Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Leon Russell

Producer: Tom Dowd

[Verse]
I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, and i've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With millions of people watching
Now we're alone now and i'm singing this song for you
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, cause you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and i was singing my song for you
You taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholding nothing
You came out in front and i was hiding
But now i'm so much better
Listen to the melody because my love's is in there hiding
I know your image of me is not what i hope to be
I treated you unkindly baby can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Please can't you see through me

[Outro]
Now we're alone and i'm singing the song to you [x3]
I'm singing to you
I'm singing to you baby
Singing to you baby, yeah
Singing the song to you

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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