Playing in the Dark

Playing in the Dark, 1998

It Ain’t Right

It ain’t right, everything I do turn out wrong…

I try to do the best I can for you,

But you just don’t want to get along.

My first mistake, I let you push me all around…

Now you’re a habit with me, baby,

And I just don’t want to put you down.

It ain’t right, baby, the way you make me cry…

Seems like the more tears I shed,

The more you’ll be satisfied.

It ain’t right,

Baby, you know it ain’t right.

You keep me worried all the time,

And I’m just too tired to fuss and fight.

It ain’t right,

Baby it just aint’ right.

You keep me worried all the time,

You know, it just ain’t right.

R.Orsi

Blue Monday

Blue Monday, Blue Monday,

My pillow soaked, the tears I’ve cried…

I love my baby, but I’m just not satisfied.

I got a kind-hearted woman,

One who loves and treats me right…

But sometimes I need a little strange stuff

To make my love come down all night.

I love my baby, but I just don’t get that thrill…

I’m trying to keep from making that creep,

But tonight I think I will.

You know, I talked to my brother.

He shook his head and walked away.

He said, “You keep on doing like a dog, man,

And you’ll lose that woman, I say.”

Blue Monday, Blue Monday,

I just can’t leave strange women alone.

And it makes me worried,

‘Cause I could lose my happy home.

I love my baby, but I just don’t get that thrill…

I’m trying to keep from making that creep,

But tonight I think I will.

I was going to my baby’s house.

She live on the other side of town.

I met a little girl named Delores,

And I had to see what she was puttin’ down.

Blue Monday, Blue Monday,

My pillow soaked, the tears I’ve cried.

I love my baby,

But I’m

Just

Not

Satisfied.

R. Orsi

Playing In The Dark

I used to think I knew about evil,

Then I met you.

Never seen nobody do the kind of

Evil things you do.

You been playing in the dark,

Baby, you know what I mean.

You just like to keep me worried

And then hide where you can’t be seen.

I can’t believe a word you say

And I think it’s a sin.

You don’t know where you goin’

And you won’t say where you been. Now

I’m not afraid of the dark,

But I won’t play there with you.

‘Cause once you get me down in there,

I don’t know what you gonna do.

You can tell the truth from lies

And you think I don’t know?

You think you can hide in the shadows but

I got hip to you ‘while ago.

Yeah, you been playing in the dark.

That’s what you like to do.

You can do what you want,

But I won’t play that mess with you.

You don’t care who you hurt, you

Just wanna have your little fun.

But I got wise to your lies, so

You can go back to where you came from.

You been playing in the dark.

Baby, that’s a natural fact.

It ain’t nothin’ but a world of trouble, and

Baby, you can bet on that.

R. Orsi

What Your Man Don’t Know (Won’t Hurt Me)

What your man don’t know, won’t hurt me…

What your man don’t know,

Baby we can keep that to ourself.

I know you wanna do what you wanna do

And baby, I would like to do that too.

But if your man catch you tellin’ lies

He gon’ shoot me right between the eyes.

You know that’s not where I’m comin’ from.

I just wanna have

A little fun.

What your man don’t know…

Oh baby, we can take it nice and slow,

Don’t you worry ‘bout your man, he don’t have to know.

No need to raise all kind of fuss,

‘Cause I’m the kind of man, child, you can trust.

But if you worried all about your happy home,

Baby just

Leave it alone.

What your man don’t know…

R. Orsi, D. Smith, J. Ethier

When I Work My Thing On You

Hey now, baby, I’m callin’ you.

I got a rabbit’s foot and a snake-charm too.

When I wanna fool around,

You gonna follow me right on down.

When I walk into the room,

Your little heart go, boom, boom, boom.

There ain’t a thing that you can say or do,

When I work my thing on you.

Late at night when the stars come out,

I’m gonna make you jump and shout.

When I work my thing on you.

There ain’t a thing that you can do or say.

I’m gonna make you any old way.

I’m gonna be your love haint.

You gonna push when you say you ain’t

I’m bout to ride in your limousine.

You gonna be my river-hipped dream.

There ain’t a thing that you can say or do,

When I work my thing on you.

You ain’t gonna sleep at night,

Give it up till the mornin’ light.

When I work my thing on you.

When I work my thing on you…

When I work my –

You gonna moan and scratch and shake.

You gonna give and I’m gonna take.

Be right under my command.

I’m gonna take you to the Promised Land.

When you holler I’ll be there soon.

Just like a gypsy honeymoon.

There ain’t a thing that you can say or do.

When I work my thing on you.

When I get that mad desire,

You’ll go up like a house on fire.

When I work my thing on you.

You ain’t gonna sleep at night,

Give it up till the morning light.

When I work my thing on you.

Late at night when the stars come out,

I’m gonna make you jump and shout.

When I work my thing on you.

When I work my thing on you…

When I work my thing.

C. Ohlman

Got Love (If You Want It)

I’m the type of man who don’t believe in wastin’ time.

I been lookin’ at you, baby, and you lookin’ mighty fine.

I’d like to get together, maybe spend some time with you,

Get to know you better, maybe we could do the do.

Got Love, if you want it,

Baby, if you want my love.

Tell everybody all up and down the street,

“Don’t fight the feelin,” pat your hands and stomp your feet.

It don’t really matter what the people say,

You got to have your good time any kinda way.

Got love, if you want it,

Baby, if you want my love.

