Love Having You Around

Please!

(Mama, mama, mama...)

Mama, mama, baby...

Baby, baby, baby...

(Mama, mama, mama...)

Ah, hmm...

(Baby, baby, baby...)

(Listen, baby...)

Every day I want to fly my kite

Every day I want to fly my kite

And every day I want to get on my camel and ride

Ooh, yeah

Every day I want to shake your hand (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

For, in the world, making me a better man

And every day I want to get on my camel and ride

(On my camel, ride on my camel...)

Ooh, baby

And when the day is through, nothin' to do

I sit around, grooving with you

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

Yeah

Every day I want to be your friend (Be your friend)

'Cause you have stuck with me through thick and thin

And every day I wanna smile in your lovely brown eyes

(Smile into your lovely brown eyes) Oh, yeah

Every day I'm going to give my share (Yeah!)

'Cause I know you're going to take me there (Hey! Hey... ha hah)

And every day I want to get on my camel and ride

(Get on my camel...) Oooh-oh

And when the day is done (Yeah!), nothin' to do (Baby!) (Hey!)

Spend all my time just loving you

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

Mmm, baby

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

La la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la (Yeah...) (Baby!)

And in the end, I know you'll be with me

'Cause you make my soul so free (So, every day...)

And every day I wanna get on my camel and ride

(On my camel...) Yeah

And when the day is through (Yeah!), nothin' to do (Oh!) (Yeah!)

Spend all my time just loving you

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

(Oh, oh, baby – havin' you around...)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

Mm yeah, yeah-yeah

I say it 'cause I love–having you around

And I say it 'cause I love– having you around

(Can't you hear me, baby? Can't you hear the people? Oh no)

I say it 'cause I love–having you around

(Can't you hear me say it? Can't you hear me say it, baby?)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around

(Baby, baby, baby...)

And I say it... (Say it, say it, say it, baby, baby, baby)

(Say it, say it, say it)

Baby, I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Say it, say it, again)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Say it, say it, say it, baby)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around, loving you

Say it 'cause I love–having you around

(Thank God–for the one you love!)

(Thank God–for the one you love!)

And I say it...

(Cherish–oh, the one you love)

'Cause I love it and I love my baby, baby

(Funky, funky, funky... hey hey hey hey hey! Yeah...)

And when the day is done (Yeah!) – nothing to do (Oh, babe...!)

Spend all my time makin' love to you

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around, (Yeah, yeah...)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Having your around...)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Yeah, my baby, baby, baby...)

Say it 'cause I love–having you around (Baby, stay around... stay around)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Stay... baby, stay right here)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Stevie needs you near... so keep ya black butt here)

And I say it 'cause I love–having you around (Well... yeah yeah...)

(Don't even make a sound...) Alright... mhmm...

Check out the words...

(Baby, I say, what'ya got–nobody in the world got! Boy...)

Yeah... hmm, hmm

[The preceding has been put here on tape!

To let you all know that I say it to her, because I love having her around

Can you dig it? Can you get to that?] (Even when she's messing around!)

(He likes having her around, even when she's messing around!)

(Which is very often, that's what she's doing...)

(The motion of music, when she's messing around...)