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Exactly Like YouAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh

[Intro]
I know why I've waited
I know why I've been blue, yeah
Because I've been waiting here for somebody, baby
Ah, yeah, exactly like you
Uh-huh

[Verse 1]
Why should we spend all of our money
On a show or two
When nobody makes those love scenes, honey
Ah, exactly like you

[Pre-Chorus]
Now you make me feel so grand
I want to give this world to you
And you make me understand
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
And schemes I'm scheming, yeah

[Chorus]
I know why my daddy
Taught me to be true, yeah
Because he was keeping me here for somebody, somebody, somebody
Exactly like you

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
Oh, exactly, ah baby
Like you
Exactly like you
Nobody, nobody, nobody but you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Exactly, exactly, exactly, oh, like you
Oh baby
Somebody, somebody

Aretha Franklin

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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