Stevie Wonder
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
Yester me,
yester you,
yesterday
What happened to the world we knew
When we were dream and scheme and
while the time away
Yester me,
yester you,
yesterday
Where did it go, Where did it go
that yester-glow?
When we could feel the wheel of life
turn our way
Yester me,
yester you,
yesterday
I had a dream , so did you
Life was warm and love was true
Two kids who followed all the rules yester-fools
And now, it seems those yester-dreams
were Just a cruel and foolish game
we used to play
Yester me,
yester you,
yesterday
When I recall what we had
I feel lost, I feel sad
With nothing but
the memory of oh, yester-love
And now,It seems those yester-dreams
were Just a cruel and foolish game
we had to play
Yester me,
yester you,
yesterday (x3)
I Just Called to Say I Love You
No New Years"s Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring No song to sing
In fact here"s just another ordinary day
No April rain No flower bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true made up of these three words
That I must say to you
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
No summer"s high No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
No autumn breeze No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies
No Libra sun No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do
Part-time lover
Call up, ring once, hang up the phone
To let me know you made it home
Don't want nothing to be wrong with part time lover
If she's with me I'll blink the lights
To let you know tonight's the night
For me and you my part time lover
We are undercover passion on the run
Chasing love up against the sun
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
If I'm with friends and we should meet
Just pass me by, don't even speak
Know the word's "discreet" when part time lovers
But if there's some emergency
Have a male friend to ask for me
So then she won't peek its really you my part time lover
We are undercover passion on the run
Chasing love up against the sun
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
I've got something that I must tell
Last night someone rang our doorbell
And it was not you my part time lover
And then a man called our exchange
But didn't want to leave his name
I guess that two can play the game of part time lovers
You and me, part time lovers
But, she and he, part time lovers
Superstition
Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh
Very superstitious, nothing more to say
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby, broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no...
You are the sunshine of my life
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why
I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay
in my heart
I feel like
this is the beginning
Though I have loved you
for one million years
But if I thought
our love was ending
I'd find myself
drowning in my own tears
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why
I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay
in my heart
You must have known
that I was lonely
Because you came to my rescue
And I know
that this must be heaven
How could so much love
be inside of you
*repeat
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why
I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay
in my heart
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why
I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay
in my heart
So What The Fuss
If I'm caught at a dance party without my dancin shoes
And everybody dances on my bare feet Shame on me
If I'm mindin my business just doin the right thing
And you try to front me off in the street Shame on you
If a family's waiting for that special blessing to come their way
But they ain't tryin to get on their knees and pray Shame on them
And if we live in a time where every
nation's fightin'round the world
Yet we can't all agree that peace is the way
Shame on us
Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them,
Shame on us
(repeat)
So what the fuss
If I gotta get up early in the morning for a job interview
And I forget to set the stupid alarm
Shame on me
If my children are playin outside like little children do
And you come 'round there tryin to bring them some harm
Shame on you
Should I be drivin thru a klantown, find a restaurant to get me some food
And someone says "hey boy, we don't serve your kind"
Shame on them
And if we live in a democracy and you don't use your power to vote
Knowin some would like to turn back the hands of time
Shame on us
Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them, Shame on us
(repeat)
So what the fuss
If I'm hooked on a habit knowin damn well it could cost me my life
Yet I keep doin what I should do without
Shame on me
If you're locked in a marriage and your other half
just gives you abuse
Yet you've convinced yourself that there's no way out
Shame on you
If we're jammin the music and somebody's got the audacity
To say that they can jam it better than us
Shame on them
And should there be just a handful that believe that
we are totally free
And there's no need to fight for equality
Shame on us
Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them, Shame on us
(repeat)
So what the fuss
My Cherie Amour
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My cherie amour, distant as the milky way
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never noticed me
My cherie amour,
won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
Maybe someday, you'll see my face amoung the crowd
Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
70~80년대의 전설적인 맹인 아티스트 Stevie Wonder..
Stevie Wonder만큼 오랜 기간동안 지속적인 성공을 거둔 흑인 뮤지션도 찾아보기 힘들 것이다.
1962년 불과 12살의 나이에 'Fingertips (Part 2)'로 세상을 놀라게 한 후
1984년 'I Just Called To Say I Love You'로 전세계적인 성공을 거둘 때까지
적어도 20년 이상 그는 최고의 흑인 뮤지션 자리를 놓치지 않았다.
맹인가수 스티비 원더..그는 "안 보이기 때문에 더 잘 듣기 위해 애를 썼으며가난한 흑인이기에 더욱 열심히 노력했다고.." 말했다.. 