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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
James Brown
Vocals
Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells
Trumpet
Darryl Jamison
Trumpet
Robert McCollough
Tenor Saxophone
Phelps "Catfish" Collins
Guitar
William Earl Collins
Bass Guitar
Clyde Stubblefield
Drums
Johnny Griggs
Congas
Bobby Byrd
Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Teddy Powell
Composer
Leonard Whitcup
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James Brown
Producer
Ronald Lenhoff
Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
The star of the show
Hardworking Mr. Dynamite
James Brown
[Verse 1]
Bewildered, lost in a dream
In the love I need, tell me
Why did we part? Why did we part?
Why did we part?
[Verse 2]
Bewildered, has love, has love died, dear?
Wishing your heart could feel
What's in my heart, what's in my heart
What's in my heart
[Bridge]
Must I have sleepless nights
Oh, darling, and endless days?
Oh, love, why, why did you leave my soul
Without a spark? I'm in the dark, babe
[Verse 3]
Bewildered, I need your, I need your, I need your guiding hand
I'll never understand
How you can love me and leave me bewildered
How you can love me and leave me bewildered
How you can love me and leave me bewildered
Mmm, how you can love me and leave me bewildered
How you can love and leave me bewildered
Baby, how you can love me and leave me, hey
[Bridge]
Hey, hey-hey-hey-hey, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Oh, oh, do it, do it, do it
You don't have to leave me, baby
Hey-hey-hey-hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Yeah, baby, no, no, oh, baby
Hey-hey-hey-hey, slow down, my babe
I gotta keep you
I got to keep you, baby
[Verse 4]
Hey, I remember
I remember a long time ago
You left me standing, you left me standing in the doorway, crying
Oh, I said, "Please don't leave me"
You just, just pay me no mind, you kept right on going, baby
And I had to find a brand new love
I said, "Try me"
You just didn't, you just didn't seem
You let that thing write what's on your mind
You kept right on moving, baby, but that's alright
I know your day'll be coming, baby
I said it was a man's world, but I stepped back like a man and give you credit
Said wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl
But that didn't, that didn't phase you baby
Hey, even when I told you I love someone
You said, "Go on, go on, go on, go on
Find yourself a brand new love," but I did that too
I kept right on making it, baby, and then you wanna come back
So you want me to take care of you, but I just, I just can't seem to reach you baby
Hey-hey-hey-hey, I-I-I-I-I-I just can't seem to reach you, baby
I just can't, I can't go back, baby
And then you told me, you told me, you told me
When I, when I touch you, baby
You said that, you said you, you break out in a cold sweat, hey, hey
Ha, sometime I get to feeling so good, I can't stand myself
But I kept right on moving, baby
I even got to the place
I had to do my thing, had to let the world know, babe
Let the world know now
I jumped back and said, "Babe, there was a time
There was a time to call me, you told me that I was your one and only love
But that's alright, baby, I don't have to cry no more"
Free at last, free at last, free at last, baby
Free, free, and I'm, I'm over you
I'm over you, so I wanna sing it out
Hit me, fella, and hit me real hard
Hey, hit me, baby
[Outro]
Hey, ooh, oh, that's lively
Feels good, baby, feels good now
Hey, hey
Written by: Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell