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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jackson 5
Jackson 5
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bobby Taylor
Bobby Taylor
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I know you told me
Such a long time ago
Well you didn't, you didn't want me around baby, yeah
Hey, hey, you didn't love me no more
[Verse 2]
But I want to know something, babe
What makes me be, i just wanna say yeah
I just wanna say yeah
[Verse 3]
I've been a fool for you, baby (I've been a fool so long)
I've been a fool for you, baby, yeah
[Verse 4]
Oh, it's not your clothes, yeah
It's not your, it's not your walk
It's not your easy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's not your, it's not your easy baby talk, yeah, yeah, oh
[Verse 5]
I know something, it must be something, yeah
Ooh, that makes me feel
Oh, that makes me feel
[Verse 6]
That I've been a fool for you, baby, yeah (I've been a fool so long)
I've been a fool for you, baby, yeah
[Verse 7]
Did ya ever wake up in the morning?
Just about the, just about the break of day
You reach over, you reach over and feel the pillow, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, where your baby, where your baby used to lay, yeah, yeah
[Verse 8]
Then you put, then you, then you put on your crying, yeah
Like you never, like you never cried before, yeah yeah
I said, I said, I said you ever, you ever cried so loud, yeah
You give your blues
You give your blues to your neighbors next door, yeah
[Verse 9]
Ever since, ever since you were one two three four five years old, yeah
I've been a fool for you, baby, baby, yeah
Way down in my, way down in my soul, yeah, yeah
[Verse 10]
I know it must be, I know it must be something, yeah
Something, yeah, that makes me feel, that makes me feel
[Verse 11]
I've been a fool for you, baby, yeah
Oh, oh, I've been a fool for you, baby (I've been a fool so long)
Oh, oh, I've been a fool for you, baby (I've been a fool so long)
'Cause it's, 'cause it's, I've been a fool for you, baby
Fool, I've been a fool, I've been a fool, I've been a cool fool, yeah
I've been a fool for you, baby (I've been a fool so long)
I've been a fool for you, baby (I've been a fool so long)
Written by: Ray Charles
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