Jody Watley

Released: October 12, 1993

Songwriter: Robert White Joey Diggs John “L.A. Jay” Barnes

Producer: Art & Rhythm

I was so lonely
I was left with no one to call my own
Then you came along, boy
And saved my heart from turning to stone

Baby, you and your lovely smile
Opened my heart wide as a country mile
Like a bird that had broken wings
Through you I have learned how to fly

I don't know what you do to me
When I think about you, yeah, it sets me free
I don't know what you do to me
But I'm gonna tell you, baby
Your love keeps working on me

Could I be dreaming?
I don't wanna wake up and find you gone
I never imagined, baby
That I feel like a queen on the throne

Do you know what, what you do to me?
You keep me flying high on this ecstasy
When you kiss me all over
Your passion burns straight through my heart

I don't know what you do to me
When I think about you, yeah, it sets me free
I don't know what you do to me
But I'm gonna tell you, baby
Your love keeps working on me

I don't know what you do to me
(Your love keeps working on me)
When I think about you, yeah, it sets me free
I don't know what you do to me
(Your love keeps working on me)
But I'm gonna tell you, baby
Your love keeps working on me

Don't you ever leave me, baby
'Cause I have never felt so good
I think about you every morning
I think about you late at night
I just can't seem to get you off my mind

I don't know what you do to me
When I think about you, boy, it sets me free, yeah
I don't know what you do to me
But I've got to tell you, boy
Your love keeps working on me

I don't know what you do to me
(Your love keeps working on me)
When I think about you, yeah, it sets me free
I don't know what you do to me
(Your love keeps working on me)
But I got to tell you, baby
Your love keeps working on me

Don't know what you do to me
Your love keeps working, working
Don't know what you do to me
But I got to tell you, baby
Your love keeps working on me, yeah, yeah

Your love keeps working on me
Your love keeps working, working
Your love keeps working on me
Say, I got to tell you
Your love keeps working on me

Your love keeps working on me
Your love keeps working on me
Your love keeps working on me
Your love keeps working on me

Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

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