown till I get hurt

Her blood was hot and she burned so bright

A neon sign there in the night

It's hard to say if I went too far

My heart still bears the scars

 

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you

 

She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen

Living her life like a backstreet dream

Telling me lies when the truth was clear

I think she knew what I wanted to hear (I just wanna be close to you)

Spinning me round like a wheel on fire

Walking a tightrope on love's high wire

Fatal attraction is where I'm at

There's no escape for me

 

I wanna be close to you

And do all the thing you want me to

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you baby

And show you the way I feel

I just wanna be close to you baby

And do all the thing you wanna me to

I just wanna be close to you 

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Never did Say Goodbye

written by M. Elliott, I. Green, J.P. Maunick

 

Just one more chance with you darling

Just one more chance

 

She wrote me her letters she no longer cared

But the tears upon the paper said she lied, she lied

If only I'd listened,if only I'd tried

Then this house would still have been a home

Oh tell me why it took us all so long to realize oh why

It's oh so obvious

 

chorus

Never did say goodbye  

She never stopped to say goodbye no  

Never did say goodbye   

She never stopped to say goodbye no

  

If I could be with you and hold back my pride 

And this love we'll make it bind  

We'll look to the future, remembering the past   

We'll never lose our way again

Oh tell me why it took us all so long to realize oh why 

It's oh so obvious

 

repeat chorus

 

Never did say goodbye

 

Just one more chance with you darling

How can I survive

Without a reason to go on

My baby's not here to love me

How can I forget without a reason to go on

My baby's not here to love me ooooh why

 

Never did say goodbye

Never turned and said a reason why

Just one more chance with you darling

Just one more chance yeah

Just one more chance with you darling

Just one more chance yeah

 

Never did say goodbye

Never turned and said a reason why

Never did say goodbye

Never turned and said a reason why

Just one more chance baby

Just one more chance yeah 

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Best Of Me

 written by M. Elliott, P. Hunningale

 

You get the best of me more than I can give

In every part of me just for you I live

 

We shared our lives together for so many years

Been through stormy weather shared the joys and tears

But oh this change of feeling has got me so confused

Feeling so rejected feeling like I'm used

 

What more can I say

What more can I do

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

chorus

You get the best of me more than I can give

In every part of me,just for you I live 2x

 

Seems I'm been to hell and back only just to please you

And you're still believing that I don't give a damn

Yes I've made my mistakes with no intend to hurt you

Tried so very hard just to make you understand

 

What more can I say

What more can I do

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

repeat chorus

 

Oh yeah oh yeah

Very best of me baby

Can't you see yeah

 

What more can I do

What more can I say

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

repeat chorus3x

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Space In My Heart

written by D. Austin, M. Elliott

 

All I really wanna do is get you babe

and hold you tight, never let you go

I promise you to close my eyes and wait a while and still find you there

Caring about me instead of just wasting my time

I gave you my heart, oh baby was that not enough

 

chorus

There's a space in this heart babe

Waiting for you yes there is baby

When you find where you're going

I'll be there too yes I will baby

 

I guess I never told you that I love you babe

But each moment was wrong

And I would die, if I never get the chance to show you how strong

I gave you my heart, yes I did babe was that not enough for you baby

 

repeat chorus

 

oh yeah

I'm gonna find a way, I love you babe, I love you babe

To make you mine

 

repeat chorus 2x

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Human Work Of Art

written by M. Leeson, P. Vale

 

No one on earth means more to me

And you're a painted picture

Of the way that the world should be

Don't ever change it

I don't wanna live in this world without you, oh no

 

And I can't explain, I can't define

What you do to me

My senses are so alive

You tell the story

And it's all that I ever believe, oh yeah

 

Portraits and poetry

Are frozen forms of perfection

But they don't live and breathe

And when my heart's in need

They don't answer me

 

chorus

You, you are you're a human work of art

You, you are you're a human work of art

 

You make me love, you make me care

You give me freedom I don't need

When I know you're there

My search is over

I've got all of the riches that money don't buy, oh yeah

 

Your words are poetry

Your face is more than perfection

That when I watch you move

It only goes to prove

That everything you do

 

repeat chorus

 

You're my mission

You're my girl

Ooh you liberate my soul

There's no illusion

That your touch is gold

 

Portraits and poetry

Are frozen forms of perfection

But they don't live and breathe

And when my heart's in need

They don't answer me

 

repeat chorus

 

Walking talking inspiration

You you're a human work of art

Walking talking inspiration

You you are you're a human work of art

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Temptress

written by M. Bennett

 

I don't beg love

And neither do I borrow, hey

 

chorus

Temptress I'm calling your bluff

Temptress I hope you can deliver the stuff

Temptress enough is enough

Let off ease up you're playing too rough

 

You've been tickling my fancy too long now hey

And girl my feelings have gotten so strong

I can't hold back the vibes no more

I think it's time we settle the score

No more promises no more guile

I got to settle the score right now

 

repeat chorus

 

Your friends they warned me about you long time ago hey

But I'm a different kind of man you know hey

I'm not the type you wrap round your finger

I'm not here to waste time I no linger

If you're not ready to deliver

Throw in your towel cause the game is over

 

repeat chorus

 

You're acting like a jezebel hey

You're acting like a jezebel

 

You've been tickling my fancy too long now ooh

And girl my feelings have gotten so strong hey

I can't hold back the vibes no more

I think it's time we settle the score

No more promises no more guile

I got to settle the score right now

 

repeat chorus

 

