Deniece Williams

Songwriter: Deniece Williams

Producer: Maurice White

This time it's over
This time there'll be no coming back
All the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me

We now divide the things
We once shared as a team
All the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me

You say you can't understand
Why I must leave
You say you can't understand
Why I'm displeased

You say that I should know
You did the best you could
You say you knew someday
That leave I would
(Leave I would, leave I would, leave I would)
Leave I would
(Leave I would, leave I would, leave I would)

Ba-di-yow
Ba-di-ya-ah-ah
Ba-di-yow

It seems so very strange
That we shall never love again
'Cause all the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me

We now go our separate ways
And loneliness's the price to pay
'Cause all the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me

You say you can't understand
Why I must leave
You say you can't understand
Why I'm displeased

You say that I should know
You did the best you could
You say you knew someday
That leave I would
Leave I would
I said I'm leaving

Ba-di-yow
Ba-di-ya-ah-ah
Ba-di-yow

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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