By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Album - Remaster) - Isaac Hayes.mp3

[00:22.348]I'm talking about the power of love now
[00:26.937]I'm gonna tell you what love can do
[00:32.349]You know when they say love makes the world go 'round, that's the truth
[00:37.401]Love can make you or break you
[00:43.159]It can make you laugh, it can make you cry
[00:49.418]It can make you happy, it can make you sad
[00:53.891]Aw, it'd get hung up real bad
[00:57.876]In a case of jealousy, love can make you mad, aw, yeah
[01:07.190]Now everybody, everybody's got it's own thing
[01:11.404]Everybody's got it's way of doing a thing
[01:20.345]Now we should attempt to do a tune that is very popular
[01:27.204]It was written by one of the great young songwriters of today
[01:34.297]Now I don't know what he was thinking about or what inspired him to write this tune, but it's a deep tune
[01:44.785]There's a deep meaning to this tune because it shows you what the power of love can do
[01:55.596]Now I should attempt it to do it my way, my own interpretation of it
[02:02.168]Like I said, everybody's got it's own thing
[02:05.030]I'm gonna bring it on down to Soulsville
[02:09.693]Now I want you to bear along with me for a few minutes while I set it up
[02:17.150]Now I want your imagination, I want you to travel with me
[02:22.197]Oh, come on, come on, come on
[02:28.869]This young man was raised in the hills of Tennessee
[02:36.279]When he reached the age of maturity, he moved to the West Coast
[02:44.401]And he fell in love when he got out there to this young girl
[02:50.105]Aw, man, she was out of sight, she was bad
[02:59.301]And then they started dating and then the inevitable
[03:05.885]Became engaged and they were married
[03:15.574]They were happily married, that's right they lived in L.A
[03:24.087]Oh, oh, the power of love was upon them
[03:31.665]But you see, girls, I don't mean to come down on you
[03:35.830]But this man loved this woman so...He can really say love is blind
[03:42.400]He could see no wrong, no, no, no
[03:48.241]He worked every day and sometimes he'd pull overtime, double time, triple time
[03:57.289]He bought anything that this woman's heart desired, anything that he could rake and scrape
[04:02.570]He spent his last dime on women because he loved her
[04:07.786]And you know, girls, you can take love and kindness sometime for weakness
[04:14.253]And she took it for granted
[04:17.625]She said, "I got a fool and I know I got a fool,
[04:19.842]I got a good thing."
[04:21.490]Yeah, she was standing around on the corner, you understand, meeting with her friends
[04:25.615]She would go to the beauty salon, get her hair fixed
[04:27.691]She'd go shopping and she would brag about her good thing that she's got
[04:34.779]Yeah. And she took doubt on it
[04:40.692]See, ain't nobody gonna believe what to tell him no way, fool
[04:44.971]Oh, yeah, girls, you would love that sometimes
[04:49.701]But one day, one day, the old boy got sick and he had to come home
[05:02.340]I don't have to tell you what he found
[05:05.085]Oh, yeah, it hurt him so bad
[05:09.566]He said, "Baby, Mama, why?", That's all he could say
[05:22.346]That's all he could say, he was hurt
[05:28.613]But she said, "Oh, go on fool, you're doing it"
[05:33.192]But the man wasn't doing it
[05:34.136]But that's the only excuse you can give him
[05:37.723]He said, "Mama, I can't take it, I've got to leave you, I'm gonna leave you"
[05:43.397]He packed up his rags, you understand, and he started out the door
[05:49.908]And when he reached the driveway, you understand
[05:53.470]He went in there begging just like my man Tyrone Davis
[05:56.913]And he said, "Oh, mama, mama, mama, can I change, oh, my mind?"
