Deniece Williams

Released: August 6, 1976

Songwriter: Clarence McDonald Fritz Baskett Deniece Williams

Producer: Charles Stepney Maurice White

[Verse 1]
If you don't believe all the tears in my eyes
I cried for ya
If you don't believe all the nights with you gone
I sighed for ya

[Chorus]
And if you don't believe while you're away
That my life gets emptier with each breath that I take
Now I must concede that it's you I truly need
So I try for you

[Post-Chorus]
Missing lover
Where are ya?
Oh, where?

[Verse 2]
If you don't believe all the sad, lonely songs
I sing for ya
If you don't believe it's my heart in my hands
That I'll bring for ya
If you don't believe every step that I take
I'm weak for ya
If you don't believe that each word I speak
I speak for ya

[Chorus]
And if you don't believe while you're away
That my life gets emptier with each breath that I take
And now I must concede that it's you I truly, truly need
So I try for you

[Post-Chorus]
Missing, missing lover
Where, where are ya?
Oh, oh, oh, where, where?

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
And if you don't believe while you're away
That my life gets emptier with each breath that I take
And now I must concede that it's you I truly, truly need
So I try, and I try, and I try for you, yeah

[Harmonizing]

[Outro]
So I try, so I try, I try
Baby, I try for you, mhm

[Instrumental]

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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