Minnie

Minnie Riperton Minnie Lyrics
1.Memory Lane

(riperton rudolph st. lewis)

I stumbled on this photograph
It kinda made me laugh
It took me way back
Back down memory lane

I see the happiness... i see the pain
Where am i... back down memory lane

I see us standing there
Such a happy happy pair
Love beyond compare
Look-a-there look-a-there

The way you held me... no one could tell me
That love would die... why oh why
Did i have to find this photograph
Thought i had forgot the past
But now i'm slippin' fast
Back down memory lane

I feel the happiness... i feel the pain
Here am i... back down memory lane
I'm in the sunshine... i'm in the rain

I don't wanna go traveling down
Faster than the speed of sound
Back down memory lane
Be still my foolish heart
Don't let this feelin' start
Back down memory lane
I don't wanna go... save me save me


2.Lover And Friend

(riperton - rudolph - st. lewis - dozier)

Guess we always knew
Best of friends we'd always be
Sister and brother we two
Romance never entered our view

Always you were there
When i needed you
Suddenly out of nowhere
I realized i loved only you

And that just how true love begins
It just walks on in
And one day i knew
It was you ... it was you
It was always you

Baby, in the end... i've got you as lover and friend
Darling in the end i've got you as lover and friend

Funny how it goes
We'd be the last to know
We were made for each other
And from friends we became lovers

Keep on being my friend
Our love will never end
We'll have it all
Yes we wil... yes we will
Yes we will

We're gonna have a happy ending
We started our with such a great beginning
We'll walk together talk together
In every kind of weather
We're bound together
Forever yeah


3.Return To Forever

(rudolph - waldman)

Days... floating round the bend
Thru the rainbow's end
Return to forever

Nights... ring around the moon
Ending all too soon
Return to forever

When we reach the autumn's bend
Will we wish that we were young again
Laughing in the face of time
If only we knew now, what we did then

Clouds... billow cross the sky
Changing as they fly
Return to forever

Waves... rush to kiss the shore
Once and nevermore
Go back, return to forever

How i wish that you were mine
And we could live again that summertime
To be that happy just this once again
If only we felt now as we did then

Child... holding out your hand
Please try to understand
Return to forever, return to forever


4.Dancin' And Actin' Crazy

Late last night i dreamed my baby called
But he wasn't on the phone
I got up and tiptoed down the hall
And tripped into the twilight zone

Everyone there was gettin' down
Dancin' and actin' crazy
Everyone there was carryin' on
Dancin' and actin' crazy

Sparkelitas vamped arount the room
Flashin' out with champaigne eyes
G. randini played those eighty-eights
Till ivory tears began to fly

Oh what a party
The baddest jam i'd ever seen
I started shakin'
I had to scream

I woke up and wondered where i'd been
Just a dream i realized
Went downstairs to put some water on
And i could not believe my eyes
Why why !


5.Love Hurts

(riperton -rudolph - henderson)

You've been found shot down
Crossin' over love's borders, yeah
You found out with out a doubt
Now that she did it back to you
You never knew

Love hurts when love hurts
Love hurts baby, that's the news
Love hurts when love hurts
Yeah, love hurts until you're black and blue

No money, no honey
Stole your love and your diamonds, too
She hurt you, desert you
And there's nothing you can do
It's down on you

Remember when i tried to warn you
You cheatin' ways would come down on you

That love hurts, love hurts
When love hurts baby, that's the news
Love hurts until you're black and blue
You know you know it hurts
Its down and dirty hurts
Love hurts
Ain't it killin you


6.Never Existed Before

(riperton -rudolph - thedford)

So you ask me what do i see
When i look into your eyes
I see things that have never existed before

Shall i tell you all that i find
In those beautiful eyes i can try
But it never existed before

A silvery moon... a will in the park
The tunnel of love... a kiss in the dark
The light of the stars... the clouds in the sky
The fireworks on the fourth of july

And you ask me what do i hear
When you whisper my name
Music plays that has never existed before
Oh, and i don't know why
But it's there just the same
And it's plain that it never existed before

The song of the rain on flowers in spring
The wind in the willow trees murmuring
The laughter that falls the children at play
Like church bells that call all the people to pray

So you ask me why do i glow
Well, i think you should know
I'm in love and i never existed before


7.I'm A Woman

(riperton - rudolph - thedford)

I'm silk and satin
And i know child and lover's pain
But don't be fooled 'cause i'm tender hearted
I'm stronger than a hurricane

I like fire, i like ice
I can cut you like a knife
But i'd rather be nice
I'm a woman

So don't push and don't shove
What you want there's plenty of
I was born to make love
I'm a woman

Hot nights... dripping passion
Lead you to my bed of flames
Leave your world enter my enchantment
And i will love you wild and un-restrained


8.Light My Fire

(the doors)

You know that it would be untrue
You know that i would be a liar
If i were to say to you
Ohh, we couldn't get much higher

C'mon baby light my fire
C'mon baby light my fire
Try to set the night of fire

The time for hesitations through
No time to wallow in the mire
Darling, we could only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Jose:oh listen i'm here to light your fire baby
Cause you been given me inspiration darlin'
And i'm here to fill you with desire

Minnie:well then fill me with desire
Light my fire

Jose:you light my fire ... i'll light your fire
Light your fire
Light your fire anytime you want
I'll get you higher ...light your fire

Minnie: i'll let you oooooh oh oh
Come here and light my fire baby

Jose:oh, come here and light my fire baby yeah

Minnie: woh oh, you make me feel so good
So good baby

Jose:aye! que rico esta hueso mrar oooh baby yeah
Voy a prender ese fuego ese
Fuego caliente
Que cosa mas rico es asi mama
Que buena estas
Aye yea

Minnie:eso es muy cierto muchacho
Que rico esta

Minnie & jose:aye!