Deniece Williams

Songwriter: Deniece Williams Lani Groves Fritz Baskett Clarence McDonald

Producer: Charles Stepney Maurice White

While you're gone, boy, do you wonder how I spend my day?
Thinkin' 'bout you and maybe in a special way
I could show you how I miss you more and more
'Cause after all, that's what friends are for

Are you tired? Do you think that you would like to nap?
By the fire I will hold you gently in my lap
And I'll count the minutes 'til you sleep no more
'Cause after all, that's what friends are for

All I want to do is to make life a little better for you
So I try so hard to keep what's ours together
Oh, there never could be another for me

Are you hungry? Think that you could use some wine?
And the music, did you have a certain thing in mind?
Dinner, wine and music starts to bore
Fluff the pillows on the floor and more
'Cause after all, that's what friends are for
'Cause after all, that's what friends are for

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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