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Nina Simone, Hot Chip - Be My Husband (Hot Chip Remix / Visualizer)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Vocals
Hot Chip
Hot Chip
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andy Stroud
Andy Stroud
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hot Chip
Hot Chip
Mixing Engineer
Joe Lambert
Joe Lambert
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Be my husband, man, I'll be your wife
Be my husband, man, I'll be your wife
Be my husband, man, I'll be your wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life, yeah
[Verse 2]
If you promise me you'll be my man, yeah
If you promise me you'll be my man, yeah-um-dah
If you promise me you'll be my man
I will love you the best I can, yeah
[Verse 3]
Stick the promise, man, you made me
Daddy!
Stick the promise, man, you made me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Stick the promise, man, you made me, whoa-oh
That you'd stay away from Rosalie, yeah
[Verse 4]
Oh daddy, love me good
Oh daddy, now love me good, ooh
Oh daddy, love me good
Oh daddy, now love me good
[Verse 5]
If you want me to, I'll cook and sew
If you want me to, I'll cook and sew
Ba-da-da-da
If you want me to, I'll cook and sew, yeah
Outside of you there is no place to go
[Verse 6]
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean, daddy
Please don't treat me so now doggone mean, yeah
You're the meanest man I ever seen
[Verse 7]
Oh daddy, now love me good
Oh daddy, love me good, yeah
Oh daddy, love me good, yeah
Oh daddy, love me good
[Verse 8]
Oh daddy, now love me good
Oh daddy, love me good, yeah
Oh daddy, love me good, yeah
Oh daddy, love me good
[Verse 9]
Ba-da-da-da
Yeah
Outside of you there is no place to go
[Verse 10]
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
[Verse 11]
Daddy
You're the meanest man I've ever seen
[Verse 12]
Yeah
Yeah
Oh daddy, love me
Oh daddy, now
Love me
[Verse 13]
Yeah
Oh daddy, love me good, yeah
Oh daddy, love me good
Written by: Andrew Benjamin Stroud, Andy Stroud

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