Vesta Williams
December 1st 1957 to Septemer 22nd 2011
Her work in the film Posse is so underrated
Tell Me
Written by Vesta Williams (as Vesta) and Louis Russell
Performed by Vesta Williams (as Vesta)
A&R [Direction] – Kevin Evans
Acoustic Guitar – John Jorgenson
Bass – Nathan East
Drums – Harvey Mason
Engineer [Assistant] – Nazeeh Islam, Rajean DeGrandmaison
Harp – Dino Soldo
Keyboards, Arranged By – Tim Heintz
Mixed By – Charlie Watts (2)
Producer – Vesta*
Producer [Additional] – Phillip Biff Vincent*
Producer, Keyboards, Arranged By, Mixed By – Michael Eckert
Lyrics
Tell me
what's on your mind , baby
Tell Me
If the loving is strong
Tell! Me!
What's on your mind, baby
Tell Me
If the loving is strong oh
Tell Me
If the loving is strong
You got!
A simple way of talking to me baby
You got
my heart on a string
You! Got!
the simple way of loving me baby
Tell me
That you love me, again!
Tell me
That you love me, again!
I got this funny
feeling
De-ep in-si-de
That tells me , you, could love me
Even mo-re, an
And I got to kno-w!
You got!
A simple way of loving me baby
You! got!
My heart on a stri-ng
You got!
A simple way of loving me baby
Tell me!
That you, want me, again
Baby baby baby
Tell me
That you, want me, again
Baby baby baby baby
Tell me
that you,
Yo-[mellisma]-u!
Yo-[mellissma-scatting]-u!
You [Scatting]
[Scatting]
[Scatting]
[Scatting modulate through four octaves]
Tell me
That you
Tell me that you want me baby
Tell me that you need me baby
Tell me! ye-ah!
Tell me that you
Want me, again
Tell me, that you
want me, again
[Scatting]
[Scatting two octaves]
[Scatting four octaves]
LIVE, lovely voice
Special
Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Attala Zane Giles
Ooh... oh... oh
Ooh... ooh...
Yeah
Ooh... ooh... ooh
Never thought I'd find a lover
Who could love me like no other, Sugar
Now I'm spellbound in your hands
You're more than twice a man
And I love you
The more I'm in your arms the more I need you
I look in your eyes I feel you
The way you hold me, feels so right, (So right)
The way you make me feel is oh so special
My baby and I just gotta let you know, feels so right
You make me feel so special, darlin'
On and on it, gettin' stronger
You just make me feel so special
Nights of passion, filled with moonlight
Makes the moments with you so right, baby
You have made my life so grand
Don't know how glad I am that I have your love
The more I'm in your arms, the more I need you
No matter where I am I feel you
The way you kiss me it feels so good (So good)
I love the way you make me feel so special, darlin'
And I just gotta let you know
That it feels so right
You make me feel so special, darlin'
On and on feeling stronger
Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh
Ooh, ooh, yeah
(Oh... oh... oh...)
Ooh, the more I have your love, the more I need you
If I had to change the world, I would to keep you
The way you love me, don't ever stop (Oh, oh)
There's no one who could make me feel so special, baby
And I just gotta let you know
That it feels so right
You make me feel so special, baby
On and on gettin' stronger
Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh
Special (Special)
Special, special (Yes, you are, baby)
Special (Yeah)
You make me feel so special (You make me feel so good)
Special (Baby)
Special (I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I) special
(Special, hey)
You make me feel so special (Special, baby, ooh, ooh)
Special, baby,
Feels so right you make me feel so special
(Special, baby, bay, oh, oh)
My love (My love),
And it feels so right when you oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Sweet Sweet Love
Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Attala Zane Giles, William Matthew Osborne
Oh-oh, oh (oh-oh)
Oh, oh (oh-oh)
Oh (ooh) oh-oh
Ooh
I remember I was scared
Love especially
I fell in love with you
Stole my heart in such a way
What you did to me
Can't explain
(How you kiss me) how you kiss me
(When you kiss me) kiss me
(Feel so good) baby, it feels so good
(How you hold me) hold me, babe
(When you hold me) hold me
(Love's so good) love's so good
Well, there are so many ways (so many things I do)
I gotta make me feel just with your
Sweet, sweet love (I love you, yes, I do)
Sweet, sweet love (wanna spend my life with you)
Sweet, sweet love (I need you every day)
Sweet, sweet love (you're in my heart to stay)
Sweet, sweet love (ooh)
Love is wrong in many ways
Stood the test of time
Stronger everyday
No one loves me like you do
I found in you love so true, oh
(How you touch me) touch me, babe
(When you touch me) touch me
(Feel so good) oh, it feels so good
(There's no other) there's no other
(Other lover) other lover
(You're so good) you're so good
You're all I ever wanted (all that I'll ever need)
I'll ever need with your
Sweet, sweet love (I love you, yes I do, oh)
Sweet, sweet love (I wanna be right here with you, baby)
Sweet, sweet love (you're in my heart to stay)
Sweet, sweet love (I love you more every day)
Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah)
Oh, oh (oh, oh) oh, oh
Ooh
You're all I ever wanted (all that I ever need)
All that I ever need
With your (sweet, sweet love) oh
Baby, baby (sweet, sweet love)
I need your sweet, sweet love, oh, yeah (sweet, sweet love)
Oh, all that I ever need (sweet, sweet love)
You're all I ever need, yeah (sweet, sweet love)
You're my baby (oh), sweet, sweet love (yeah)
You're my honey (oh), sweet, sweet love (yeah)
You're my baby (hey), sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet love (oh, baby your)
You're my baby (my baby), sweet, sweet love (my sweet)
You're my honey (honey, yeah), sweet, sweet love
You're my baby (oh, oh), sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (ooh)
Sweet, sweet love (sweet baby)
Oh-oh-oh-oh (sweet, sweet love)
Sweet love, ooh, ooh
Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah, you sweet little, boy)
You're my baby, sweet, sweet love
Congratulations
Lyrics from Vesta Williams,Tena Clark,Gary Prim
Saw an old friend on the street
She said today's your wedding
My heart stopped
The tears dropped
Saw my whole life pass me by
I had to see you, baby
I never ran so fast before
I rushed inside the chapel door
You were waitin' all alone
You turned around and heard me call
Congratulations
I thought it would have been me
Standin' here with you
Congratulations
I hope you're happy
'Cause as long as I can breathe
You'll always be the one for me, oh-oh
Why was I the last to know?
I thought that we were special
My soul shakes
My heart breaks
As I turn and walk away
I can't believe it's over
We really never said goodbye
Thought we'd give it one more try
Felt our love was here to stay
And now today's your wedding day
Congratulations
I thought it would have been me
Standin' here with you
Congratulations
I hope you're happy
'Cause as long as I can breathe
You'll always be the one for me, oh
Congratulations, baby
I hope she makes you happy
Because you didn't even say goodbye, and hey
I thought it should have been me, oh-oh-oh
But as long as I can breathe
You'll always be the one for me
'Cause as long as I can breathe
You'll always be the one for me
Congratulations
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Dean Paul Gant
Your name is Dracula
You suck the life right out of me
With a thing called reality
Why didn't I fall for you?
You took my space and made it yours
Now my mind's playin' tricks on me
Who's to blame?
I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up
That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho
There's no shame
In losin' control, I'm crackin' up
That's what the doctors keep tellin' me
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
Keep one eye open for the bad guy
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
And be suspicious when the moon's high
Your eyes are cold as ice
I feel them starin' straight through me
With a hint of intensity
Why must it be this way?
Why am I here tied up today?
In a room full of past [Incomprehensible]
Who's to blame?
I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up
That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho
There's no shame
In losin' control, I'm crackin' up
That's what the doctors keep tellin' me
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
Keep one eye open for the bad guy
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
And be suspicious when the moon's high, high, high, yeah
Who's to blame?
I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up
That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho
There's no shame
In losin' control, I'm crackin' up
That's what the doctors keep tellin' me
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
Keep one eye open for the bad guy
I keep screamin'
Once bitten, twice shy
And be suspicious when the moon's high, high
Once bitten, twice shy
Once bitten, twice shy
(You took my love and made me crazy)
(Now everything's so hazy)
Once bitten, twice shy
(Ooh, you know you're no good, you're no good, no)
Once bitten, twice shy
Once bitten, twice shy
(Your name is Dracula)
(You chained me up and locked my gate to you)
She is the background voice on Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy", it was not written by someone black.
Ride of Your Life
Written by Mario Van Peebles
Performed by Vesta Williams (as Vesta)
A&R [Direction] – Kevin Evans
Engineer [Assistant] – Rajean DeGrandmaison
Mixed By – Charlie Watts (2)
Producer – Mario Van Peebles
Producer [Additional] – Phillip Biff Vincent*
Producer, Keyboards – Michael Eckert
Lyrics
I WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT MYSELF