From the recording Songs & Music Available For Licensing
(This is one great big horn section Soul song, about a blossoming love affair with a young gal named Ophelia, and a night out on the town, down to that big old dance hall where the band plays real good and you gonna stomp down on the wood. As the chorus declares: "Now I like Country, don't get me wrong, I like Blues and Bluegrass and Reggae songs, Big Band music and Rock 'n Roll. But sometimes you JUST GOT TO get back to the Soul!")
BACK TO THE SOUL
words & music by Grayson Hugh
Let’s go out tonight
Lord you’re a beautiful sight
my Ophelia
lovin’ you makes me glad
move over just a tad
let me steal ya
I know a place
where the band plays real good
down by the water
gonna stomp down on the wood
The sun’s settin’ on the ridge
let’s get on over that bridge
to the night
ain’t nothin’ else to do
we gonna dance til half past two
alright
Now I like country - don’t get me wrong
I like blues and bluegrass and reggae songs
big band music and rock ’n roll
but sometimes you just got to get back
to the soul
Now I was lookin’ at you
for a good month or two
I was wonderin’
if you’d go out with me
so I asked you carefully
my heart thunderin’
When you said yes
thought I’d lose my mind
ever since then
we’ve been havin’ such a good time
Lovin’ you more and more
gettin’ up on the floor
good and sweaty, oh yeah
now the drummer he’s in the groove
and the guitar makes you move
are you ready?
Now I like country - don’t get me wrong
I like blues and bluegrass and reggae songs
big band music and rock ’n roll
but sometimes you just got to get back
to the soul
Give me soul music all the way
talkin’ bout Sam and Dave and Marvin Gaye
Otis Redding, Solomon Burke
give me Wilson Pickett, Al Green
Clarence Carter - that’ll work!
Soul Music, Soul Music
Soul Music, Soul Music
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