Gloria (Live at the Fillmore, 1997)

I wanna tell ya about my baby You know she come around About five foot four From her head to the ground Yeah, and she come around here Just about midnight She make me feel so good She make me fall alright And her name is G,L,O,R,I G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) Lord, I wanna shout it all night (Gloria) I wanna shout every day (Gloria) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I wanna tell ya about my baby And how we chanced to meet You know I saw her one day out walking, was looking so fine walking down the uptown street And I said "Hey, baby" I said "Whoa" I said to her "Hey, baby" And she just kept on walking, walking on down that street And I wanted her so bad, 'cause she looked so sweet I said "Hey, honey" I said "Whoa" She started to walk a little faster She wouldn't even look at me I said "Hey, baby, just a minute, all I wanna know is your name Thought maybe we could have a little conversation What's your name?" She started to run, she was running, I was running too I was running so hard, I said "Hey, hey baby, hey baby, hey, hey, hey, hey Come on, tell me your name" She said, "Ain't gonna talk to you, fool I got more to do than talk with a man who approach me on the street like this You up here in those raggedy tennis shoes, you think I wanna talk to you? I know your kind of man I'm looking for a man that's career-oriented A man with goals, opportunities, a man with a future" I said "Whoa" Oh, you made me feel so bad I didn't mean to hurt you, baby, I didn't mean to hurt ya I just wanted to know your name She said, "Fool, do you know how politically incorrect it is to whistle, yell and stomp and chase a woman down the street and ask her her name?" I said "Yeah, I know, um I, I saw that on the Tom Snyder Show And I know better, but I was so overcome by your beauty and your presence That I felt we could get something going on, if you know what I mean" She said "Fool, I'm tired of hearing y'all this from you, I got places to go, I got things to do I surely don't need a man like you A man that that'll lay around the house all day and play cards Man stay up all night watching that Sally Jessy Raphael And right now I think I can smell that marijuana on you I don't need that I seen you yesterday, I seen them friends of yours You think you gonna bring them mud camels back to my house, you're wrong" I said "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, you don't understand 'Cause things ain't so bad I got this rock 'n' roll band I got a little money coming in, that pretty little bit coming in, things are pretty good, that's for sure Matter of fact, I got a steady job down at the Fillmore" That's when everything changed She started to look at me in a different way I saw a little smile come across her face And I looked in her eyes and she looked in mine And that's when it happened That's when the wind began to sing her name It was singing her name (Gloria) And the wind came so strong (Gloria) And the wind blew so hard (Gloria) Oh, and it felt so good (Gloria) Oh, and it felt so alive (Gloria) Oh, it felt so good (Gloria) Oh, it was singing her name (Gloria) Yeah, I was singing her name (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) I know I'm gonna shout it all night (Gloria) I'm gonna shout every day (Gloria) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We thank you so much We thank you so much for, ah, giving us such a good time It's really hard to go, I, I thank you so much