Uncle Donnie's favorite Johnny Mathis tune goes like this:
I look at you, and I say to myself
What more could I want, if I had you?
But, I wouldn't dare to sing it out loud,
I'd stand and I'd stare, my head in a cloud.
I look at you, and I say to my heart,
What chance would I have, why let the fire start?
I long to know the thrill of your sweet embrace,
yet, when we're face to face, I just look at you....
Takes me back every time, you know what I mean?
My trophy wife Betty loves Mathis, and so do my daughters, as if they really
had a say in the matter. They all grew up listening to Mathis and Marvin Gaye,
Sam Cooke and Nat King Cole, and not to forget Aretha...and Whitney.... Etta James....Ella F....and the Pointer Sisters...."somebody out there scream and put your hands in the air like you just don't care!"...mercy!
I can't forget the Staple Singers..."oh,oh,oh, yeah,let me take you there, I'll
take you there:... or Bebe and Cece Winans,and the whole Winans family...."seems like
we're livin in the last times, gotta have a made up mind,oh yeah."
My man the Reverend Al Green..."whether times are good or bad, or happy or sad...let's stay together..." it's startin' to feel like Church up in here! Gonna close with a little Barry White..."can't get enough of your love babe, I don't know, I don't know why, can't get enough of your love...."
As previously stated, Uncle D. truly was born a poor black child....can I get a witness?
Unforgettable,
D.
P.s. Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway....Where is the Love?
Stevie Wonder....Superstition
Gladys Knight....Midnight train to Georgia
The Chambers Brothers....Time
Sammy Davis Jr....Mr.Bojangles, The Candy Man, Something's Gotta Give
and all that Rat Pack stuff,really takes me back!
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