Aretha Franklin

[Verse 1]
I can feel your blackness, and your manhood, and your love
I can touch your whiteness, and your oranges, and your power

[Chorus]
Spain (Spain)
Yes, Mister Spain (Spain)
They going to put a star beside your name
Yes, they are, Mister Spain

[Verse 2]
I can speak your own language - if you listen, you will hear
I understand your crying, I understand your fear
And I know that you're lonely (Lonely), yes, I do (Yes, I do...)
And I know what you're missing (Missing) - baby, you do, too

[Chorus]
Mister Spain
No, don't do that, Mister Spain
Don't you put another needle in your vein, oh
Mister Spain, please

[Verse 3]
I can feel it raining on your secrets and your dreams
And I understand your reasons, and I know what you mean
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do

[Chorus]
Spain (Spain)
Please, Mister Spain (Spain)
Don't you let nobody's daughter feel your shame
(I love you, Mister Spain)
Your shame, your shame, Mister Spain
(I love you, Mister Spain, ooh, ooh)

[Bridge]
Spain, Spain, Spain

[Verse 4]
I can feel your blackness, and your manhood, and your love
I can touch your whiteness, and your oranges, and your power
So let me hear your laughter, right away
You can turn around now, it's okay

[Outro]
Mister Spain
Ooh, Mister Spain
They're going to put a star beside your name
Laugh, laugh, Mister Spain
Laugh, Mister Spain
Whoa-oh, laugh, Mister Spain
Laugh, Mister Spain
Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, oh, Mister Spain
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh oh-oh-oh-whoa

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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