Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Tom Dowd

[Chorus]
If you don’t think
You can trust anybody’s love in this world
Darling trust mine [x2]

[Verse 1]
Because it means so much to me
For you to know that i’m real
I’ll stand by your side
And our love will be our shield

[Chorus]
If you don’t think
You can trust anybody’s love in this world
Darling trust mine

[Verse 2]
I know you’ve had many disappointments
It’s in the making of the world going ’round
Happiness and heartaches share the same bed
The happy side’s where my love can be found
Oh darling, it means so much for me to find
Lord, help me find your love
And i’ll keep on trying
Under the sun that shines above

[Chorus]
If you don’t think
You can trust anybody’s love in this world
Trust mine

[Bridge]
It means so much to me
For us to find each others love
And i’ll keep on trying
Under the sun that shines above

[Chorus]
If you don’t think
You can trust anybody’s love in this world
Trust mine

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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