As Long As I’ve Got You
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As Long As I’ve Got You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
No fire is too hot, no snow is too cold
Youth will never leave me
I'll never grow old
(No, no, no, no)
[Chorus]
I feel free as a bird
Flyin' around in the blue
As long as... baby
As long as I've got you
(As long as I've got you)
[Verse 2]
If happiness was water
I'd never run dry (Ooh)
If loneliness was a flower
It would wither and die
(Die, die, die, die)
[Verse 3]
The whole world is our private playground
To do what we wanna do
As long as... baby
As long as I've got you
No fire is too hot, no snow is too cold
Youth will never leave me
I'll never grow old
(No, no, no, no)
[Chorus]
I feel free as a bird
Flyin' around in the blue
As long as... baby
As long as I've got you
(As long as I've got you)
[Verse 2]
If happiness was water
I'd never run dry (Ooh)
If loneliness was a flower
It would wither and die
(Die, die, die, die)
[Verse 3]
The whole world is our private playground
To do what we wanna do
As long as... baby
As long as I've got you
[Pre-Chorus]
Something to think about
I remember when
So tired of being hurt
And I didn't want a boyfriend
(But now I have you, baby)
[Chorus]
I feel free as a bird
Flying around in the blue
As long as, baby
As long as I've got you
[Outro]
As long as I've got you
As long as I've got you
As long as I've got you
Something to think about
I remember when
So tired of being hurt
And I didn't want a boyfriend
(But now I have you, baby)
[Chorus]
I feel free as a bird
Flying around in the blue
As long as, baby
As long as I've got you
[Outro]
As long as I've got you
As long as I've got you
As long as I've got you
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The Charmels were a female vocal group who released a handful of singles on the Volt label (part of Memphis-based Stax Records, a.k.a Soulsville U.S.A.) in the late 60s. “As Long As I’ve Got You” was written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes and released in 1967. Like the Charmels' other singles, it was a commercial flop and largely forgotten until the early 1990s, when it became famous as the source of the sample that forms the backbone of the Wu Tang classic, “C.R.E.A.M.”
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- 23.Baby Hurry (Missing Lyrics)
- 24.Someone Made You For Me (Missing Lyrics)
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January 1, 1967
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