GET DOWN ON IT

KOOL & THE GANG
SONGWRITERS: ROBERT MICKENS; ROBERT BELL; JAMES TAYLOR; GEORGE BROWN; EUMIR DEODATO & CLAYDES SMITH
WHERE: LIVE IN CHICAGO 2000
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: KOOL & GANG
LABEL: DE LITE
GENRE: SOUL JAZZ
YEAR: 1981

"Get Down on It" is a 1981 song by American band Kool & the Gang. It was originally released on their Something Special album in 1981. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA.
The song hit the top 10 of the US Pop and R&B charts in Billboard in early 1982. It entered the UK charts in December 1981 and reached number three, their highest-charting hit in the UK at that time. It spent a total of 12 weeks on the British play list. Ten years later, it was re-released in the UK charts – on the Mercury label – but only charted for a week (at number 69).
Kool & the Gang are an American band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. They have undergone numerous changes in personnel and have explored many musical styles throughout their history, including jazz, soul, funk, rock, and pop music. After settling on their name following several changes, the group signed to De-Lite Records and released their debut album, Kool and the Gang (1970).
Oh, what you gonna do?
Do you wanna get down?

Get down on it, get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it
Come on and
Get down on it, get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it

How are you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall! Tell me
How are you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall!
'Cause I heard all the people sayin'

Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - if you really want it - you gotta feel it - get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - baby baby - get on it

I said people, what? What you gonna do?
You gotta get on the groove
If you want your body to move - tell me baby

How are you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall! Tell me
How are you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall!
'Cause I heard all the people sayin'

Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
When you're dancin'
Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Shadabadabadabadu

Oh, what you gonna do? Do you wanna get down? What you gonna do?
Get your back up off the wall! Dance! Come on!
Get your back up off the wall! Dance! Come on!

Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - if you really want it - you gotta feel it - get down on it
Get down on it, (get down on it), get down on it
Come on and - baby baby
Get down on it (get down on it) get down on it
Get on it

How are you gonna do if you really don't wanna dance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall! Tell me, baby
How are you gonna do if you really don't wanna take a chance
By standing on the wall - get your back up off the wall!
Listen baby

You know it, when you're dancin' yeah!
You show it, oh when you move move move
You know it, oh when you're dancin' yeah!
You show it, as you move across the floor

Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - if you really want it - you gotta feel it - get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - baby baby - get on it
Shadabadabadabadu

Oh, what you gonna do? Do you wanna get down? What you gonna do?
Get your back up off the wall! Dance! Come on!
Get your back up off the wall! Dance! Come on!

Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - if you really want it - you gotta feel it - get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it
Come on and - get down on it - while you're dancin'- get down on it

Get down on it, (get down on it) get down on it
Oh wow hoh yeah
Get down on it,(get down on it) get down on it
You move me baby when you move
You move me baby when you move
Get your back up off the wall!
I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY
OTIS RUSH
SONGWRITER: WILLIE DIXON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I CAN’T QUIT YOU BABY
LABEL: COBRA RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1956

