Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: David Lasley Don Yowell Allee Willis

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Intro]
Starlight, star bright, falling star that I'm seeing tonight

[Verse 1]
Time is rolling on and I, I'm the one who's wrong
I'm the one should be moving on, oh babe
A heart can only stand so much
It needs to touch someone, someone
So, it's up to you, do you love me too?
I get so confused when you throw excuses my way, oh baby
I need your love to hang on, please tell me that love ain't gone forever

[Chorus]
(There's a star for everyone who's lost)
Where is my rainbow, where is my sunny day?
(There's a star for everyone who's lost)
Where is the fantasy, who took the dream away?
(There's a star for everyone)
Where is my star, who took the dream away?

[Verse 2]
Baby, every word you say always seems touch
So that I'll be making my way back to you
Please tell me this love for you is really shared by two

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Tried to find the reasons, patience wears thin
I tried to slow the seasons
But I know some day I will win, I will win
There's a star for everyone who's lost
There's a star for everyone who's lost
There's a star for everyone

[Outro]
Where is my rainbow, where is my sunny day?
Who took my star away, who took the dream?
Where is my rainbow, where is my sunny day?
Who took my star away, who took the dream?[x2]
Where is my rainbow?

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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