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Ain't No Way

Aretha Franklin

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Piano

Cissy Houston

Background Vocals

Estelle Brown

Background Vocals

Haywood Henry

Baritone Saxophone

Myrna Smith

Background Vocals

Sylvia Shemwell

Sylvia Shemwell

Background Vocals

TOMMY COGBILL

Bass Guitar

Roger Hawkins

Drums

Jimmy Johnson

Guitar

Joe South

Guitar

Spooner Oldham

Organ

King Curtis

Tenor Saxophone

Tony Studd

Trombone

Melvin Lastie

Trumpet

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carolyn Franklin

Carolyn Franklin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Tom Dowd

Engineer

Jerry Wexler

Producer

Lyrics

[Chorus]

Ain't no way

For me to love you

If you won't let me

It ain't no way

For me to give you all you need

If you won't let me give all of me

[Verse 1]

I know that a woman's duty

Is to help and love a man

And that's the way

It was planned

[Verse 2]

Oh, but how can I, how can I, how can I

Give you all the things I can

If you're tying both of my hands?

[Chorus]

Oh, it ain't no way (Ain't no way)

It ain't no way (Ain't no way)

It just ain't no way, baby (Ain't no way)

Ain't no way, baby (Ain't no way)

It ain't no way for me to love you

If you won't let me

[Verse 3]

Stop trying to be someone you're not

Hard, cold and cruel is a man

Who paid too much for what he got

And if you need me like you say, say you do

Oh then, baby, baby, baby

Don't you know that I need you?

[Chorus]

Oh, it ain't no way

I tell you that it ain't no way, it ain't no way

It ain't no way, baby, no

It just ain't no way

It sure ain't no way

It ain't no way for me to love you

If you won't let me

[Outro]

Ain't no way

If you won't let me

Ain't no way

Written by: Carolyn Franklin

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