You're acting like a jezebel hey

You are gonna miss me tomorrow

Cause I don't beg love and neither do I borrow

Cause if you diss me today you are gonna miss me tomorrow

Cause I don't beg love and neither do I borrow

Neither do I borrow

You are gonna miss me tomorrow

Diss me today you are gonna miss me tomorrow

 

repeat chorus

 

You're acting like a jezebel hey

You're acting like a jezebel

Cause I don't beg love no way neither do I borrow

And neither do I borrow

I don't beg love and neither do I borrow

Cause if you diss me today you are gonna miss me tomorrow

You are gonna miss me tomorrow

Miss me tomorrow miss me tomorrow

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Peace Trhroughout The World

written by M. Elliott, J.P. Maunick

 

I say a little prayer

Hoping I'll be heard

Lord help the children to find peace in their time

I look around me, it all seems so wrong

Got to find a way to make it all right

 

chorus

Oh oh peace peace throughout the world

Just a little peace just a little peace

Peace throughout the world

 

War for money war for land

Tell me how long it's going to be before we understand

People of the world

It's time we get things straight

Cause if we don't get it together

It's gonna be too late

 

repeat chorus

 

In a world where peoples' feelings don't matter

In a world where people just don't care

I search the high and low to find myself an answer

Nothing seems to matter, no one seems to care

Take a look to the future

What do you see

Twentieth century going down on it's knees

If we ever get there what would we do

Cause there won't be nothing there for me and you

 

Let now be the time

Let peace be the vibe

Let's join together

And we'll strive to find a new way

To see it clear where you new existence

In which we can expect

Individually achievements peace of mind

Poverty ? all men kind

Make this world a better place

To be sure ??? the human race

 

Peace throughout the world ooh

Oh peace mmm

 

In a world where peoples' feelings don't matter

In a world where people just don't care

I search the high and low to find myself an answer

Nothing seems to matter, no one seems to care

Take a look to the future

What do you see

Twentieth century going down on it's knees

If we ever get there what would we do

Cause there won't be nothing there for me and you

 

repeat chorus

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You

written by G. Benson, W. Sela, M. Elliott

 

Seems I no longer score oh baby

 

Is there something you should tell me

Cause I feel the tension in the air

Maybe we should talk about it

Cause this silence I can't bear

And I'm not making no excuses

There's a million reasons why

We were once so good together

Now we're living separate lifes

 

chorus

Cause you don't love me anymore

Don't hurt the way I do crying over you

And you don't need me anymore

Don't see the tears I cry (when I'm) crying over you

 

One was such a lonely number

Then I realize the score

All you can do is change it

Let me hold you just once more

Cause every picture tells your story

And tonight I feel the blues

So afraid to think about tomorrow

All the love that we once knew

 

repeat chorus

 

I'm just living on a prayer

Hope I wake up, find you there

We can turn the world around us

And make it like yesterday

 

repeat chorus 3x

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Sure Fire Love

written by P. Yellowstone, P. Radford, M. Elliott

 

Said I'm needing you more well

Said I'm needing you more oh girl

 

The way you say it in your kisses darling

In everything you do

I just have to talk about you

You're there when the sun comes up

At night you make my dreams come true

Those little things that you do

 

And if I go away more than a day or tw

Each time I close my eyes

I say a little prayer for you

 

chorus

We've got a sure fire love, sure fire love

The more I think of you oh darling

We've got a sure fire love, sure fire love

Don't change the things you do yeah

 

We'll talk about the weather darling

Cause the way I feel inside

There's nothing but blue skies

And if we spend a little time together

That's how we keep our love alive oh well

 

And if I go away more than a day or two

Each night I close my eyes

I say a little prayer for you

 

repeat chorus

 

And if I go away more than a day or two

Each time I close my eyes

I say a little prayer for you

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

I love you the way you are girl

I love you the way you are yeah

Oh girl I love you

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Life

written by M. Elliott, P. Robinson

 

Life life

Just another weekend closing

There's another monday morning rising

Days they seem to get shorter hey

Right before my very eyes hey

 

chorus

Life everyday its getting harder

Oh life rougher everyday

Oh life everyday its getting harder

Oh life tougher everyday

 

Strike another match to light the fire

There's another mouth to feed

I send little Jimmy to fetch the water

Lord knows just how I feel

 

repeat chorus

 

Cause I'm feeling the pain yeah

Cause I'm feeling the pain

He who feels it knows it

As we're feeling the chill of a whistling breeze

Man made rules the system keeps us down

As we're fighting the fight for the young ones

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

rougher every day

oh life oh life

 

repeat chorus

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Prayer For The World

written by F. Musker, J. Scott

 

Not just another prayer

Not just another song

 

When I look at the darkness all around us

I feel like I'm loosin' control

So many people who just don't know where to go

Listen to me now

Not a song goes unsung

Not a voice goes unheard

Ooh I'm hanging on your every word

 

chorus

Say a prayer for the world

Only love can save us now

Say a prayer for the world

Believe that it's gonna be all right somehow

Every day it's a new day

Every day we start again

Say a prayer for the world

And send all your love to all creation oh yeah

 

Said the world is my pillow, where I rest my weary head

I'm not afraid of dying but I'm not thinking about leaving here oh no

And the voice says learn to sit in silence

Not a flower grows in vain

We must learn to cultivate the garden oh yeah

 

repeat chorus

 

And when the darkness rolls in

There's a light still shining yeah oh yeah

Suspended here in twilight

There's a road I'm finding yeah oh yeah

Say a prayer

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

Not just another prayer

Not just another song

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