Songwriter: Leon Huff Kenneth Gamble Andrew Joseph Jefferson Daryl Simmons Babyface Charles Simmons LA Reid
Producer: Gladys Knight
[Intro]
See they don't know nothing
They don't know nothing
All this stuff been wound over and redone, it's alright
I'm glad their getting there
I've been in this business for a long, long time
And even I didn't know where the music is going for a while
And I was saying
When are they gonna find that magic?
When is the music gonna get back to simple and basic?
'Cause I wanna go back to a time when the music touched your heart and soul and your mind and your body!
I wanna go back to a time when there were blue lights in the basement
Ya'll know what I'm talking about!
I wanna go back to a time whеn slow dancing was still in style
And when you got out on the dancеfloor you touched your partner
You didn't have to look for him
I want go back to that time when the music made you feel like you wanted to fall in love
And you want to drive up to look-out mountain
And still have enough mystery in it not to tell what you did when you got there
I wanna go back to a time when the music was one
'Cause a part of my life sent me to the prom with my perm skirt on
Even if I did drive myself
I wanna go back, I wanna go find those people that made that kind of music, you know
And I just wanna tell them thank you
Thank you for giving us romance and mystery
I wanna find Nat king Cole and Billy Eckstein and Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the four Tops and the temptations and the pimps
I wanna find them
And I wanna just walk up to them and say you did it, you found that magic!
I just wanna, I wanna touch old Teddy Pendergrass
And I wanna tell him, thank you for saying
[If You Know Don’t Me By Now]
[Verse 1]
Of all the things that we've been through
You should understand me, like I understand you!
'Cause babe, I know the difference between right and wrong
Ain't gonna do nothing stupid to break up our happy home
Ahhh, don't get so excited if I come home a little late at night
'Cause we only act like children when we argue, force and fight, oh oh
[Chorus]
If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me, ohh! (No you won't!)
(Oh sing it one more time for me)
If you don't know me by now, you will never never never know me
Ohhhhoohhhhh!
[Interlude]
Then along came The Spinners, and Philippé said:
[Love Don’t Love Nobody]
[Verse]
Sometimes a boy will come and go
You'll reach for love
But life won't let you know
That in the end you'll still be loving him
But then his gone - Your all alone! Oooh!
I never learned (I never learned)
To give myself! (Oh no)
I've been a fool (Yes I have)
Right now I need someone else, well, well, well!
Just like little blue eyes
I brought my horn here for you!
Just leave me home
I should have gone
[Chorus]
It takes a fool to learn
That love don't love no nobody (Yes it does)
It takes a fool to learn (Oh)
That love don't love no nobody (Oh yes, it does)
It takes a fool to learn (Some times you gotta surfer)
That love don't love no nobody
It takes a fool to learn
That love don't love no one
[Interlude]
Ooh, I wanna go back to a time
When the music touched your heart and your soul and your mind and your body!
I wanna go back to a time when music made ya feel like falling in love!
One day, I was driving down the express way and this song came on the radio
I had to pull over to the side and stop 'cause I felt like just getting out and saying
Oh they finally found the message, they finally found the magic
I wanted to tell the thank you
Thank you Boyz II Men for telling the one more time
[End of the Road]
[Verse 1]
We belong together, and you know that Im right!
Why do you play with my heart?
Why do you play with my life?
Said we'd be forever
Said it'd never would die
How could you love me and leave me and never say goodbye?
Oh I can't sleep at night without holding you tight
Each time I try I just break down and cry
Baby, my head - Oh I'd rather be dead
Spinning around and around
[Chorus]
Why don't we go to the end of the road?
Still, I can't let go!
It's to natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
[Verse 2]
Boy, I know you really love me, you just don't realize (Don't realize)
You've never been there before - it's only your first time
Baby, I forgive you (Ooh baby, baby)
Baby, you'll try (Come on, baby)
We should be happy together forever, you and I
If you love me again like you've loved me before
This time I want you to love me much more (So much more)
This time instead just come to my face
Baby go with me - goooo!
[Chorus]
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
Go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
And I wanna say that I know that! (I know that)
I know that (I know that)
I know that (I know that)
Follow me
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you!
And I wanna say that I know that!
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you!
And I wanna say that I know that!
I gotta go! I gotta go 'til the end of the road!
I just can't, I just can't
It's so natural
You belong to me!
I belong to you!
I gotta go, I gotta go
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still I can't let go
It's so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
Go to the end of the road
Still, I can't let go
It's so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
[Outro]
It's something that we're all earning for, looking for, wanting for, hoping for until we find it. No, no, don't give up. It's the universal language that touches everybody. Love is the one common thing the world has in common, no matter who you are or where you live, the questions and answers are the same
See they don't know nothing
They don't know nothing
All this stuff been wound over and redone, it's alright
I'm glad their getting there
I've been in this business for a long, long time
And even I didn't know where the music is going for a while
And I was saying
When are they gonna find that magic?
