It's a little bit funny, lord, this feeling inside
i'm not one of those who can easily hide
i don't have much money but, boy, if i did
i'd buy a big mansion where we both could live
If, if i was a sculpture, lord, honey, but then again, no
or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
i know it's not much, i know it's not much, but it's the best i can do
you gave a gift, lord, and i'm gon' sing it for you
And you can tell everybody that this is your song
it may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
i hope you don't mind, i hope you don't mind what i wrote down in words,
words
how wonderful life is when you're in the world, world, world
If, if, if i was on a rooftop i'd kick off my shoes
i'll write a few verses, and then i get the blues
but the sun's been quite, quite kind while i wrote this song
it's for people like you and people like me
i wanna, i wanna keep turnin' on
So excuse me forgetting, but these things i do, lord
you see, you see i've forgotten if they're green or blue
anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what i really mean
your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
the clearest eyes i've ever seen, i hope you know that
I hope you, i hope you wrote back and tell everybody that this is your
song
it may be quite, quite simple but now that's how it's done
i hope you don't mind, i hope you don't mind, but i wrote down in words,
lord, words
i'm doin' it for how wonderful life is when you're in the world, world,
world
If, if, if i was on a rooftop i'd kick off my shoes
i'll write a few verses, and then i'll get the blues
but the sun's been quite, quite kind while i wrote this song
it's for people like you, people like me
i wanna, wanna keep turnin' on, so excuse me, so excuse me
So excuse me forgetting, lord, these things i do
you see, you see i've forgotten if they're green or blue, baby
and anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what i really mean
your are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
the sweetest eyes i've ever seen
I hoping you go back, go back and tell everybody that billy paul's got a
song
i'm, i'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes
i'm gonna write it, write it, write it
i might come out with the gospel, the blues, the jazz, the rock and roll
I'm gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody because
this is my song
it may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
i hope you don't mind, i hope you don't mind what i wrote down in words,
words
you come on back, you try to try again, try again
Tell everybody that billy paul got a song
it may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby
i hope you don't mind, i hope you don't mind what i wrote down in words
hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
Get back, get, got, oh, ho