Tonight Is The Night by Betty Wright
Tonight Is The Night lyrics
First of all I�d like to say good evening
And we�re so pleased that
So many of you could come out and share
In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
We want you to have a real good time
�Cause that�s just what we have in mind
Is that alright with you
Now, this is a tune that I composed
And it�s called
Tonight is the night
That you make me a woman
Now I never intended recording this song
It was a personal poem
This is until the day that my producer
Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
He came across the words and he said
�We got to somethin� with these words
It�s happening every day
And people wanna hear about it, Betty�
You see, it�s the story of a young girl
Making love for the very first time
Now when I finally got a melody
I took it home and I-I played it for my mother
Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother
You see I come from one of those pretty large families
And I�m the baby of the family
And you know you never grow up to your mother
I�ll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her
She said, �Uh, I like the music
You know, baby, the melody it�s really nice
But I know you�re not gonna sing that song�
But we eased it right on by, yes, we did
And it became one of my biggest records too
So I want you to do this for me if you will
Everybody think back to your very first time
Now I�ll give you a little while longer
�Cause I know some of you
Have to think back a little further than others
Come on now, I want you to play catch-up
�Cause I don�t want you waitin� till I get to the end of my song
Sayin�, �Oh, yeah, now I remember�
Now whether it was good
Or you just smilin� it was good
Or on the other hand if it was not so good
Here�s my story
Hmm...hmm...mmm...mmm...
Tonight is the night
That you make me a woman, mmm...
You said you�ll be gentle with me
And I-I hope you will, mmm...mmm...
I�m nervous and I�m tremblin�
Waitin� for you to walk in
I�m tryin� hard to relax
But I just can�t keep still, no
I can hear your car door slammin�
I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
But I know so little about what love is
I just can�t help actin� like a child
You�re knockin� on my door and you�re ringin� my bell
Hope you�re not impatient after waiting so very long
A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
And we�re both old enough to know right from wrong
Tonight is the night
That you make me a woman, mmm...
You said you�ll be gentle with me
And I-I hope you will, hmm...mmm...
I�m nervous and I�m tremblin�
Waitin� for you to walk in
Tryin� hard to relax
But I just can�t keep still
Mmm...hey, baby
Ho, ho, baby
Ho...yeah...yeah...
Oh, but what if my mama should come home early
And catch us doin� what we�re doin�
Not only will I never live it down
But my whole family relationship it�ll all be ruined
But we�ve gone a little bit too far now
Oh, to turn around
So let�s just pray
That true love is what we�ve found
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight
Ho, I�ll never forget tonight
No, no, I�ll never forget tonight
That�s when you make me feel real, mmm...hmm...
You make me feel real, real good
Oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...whoa...whoa...
Yeah, and I wanna thank your love
Said I�ve got to thank your love
�Cause you make me feel good
And I love you, baby
I love you and I know it
And I ain�t too proud to show it
�Cause I love you, baby
And I need you, baby
I want you, my love, my love
My, my, my baby
I�ll never forget tonight
No, I�ll never forget tonight
�Cause you make me feel good
And I love you, baby
You make me feel real good
And I love you, baby
�Cause you gave me
Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
Uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby
Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
Uh-uh-uh, pure love
There�s nothin� phony about it
Uh-uh, pure love
Your love I can�t do without it
Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh
I love him, I know it
I ain�t too proud to show it
I love him, I know it
I ain�t too proud to show it
I love him, I know it
I ain�t too proud to show it
I love him, I know it
And I ain�t too proud to show it
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
Thank you
Thank you
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