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Maxi Priest - The Best Of Maxi Priest

  

Message In A Bottle

Groovin' In The Midnight

That Girl

Waiting In Vain

Set The Night To Music

Get Up Stand Up

Lion In The Jungle

Searching

Once Again It's Summertime

I Can See Clearly Now

As You Walked Away

One More Chance

If You Won't Forgive me

Close To You

 

 

 

Message In A Bottle

written by Sting

 

Just a castaway on an island lost at sea-oAnother lonely day, no one here but me-o

More loneliness than any man could bear

Rescue me before I fall fall into despair-o

 

chorus

I'll send an SOS to the world

I'll send an SOS to the world

I hope that someone gets my

I hope that someone gets my

I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle

Oh yeah message in a bottle ooh

 

A year has passed since I wrote my note

But I should have known this right from the start

Only hope can keep me together

Love can mend life but love can break your heart-o

 

repeat chorus

 

My message, my message, message in a bottle

 

Woke up this morning, I don't believe what I saw

A hundred million bottles washed up on the shore

Seems like I'm not alone in being alone

A hundred million castaways looking for a home

 

repeat chorus

 

Sending out an SOS message in a bottle

Sending out, sending out, sending out

Sending out an SOS

Sending out an SOS

Sending out an SOS

Reaching to the world my load

 

My message my message

Sending out an SOS

Sending out an SOS

Sending out an SOS

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Groovin' In The Midnight

written by D. Morales, M. Elliott, H. Tucker, M. Bennett

 

Oh oh oh

I want do it with you

I want do it with you

I want do it with you ah yeah

I want do it with you

I want do it with you

 

Uu Uu Uu

Oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

Grooving all night

 

chorus

Grooving in the midnight

Sailing on a summer breeze

Rocking with the passion

Taking it to ecstasy

 

repeat chorus

 

Is it my imagination

Or is this just a deal

I'm already jumping to conclusions

Ooh it feels so real

You say, the bottom line's excitement

Don't care how far we go

The night is young and calls for fun

But let's just take it slow

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

Did I read you right

Or do I take the cue

I'll make the first move

Then I'll leave it up to you

We can't go wrong

Feeling like we do

Let desire lead the way

And we'll just follow through

 

The sky's the limit

You say you're down with it

Soon we'll see if you're just playing cute on me hey

 

The sky's the limit

You say you're down with it

Soon we'll see if you're just playing cute on me hey

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

Oh yeah

I want to do with you

I want to do with you yeah yeah yeah

I want to do with you

I want to do with you oh yeah

I want to do with you

I want to do with you Uu Uu Uu

I want to do with you

 

Oh

The sky's the limit

You say you're down with it

Soon we'll see if you're just playing cute on me hey

 

The sky's the limit

You say you're down with it

Soon we'll see if you're just playing cute on me hey

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

All night all night rocking and grooving grooving all night

All night all night rocking and grooving grooving all night

 

If it's al right it's almost midnight we got moon light

If it's al right it's almost midnight we got moon light

 

If it's al right it's almost midnight we got moon light

If it's al right it's almost midnight we got moon light

 

Grooving in the midnight

Sailing on a summer breeze

Rocking with the passion ecstasy

 

Grooving in the midnight

Sailing on a summer breeze

Rocking with the passion ecstasy

 

Take it slow my my my my my

 

Let's get little closer hum

We get together and feel alright

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That Girl

written by G. Benson, M. Elliott, R. Livingston, S. Pizzonia, O. Burrell., B.T. Jones, S. Cropper, L. Steinberg, Al Jackson

 

The girl has got the touch

What she got is a little something

That kind of girl

Maxi Priest just make them know

 

She's the kind of woman

Who let's you know

When she knows what she wants

She won't let go

Takes you to a place of your fantasy

Walks you to the door

But she holds the key

 

chorus

That girl(ooh)that kind of girl

That girl(ooh)that kind of girl

 

No matter who you are

Or what you do

She knows how to click

In everything you do

She can make you hot

When it's cold outside

Take you on a high

Even make you fly

 

repeat chorus

 

Mmmmmmm, she's outspoken

I'm heartbroken

Just the kind of girl to keep my love life rolling

She's outspoken

I'm heartbroken

Just the kind of girl to keep my that that that

Girl to make you break your silence and speak

Just a glimpse upon the the silhouette make my knees

Get weak mmm mm

Baby baby so unique a reggaematic

Lover lover make her life complete

 

repeat chorus

 

