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You Can Cry on My Shoulder - (Ben)

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Written by Berry Gordy

Lyrics



Just because you know I love you so much
Don't be afraid to tell me you're sad
Because you lost his love
Though your love is not for me
I don't wanna see you in mysery, so come on, baby come on

[Refrain]
You can cry on my shoulder...
You can cry on my shoulder
And bring all your troubles to me
All your troubles to me

Big girls ain't supposed to cry,
If you do I'll understand,
Maybe I can show you how you can win his love again
It may seem strange I know
But it's just that I love you
So come on, baby come on

[Refrain]
You can cry on my shoulder
You can cry on my shoulder
And bring all your troubles to me.
All your troubles to me


Girl you've given him all you had
He,d better stop treating you so bad,
Come on babe, come on, oh yeah

[Refrain]
You can cry on my shoulder, yes you can girl
You can cry on my shoulder
And bring all your troubles to me, yeah babe, yes you can now
Darling, ooooh, oooooooh yes, yes you can girl...
I'll be there to help,

You can cry, you can cry, you can cry
Baby
(You can cry on my shoulder)
Ooooooh yeah babe, yeah babe
(You can cry on my shoulder)
You can cry, you can cry...


Listen to the song on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hYMHg2Hko
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My Girl - (Ben)

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Written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White

"My Girl" is a 1964 song recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label which became a number one hit in 1965. Written and produced by The Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations' first U.S. number-one single, and is today their signature song. Robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. The song was featured on the Temptations album The Temptations Sing Smokey.

"My Girl" has been covered frequently since the 1960s, including versions by other Motown stars such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.



Lyrics

I've got sunshine
On a cloudy day
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
(My girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl
(My girl)








I've got so much honey
the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than
the birds in the trees
I guess you'll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
(My girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl
(My girl)

Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooooh...

I don't need no money,
fortune or fame
I've got all the riches baby
one man can claim
Well I guess you'll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
(My girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl
(My girl)


Listen to MJ's version  on this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru_UXSQNGsc&feature=related
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In Our Small Way - (Ben)

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Written by Bea Verdi, Christine Yarian.

Lyrics 

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day

But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Empty words are not enough
Where there's hurt we'll be a crush
When there's thirst we'll fill each other's cup
Because we care we love enough to share

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

In despair we'll be the hope
And the prayer that frees the soul
We'll be there to share each lonely road
Because we love, I know
We care enough


[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Just a little time is all it takes
What a difference just a smile can make, you'll see
Love is all we need

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way


Watch in youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUp4fyzGQIc
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What Goes Around Comes Around - (Ben)

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written by Allen Levinsky, Arthur Stokes, Dana Meyers, Floyd Weatherspoon

 
Lyrics

I had my eyes on you 3 long years.
when no one else wanted you I took you in
and held your near

but then you drifted away


after you said you always stay
how could you be so mean and untrue
he didn't want you until he seen
what my love did for you
yeah

Chorus:
oh baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
yeah baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

i've been in a love affair 3 long years
remember how i use to care when you
were down i dried your tears
who'd think you so cruel
i let you treat me so cruel
this is the moment i feel for you
do you think your plan is through
i don't think i can trust you.

Chorus:
oh baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
yeah baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

Chorus:
What goes around comes around
he put you down now your the clown

what goes around yeah
comes around yeah

Refrain:
I had my eyes on you 3 long years
when no one else wanted you I took you in
and held your near

yeah

Chorus:
yeah yeah baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
no no baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

Chorus:
What goes around comes around
he put you down now your the clown

yeah
don't you know
 don't you know
don't you know

yeah yeah baby

 LIsten to the song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyjmfDlp9yI
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Everybody's Somebody's Fool - (Ben)

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Written by Gladys Hampton, Regina Adams, Ace Adams

Lyrics


Everybody's somebody's fool
The world is the biggest school
As you live, you learn though a torch will burn
Everybody's somebody's fool

You go through life making fools of others
Pretending you're giving them love
But remember sister or brother
You all have to answer to the one up above

It's beautiful to watch love begin
But oh so sad when it ends
As you go through life remember this rule
Everybody's somebody's fool

It's beautiful to watch love begin
But oh so sad when it ends
As you go through life remember this rule
Everybody's somebody's fool

Listen to it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mENG8y-Z1cE
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We've Got a Good Thing Going - (Ben)

Author: Jord Posted under: , , ,
written by Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards and Freddie Perren also known as the Corporation.

Lyrics 

(Ooh) Hey my girl
She does something to my chemistry
And when I'm close I'm sure
I raise her temperature
'bout three degrees

Everyday, yeah
In every way she
Makes my motor purr
And I reciprocate
My life I dedicate to lovin' her

So we've got a good thing going
A real good thing going yeah
That girl and me
And I don't have to ask
Cause I know it's
Gonna last eternally

(Now let me tell you what we got)

Understanding
Whenever handing any alibis
Instead of what you do
Where you been or what's the use
We're making nice

You see we've got a good thing going
A real good thing going yeah
That girl and me
And she don't have to ask
Cause she know it's
Gonna last eternally

Said we got a
Good good good good good
thing going yeah yeah
That girl and me
And we don't have to ask
Cause we know it's
Gonna last internally

[Ad-libs]

LIsten to it on youtube :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm2mvkMTI1g&feature=related
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People Make the World Go Round - (Ben)

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Written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. 


years after, Stevie Wonder , David Sandborn and friends , and Chantae Cann had sung this song on different occasions.

