Aretha Franklin

Released: October 12, 1968

Songwriter: Ronnie Shannon

Producer: Jerry Wexler

You're a no good heartbreaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
And I don't know why
I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me
They tell me that you ain't no good
But oh, they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could

Well, I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
Because I ain't never (Never)
I tell you I ain't never (Never)
I ain't (Never)
Never, no, no
Loved a man, the way that I, I love you

Some time ago I thought
That you had run out of fools
But I was so wrong, so wrong, so wrong
You got one that you'll never lose
The way he treats me is a shame
How could he do me so bad
When baby baby, I'm the sweetest thing
That you ever had, yeah

Kiss me once again
Don't you never, never say that we're through
(Never) I tell you I ain't never
(Never) I ain't
(Never) Never, no, no
Loved a man, the way that I, I love you

I can't sleep at night
And I can't...
I guess I'll never be free
Since you got, your hooks, in me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I ain't never loved a man before
Ain't never loved one the way I do this one, no no
And I wanna leave it right here with you in Paris tonight
I ain't never had one man do me as bad
Not as quite as bad as this one, no no, but that's alright
What I'm gonna do is hold him
Yeah, I'm gon' hold on to him now
Oh, hold
Yeah, hold on to him now, because I...

Thank you very much

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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