Deniece Williams

Songwriter: Eric Eisner

Producer: Maurice White

Ba, ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba

As that train pulls out
I look back
At the tears falling from his eyes
How painful
Those goodbyes
Something in his lost expression
Seems to be asking why I go
Funny even I don't know

And I don't know where I'm going to
And I wonder what I'll find
And I think of how things might have been
With the boy I left behind

But I know there are two directions
(Seems too sad to leave)
To each and every railroad track
Does he know that I'm coming back

And I don't know where I'm going to
And I wonder what I'll find
And I think of how things might have been
With the boy I left behind

Ba, ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba

Baby, baby, baby
Comin' at you, baby
Whoo-whoo-whoo
Whoa-whoa-whoa

Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, can't you hear me calling your name?
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo...
Calling after you
After you, after you

Deniece Williams (born name June Deniece Chandler) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. She was born June 3, 1950. She has been described as “one of the great soul voices” by the BBC. Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether.

As Deniece Chandler, she recorded for The Toddlin' Town group of labels. One of those early records, “I’m Walking Away”, released on Toddlin’s subsidiary Lock Records in the late 1960s, is a favorite on England’s Northern Soul scene. In the early 1970s she became a backup vocalist for Stevie Wonder as part of “Wonderlove”, lending her vocals on his albums Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. Williams also guested in 1974 on Syreeta Wright’s album Stevie Wonder Syreeta as well as Minnie Riperton’s Perfect Angel album and a year later on Roberta Flack’s Feel Like Makin' Love.

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