Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: David Conley Joshua P. Thompson Gene Lennon Derrick Culler

Producer: David Townsend David Conley

[Verse 1]
Boyfriend I'm true to you, don't make me blue
I thought we had together and that everything was going okay
But than you started showing me another side of you
I've never seen before

[Chorus 1]
Nothing that I would do was ever enough for you boy, ooh baby
And that you're driving our Mercedes Benz
Loaned you a little cash to spend
But still that just wasn't enough, oh no

[Chorus 2]
'Cause what you see always seems to be what you sweat
Ooh, you're never satisfied, you're always wanting something better, yeah
That's the way you are, wanting more and more and more

[Verse 2]
My friends all think I'm crazy after everythin' that I know about you
I'm still having mixed emotions boy, they just don't want to fade away

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Bridge]
He's sweating, he's got to conquer, he's sweating by the hour
He's sweating, he's got the taste, still sweating on the flower
He's sweating, he can't stand it
He's making moves that's how he planned it
He's not satisfied with the best, he got to check out all the rest

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Outro] [x2]
What you see, you're never satisfied
Always wanting something better

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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