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SoulvilleAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Titus Turner Morris Levy Henry Glover Dinah Washington

Producer: Robert Mersey

[Intro]
Soulville, soulville

[Chorus]
Come on and
Show me the way
To get to soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
(The way to go home)
Show me the way
To get to soulville, baby
Oh, that's where i belong
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Show me the way
To get to soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
(the way to go home)
Show me the way
To get to soulville, baby
Oh, that's where i belong

[Verse 1]
I'm gonna see some soul folks
Who know all the tricks
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
I'm gonna eat soul food
Well, now, it'll make you limber
It'll make you quick, it'll make you twist
Over the candlestick
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Going to soulville, honey
Show me the way to go home
(The way to go home)
Show me the way to
Get to soulville, honey
Oh, that's where i belong

[Verse 2]
Come on and lead me
Right on down to soulville
Right on down to soulville
I wanna go down to soulville
Right on down, yeah
Soul folks who
Know all the tricks
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
I'm gonna eat soul food
Well, now, it'll make you limber, yes, it will
It'll make you quick, it'll make you monkey
Over the candlestick
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
Ooh, soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
(The way to go home)
Lead me to soulville, baby
Oh, that's where i belong

[Outro]
Come on and lead me
Right on down to soulville
Right on down to soulville
Take me, honey
Right on down to soulville
I gotta make a phone call
Right on down to soulville
Oh, lead me, right on down
Lead me right on down
Talking 'bout the candied sweets
Down in soulville
I'm talking 'bout the black eyed peas
Down in soulville, oh, yeah
Yes sir, down in soulville

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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