LENNY KRAVITZ - IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER

IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER

LENNY KRAVITZ

SONGWRITER: LENNY KRAVITZ

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MAMA SAID

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS

GENRE: PHILADELPHIA SOUL

YEAR:1991

 

         "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American musician Lenny Kravitz for his second studio album, Mama Said(1991). Released as the album's second single in June 1991, the song is a mid-tempo ballad, musically inspired by Motown, Philly soul, and Earth, Wind & Fire(particularly "That's the Way of the World"). The horn line at the end is performed by the Phenix Horns from Earth, Wind & Fire. "That song just came out one day, and I knew it had a classic vibe. And I still love that song very much today," Kravitz said in an interview for VivaMusic.com in 2000. The line is based on a Yogiism, or quotation from Yogi Berra: "It ain't over 'til it's over." It was Kravitz's first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 of his career, and his highest peak in the chart. British singer Mutya Buena's 2007 song "Real Girl" contains a sample from "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over".

Here we are still together

We are one

So much time wasted

Playing games with love

 

So many tears I've cried

So much pain inside

But baby it ain't over 'till it's over

So many years we've tried

To keep our love alive

But baby it ain't over 'till it's over

 

How many times

Did we give up

But we always worked things out

And all my doubts and fear

Kept me wondering

If I'd always, always be in love

 

So many tears I've cried

So much pain inside

But baby it ain't over 'till it's over

So many years we've tried

And kept our love alive

'Cuz baby it ain't over 'till it's over

 

So many tears I've cried

So much pain inside

Baby it ain't over 'till it's over

So many years we've tried

And kept our love alive

'Cuz baby it ain't over 'till it's over

 

So many tears I've cried

So much pain inside

Baby it ain't over 'till it's over

So many years we've tried

To keep our love alive

'Cuz baby it ain't over 'till it's over

 

So many tears we've cried

So much pain inside

But baby it ain't over 'till it's over

So many years we've tried

To keep our love alive

'Cuz baby it ain't over 'till it's over

 

So many tears we've cried

So much pain inside

But baby it ain't over 'till it's over, over.