Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Album: In The Pocket (1981)
Charted: 56 8
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  • Lady, you bring me up when I'm down,
    And maybe you're gonna change my life around

    You came to me when I was lonely and no one cared
    You made me see that I was only, just runnin' scared
    I saw your face and somethin' told me, you were the one
    You smiled at me and now I see: my life's begun

    Lady, (pretty lady) you bring me up when I'm down,
    Up when I'm down
    (And maybe you're gonna change my life around)
    Gonna change my life around, yeah
    Lady, you brought me in from out the rain, yeah
    Maybe my life will never be the same

    Once I was filled with desperation, a solitary man
    You gave me hope and inspiration, like only true love can
    Now I believe in what you're sayin', I'm ten feet tall
    This love don't need no explainin', we've got it all

    (Lady, you bring me up when I'm down)
    Up when I'm down
    And maybe (Maybe you're gonna change my life around)

    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    Na na na na na na na
    Na na na na na na
    Na na na na na na
    Na na na na la la la la la

    Whoa lady, you bring me up when I'm down
    Up when I'm down
    (And maybe, yeah, you're gonna change my life around)
    Gonna change my life around, yeah
    Lady, pretty lady, you brought me in from out the rain
    And maybe my life will never be the same
    It'll never be the same, yeah

    Lady, woo, you bring me up when I'm down,
    Up when I'm down
    (And maybe, maybe you're gonna change my life around)
    Yeah, yeah, yeah (ooo)
    Lady

    (Lady, you bring me up when I'm down)
    (And maybe you're gonna change my life around woo)
    (Lady)

    (Woo Lady)
    (You bring me up when I'm down) Writer/s: Albert Vernon Hudson, Dave Jr. Roberson, Kevin Duane McCord
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 14th 1981, "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" by the Commodores entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #84; and on August 30th it peaked at #8 (for 3 weeks) and spent 22 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #5 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Lionel Richie sang lead on the record and the week it peaked at #8 on the Top 100 the #1 record for that week was "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie.
  • Alejandro from Chinandega, NicaraguaBeautiful and great song.
  • Ed from Incognito, IlLionel Ritchie is a great performer. Anyone who hasn't heard this man perform live should put it on their things-to-do-before-I-die list.
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