Shout

(duet with Whoopi Goldberg at Hurricane Relief 1992)

you know you make me wanna (shout!) ~ kick my heels up and ~ (shout!) ~ throw my hands up and (shout!) ~ throw my head back and (shout!) ~ come on now ~ don't forget to say you will ~ don't forget to say ~ yeah, yeah, yeah ~ (say you will) ~ say it right now, baby ~ (say you will) ~ well, come on, come on ~ (say you will) ~ say that you ~ (say you wil) ~ (say!) ~ say that you love me ~ (say!) ~ say that you need me ~ (say!) say that you want me ~ (say!) say you wanna please me ~ (say!) ~ come on now ~ (say!) ~ come on now ~ (say!) ~ come on now ~ (say!) ~
i still remember ~ when i used to be nine years old ~ hey yeah ~ and i was a fool for you ~ from the bottom of my soul ~ yeah yeah ~ now that i found you ~ i will never let you go ~ no no ~ and if you ever leave me ~ you know it's gonna hurt me so ~ i want you to know ~ i said, i want you to know right now ~ you been good to me, sisters ~ much better than i been to myself ~ so good, so good ~ and if you ever leave me ~ i don't want nobody else ~ hey, hey ~
i said, i want you to know, yeah ~ i said, i want you to know right now ~ you know you make me wanna (shout!) ~ pick my heels up and (shout!) ~ throw my hands up and (shout!) ~ throw my head back and (shout!) ~ come on now (shout!) ~ come on now ~ (shout!) play it, sister allen, hey ~

hey, (hey,) hey (hey;) hey, yea, yea, yea ~ (hey yea, yea yea) hey, yea, yea yea ~ (hey yea, yea shout!) ~ a little bit softer now (shout!) (x2) ~
a little bit louder now (shout!) (x3) ~ get on up (shout!) (x2) ~ all right now, come on, basses ~ bum, bum, bum, bum,... ~ come on now (x2) ~ shoo-be do-wop do wop, wop, wop, wop (x2) ~ shout, shout, shout, woh (x2) ~ hey, (hey,) hey ~
you know you make me wanna (shout!) ~ kick my heels up and (shout!) ~ throw my hands up and (shout!) ~ throw my head back and (shout!) ~ come on now ~ don't forget to say you will ~ don't forget to say ~ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ~ say you will ~ say you will ~
now wait a minute! ~ all right, who was that? ~ you know you make me wanna shout