She's the kind of woman

Whe knows the street

And even under pressure

She's smooth and sweet

No complications

Just attitude

Believes in what she's got

And she won't get used

 

repeat chorus

 

Well I'm weak to her touch

So vulnerable to her blush, love struck

That girl I got an instant crush

You can call me a lush, infatuation or just lust

The girl possess the stuff to

Make the man them oh ah

 

Holy Moses Lord it could have been me

Caught up in this trap and didn't wanna be

But I ain't no fool I was one step ahead

I had to let go cause I was over my head

 

repeat chorus

 

Gangster kind of lover

Cause she's the Shaggy kind of girl

Let them know

Sexy kind of lover

Let them know

Maxi kind of girl

 

She's outspoken

I'm heartbroken

Just kind of girl to keep my love life flowin'

She's outspoken

I'm heartbroken

She's the kind of girl to keep my that that girl

 

repeat chorus

 

I got to let them know

She's the kind of girl that captivates your soul

A rude girl type of lover

Shaggy and Maxi Priest definitely on the girl them case

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Waiting In Vain

written by B. Marley

 

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

 

Cause if summer is here

Now I'm still waiting there

Winter is here and I'm still waiting there

I'm still waiting there oh hey

 

Like I said,

It's been three years since I'm knocking on your door

And I still wanna knock some more

Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible, I wanna know now

For I to knock some more

Ya see, in love I know there's lots of grief

But your love is my relief

Tears in my eyes burn

Tears in my eyes burn

While I'm waiting

While I'm waiting for my turn

 

See

 

chorus

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love

I don't wanna wait in vain for your love 

I don't wanna I don't wanna 

I don't wanna sit here and waiting baby for your love

 

My love your love  

I don't wanna wait for your love 

I don't wanna I don't wanna 

Can't you see 

I don't wanna I don't wanna

Take it away 

 

I don't wanna wait in vain

 

I don't wanna

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Set The Night To Music

written by D. Warren

 

Set the night to music 

Set the night to music

  

Look at all the stars tonight 

Look at all the moonlight 

Look at us we're all alone 

Oh and it's just like a dream 

Like some romantic fantasy 

Darling come and hold me close 

We could be making love  

And with the slightest touch 

We could

 

chorus

Set the night to music we could  

Set the night to music we could  

Do what we want to do  

It'll only take me and you   

To set the night to music yeah 

 

We'll find a rhythm on our own 

Melt into it nice and slow 

Love ourselves away from here  

Your heart beating next to mine  

 

Perfect love in perfect time 

Watch the world just disappear 

This moment is ours to take   

And with the love we make  

We could

 

repeat chorus

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh  

Yeah yeah

 

This moment is ours to take 

And with the love we make  

And with the slightest touch 

We could

 

repeat chorus

 

We could be making love

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Get Up Stand Up

written by B.Marley, W. Macintosh

 

Get up stand up stand up for your rights

Get up stand up oh brother man don't give up the fight  

Get up stand up stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up oh don't give up the fight

 

Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth  

I know you don't know 

What life is really worth

It's not all that glitter is gold  

Half the story has never been told  

Now you see the light  

You're gonna stand up for your rights come on

 

Get up stand up oh brother man stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up oh my sister don't give up the fight  

Get up stand up stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up I beg you don't give up the fight

 

Most people think  

Great God will come from the sky, take away everything 

And make everybody feel high  

But if you know what life is worth  

Then you will look for yours on earth  

Now you see the light stand up for your rights

 

Get up stand up oh brother man stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up watch it my sister don't give up the fight  

Get up stand up stand up for your rights come on 

Get up stand up I beg you don't give up the fight

 

I know we're sick and tired of the isms-skims game

Dying and going to heaven in a Jesus name  

We know and we understand almighty God is a living man  

Fool some people sometimes  

But you can't fool all the people all the time  

Now you see the light

  

Get up stand up get up stand up 

Get up stand up stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up I beg you don't give up the fight  

Get up stand up oh my sisters stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up I beg you don't give up the fight

 

Oh never give up the fight

 

I beg you never give up the fight never give up the fight  

I beg you never give up the fight  

Bob Marley never give up no fight don't give up the fight  

Marcus Garvey never give up no fight oh ah hey

 