"I Can't Quit You Baby" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chicago blues artist Otis Rush in 1956. It was Rush's first recording and became a record chart hit. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, has been recorded by various artists, including Led Zeppelin, who included it on their debut album.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" was a vehicle for arranger/producer Dixon to launch Rush and Cobra Records, as it was the first single for both. In this regard, it was a success, reaching number six on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart in 1956. In his autobiography, Willie Dixon explained that "I Can't Quit You Baby" was written about a preoccupied relationship Rush was having at the time. Dixon used this statement to draw out an impassioned performance by Rush.
“I can't quit you, baby
“But I've got to put you down for awhile
“You know I can't quit you, baby
“But I've got to put you down for awhile
“Well, you messed up my happy home, babe
“Made me mistreat my only child.”
The song is notated in the key of A major in 12/8 time with a "slow blues" tempo. Rush's original version consists of four twelve-bar vocal sections with lead guitar fills. It was Rush's first recording and took place in Chicago around July 1956. Accompanying Rush on lead guitar and vocal are Big Walter Horton on harmonica, Red Holloway on tenor sax, Lafayette Leake on piano, Wayne Bennett on second guitar, Dixon on bass, and Al Duncan on drums.
Well, I can't quit you baby, but I got to put you down for awhile
Well, you know, I can't quit you baby, but I got to put you down for awhile
Well, you know, you messed up my happy home baby, made me mistreat my only child
Yes, you know I love you, baby, my love for you I'll never hide
Oh, you know I love you, baby, my love for you I'll never hide
Yes, you know I love you, baby, well you just my ordered
Size
Well, I'm so tired I could cry, I could just lay down and die
Oh, I'm so tired I could cry, I could just lay down and die
Yes, you know you my only darling, you know you my desire
When you hear me moaning and groaning, you know it hurts me deep down inside
Oh, when you hear me moaning and groaning, you know it hurts me deep down inside
When you hear me holler, baby, oh, you know your my desire.
CAN'T CRY ANYMORE
 SHERYL CROW
SONGWRITERS: SHERYL CROW & BILL BOTRELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB
LABEL: A & M
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1993

"Can't Cry Anymore" is a 1995 single by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released on A&M Records. The song reached number 36 on Billboard's Hot 100, becoming Crow's third straight top 40 hit. In Canada, the song fared even better, reaching number three and becoming Crow's third consecutive top-three hit, following the number-one singles "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough". Elsewhere, however, the song had limited success, reaching number 33 in the United Kingdom and number 41 in Australia.
Sheryl Suzanne Crow(born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, two live albums, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include "All I Wanna Do", "If It Makes You Happy", "My Favorite Mistake" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy Awards (out of 32 nominations) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Took your car
Drove to Texas
Sorry, honey
But I suspected we were through
And I can't cry anymore
Since I left
Been feelin' better, cause that's
What you get when you
Stay together too long
And I can't cry anymore

Refrão
Wouldn't it be good if we could hop a flight to anywhere
So long to this life
So much for pretending
Bad luck's never-ending
And now I know that

Money comes is
But the fact is
There's not enough to
Pay my taxes
And I can't cry anymore
Well, got a brother
He's got real problems
Heroin - no
There's just no stopping him tonight
And I won't cry anymore

Refrão

It's never ending

It could be worse
I could've missed my calling
Sometimes it hurts
But when you read the writing on the wall
Can't cry anymore

Refrão

And too much time I've been spending
With my heart in my hands
waiting for time to come and mend it

I can't cry anymore.
TILL I GAIN CONTROL AGAIN
EMMYLOU HARRIS
SONGWRITER: RODNEY CROWELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ELITE HOTEL
LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1975

Elite Hotel is an album by country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1975. Elite Hotel was Harris' second album to be released in 1975, preceded by the widely acclaimed Pieces of the Sky. Elite Hotel surpassed it on the Billboard charts, becoming Harris' first #1 country album. The album yielded two #1 country singles: "Together Again" and Harris' version of the Patsy Cline hit "Sweet Dreams", and "One of These Days" made it to the #3 spot. A performance of The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" entered the pop charts at #65. Harris' eclectic musical tastes were reflected in her choice of material by Hank Williams, The Beatles, Gram Parsons and Buck Owens. Harris' vocals on the album earned her the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018 she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Her work and recordings include work as a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers' works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet partner. She has worked with numerous artists.
Just like the sun over the mountain top
You know i'll always come again
You know i love to spend my morning time
Like sunlight dancing on your skin
I've never gone so wrong as to telling lies to you
What you've seen is what I've been
There is nothing I could hide from you
You see me better than I can
Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Till i can gain control again

Like a lighthouse you must stand alone
Landmark the sailor's journeys end
No matter what sea I've have been sailing on
I'll always roll this way again
Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Till i can gain control again.