Babyface

Released: September 18, 2007

Songwriter: Jim Croce

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1]
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

[Verse 2]
If I could make days last forever (Forever)
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you

[Chorus]
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you wanna do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I wanna go
Through time with

[Verse 3]
If I had a box just for wishes (just for wishes)
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

[Chorus]
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you wanna do
Once you find them (Once you find them, oh oh oh)
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with (Through time with, oh oh oh oh)

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (born April 10, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, and songwriter responsible for a string of hits in the 1980s and 1990s. He has written and produced more than 20 number-one hits and won 11 Grammys—including three for Producer of the Year—for his work with Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys, and Toni Braxton, as well as his own work as an artist.

Babyface got his nickname from funk legend Bootsy Collins after joining his backing band in the 1970s. He joined the group Manchild in the late ‘70s—a group that also included his frequent collaborator Daryl Simmons—before moving out West and working with the group The Deele in the early 1980s, forming a bond with his bandmate and future production partner L.A. Reid. After producing the hit “Two Occasions” for The Deele, L.A. & Babyface broke off and became one of the biggest superproducer duos in R&B, rivaling the hits of fellow superproducer duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

L.A. & ‘Face had their hands in a string of #1 R&B hits in the late '80s and early '90s from artists such as Pebbles (“Girlfriend”), Karyn White (“Superwoman”), The Whispers (“Rock Steady”), Johnny Gill (“My, My, My”) and many more. They were also instrumental in the success of post-New Edition era Bobby Brown as they produced his #1 hits “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Every Little Step,” “On Our Own,” and “Humpin' Around.” They made history with Boyz II Men in 1992 as they wrote and produced “End of the Road,” which spent a record-breaking 14 consecutive weeks atop the pop chart.

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