[ti:Tonight Is The Night]
[ar:Betty Wright]
[al:The Essentials: Betty Wright (US Release)]
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[00:00.00]Tonight Is The Night (Parts 1&2|LP Version) - Betty Wright
[00:09.84]First of all I'd like to say good evening
[00:11.83]
[00:12.47]And we're so pleased that
[00:14.06]So many of you could come out and share
[00:16.52]In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
[00:20.64]We want you to have a real good time
[00:23.30]'Cause that's just what we have in mind
[00:25.48]Is that alright with you
[00:26.62]
[00:28.81]Now  this is a tune that I composed
[00:31.10]
[00:32.61]And it's called
[00:33.54]
[00:34.24]Tonight is the night
[00:37.81]
[00:38.87]That you make me a woman
[00:40.31]
[00:40.83]Now I never intended recording this song
[00:44.91]
[00:45.77]It was a personal poem
[00:47.54]
[00:48.25]This is until the day that my producer
[00:50.75]Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
[00:52.98]
[00:53.65]He came across the words and he said
[00:55.81]'We got to somethin' with these words
[00:57.92]It's happening every day
[00:59.62]And people wanna hear about it  Betty'
[01:01.77]
[01:02.42]You see  it's the story of a young girl
[01:07.10]
[01:08.20]Making love for the very first time
[01:12.18]
[01:14.41]Now when I finally got a melody
[01:18.32]
[01:19.39]I took it home and I I played it for my mother
[01:22.90]
[01:24.74]Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother
[01:27.89]You see I come from one of those pretty large families
[01:30.27]And I'm the baby of the family
[01:32.16]And you know you never grow up to your mother
[01:34.40]
[01:35.37]I'll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her
[01:38.84]She said  'Uh  I like the music
[01:42.47]
[01:43.64]You know  baby  the melody it's really nice
[01:46.87]But I know you're not gonna sing that song'
[01:49.00]
[01:50.96]But we eased it right on by  yes  we did
[01:53.67]
[01:54.28]And it became one of my biggest records too
[01:56.41]So I want you to do this for me if you will
[02:00.47]Everybody think back to your very first time
[02:09.40]
[02:20.27]Now I'll give you a little while longer
[02:22.09]'Cause I know some of you
[02:23.62]Have to think back a little further than others
[02:26.06]
[02:28.50]Come on now  I want you to play catch-up
[02:30.61]
[02:31.35]'Cause I don't want you waitin' till I get to the end of my song
[02:33.09]Sayin'  'Oh  yeah  now I remember'
[02:35.85]
[02:37.28]Now whether it was good
[02:40.00]
[02:41.69]Or you just smilin' it was good
[02:43.48]
[02:44.62]Or on the other hand if it was not so good
[02:47.42]
[02:48.37]Here's my story
[02:49.28]
[02:51.46]Hmm   hmm   mmm   mmm   
[02:52.84]
[03:00.88]Tonight is the night
[03:02.31]
[03:04.06]That you make me a woman  mmm   
[03:08.77]
[03:10.19]You said you'll be gentle with me
[03:13.47]And I I hope you will  mmm   mmm   
[03:18.52]
[03:19.84]I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
[03:23.08]
[03:24.60]Waitin' for you to walk in
[03:28.37]
[03:29.32]I'm tryin' hard to relax
[03:32.52]But I just can't keep still  no
[03:36.84]
[03:39.64]I can hear your car door slammin'
[03:41.56]
[03:42.90]I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
[03:46.60]
[03:48.42]But I know so little about what love is
[03:51.93]
[03:53.41]I just can't help actin' like a child
[03:56.01]
[03:57.92]You're knockin' on my door and you're ringin' my bell
[04:01.14]
[04:02.44]Hope you're not impatient after waiting so very long
[04:06.09]
[04:07.67]A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
[04:10.95]
[04:11.64]And we're both old enough to know right from wrong
[04:15.17]
[04:16.69]Tonight is the night
[04:18.80]
[04:19.83]That you make me a woman  mmm   
[04:24.83]
[04:26.15]You said you'll be gentle with me
[04:29.44]And I  I hope you will  hmm   mmm   
[04:34.22]
[04:35.58]I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
[04:38.46]
[04:40.65]Waitin' for you to walk in
[04:43.61]
[04:45.60]Tryin' hard to relax
[04:48.22]But I just can't keep still
[04:51.78]
[04:53.65]Mmm    hey  baby
[04:56.89]
[05:00.43]Ho  ho  baby
[05:03.45]
[05:05.15]Ho    yeah    yeah   
[05:10.37]
[05:11.48]Oh  but what if my mama should come home early
[05:16.72]
[05:18.61]And catch us doin' what we're doin'
[05:20.75]
[05:23.23]Not only will I never live it down
[05:26.31]But my whole family relationship it'll all be ruined
[05:30.36]
[05:32.91]But we've gone a little bit too far now
[05:35.48]
[05:37.43]Oh  to turn around
[05:39.19]
[05:41.39]So let's just pray
[05:42.78]
[05:44.75]That true love is what we've found
[05:47.81]
[05:49.36]Tonight  tonight
[05:52.35]
[05:54.36]Tonight  tonight
[05:56.97]
[05:58.49]Ho  I'll never forget tonight
[06:01.48]
[06:02.75]No  no  I'll never forget tonight
[06:06.25]
[06:08.08]That's when you make me feel real  mmm   hmm   
[06:13.40]You make me feel real  real good
[06:18.67]
[06:20.17]Oh   oh   whoa   oh   oh   whoa   whoa   
[06:21.39]
[06:26.88]Yeah  and I wanna thank your love
[06:29.38]Said I've got to thank your love
[06:31.64]'Cause you make me feel good
[06:34.00]And I love you  baby
[06:35.41]
[06:36.91]I love you and I know it
[06:39.10]And I ain't too proud to show it
[06:41.35]'Cause I love you  baby
[06:43.26]
[06:43.90]And I need you  baby
[06:46.12]I want you  my love  my love
[06:49.06]My  my  my baby
[06:50.41]
[06:50.93]I'll never forget tonight
[06:52.91]No  I'll never forget tonight
[06:54.55]
[06:55.24]'Cause you make me feel good
[06:57.30]And I love you  baby
[06:58.67]
[06:59.54]You make me feel real good
[07:02.24]
[07:02.98]And I love you  baby
[07:04.33]'Cause you gave me
[07:05.31]Uh  uh  pure love  yeah
[07:08.82]
[07:10.04]Uh  uh  uh  pure love
[07:12.50]
[07:13.29]Said I like that  baby
[07:15.06]Uh  uh  pure love
[07:17.16]
[07:17.95]Said I need that  sugar
[07:19.88]Uh-uh-uh  pure love
[07:22.52]There's nothin' phony about it
[07:23.99]
[07:24.67]Uh-uh  pure love
[07:26.77]
[07:27.28]Your love I can't do without it
[07:29.37]Uh-uh-uh  pure love  ooh
[07:32.54]
[07:33.53]I love him  I know it
[07:35.84]I ain't too proud to show it
[07:38.19]I love him  I know it
[07:40.47]I ain't too proud to show it
[07:42.74]I love him  I know it
[07:45.22]I ain't too proud to show it
[07:47.42]I love him  I know it
[07:49.71]And I ain't too proud to show it
[07:51.68]
[07:53.14]Tonight  tonight
[07:55.15]
[07:57.07]Tonight  tonight
[07:59.73]
[08:01.37]Mmm   mmm   mmm   
[08:02.11]
[08:11.20]Thank you
[08:12.59]Thank you