Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Fritz Rotter

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd

[Intro]
That's all, that's all i want from you...[x4]

[Verse 1]
All i want is a little bit of love that slowly grows and grows, (slowly, slowly...)
Not one that comes and goes - that's all i want from you... (still!)
A sunny day with hopes up to the sky
A kiss, and no goodbyes - that's all i want from you...
Don't let me down, oh, show me that you care;
Remember when you give, you always get your share...
Don't let me down, i have no time to waste;
Tomorrow may not come (may not come!), when dreamers dream (may not come!) too late...

[Chorus]
A little love that slowly grows and grows, (slowly, slowly...)
Not one that comes and goes - that's all i want from you...

[Verse 2]
Don't let me down! Show me that you care!
Remember when you give, you always get your share...
Don't let me down, i have no time to waste;
Tomorrow may not come... (may not come!) dreamers dream... (may not come!) late...

[Chorus]
A little love that slowly grows and grows, (slowly, slowly...)
Not one that comes and goes - that's all i want from you... (still!)

[Outro]
Baby, that's all! (that's all, that's all i want from you...)
Baby! (that's all, that's all i want from you...)
(That's all, that's all i want from you...)
Ooh, baby! (that's all, that's all i want from you... Slowly, slowly...)

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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