To Be a Lover (Have Mercy) - George Faith

Have I told you lately that I love you If I didn't, darlin' you see, I'm so sorry Didn't I reach out and hold you in these lovin' arms Well, if I didn't, oh baby, well, I'm so sorry When I realized that you need love too Gonna spend my life makin' love to you Got to be a lover Have mercy Forgot to be a lover, babe. (have mercy) Forgot to be a lover, (have mercy) Forgot to be a lover Make it on through to you somehow, (have mercy, baby) Got to be a lover, babe, (forgot to be a lover) Woo! Woo! Well, did I ask you Yes, would you come and share Oh, share Oh, the burden and the task That's at love's command Didn't I say all those lovin' special things That you long to hear To show how much I care Well, when I realize that you need love too Gonna spend my life makin' love to you Forgot to be a lover Have mercy Well, well I worked all day, hard as I can Worked all night, didn't make me a man (Forgot to be a lover) Have mercy, ooh When I realized that you need love too Gonna spend my life makin' love to you (forgot to be a lover) Got to be a lover, babe Ooh, mercy (have mercy) Have mercy, baby (have mercy, baby) I'm gonna make it on through to you somehow So have mercy (have mercy, have mercy baby) Have I told you, yes, lately that I love you If I didn't, oh baby, yes, I'm so sorry Ah, but you know I really love you, baby (love you baby) I really love you baby (love you baby) I really need you, baby (need you, baby) I really want you baby (want you baby) When I realized that you need love too I'm gonna spend my life makin' love Makin' love, makin' love to you Well, I worked all day as hard as I can Worked all night It didn't make me a man, babe (Forgot to be a lover) (have mercy) Ooh, have mercy, baby (have mercy) Have mercy, baby (have mercy) Ooh, have mercy baby (have mercy baby) Ooh, make it through Well, when I realized that you need love too I'm gonna spend my life Gotta spend my life makin' love to you (Forgot to be a lover) (have mercy) (Forgot to be a lover) (have mercy)

Well, I grew up wild and free Walkin' these fields in my barefeet There wasn't no place I couldn't go With a .22 rifle and a fishin' pole Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy When I was young I remember well I'd hunt the wild turkey and bobwhite quail The river was clear and deep back then Had fishin' lines tied to the willow limb Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Well, they damned the river, they damned the stream They cut down the Cyprus and the Sweetgum trees There's a laundromat and a barbershop And now the whole meadow is a parking lot Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy

Baby (baby. mmm) What can I do to make you forgive me For ever cheating on you See I was a fool, I plead insanity I throw myself at your mercy So do what you will with me Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me For cheatin on you I don't know what I was thinking Cause nobody could do me like you Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me For cheatin on you I don't know what I was thinking Cause nobody could do me like you Lover, do you hear me I took your love for granted but now I see, I see I should've never let him in, I just misunderstood When I thought he'd give me what you already could Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me For cheatin on you I don't know what I was thinking Cause nobody could do me like you Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me For cheatin on you I don't know what I was thinking Cause nobody could do me like you Yeah Well-well-well-well Alright... mmmmm-mmmm Have mercy on me Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me For cheatin on you I don't know what I was thinking Cause nobody can do me like you