I once knew a man Been everywhere in the world Gave me a tiny ivory ball Said it would bring me good Never believed it would until I have been loving you Dear old man He'd seen most everything Gave me a piece of good advice Said it would do me well I couldn't really tell until I have been loving you Now it seems Things are not so strange I can see more clearly Suddenly I've found my way I know the old man would laugh He spoke of love's sweeter days And in his eloquent way I think he was speaking of you You are so lovely You didn't have to say a thing But I remember that old man Telling me he'd seen the light Gave me a small brown leather book Insisted that he was right I only heard him slightly 'Til I heard you whisper Took you up all in my arms Dear old man Wise old man Fine old man, now

I've spent close on sixteen years Watching your pretty flower grow Little girl, little girl, now tell me Everything you know About the oceans and the skies, The mountains and the trees, And then I'm tell you about The birds and the honey bees 'Cos I'm a love man, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a love man I'm a hootchie cootchie man And I'm doing all I can I just love to tease, I would do anything to please you, baby Sweet little angel, give me your hand, Feel for my heartbeat, baby, Then you'll understand About the bees and the honey, The bluebirds in the trees, And you'd know, just to get close to you I would get down on my knees I am a love man, yeah, yeah, yeah, I am a love man That's what I am I'm a hootchie cootchie man And I'm doing all I can I could love to squeeze, I would do anything to please you, baby Baby, I am a love man, yeah, yeah, yeah, I am a love man That's what I am I'm a hootchie cootchie man, Doing all I can I just love to tease, I would get down on my knees So come a little closer, Let me whisper in your ear How the good Lord in His Wisdom Made you so, and put you here He played a little game Called The Apple and the Snake, When the lady took her first sweet bite The Snake made no mistake He was a love man, yeah, yeah, yeah, And I am a love man I'm a hootchie cootchie man And I'm doing all I can, 'Cos a love man needs his loving everyday Yeah, yeah, yeah, I am a love man

Lucille, you won't do your sister's will Oh, Lucille, you won't do your sister's will You ran off and left, but I love you still Lucille, please come back where you belong Oh, Lucille, please come back where you belong I been good to you, baby, and please don't leave me alone I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight Lucille, please come back where you belong I been good to you, baby, and please don't leave me alone, yeah I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight Lucille, please come back where you belong I been good to you, baby, and please don't leave me alone Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart Oh, Lucille, oh baby, satisfy my heart I will please, I will yo baby, but this ain't stop a wonderful start

Shake Everybody say it shake Early in the morning shake Late in the evening shake In the midnight hour shake When the time's going bad, now shake Shake with the feeling Shake with the feeling Listen while I'm talkin' to you now Tell you what I'm gonna do now There's a new thing going around now I'll tell what to put down now You move your body all around And just shake Thats the way you do it shake, shake, shake it baby Shake it like a bowl of soup Let your body loop de loop Put your hands on your hip Come on and let your backbone slip Move your body like your hip And just shake Shake early in the morning Shake early in the evening A Ring-A-Ling-a-Ling Honey, shakin' is the greatest thing But if you really roll gotta do the thing with soul Shake shake with all your might now If you do it, do it right now Put your hands on your hip, yeah Come on and let your backbone slip Move your body like your hip And just shake God have mercy now Early in the morning Early in the evening all night long, y'all If you really want to roll Gotta do the thing with soul Shake shake with all your might If you do it, do it right Let your body loop de lite Shake Everybody say it, shake One more time, shake Everybody louder, shake One more time, now, say shake Everybody a bit louder, shake

I want security, yeah Without it, I'm at a great loss, oh now Security, yes And I want it at any cost, oh now Don't want no money right now, no-no-no, no-no-no I don't want no paper But security, I'll have all of these things, yes All of these things here now Security, yes That's all I want from you, oh now Security, yeah And a little love that will be true, oh Your sweet tender lips, you know they tells me that You're the one for me Darling, how can I forget? How can I forget? Yeah I want security, yeah I'm telling you once again, oh now Security, and I want it in the end, oh now Your sweet tender lips, you know they tells me that You're the one for me Darling, how can I forget? How can I forget? Yeah Come on, with just a little bit of soul right now, baby Lord, everything is gonna be alright One more time, just one more time, baby Don't it, don't it sound pretty good right now, sugar? Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah, baby I need a little security right now, baby Come on, come on

Amen, uh, A-Amen, uh A-Amen, Amen, Amen, with the horns, now Amen, with the rhythm, now A-Amen, A-Amen A-Amen, Amen, Amen, everybody, now A-Amen, A-Amen A-Amen, Amen, Amen, let me tell you This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine, yeah, yeah This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine To show my love One thing my pappy used to say he said that Even in my home son, I said what dad I'm gonna let it shine, let me tell you Said, "Even in your home son You got to let your little light shine, yeah huh Even in your home son, ha You've got to let it shine Just let it shine, just let it shine To show your love" And then I said, "Daddy help me sing this line one time" A-Amen, will you help me A-Amen, huh, with a feeling A-Amen, Amen, Amen, everybody together now A-Amen, little louder now A-A-Amen, everybody say A-Amen, Amen, Amen Amen

I was born to be a lover Cutest thing in this town I got some love I want to demonstrate you When you get this count it down Good loving is my occupation I want to suite you in inspiration Let me hear your little demonstration I wanna give you good demonstration I can tease some good love and all Every time some good love for you You don't have to give me no doubt, baby You don't have to pay me, when I get truth, you don't need it so Good loving is my occupation I want satisfy my situation Let me hear your good demonstration I wanna give you little demonstration Listen I want you just rock and weel you mama I gonna give you one good old feeling, la la Don't you please, you are mine over Hit my love wanna see you for padder yes it is now I was born to be a Lover Disappoint that I don't do I'm the best thing in town, girl I wanna demonstrate my love to you, yes I do, 'cause Good love is my occupation I want to satisfy your situation Let me hear your good demonstration I wanna give you good demonstration Yes I do now Uh, I wanna, I wanna get it to you Some good loving Baby I got to demonstrate at you Let me give it to you, don't you Some good loving mama, uh wee I got it off I got it all mama