Lyrics

People...
('Round and 'round and around...)
People make the world go 'round
('Round and 'round and around...)

Teachers on strike, no more school today
They want more money but the board won't pay
People
Everybody's talkin' 'bout ecology
The air's so polluted that it's hard to breathe
People

Rrefrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...

Old folks judge you by the clothes you wear
They'd swear you're a hippy if you have long hair
Young politicians fight for poverty
While people still cry for equality

Refrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...

(Instrumental)

Refrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...


listen to this song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmBxLxKpTUo
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The Greatest Show on Earth - (Ben)

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Written by Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino

Lyrics


Love is like a circus and a carnival is beautiful to see
Love can turn your mind around like ferris wheels and spinning carosels

You'll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Oh, everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

The fantasy you see is like a child again through rainbow colored eyes
Step right up its circus time and get your moneys worth of love today

You'll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, yea
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Love, love, love
Is the greatest show on earth (yea e yea)
Love, love, yea
Is the greatest show on earth
Love, love, yea

Listen to the song via this link :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOis1e3wu8k
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Ben - song

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"Ben" is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972.

Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Ben
Released
 July 12, 1972
Format
 CD single
Recorded
 1971
Genre
 Pop, soul, pop rock/R&B, soft rock
Length
 2:48
Label
 Motown
Writer(s)
 Don Black and Walter Scharf
Producer
 The Corporation: Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy, Jr
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Ain't No Sunshine"
(1972)
 "Ben"
(1972)
 "With a Child's Heart"
(1973)

Background


Originally written for Donny Osmond, "Ben" was offered to Jackson as Osmond was on tour at the time and unavailable for recording. The single, theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.
The song became the first of 13 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist; it was later included on Jackson's album of the same name.
"Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973; Jackson performed the song in front of a live audience at the ceremony.
Although Jackson had already become the youngest artist to ever record a number-one ("I Want You Back" with The Jackson 5, in 1970), "Ben" made him the third-youngest solo artist, at fourteen, to score a number-one hit single. Only Stevie Wonder, who was thirteen when "Fingertips, Pt. 2" went to number one, and Donny Osmond, who was months shy of his fourteenth birthday when "Go Away Little Girl" hit number one in 1971 were younger.
After Jackson's death, singer Akon released a remix of the song with his own background vocals and Jackson's original voice.
In 1985, the song became a top ten hit again in the UK when covered by Marti Webb as a tribute to Ben Hardwick, a young liver transplant patient. This version reached #5 in the UK charts and was one of the singer's biggest hits. The co-writer of the song Don Black was at that time Webb's manager.

Music details

The song is played in the key of F Major at a tempo of 88bpm. The vocal range is B3-D5
Michael Jackson performed the song on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in the early 1970s.

Charts

Chart (1972)
 Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report
 1
UK Singles Chart
 7
US Billboard Hot 100
 1
Chart (2009)
 Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart
 14
Irish Singles Chart
 24
UK Singles Chart
 46
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs
 75

Cultural references


Lyrics

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben

Try watching the videos  :





6. Live Performance - The 45th Annual Academy Awards® (1973) - HQ Sound :


7. on The Jacksons Variety Show 1977 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vwSIIY6bks&feature=related

8. Triumph tour L.A. (poor quality) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B094o_JjkCQ 

9. MICHAEL JACKSON & The Jacksons - Triumph Tour Compilation (1981) - BEN is only featured at the beginning of this video.


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BEN - Album (1972)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ben
Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released August 4, 1972
Recorded 1971–1972
Genre R&B, soul, Jazz
Length 31:31
Label Motown
Producer Hal Davis
Professional reviews
Michael Jackson chronology
Got to Be There
(1972)		 Ben
(1972)		 Music & Me
(1973)
Singles from Ben
  1. "Ben"
    Released: July 12, 1972

Alternative cover

Second pressing after it was discovered the "rat cover" (above) could scare children from buying the album.
Ben was the second album by the Jackson 5 American singer Michael Jackson, released in August 1972, it sold over five million copies worldwide.[1] The title track "Ben" was a million-seller hit single and Jackson's first US #1. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.

Background

"Ben" is a number-one hit song recorded by the teenager Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.K. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the U.S. pop chart.
The song became the first of five number-one pop hits for Jackson in the U.K and his first number one as a solo artist. Later included on Jackson's album of the same name, "Ben" won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Ben"   Don Black, Walter Scharf 2:44
2. "The Greatest Show on Earth"   Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino 2:48
3. "People Make the World Go Round"   Thom Bell, Linda Creed 3:15
4. "We've Got a Good Thing Going"   The Corporation [Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards, Freddie Perren] 2:59
5. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"   Gladys Hampton, Regina Adams, Ace Adams 2:59
6. "My Girl"   Smokey Robinson, Ronald White 3:08
7. "What Goes Around Comes Around"   Allen Levinsky, Arthur Stokes, Dana Meyers, Floyd Weatherspoon 3:33
8. "In Our Small Way"   Bea Verdi, Christine Yarian 3:39
9. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"   Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder 3:21
10. "You Can Cry on My Shoulder"   Berry Gordy 2:39

Notes


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