"G.I.T.: Get It Together" (1973)

Get It Together





You better get it together
Or leave it alone
If you don't want my lovin'
I'll be gone

Get up, get up, get up
Get up off your high horse, girl
Think what you're doing, doin'
Get up off your high horse, girl
Think what you're doin', doin'

I'm spinnin' around on your merry-go-round
You got me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy

Get it together
Or leave it alone
If you don't want my lovin'
I'll be gone

Now, now, babe

Get it together
Or leave it alone
You better, get it, get it
If you don't want my lovin'
I'll be gone

Get up off your high horse, girl
Think what you're doin', doin'
Get up off your high horse, girl
Think what you're doin', doin'

I can't stand all this confusion
All this shuckin' and jivin'
You're putting down, down, down

Get it together
Or leave it alone
If you don't want my lovin'
I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone

Big girl what you're doing
Throwin' this heart of mine all away
Oh, big girl you know I love you
To keep a love like mine is hard this day
All ya gotta do, girl

Don't Say Goodbye Again





Girl don't you say
Girl don't you make
Girl don't you make
Make me cry
Make me cry

You had my life
In the palm of your hand
Why you threw it away
I'll never ever understand
You took away the best part
The best part of me
You took away you
How cruel could you be

You're just another heartache
I've got to learn to take
You're just another habbit
I have to learn to break

Am I alone again
Am I alone again
Am I alone, alone, again

Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again
Again, again

The more I try the more you hurt me
Why
Tell me why
Tell me why

I can take an aspirin
For a bad headache
But what pill for loneliness can I take

I can seal to you
Just like cellophane
But I need you baby
Like a star needs fame

You're not another habbit
I have to learn to break
Let's try to patch it up
Before it's to late
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love, in love, in love

Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again

Don't saygoodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again

The more I try the more you hurt me
Why
Tel me why
Tell me why

[Repeat and fade out]

"Reflections"
(originally by Diana Ross & the Supremes)




Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me

(Reflections of)
The way life used to be
(Reflections of)
The love you took from me, oh

I'm all alone now
No love to sheild me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality

Happinessyou took from me
And left me all alone
With only memories

Through the mirror of my imnd
Through these tears that I'm crying
Reflects a hurt I can't control

(cause although you're gone)
I keep holding on
(to the happy times)
Oh, when you were mine

(all the love)
All the love that I've wasted
(all the tears)
All the tears that I've tasted
All in vain

Through the hollow of my tears
I see a dream that's lost
From the hurt girl
That you have caused

Everywhere I turn
Seems like everything I see
Reflects the love that used to be

(Reflections)
The love you took from me
(Reflections)
In you I put all my faith and trust
(Reflections)
Right before my eyes my world has turned to dust
(Reflections)
The way life use to be
(Reflections)
The love you took from me

"Hum Along And Dance"
(originally by The Temptations and Rare Earth)




Ain't no words to this song.
You just dance and hum along.
Ain't no words to this song.
You just dance and hum along.

"Mama I Got Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)"




Sunday morning I heard mama pray
From a room I heard her say
"Good Lord help my son find his way"
"Lord he's just a country boy"
"Thinks the world is great big toy"
There ain't nothin' he can't do
If he wants to

He got himself a part time job
Saved his money and bought him a guitar
Played from sun up to sundown, hey, hey, hey

(He don't wanna) Go to schoool no more
Don't do his household chores
But I'm a hit, the neighbors biggest sound, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(He's) Got some big ideas
He's talkin' 'bout leavin' here
Going to a place called New York City
And here's what he told me

Mama, I gotta brand new thing don't say no
Let me go
Mama, (Yeah) I gotta brand new thing don't say no
Let me go

Mama said, "My son, my son you're only sixteen"
"I know being a star is your dream"
"But I think it's time you stop all this foolin'"
"And get to your schoolin'"

Living in a state of frustration
Stop preachin' that education
'Cause this job is gonna make me a king
Above everything else, listen
Donned from head to toe
First class everywhere we go
Just give me a chance to do my thing

Mama, I gotta brand new thing don't say no
Let me go
Mama, I gotta brand new thing don't say no
Let me go
I can see it now

Champagne and caviar
Black limousine, chauffeured car
Trips all around the world
And I'll have my choice of any girl
People lined up as far as you can see
Standing in line just to see me
Money stacking up to the sky
There ain't nothin' that we can't buy
Have a little faith in me
Mama I'm sure

It's Too Late To Change The Time




(Too late)
(Too late)
(Too late)

In this automatic age
We shop through the Yellow Page
Gone is the corner store
There's a supermarket there for you (Yeah)
People give way to change
But feelings remain the same

And it's too late, too late to change the time
Well, it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's no too late to change your mind

It's a new day, a new age
A photograph just taken is ready one minute later
Cars bigger and better
But the manufacturer is satisfied never
In a world full of crime
I can't let you take that ride

And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, no, no

So you wanna be a star (So you wanna be a star)
I really think you are (I think you are)
You don't have to go further
Than my lovin' arms

And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind

Are you sure you wanna go to New York City (New York City)
Where girls make it big if they're pretty (If they're pretty)
Let's say you get that penthouse view
But who's gonna love you
The way I do

It's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time, no
Too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, yeah, yeah, yeah

You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
(originally by Gladys Knight & the Pips and The Temptations)




Well, well, well, well
Seems like it was only yesterday
When my mama told me don't fall in love
With the first girl that comes your way
He was handsome and nice
But I took her advice and passed her by
Years have passed and don't look
Like love's gonna give me a second try
Boy the look on your face tells me you understand
Could it be your love life's like mine
Needs a helping hand well, well
You need love like I do (don't you).

Girl I can tell by the way
You look when I'm looking at you
I know it ain't fit and proper
For a girl to talk this way
But I can't cope with this loneliness
Not one more doggone day
Everyday has been an uphill climb
Keeping my hopes a-float
Judging from your silence girl
You must be in the same boat
Ain't it true now
You need love like I do (don't you)
Girl I can tell by the way you look
When I'm looking at you
Well, well, well you need love
Like I do (don't you)

(Boy it seems like I'm looking in the mirror
When I'm looking at you
I can't begin to tell
The many nights I sit home lonely
Come on and tell me boy
Has it ever happened to you
Boy I'm gonna tell you something
And believe me it ain't no joke
My love life is just like a sinking boat) No?!

I can understand a person being without money
But there sho' ain't no reason
For a person to be without love
Listen to me now
I'm a girl and you're a girl
So come on let's give love a try
Tell me lil' bgirl
You need love like I do (don't you)
I can tell by the way you look
When I'm looking at you
Girl finding true love is a dream
That everyone wants to come true
Girl can't you see it's up to us
To make this dream come true oh

Dancing Machine




Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah babe
Move it baby

Automatic Systematic
Full of color self contained
Tuned and gentle to your vibes

Captivating Stimulating
She said you sexy lady
Filled with space age design

She's moving
She's grooving dancing until the music stop now
yea

Rythmetic acrobatic
She's a dynamite attraction
At the drop of a coin she comes alive
Yeah
She knows what she's doing
She super bad now
She's geared to blow your mind

Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah babe
Do it baby

Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah babe
Move it baby

She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene

She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene

Come on babe
Come on babe
babe
babe
Shake it baby
Shake it babe
babe
babe
babe

Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance

I like it
I like
I love you
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene

She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down