[06:06.435]You see, the power of love was upon him and he came back
[06:12.770]Oh, yes he did
[06:17.723]When she tried to straighten up, she said she was gonna straighten up
[06:20.022]She got a little job to help him out with the bills too
[06:23.529]But that was just a sham because he found it again and again
[06:31.463]And seven times he left this woman
[06:34.549]And seven times he came back
[06:39.846]Oh, but you know, the heart can take so much
[06:44.610]That's right, you can kick a dog around for so long
[06:47.942]And he'll get tired, he'll turn
[06:52.224]And he taken all that he could stand
[06:54.357]In the eighth time that this went down, he said
[06:56.169]"Mama, I've got to go"
[06:58.254]With tears in his eyes, he said, "I'm gonna leave you, baby"
[07:03.042]He said, "I ain't coming back"
[07:05.343]He said, "I'm leaving my heart right here,
[07:07.977]but I've got to go, you see, 'cause this man can't take no more"
[07:15.709]She didn't believe it
[07:20.880]He packed his clothes, he got in his 1965 Ford
[07:33.597]He started out
[07:38.047]Three times he started to turn back before he reached the outskirts of the city
[07:45.168]But he kept on going
[07:49.107]Oh, I don't wanna go, but I've got to leave you, mama
[07:56.818]And he's going down the highway
[08:00.538]I guess it was around 3:30 in the morning
[08:07.167]He could not hardly see the road with tears in his eyes
[08:11.060]That's right, he was crying
[08:13.463]There were meaning in his tears
[08:20.173]He cannot barely see the sign that read on the side of the road
[08:24.525]The next town is 125 miles away
[08:30.129]And these very words came into his mind, he said...
[08:37.547]By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising
[08:53.191]Oh, and she'll find a note I left hanging on her door
[09:07.041]She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
[09:16.983]Yes she will, why?
[09:21.511]'Cause I've left that girl so many times before, oh
[09:34.315]By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be workin'
[09:48.201]And she'll probably stop at lunch
[09:52.556]Just to give her, her sweet good thing a call
[10:00.293]And oh, she'll hear, oh, oh
[10:05.458]The phone keeps right on ringin' and ringin' and ringin' and ringin' and ringin' and ringin'
[10:11.395]Oh, and ringin' off the wall
[10:20.143]Mama, mama, mama, that's all
[10:27.814]And by the time I get to Oklahoma, she'll be sleepin'
[10:44.320]She'll turn softly in her restless sleep, call my name out low
[10:55.615]And oh, then she'll cry just to think I-I-I-I-I
[11:05.483]I would really leave her
[11:10.280]For time after time after time after time and time again, I tried to tell her so
[11:20.644]But she was a non-believer, oh, and she didn't know
[11:26.283]Oh, that I-I-I-I-I-I, I would really go
[11:36.899]She didn't believe I would really go, oh, no
[11:43.965]I hate to leave you, baby, yes I do
[11:49.768]I really, really, really hate to go, oh yeah
[11:56.628]But this heart of mine just can't take no more
[12:02.779]I-I-I-I-I-I've taken all that I could stand
[12:10.520]You should've known what you were doing to the man
[12:13.564]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[12:19.141]You see, when I left, baby, I left a piece of my heart
[12:29.191]Oh, yeah
[12:32.968]You know, you know, you know, you know you took, baby
[12:38.564]You know you, you took the greatest part, yeah, yeah
[12:48.233]I don't know how I'm gonna make it, oh no, but I've got to go
[12:58.755]I'm gonna miss all the sweet loving and the good times
[13:06.440]But the good times weren't as heavy, oh no, as the bad times
[13:15.008]Oh yeah
[13:20.053]You really, really put the hurt on me, yes you did
[13:26.912]I'm a prisoner of your love and I just, I just won't ever be free, no, no, no
[13:34.718]So it's bye-bye, oh, mama, mama, bye-bye
[13:48.031]Oh, bye-bye, oh, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
[14:01.035]It's too late for you to cry
[14:06.409]You had a good thing, oh, and you misused it
[14:11.087]Yes you did Yes you did
[14:13.734]You had a good heart, oh, and you abused it
[14:21.142]Oh yeah
[14:24.218]You were sweet to me, yes you were
[14:27.114]But on the other hand, you was real cold, cold, cold, cold
[14:33.873]You just kept me, oh, you kept me hanging on, yes you did
[14:40.467]Oh, oh, you kept me hanging on
[14:48.699]You kept me begging, begging, you kept me begging you to do right
[14:53.971]You kept me pacing the floor at night, oh yeah
[15:02.834]But I love you, God knows that I love you, baby
[15:11.449]Ah, yeah, I'll always love you, yeah
[16:22.863]Raindrops of water beating under my chin
[16:29.139]You can look at me and tell all the pain I'm in
[16:35.982]Aw, yeah, aw, yeah, I'm gonna moan now
[16:49.079]Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm