I'm just sitting here about to take the stand.
I gotta prove, I'm not a guilty man.
I've beean accused of a crime of giving you everything but my time.
So let me say in my defense, I didn't know that I was doing you wrong.
I'm gonna never let it happen again.
From this moment girl it's about to be on.
I'll be your rock tonight, cause all that I want to do is be alone with you.
I feel like doing hard time.
I ain't trying to cop or plead if you're down to serve with me.
We saying in alright, I feel like doing hard time.
The verdict's in, I got work to do.
Got to make up for the time I've neglected you.
I'm serving life, there's no need to rush.
I'm gonna be here for you girl, now that's what's up.
Let's lay here for a while, let you lock me up and hide the key (Yeah)
Girl you know that drives me wild, everytime you put your hands on me.
I'll be your rock tonight, cause all that I want to do is be alone with you.
I feel like doing hard time.
I ain't trying to cop or plead if you're down to serve with me.
We saying in alright, I feel like doing hard time.
(Uh) Lock me down, take me away like the cops around.
Straight to the bed you could lock me down.
Not like them other girls cause they (?) them out. (Hard time)
You got me now, don't ever let me go cause if you drop me now,
Every woman on like every block in town feelin' like you was around, cause you shot me down.
Right in the heart, been in love with you, knew it from the start.
I'll never let you leave, we'll never grow apart.
I'll show you what I mean to make love in the dark.
(Uh) Like lover's art, stay with me, you're above the stars.
Play with me, how I like this cause.
All day you see we'll be doing it hardtime.
(Hardtime, hardtime)
I'll be your rock tonight, cause all that I want to do is be alone with you.
I feel like doing hard time.
I ain't trying to cop or plead if you're down to serve with me.
We saying in alright, I feel like doing hard time.
(Oh I feel like doing hard time, yeah. I feel like doing hard time, yeah)
(Oh I feel like doing hard time, yeah)
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🎵 The Essential Aretha Franklin
by Aretha Franklin
Nobody Like You (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin; Arranged By Robert Mersey
Once In A While (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Maybe I'm A Fool (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Muddy Water (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? (Alternate Version - 2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Today I Sing The Blues (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Won't Be Long (with Ray Bryant Combo) (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Evil Gal Blues (2002 Mix)
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Lee Cross (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Walk on By (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
God Bless the Child (2002 Mix)
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Blue Holiday (2002 Mix)
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Looking Through A Tear (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Tiny Sparrow (2002 Mix)
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Here Today And Gone Tomorrow (2002 Mix)
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Little Brown Book (2002 Mix)
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Without the One You Love (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
This Bitter Earth (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Just For a Thrill (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Skylark (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin; Arranged & Conducted By Robert Mersey
Skylark (Alternate Version - 2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Trouble In Mind (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Runnin' Out Of Fools (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Drinking Again (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Laughing On the Outside (Crying On the Inside) (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin; Arranged & Conducted By Robert Mersey
What a Diff'rence a Day Made (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Soulville (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
You'll Lose A Good Thing (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Take A Look (2002 Mix)
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Cry Like A Baby (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
I Wish I Didn't Love You So (2002 Mix)
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Only the Lonely (2002 Mix)
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People (2002 Mix)
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Mockingbird (2002 Mix)
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Until You Were Gone (2002 Mix)
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My Coloring Book (2002 Mix)
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Try a Little Tenderness (2002 Mix)
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