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Ray Charles Say No More
Say no more
I think you'll never understand
I have refused the same demand
All my life!
Say no more
In my book there can be no blame
When you pretend I have no shame
You're half right!
All along
You kept trying to pin me down
Turn me into your house clown ...
If I don't fit the bill ...
All the same
I loved you then
I love you still!
Chorus:
Want to know the truth?
I caught a nasty bug
And when it got a hold of me
I could not shake it free!
A lasting blue note
Has been haunting me!
It's like an old mistress
Forever chasing me ...
But say no more
I may not be an easy man
But the way you played your hand
I couldn't stand!
It's too bad
There is much more we could have done!
But now those days are dead and gone
Nothing lasts!
All along
You made me feel this useless guilt
Can you look back on what we built?
I wonder what you saw in me ...
Tell me was it real?
Was it love?
You tell me ...
And though you think of it
As the cause of my fall!
Never mind, I'm blessed ... I'm here ... at all!
Ray Charles Say No More
Say no more
I think you'll never understand
I have refused the same demand
All my life!
Say no more
In my book there can be no blame
When you pretend I have no shame
You're half right!
All along
You kept trying to pin me down
Turn me into your house clown ...
If I don't fit the bill ...
All the same
I loved you then
I love you still!
Chorus:
Want to know the truth?
I caught a nasty bug
And when it got a hold of me
I could not shake it free!
A lasting blue note
Has been haunting me!
It's like an old mistress
Forever chasing me ...
But say no more
I may not be an easy man
But the way you played your hand
I couldn't stand!
It's too bad
There is much more we could have done!
But now those days are dead and gone
Nothing lasts!
All along
You made me feel this useless guilt
Can you look back on what we built?
I wonder what you saw in me ...
Tell me was it real?
Was it love?
You tell me ...
And though you think of it
As the cause of my fall!
Never mind, I'm blessed ... I'm here ... at all!










![Ray Charles - Mess Around
Mess Around is the 9th song from Ray Charles Album, this is the debut album by Ray Charles. Originally released in 1957 on Atlantic Records. Mess Around, written by Atlantic Records president and founder Ahmet Ertegün under the pseudonym of A. Nugetre, or Nuggy was one of Ray Charles’ first hits.
Lyrics
Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue
The band was jumpin, the people too
Ah, mess around
They doin the mess around
They doin the mess around,
Everybody doin the mess around
Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul
They did the boogie-woogie, with a sturdy roll (?)
They mess around
They doin the mess around
They doin the mess around,
Everybody doin the mess around
Now, ah, when I say stop dont you move a peg
When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
And do the mess around
I declare, do the mess around
Yeah do the mess around,
Everybodys doin the mess around
Now let me have it there boy
[Piano Solo]
Now you got it boy
[Sax Solo]
(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)
(Mess around, boy)
Now this bands goin to play from, 9 to 1
Everybody heres gonna have some fun
Doin the mess around
Ah, doin the mess around
They doin the mess around,
Everybody doin the mess around
Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring
She knows how to, shake that thing
Mess around
I declare, she can mess around
Ah, mess around,
Everybody do the mess around. Ray Charles - Mess Around](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hjIQQpYZekg/mqdefault.jpg)