Tired Of Being Alone Lyrics
(written by: Al Green)
 Send "Tired Of Being Alone" Ringtone to your Cell
I'm so tired of being alone,
I'm so tired of on-my-own,
won't you help me, girl,
just as soon as you can.
People say that I've found a way,
to make you say,
that you love me.
But baby,
you didn't go for that,
me, it's a natural fact,
that I wanna come back,
show me where it's at, baby.
I'm so tired of being alone,
I'm so tired of on-my-own,
won't you help me, girl,
just as soon as you can.
I guess you know that I, uh,
love you so,
even though,
you don't want me no more,
hey, hey, hey, I'm cryin' tears,
all through the years,
I tell you like it is,
honey, love me if you can.
Ya baby,
tired of being alone here by myself,
I tell ya, I'm tired baby,
I'm tired of being all wrapt up late at night,
in my dreams, nobody but you, baby.
Sometimes I wonder,
if you love me like you say you do,
You see baby, I've been thinking about you,
I've been wanting to get next to you, baby,
Sometimes I hold my arms and I say,
Mmmmm hmmmm hmmmm,
O baby, needing you has proven to me,
to be my greatest dream.
I'm so tired of being alone,
I'm so tired of on-my-own,
...Sometimes late at night I get to wonderin' about you baby,
Baby, baby, ya...
Send "Tired Of Being Alone" Ringtone to your Cell
User Comments
5 comment(s) posted
View All Comments
|
Post A Comment
|
Red_lady
|
26/10/2005
16:26:32
|
|
This is my fav. song by Al Green. I jus' like the melody. Very pretty song
|
|
|
Brotha_Of_Soul
|
17/02/2004
07:40:45
|
|
In 1970, Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell pulled together something that sounded like nothing else that came before, but they did so by streamlining and simplifying the approach to recording soul music at a time when recording was getting more involved, layered, and flashy. While the sound they forged was smoother than the mostly raw-edged soul music that gave Memphis its reputation, it was also flat and relatively unadorned, with an immediate and intimate presence, lending it an urgency and sensuality that influenced most soul and R&B music that followed from the early to mid-'70s onward, from Luther Vandross and Teddy Pendergrass and beyond. "Tired of Being Alone" is a perfect example of that distinctive style. While the first album of material Green recorded with Mitchell, Green Is Blues, laid the foundation of his style, it was not until their second together, Al Green Gets Next to You (1970), that they struck gold with Green's own composition, "Tired of Being Alone," which reached number 11 on the pop chart, setting off a commercial streak that continued for the next few years. While the former record was made up mostly of cover songs, "Tired of Being Alone"'s success legitimized Green as a composer in his own right. And coupled with Mitchell and his soon-to-be famous Hi Records Rhythm Section, the two made a potent and successful combination. With a clean electric guitar, the big, fat trademark Hi bass sound, horn stabs, subdued organ, and a gospel backing-vocal section, Green passionately convinces with his lyric about a man at the depth of his loneliness who proclaims, "Meeting you has proven to be/To be my greatest dream." Like fellow soul singers Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke, Al Green had his roots in the gospel music of the church, and his vocal style never strayed too far from those beginnings. Green returned to that gospel source full-time, eventually leaving secular music behind only to again reconcile the two years later. While the pop records dealt with secular subject matter, the singing was still influenced by the improvisational and stirring nature of church singing. Green's up-close vocal intimations and the contained, mellow vibe of the music — that remains cool even when climaxing at the end — play like a late-night lament for anyone who finds him or herself alone at midnight, drink in hand, at the hi-fi. Recorded years ago, the song does not sound dated as do most later soul and R&B productions from the '80s. The sound is literally classic; not charmingly nostalgic or vintage, but immediate and relevant.
|
|
|
RobIsBoredAtWork
|
05/01/2004
09:09:35
|
|
Fantastic song. Very melancholy. Amazing voice.
|
|
|
Anonymous
|
27/02/2003
00:49:01
|
|
hehehehe this is cute and im gay....not really....bye
|
|
|
villain45
|
02/02/2003
21:53:01
|
|
I love old shcool..
|
|
|
All times are in Greenwich Mean Time.
The time is now 09:01:01.
Send "Tired Of Being Alone" Ringtone to your Cell
For more music and other discussion, check out our
Messageboards!
|
Advertisements
Top 30 Lyrics Feed
Search