Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Henry Glover

Producer: Jerry Wexler

It brings big tears into my eyes
When I began, when I began to realize
That I've cried so much, oh since you've been gone
I guess I'll drown in, drown in my own tears

I've been crying just like a child
These tears of mine, these tears are running wild
And if you don't think, if you don't think that you'll be home soon
Baby, I'm gonna drown, oh yeah, in my own tears

Here without you
I get so lonely and I so get blue, yes I do
It seems to keep raining
Raining, raining more and more

Here without you, baby
I so get lonely and I get so blue
Whatever the time I look around it's raining
More and more and more and more and more

Why can't you, why can't you, why can't you come on home?
Because I don't wanna be, I don't want to be here all alone
Listen, if you don't think, If you don't think that you're coming home soon, you got to be a [?]
I believe I'm gonna drown this morning
I'll tell you that I'm gonna, gonna drown this evening
Don't let him let me, don't let him let me, don't let him let me, don't let him let me
Drown in my own tears
I don't wanna drown in my own tears
I'm gonna drown in my, oh, in my own tears
Tears, my tears, tears
Oh, don't let him do it, don't let him do it
I don't want to drown in my own tears

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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