Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Rod Temperton

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Verse 1]
People working night and day
You need to take some time out to get away
Life is just a one way ride
There ain't no second chance that you can try

[Chorus]
Can't you see all the fun is free?
So, come on out we're livin' in the streets tonight

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I know you sure feeling low
It's time to get on up and steal the show
Leave your worries all behind
You've got to make your smile the bottom line

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Do just what you want to do, you know that you can try
Get the groove and take it to the sky, here on dancin' night

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Do just what you want to do, let no one pull you down
Join the party, people let it last, all night to party
Spread the feeling through the land
We've got to share this action while we can
No more talking, no more chat
We're going to make this evening come alive

[Chorus]

[Outro]
Living in the streets tonight[x2]
Come on out, we'll smoke this town together
Living in the streets tonight
Come on out, we'll smoke this town together
[repeat until fade]

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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