(m. masser/r. miller)

raining again
i ought to get out from under
sometimes i wonder
sometimes i don’t wonder at all

and as for loving again
somewhere somebody might need me
but where would it lead me?
i’d just be rising to fall

love was easy to believe in
when you wanted me yesterday
but i couldn’t feel the touch of time upon tomorrow

after you
what am i gonna be?
you took a part of me
as you were passing through

after you
how am i gonna find
the me i left behind
that i’ll meet after you

drifting again
from place to place without reason
season to season
i just keep running away

and as for people again
i’m just a girl who discovers
now and then lovers
who never ask me to stay

love was easy to believe in
when i walked in the light of you
now i’m walking by myself
and all i see is darkness

after you
what am i gonna be?
you took a part of me
as you were passing through

after you
how am i gonna find
the me i left behind
that i’ll meet after you

raining again
i ought to get out from under
sometimes i wonder
sometimes i don’t wonder at all

after you
how am i gonna find
the me i left behind
that i’ll meet after you

after you
what am i gonna be
you took a part of me
as you were passing through

raining again
raining again
raining again

after you
what am i gonna be
raining again

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

if you need me, call me. no matter where you are, no matter how far. just call my name. i’ll be there in a hurry. on that you can depend and never worry.
(you see, my love is alive it’s like a seed that only needs the thought of you to grow. so if you feel the need for company, please, my darling, let it be me. i may not be able to express the depth of the love i feel for you, but a writer put it very nicely when he was away from the one he loved. he sat down and wrote these words:)

no wind, (no wind) no rain, (no rain)
nor winter’s cold
can stop me, babe (oh, babe) baby (baby)
if you’re my goal

no wind, no rain,
can stop me, babe
if you wanna go

i know, i know you must follow the sun
wherever it leads
but remember
if you should fall short of your desires
remember life holds for you one guarantee
you’ll always have me

and if you should miss my love
one of these old days
if you should ever miss the arms
that used to hold you so close, or the lips
that used to touch you so tenderly
just remember what i told you
the day i set you free

ain’t no mountain high enough
ain’t no valley low enough (say it again)
ain’t no river wide enough
to keep me from you babe

ain’t no mountain high enough
ain’t no valley low enough (say it again)
ain’t no river wide enough
to keep me from getting you babe

ain’t no mountain high enough
nothing can keep me
to keep me from getting you babe

ain’t no mountain high enough
ain’t no valley low enough (one more time)
ain’t no river wild enough (say it again)
to keep me from you baby

ain’t no mountain high enough
nothing can keep me
to keep me from you

(chico ross/hal davis/’the bear’)

baby, the love we used to share
has faded day by day
and now you wanna leave me
so you’re lookin’ for away
and if you see a tear in my eye
it’s not for you i cry

don’t you know i tried to make our love
like every love should be
you say it ain’t enough
so you’re walking out on me
but if you can’t find just what you want
don’t you come runnin’ back to me

baby, i know you think i’m at home
cryin’ the blues
but remember darlin’
somebody else will want what you couldn’t use
oh, yeah, what you couldn’t use

ain’t no sad song
since you’ve been gone
ain’t no sad song
since you’ve been gone
you made me so very, very happy boy
but if you don’t wanna be mine

hey, when will i stop lovin’ you
oh baby, i don’t know, i don’t know
all my friends give me advice
they say hang on, girl
ooh, but i want him
hang on girl
i don’t need him

the clock didn’t stop ticking
’cause you let me be
time will let nobody
take your love from me

you made me so very, very happy boy
but if you don’t wanna be mine
i know you wanna be
with someone for yourself
but i know you don’t want me
to be with no one else

ain’t no sad song
since you’ve been gone
ain’t no sad song
since you’ve been gone
ain’t no sad song
since you’ve been gone

(n. ashford/v. simpson)

could it be he’s interested
or am i just wanting it to be so
do i dare speak to him
should i let the moment go

forget this hunger inside
forget this hunger inside
should i let the feeling flow
should i just let it flow
ain’t nothing maybe, baby
i sure would like to know

could it be he’s just friendly
that ain’t nothing to get excited about
on the other hand he could be answering
good vibrations i’m sending out

well i just don’t know
what i’m really seeing
should i make a move
or keep on day dreaming

ain’t nothing maybe, baby
i sure would like to
i wanna know
i wanna know
i wanna know
i sure would like to

could it be he’s interested
should i let the moment go
forget this feeling inside
forget this feeling inside

should i let the feeling flow
should i just let it flow
ain’t nothing maybe, baby
i sure would like to
i wanna know
i wanna know
i wanna know

forget this hunger inside
forget this hunger inside
should i let the feeling flow
should i just let it flow
ain’t nothing maybe
ain’t nothing maybe, baby

forget this hunger inside
forget this hunger inside
should i let the feeling flow
should i just let it flow
ain’t nothing maybe, baby
ain’t nothing maybe, baby
forget this hunger inside
forget this hunger inside

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball

there’s no need to live on an island
cause everyone here respects your opinion
it all adds up to
it’s your strength we need
so get behind and push
if you don’t want to lead

cause it’s all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball

i don’t know your future plans
but divided i’m sure
you will not stand
i said all that to say
there’s an easier way
if it’s love that we share
then there’s no debt to pay
cause we are all down here under the sky
won’t you try
won’t you try

we’re all down here
you’re not alone
you’ve been pushing and pulling and shoving
since the day you were born
so let’s try

all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball
and a smile will appear on your face
cause suddenly, suddenly the world is a beautiful place
cause it’s all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball

all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball
all for one and one for all
let’s try, let’s try
you live, you give, you have a ball
all for one and one for all
you live, you give, you have a ball
if it’s love that we share
love that we share
it’s one for all
all for one and one for all
get down inside
together