Betty Wright - Tonight Is The Night (Parts 1&2) Lyrics

Lyrics Tonight Is The Night (Parts 1&2) - Betty Wright




First of all, I'd like to say good evening
And we're so pleased that, so many of you could come out and share
In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
We want you to have a real good time, 'cause that's just what we have in mind
Is that alright with you? Now, this is a tune that I composed
And it's called "Tonight is the night, that you make me a woman"
Now, I never intended recording this song, it was a personal poem
That is, until the day that my producer, happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
He came across the words, and he said, we gotta do somethin' with these words
It's happening every day, and people wanna hear about it, Betty
You see, it's the story of a young girl, making love for the very first time
Now, when I finally got a melody, I took it home and I, I played it for my mother
Now, I gotta tell you a little bit about my mother
You see, I come from one of those pretty large families, and I'm the baby of the family
And you know you never grow up to your mother
I'll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her, she said, Uh
I like the music, you know, baby, the melody, it's really nice
But I know you're not gonna sing that song, but we eased it right on by, yes, we did
And it became one of my biggest records, too, so I want you to do this for me if you will
Everybody, think back to your very first time
Now, I'll give you a little while longer, 'cause I know some of you
Have to think back a little bit further than others
Come on now, I want you to play catch-up
'Cause I don't want you waitin' 'til I get to the end of my song
Sayin', Oh, yeah, now I remember
Now, whether it was good, oh, you're just smilin', it was good
Or on the other hand, if it was not so good, here's my story
Hmm, hmm, mmm, mmm
Tonight is the night, that you make me a woman, mmm
You said you'll be gentle with me, and I, I hope you will, mmm
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin', waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax, but I just can't keep still, no
I can hear your car door slammin', I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
But I know so little about what love is, I just can't help actin' like a child
You're knockin' on my door and you're ringin' my bell
Hope you're not impatient after waiting so very long
A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
And we're both old enough to know right from wrong
Tonight is the night, that you make me a woman, mmm
You said you'll be gentle with me, and I, I hope you will, mmm
I'm nervous, and I'm tremblin', waitin' for you to walk in
Tryin' hard to relax, but I just can't keep still
Mmm, hey, baby
Ho, ho, baby
Ho-oh-oh, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah, oh
But what if my mama should come home early, and catch us doin' what we're doin'
Not only will I never live it down, but my whole family relationship, it'll all be ruined
But we've gone a little bit too far now, oh, to turn around
So let's just pray, that true love is what we've found
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, ho! I'll never forget tonight
No, no, I'll never forget tonight, that's when you make me feel real, hmm-mm
You make me feel real, real good, oh-oh-oh-oh woa oh-oh woa-woa
Yeah, and I wanna thank you, love, said I've got to thank you, love
'Cause you make me feel good, and I love you, baby
I love you and I know it, and I ain't too proud to show it
'Cause I love you, baby, and I need you, baby
I want you, my love, my love, my, my, my baby
I'll never forget tonight, no, I'll never forget tonight
'Cause you make me feel good, and I love you, baby
You make me feel real good, and I love you, baby
'Cause you gave me, uh, uh, pure love, yeah, uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby, uh, uh, pure love, said I need that, sugar, uh-uh-uh, pure love
There's nothin' phony about it, uh-uh, pure love, your love I can't do without it
Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh
I love him, I know it, I ain't too proud to show it
I love him, I know it, I ain't too proud to show it
I love him, I know it, I ain't too proud to show it
I love him, I know it, and I ain't too proud to show it
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, mmm, mmm, mmm
Thank you, thank you



Writer(s): Willie James Clarke, Betty Wright


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