Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Eddie Hinton

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Aretha Franklin

Nineteen birds in a sycamore tree
Everyone with his own melody
They’re singing all together without a beat
Somebody tell me how come it all sound so sweet?

Brother bee caught the bear with his hands in the honey (Yes, it is)
Stung him all over till it wasn’t so funny (Oh)
It’s the law of the jungle man has got to survive
Seems like everything wants to wanna be alive (Wants to be alive), yes, it does

But it’s the motion in the ocean, the wind in the leaves
Two got something just trying to make three
Every natural thing has got its groove
I don’t know how it comes, it just do (It’s the natural thing)

(Love is a natural thing)

It takes two to make it true to keep the love lights burning (Yes, it does)
Ain’t nothing too it once you get it to turning (hey)
Let the feeling overrun you then snatch it back
I tell you, the push and the pull is a natural fact (push, pull)

But it’s the motion in the ocean, the wind in the leaves
Two got something just trying to make three
Every natural thing has got its groove
I don’t know how it comes, just as long as you do (It’s the natural thing)

Just like the stars, just like the rain
They’re all different but they’re all the same
I don’t know how else to tell you but go on and bet your money
On the natural thing, yeah

Love’s a natural thing (Natural thing)
Yes, it is, love’s a natural thing (Natural thing)
Tellin’ you that it’s a natural thing (Natural thing)
Do you believe that it’s a (Yes, it is)

Yes it is, love’s a natural thing (Natural thing)
Yes it is, love’s a natural thing (Can you feel?)
Can you feel it? Yeah (Can you feel?)
Can you feel it? (Yes, it is)

Love’s a natural thing (Yes, it is)

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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