Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Carolyn Franklin

Ain't nobody
(No...)
Going to turn me around no more
(No...)
Ain't nobody
(No...)
Going to turn me around
(No...)
Well I've learned my lesson and now I've see
Love ain't the thing for me
Ain't nobody
(Nobody, nobody, no...)
Don't turn me around
Turn me around
Turn me around
Turn me around

Ain't nobody
(No...)
Gonna talk sweet talk to me (No...)
(No...)
Ain't nobody (No...)
(No...)
Gonna tell me how sweet love can be (No...)
(No...)
I'm gonna take my love and put in on the shelf
Ain't gonna give it to nobody else
Ain't nobody
(Nobody, nobody, no...) Who's gonna turn me around
(Turn me around) Turn me around
Turn me around
Turn me around (Turn me around)

Love you've been so doggone mean
You shattered every one of my dreams
And you know I can't love nobody else
But still you left me here all by myself
Turned me around
You turned me around
You turned me around
You turned me around

I've learned my lesson and now I see
Love ain't the thing for me
Ain't nobody
(Nobody, nobody, no...) Baby who's gonna turn me around
(Turn me around) Turn me around
Turn me around
Turn me around (Turn me around)

Love, you've been so doggone mean
Love, you shattered every one of my dreams
You turn me around, stone around
You turn me around, stone around
You turn me around

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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