Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

The sister from Texas
Who's been many places
That's who I am

Don't get yourself uptight
Just trying to please me
I'm down with the flame

"Here for the moment, gone forever"
"Here for the moment, gone forever"
"Here for the moment, gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

Hard luck nights just like I see
I don't try to color it over with rose
Do you know that pride can kill ya?
I don't try to spike my pains with my nose
"People are: Here for the moment, gone forever"
"Here for the moment, then we're gone forever"
"Here for the moment, gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

I've seen 'em come and go
For as long as I been here
Yeah! There just ain't very much more now
That can make me cry
Yeah, yeah!
Woman was born to love
And to lose man and vice versa
There's just one more thing I gotta get up to
And that's the real, that I was born to die

Yeah, yeah, hey, hey
But I'm in there fighting everyday
Because I got a few more dreams in me
Yes I have!
And I wonder will the day come when every man
With a heartbeat will knows that he's free?

"Yeah, people are: Here for the moment"
"Then they're gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
(Forever) Then they're gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

"Yeah, here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

"Yeah, here for the moment"
"Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

"Here for the moment"
"Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
"(Forever) Here for the moment"
"(Forever) Gone forever"
Said the sister from Texas

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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Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

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Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)

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