Get up stand up come on my brother stand up for your rights  

Get up stand up come on my sister I beg you don't give up the fight hey yeah  

Get up stand up come on my brother stand up for your rights 

Get up stand up come on my sister don't give up the fight 

 

Never give up the fight 

Keep on struggling  

Keep on moving  

Keep on juggling  

Keep on rocking 

Keep on moving  

Keep on dancing 

Oh I  

Never give up the fight 

Never give up the fight oh mighty God

Never give up the fight oh Lord

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Lion In The Jungle

written by M. Elliott, L. Heywood, D. Heywood

 

There's no love for humanity

 

For those who trust in all divinity

A faith in God will show you the way

For better living in a righteous way

 

You're trying to picture you just what we've learned

With wealth and health and what we've earned

In other times so easily spent

You fight so hard just to pay the rent

 

chorus 

Like a lion in the jungle  

Fighting against ther struggle just to stay alive  

Still I'm trying to be humble 

Stand firm not easily to be taken for a ride

  

Lord ooy Lord have mercy ah wooy

Know yourself and know what you wanna do 

Looking around and be nobody''s fool 

You think you've heard it all before

In life you learn there's a whole 

Just ease your mind and appreciate 

Just love in love and oh no hate 

We're protected by the Almighty One

With heads and heart we hold on strong

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

A fool at heart will never understand  

The woman's working the fathers plan 

And mothers crying day by day 

To stop the youth from going astray  

Let's be no ??? and start once more 

Be determined for the highest score 

Start to where you aim to finish 

Here comes the race and we're about to win it

 

repeat chorus 2x 

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Searching

written by M. Elliott, A. Glass, M. Beswick, R. Taylor

 

I've been a lot of places 

I've met a lot of people 

 

And it all seems to be the same

Looking for that something 

That very special something to fill that emptiness inside 

I know if we all put our hands in the father 

Only he has the answer 

And for that moment in time

Real love we'll find hey yeah

 

chorus 

Searching for the reasons to be free 

Looking for a love, looking for a higher love  

There's a greater love  

A greater love for you and me  

Searching for the dream making it a reality

 

We've got to save the children

And the air that we all breathe  

There's got to be some changes  

It takes us all to believe  

If we wanna be free

 

repeat chorus

 

Oh yeah

   

repeat chorus

 

Searching for the reasons to be free hey yeah hey yeah

There's a greater love

A greater love for you and me

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Once Again It's Summertime

Traditional song arrangement of "Aura Lee" written by N. Wood, M. Becker

 

Once again it's summertime together you and I  

Find an island far away­ underneath blue skies 

Once again it's summertime together dreams come true  

Clear blue skies just like your eyes  

Darling I love you

 

Once again it's summertime walking on the shore 

Joy and beauty everywhere I love you more and more 

Once again it's summertime together dreams come true  

Clear blue skies just like your eyes  

Darling I love you

 

I love you  

I love you alright I like that

  

Once again it's summertime together we can stay ­  

Forever in this magic place you'll always here me say

Once again it's summertime together dreams come true  

Clear blue skies just like your eyes  

Darling I love you ooh baby oh baby

 

Once again it's summertime together dreams come true  

Clear blue skies just like your eyes  

Darling I love you

 

Once again it's summertime together dreams come true 

Clear blue skies just like your eyes

Darling I love you

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I Can See Clearly Now

written by J. Nash

 

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone  

I can see all obstacles in my way  

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind  

It’s gonna be a bright bright  

Sunshiny day

 

I think I can make it now, the pain has gone  

All of the bad feelings have disappeared

Here is the rainbow I’ve been praying for  

It’s gonna be a bright bright, bright bright 

Sunshiny day.

  

Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies 

Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies

   

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way 

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It’s gonna be a bright bright

Sunshiny day

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As You Walked Away

written by Ryo Aska

 

Nah easy on ruff neck go  

Coming out there rude boy  

Let's go without saying  

Watcha woman  

Lord ah mercy Shage and Aska

Shaggy Maxi Priest what a wicked combination 

Lord ah mercy

  

Yesterday I thought I was the luckiest around

And little did I know that you were gonna take me down 

Cause a thousand tears won't wash away the pain 

Cause the more I think of you just leaves me hanging'out in the rain

  

I got to find a way to keep a hold onto my pride (I wanna hold you girl) 

Cause I know that even when you left you took my side 

And the love you felt for me will always be (You'll always be by my side) 

