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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Otis Redding
Vocals
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bass Guitar
Al Jackson Jr.
Drums
Steve Cropper
Guitar
Booker T. Jones
Keyboards
Isaac Hayes
Keyboards
Jimmy Douglass
Remixer
Andrew 'Love' Jackson
Tenor Saxophone
Joe Arnold
Tenor Saxophone
Wayne Jackson
Trumpet
Andrew Love
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lowman Pauling
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Cropper
Producer
Jim Stewart
Recording Engineer
Jimmy Douglass
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Tell the truth
Tell the truth, girl, now
You know you got me going everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes, you have, girl
Don't you, don't you, don't you know you gotta tell the truth, yeah, uh
Baby, baby, baby, babe why don't you tell me the truth now, mmm
You know you got me going everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes, you have, yeah, watch it
[Verse 2]
Loving you is just a little bit easy started, so hard to stop
Feel I could
Baby, bay you know I would
I feel a strong all around
If I thought that it would do any good, Mama
Tell me the truth, now
Lil', lil', lil', lil', lil', lil', lil', lil' girl just tell me the truth now, yeah, huh
You know you got me going everything foolish that you want me to do
[Verse 3]
Oh, play it
Come on Steve, yeah
Tell the tell the tell the tell the tell the truth now
[Verse 4]
Loving you
Is easy to start
Hard to stop
But I'm gonna just tell you this, mmm
If I had to do it
Baby, you know I would
I would feeling strong all around
If I just thought that it would do me some good, aah
[Verse 5]
The truth now
Tell the, tell the, tell the, tell the, tell the, tell the, t-tell me the truth now
Just tell me the truth now
Got to tell me no lie
Wanna tell you the truth now
Don't you, don't you tell me no lie
Ah, just tell me the the truth now
Don't you, don't you tell me no lie, girl, uh
I'm gonna tell you the truth now
I gots to get woman that won't lie
Got
Written by: Lowman Pauling, Ray Charles