Hall & Oates

Songwriter: Daryl Hall

Producer: Arif Mardin Daryl Hall John Oates

F-ing short the loving lasts
I can't mix the future with the past
Can I stay close to you
I wanna stay close to you

You've got yours and I've got mine
And what we have in so hard to define
Just take a look at your life line
You've got a lot to shine
Let's say baby
I wanna know you for a long long time
Ooh baby
I wanna know you for a long long time

Oh darling, lady friend
We'll see each other when it's time to show
Just for a minute or for a year
But then again, don't you and I know

A time between our time together
It doesn't exist, it grows old forever
Just take a look at your life line
Ob baby, you've got a lot to shine
I know it baby
I wanna know you for a long long time
Ob and baby

I wanna know you for a long long time
I wanna know baby, I wanna know baby
Oh you've got a lot to live girl
So I wanna know you for a long long time
I wanna know, I wanna know
I wanna know baby
So much to live for girl
So much to live for girl
So I wanna know you baby
Wanna know you for a long long time
I wanna know, wanna know

Hall & Oates released the first of their 18 albums in 1972 on Atlantic Records. They would go on to sell 13 million albums and 6 million singles primarily during the 70’s and 80’s when they recorded their most prolific and profound music. They blended rock, jazz, soul, and pop create a genre they titled rock and soul.

While their technical musicianship, innovative songwriting styles, and popular live performances were praised, they also had a fruitful partnership with their manager Tommy Mottola, who was helped Hall & Oates break into music videos before they were popular and made profitable financial deals by helping them get on the ground level of and corporate sponsorship of tours. Hall & Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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