With the silver binding
How it keeps reminding me
Of a memory that's haunting me
In some quiet nook
I go through its pages
And peruse this ageless tale
Of the love that failed
To ever become true
On this page is the date
Of that fateful night at eight
When we found we were no longer in love
After that there's nothing more
Just a dark and futile door
That shuts out the stars above
My little brown book
I inscribed your heart vows
But since we're apart
Now this and that last sweet kiss
Is all that's left of you
Is all that's left of you
🎵 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
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (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)
Aretha Franklin
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)
Aretha Franklin
Blue Holiday (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Looking Through A Tear (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Tiny Sparrow (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Here Today And Gone Tomorrow (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
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)
Aretha Franklin
Cry Like A Baby (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
I Wish I Didn't Love You So (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Only the Lonely (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
People (2002 Mix)
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Mockingbird (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Until You Were Gone (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
My Coloring Book (2002 Mix)
Aretha Franklin
Try a Little Tenderness (2002 Mix)
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