But you had to go, get out on your own

Take a look at the world you don't see (Watch this) 

 

No you never skipped a beat when you walked out on me

Like a butterfly I see, you're free (Dying to see your face girl)  

And a tear rolls down your cheek as you waved goodbye to me

But you kept on walking never skipped a beat (Japanese Princess)

  

Sometime I'll get used to spending my nights here on my own  

Then I have to learn to greet the morning all alone

Yesterdays we shared were like a dream (What a vision) 

And as I reach out for you baby and wonder what might have been

I tell myself we'll try again another time and place (Lovah ha ha

Everywhere I look I always see your face (Yes, Maxi tell her)  

We know this was never meant to be (How could it) 

So you had to go, just get out on your own girl, without me (Watch this) 

 

Still you never skipped a beat when you walked out on me  

Like a butterfly I see, you're free (Did you hear that) 

Then a tear rolls down your cheeks

And I knew it had to be

When you waved goodbye and walked away from me

 

I reminisce on your love and it's bringing me tears 

Now my heart skip a beat 

I wondered if she really cared 

I miss the stroking of your fingers through my facial hair 

Just the thought of you leaving really runs me scared 

I'm expressing my feelings 

Please don't think that I am weird 

You listen ah doberman ah with di internet affair 

I love ya bad, girl I'm sad  

And I'm missing all I had 

I know you left me an' gone

And it's driving me mad

  

Oh you never skipped a beat when you walked out on me 

Like a butterfly I see, you're free (Tell 'em again)

Then a tear rolls down your cheek

And you waved goodbye to me (She got me in tears)

But you kept on walking never skipped a beat (Yes rude boy)

 

 

And you never skipped a beat when you walked out on me (Wicked n'wild)

Like a butterfly I see, you're free (Dancehall style)  

Then a tear rolls down your cheek

As you walked away from me

But you kept on walking never skipped a beat

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One More Chance

written by M. Elliott, S. Law, T. Davy, L. Hamblin

 

Uh oh yeah  

There's no reason for hurting baby  

You know I'm on your side  

Cause I've been sitting here thinking about us baby  

And I wanna make it right oh yeah

  

Though I know I really stepped out a line before  

Time after time  

And you just got to believe in my promises baby  

Even though that's the last thing on your mind oh yeah

 

I know I realize all the things I've done wrong 

We must find a way to make our love grow strong

 

chorus

One more chance is all I ask, one more chance  

Just one more chance  

Got to believe in my promises baby  

One more try is all I ask, one more chance  

Just one more try hey hey hey

 

Uh oh

 

Won't you please just reconsider baby  

Forget all the things I said and done  

For all it takes is just a little understanding  

Think of love and we'll make it right hey

 

I feel my life changing  

You changed me for the better  

Within my heart I know what's right  

We should be together

 

One more chance is all I ask  

Just one more chance  

Got to believe in my promises baby

 

One more try is all I ask, one more chance 

Just one more try hey hey hey uh oh  

I wanna do you right

 

One more try one more try baby  

I wanna do you right

 

I should've known better than to cause you pain oh~  

To let you down and turn away  

Let me do you right

 

Won't you give me one more try, won't you give me a one more try baby  

I wanna make it right, one more try  

I realized I know I was wrong all the things I said and done 

One more chance baby that's all I ask that's all I ask 

I wanna do you right

 

One more one more one more one more one more try  

Let me do you right

 

I should've known better than to cause you pain oh~  

To let you down and turn away 

One more chance oh baby  

It's all I ask I gotta make you mine

One more chance

  

One more one more one more one more one more try

Let me do you right

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If You Won't Forgive me

written by B. Steinber, R. Nowels, M. Elliott, P. Robinson

  

I know I did you wrong now baby cause you found out 

I know I really hurt you darling

Bet you think I'm evil now 

But it's not that simple darling

It's complicated 

I really love you baby oh yes I do

I'll be devastated

 

chorus 

If you won't forgive me

I'll break down and cry 

If you won't forgive me 

This heart of mine will surely die

I don't want nobody else I don't want nobody else

  

If you won't forgive me

I'll never never never never never forgive myself 

I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry baby, what can I say  

I'm so worried about you baby 

I guess that's the price I gotta pay 

Don't shut me out don't shut me out 

Out of your love light 

You'll condemn me to eternal night

 

repeat chorus

 

forgive myself forgive myself

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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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