Written by (E. John / B. Tauplin)
It’s a little bit funny, Lord, this feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can easily hide
I don’t have much money but, boy, if I did
I’d buy a big mansion where we both could live
If, if, if I was a sculpture, Lord, honey, but then again, no [then again no, no]
Or a man who makes potions in a travelin’ show
I know it’s not much, I know it’s not much, but it’s the best I can do
You gave me a gift, Lord, and I’m goin’ sing it for you
And you can tell everybody that this is your song [this is your song]
It may be a quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words,words
How wonderful life is when you’re in the world, world, world
If, if, [if] if I was on a rooftop
I’d kick off my shoes [kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off]
I’ll write a few verses, and then I get the blues
But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you and people like me
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin’ on
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do, Lord [this things I do, lord]
You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Your are the sweetest eyes, you’ve got the sweetest eyes
The clearest eyes I’ve ever seen, I hope you go back
I hope you, I hope you go back and tell everybody
that this is your song [this is your song]
It may be a quite, quite simple but now that’s how it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind, but I wrote down in, words
Lord, words
I’m doin’ it for how wonderful it is when you’re in the world, world, world
If, if, [if] I sat upon a rooftop I’d kick off my shoes, oh yeah
[kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off]
I’ll write a few verses, and then I’ll get the blues
But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you, people like me
I wanna, wanna keep turnin’ on, so excuse me, so excuse me
So excuse me forgetting, but, these things I do [these things I do, Lord]
You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue, baby
And anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Your are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
The sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen
I want you to go back, go back and tell everybody
that Billy Paul’s got a song [Billy Paul’s got a song]
I’m, I’m gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes
I’m gonna write it, [write it], write it, [write it], write it, [write it]
I might come out with the Gospel, [Gospel], the Blues, [Blues],
the Jazz, [Jazz], the Rock and Roll
I’m gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody because
this is my song [this is my song]
It may be a quite, quite simple but that’s the way it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words,
words
You come on back, you try to try again, try again
Tell everybody that Billy Paul got a song [Billy Paul’s got a song]
It may be a quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done, baby
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it ooooh
Get back, get, got, oh, ho