When is the music gonna get back to simple and basic?
'Cause I wanna go back to a time when the music touched your heart and soul and your mind and your body!
I wanna go back to a time when there were blue lights in the basement
Ya'll know what I'm talking about!
I wanna go back to a time whеn slow dancing was still in style
And when you got out on the dancеfloor you touched your partner
You didn't have to look for him
I want go back to that time when the music made you feel like you wanted to fall in love
And you want to drive up to look-out mountain
And still have enough mystery in it not to tell what you did when you got there
I wanna go back to a time when the music was one
'Cause a part of my life sent me to the prom with my perm skirt on
Even if I did drive myself
I wanna go back, I wanna go find those people that made that kind of music, you know
And I just wanna tell them thank you
Thank you for giving us romance and mystery
I wanna find Nat king Cole and Billy Eckstein and Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the four Tops and the temptations and the pimps
I wanna find them
And I wanna just walk up to them and say you did it, you found that magic!
I just wanna, I wanna touch old Teddy Pendergrass
And I wanna tell him, thank you for saying
[If You Know Don’t Me By Now]
[Verse 1]
Of all the things that we've been through
You should understand me, like I understand you!
'Cause babe, I know the difference between right and wrong
Ain't gonna do nothing stupid to break up our happy home
Ahhh, don't get so excited if I come home a little late at night
'Cause we only act like children when we argue, force and fight, oh oh
[Chorus]
If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me, ohh! (No you won't!)
(Oh sing it one more time for me)
If you don't know me by now, you will never never never know me
Ohhhhoohhhhh!
[Interlude]
Then along came The Spinners, and Philippé said:
[Love Don’t Love Nobody]
[Verse]
Sometimes a boy will come and go
You'll reach for love
But life won't let you know
That in the end you'll still be loving him
But then his gone - Your all alone! Oooh!
I never learned (I never learned)
To give myself! (Oh no)
I've been a fool (Yes I have)
Right now I need someone else, well, well, well!
Just like little blue eyes
I brought my horn here for you!
Just leave me home
I should have gone
[Chorus]
It takes a fool to learn
That love don't love no nobody (Yes it does)
It takes a fool to learn (Oh)
That love don't love no nobody (Oh yes, it does)
It takes a fool to learn (Some times you gotta surfer)
That love don't love no nobody
It takes a fool to learn
That love don't love no one
[Interlude]
Ooh, I wanna go back to a time
When the music touched your heart and your soul and your mind and your body!
I wanna go back to a time when music made ya feel like falling in love!
One day, I was driving down the express way and this song came on the radio
I had to pull over to the side and stop 'cause I felt like just getting out and saying
Oh they finally found the message, they finally found the magic
I wanted to tell the thank you
Thank you Boyz II Men for telling the one more time
[End of the Road]
[Verse 1]
We belong together, and you know that Im right!
Why do you play with my heart?
Why do you play with my life?
Said we'd be forever
Said it'd never would die
How could you love me and leave me and never say goodbye?
Oh I can't sleep at night without holding you tight
Each time I try I just break down and cry
Baby, my head - Oh I'd rather be dead
Spinning around and around
[Chorus]
Why don't we go to the end of the road?
Still, I can't let go!
It's to natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
[Verse 2]
Boy, I know you really love me, you just don't realize (Don't realize)
You've never been there before - it's only your first time
Baby, I forgive you (Ooh baby, baby)
Baby, you'll try (Come on, baby)
We should be happy together forever, you and I
If you love me again like you've loved me before
This time I want you to love me much more (So much more)
This time instead just come to my face
Baby go with me - goooo!
[Chorus]
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
Go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
And I wanna say that I know that! (I know that)
I know that (I know that)
I know that (I know that)
Follow me
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you!
And I wanna say that I know that!
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still, I can't let go
Its so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you!
And I wanna say that I know that!
I gotta go! I gotta go 'til the end of the road!
I just can't, I just can't
It's so natural
You belong to me!
I belong to you!
I gotta go, I gotta go
Why don't we go to the end of the road, still I can't let go
It's so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
Go to the end of the road
Still, I can't let go
It's so natural, you belong to me, I belong to you
[Outro]
It's something that we're all earning for, looking for, wanting for, hoping for until we find it. No, no, don't give up. It's the universal language that touches everybody. Love is the one common thing the world has in common, no matter who you are or where you live, the questions and answers are the same