It don’t’ really matter what the people say,

I’m gonna have a good time any kinda way.

Said, I’m the type of man who don’t believe in wastin’ time.

I been lookin’ at you, baby, and you lookin’ mighty fine.

Got love, if you want it,

Baby, if you want my love.

R. Orsi, D. Smith, J. Ethier, T. Ethier, T. Piazza

Your Love

I’m always hungry, but I can’t eat,

I’m always tired, but I can’t sleep.

I got a chill, down in my bones,

‘Cause what you got has become my jones.

And your love, will be the death of me.

Your love, will be the death of me.

I’m gettin’ weak from the things you do,

I’m goin’ under your voodoo.

This isn’t turnin’ out the way I planned,

Right now there’s one thing that I understand.

It’s your love…

I’m just a prisoner, it’s plain to see.

You’re never gonna set me free.

I’m crossin’ traffic against the light.

My friends all tell me I’m not lookin’ right.

I’m doin’ things I never thought I would.

I know it’s wrong, but it sure feels good.

And your love…

R.C. Reale, J. Tiven, S. Tiven

Booty Call

Baby, baby, please be there when I make that booty call…

‘Cause when we get together, we gon’ have a natural ball.

Baby, when you hear my car drivin’ up your street…

I’m ‘bout to cover you with sugar and make it twice as sweet.

Baby, when you feel my hot breath all up in your neck…

We gonna throw down, we gon’ make a great big mess.

Baby, let me love you, let me love you , baby, all night long…

I don’t wanna hurt you, just wanna have a little fun.

Booty call, booty call, when I make that booty call…

When we get together, we gon’ have a natural ball.

R. Orsi

Just Tryin’ To Get My Feet On Solid Ground

Every time you walk my way, my heart goes flippity-flop,

My hands start to shakin’, and I just can’t make it stop.

Hey, hey,

I’m just tryin’ to get my feet on solid ground.

‘Cause every time I see you

You got my whole world turnin’

Upside down.

And every time I try to step to ya, my knees get wiggly and weak,

My tongue gets all tied up and I stutter when I speak.

Hey, hey…

I used to have money in my pocket, I didn’t have a care in the world,

Now I’m runnin’ myself in circles tryin’ to get you to be my girl.

Hey, hey…

Now I got bills all around like quicksand, before I get it, my money’s been spent.

Won’t somebody tell me, where my money went?

Hey, hey,

Looks like I’m the biggest fool in town.

But you rock my world, little baby,

And that’s why I’m gonna keep on

Comin’ around.

R. Orsi

Reconsider Baby

So long,

Oh, how I hate to see you go…

And the way that I will miss you,

Lord, you will never know.

We’ve been together for so long,

To have to separate this way…

Well, you just go ahead, now baby,

I hope I’ll see you again some day.

You said you once have loved me,

But now I guess you changed your mind…

Why don’t you reconsider, baby.

Just give yourself a little more time.

Lowell Fulsom

Who’s Been Talking

My baby caught a train, she left me all alone…

She know that I love her, she been doin’ me wrong.

My baby bought a ticket, long as her right arm…

Say she gon’ ride long as I been from home.

Who’s been talking, everything I do?

Well, you is my baby that I hate to lose.

Well, goodbye, baby, I hate to see you go…

Well, you know that I love you, but I’m the causin’ of it all.

Chester Burnett

All Gone

I fell asleep waitin’ on my baby come home,

But when I woke up I was still all alone.

It’s all gone,

All gone.

I used to have a happy home

But it’s all gone.

The love of my life have been taken away,

Never finished all the things I needed to say.

It’s all gone,

All gone.

Every time I think about it,

All gone.

Listen to me, every word I say is true.

Appreciate your life, ‘cause it could happen to you.

Be all gone,

All gone.

In just the blink of an eye,

All gone.

All gone…

In just the blink of an eye,

All gone.

Now I been runnin’, duckin’, hidin’, can’t get out my own way

And the agony is gettin’ deeper every single day.

It’s all gone,

All gone.

I can’t stop thinkin’ about it,

All gone.

I keep on hopin’ she’ll come walkin’ through the door,

But I’m foolin’ myself, she won’t be back no more.

All gone.

Everything I had,

All gone.

All gone…

Every time I think about it,

All gone.

R. Orsi

I Had My Fun

Well, I had my fun, if I don’t get well no more…

My health is failin’ and I’m goin’ down slow.

Please write my mother, tell her the shape I’m in…

Tell her to pray for me, forgive me for my sins.

And don’t you send for now doctor, he won’t do no good…

It’s all my fault, I didn’t do the things I should.

I’m just driftin’ and tumblin’ like a ship out on the sea…

Ain’t got nobody to care for me.

James Oden

Long Black Train

Was on a Sunday afternoon,

Last time I held your hand…

You were looking out the window, waitin’ on a long black train.

Then it was early Monday evening,

I thought I heard a whistle blow…

It was your sister called to tell me, we’d never see you anymore.

If I could see you right now,

I’d shake your hand one more time…

I’d say, “Fare thee well, good luck. I guess I’ll see you further down the line.

There’s a long black train,

Stacks smokin’ jet black gold…

They got plenty room for your baggage, more than your heart can hold.

And when the train pull in the station,

And I come strollin’ out…

I’ll be lookin’ for you, my friend, we’ll have plenty things to talk about.

R. Orsi

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