Ill Take You There – The Staple Singers：歌詞及意思

Ill Take You There (1972) – The Staple Singers

I know a place, y’all (I’ll take you there)
Ain’t nobody cryin’ (I’ll take you there)
Ain’t nobody worried (I’ll take you there)
No smilin’ faces (I’ll take you there)
Uh, uh (Lyin’ to the races) (I’ll take you there)
Oh, no Oh! (I’ll take you there)
Oh, oh, oh! (I’ll take you there)

Ill Take You There (1972) – The Staple Singers

歌曲 Ill Take You There，由美國組合 The Staple Singers 在1972年唱出。歌曲長達3分16秒，類型屬於 Funk 放克， 填詞作曲由 Al Bell，歌曲被收錄於專輯《Be Altitude: Respect Yourself》。 在當時，歌曲成功登上美國流行歌曲排行榜 Billboard Hot 100 首位，在 R&B 分類 4 週排行首位。期後更被《滾石》雜誌列入 500 首最佳歌曲之一，在1999年，被格莢美列入搖滾名人堂。

歌詞方面

填詞作曲由 Al Bell

Oh, mmm, I know a place
Ain’t nobody cryin’
Ain’t nobody worried
Ain’t no smilin’ faces, mmm, no no

Lyin’ to the races
Help me, come on, come on
Somebody, help me now (I’ll take you there)
Help me, ya’all (I’ll take you there)
Help me now (I’ll take you there)
Oh! (I’ll take you there)
Oh! Oh! Mercy! (I’ll take you there)
Oh, let me take you there (I’ll take you there)
Oh-oh! Let me take you there! (I’ll take you there)

Play your, play your piano now
All right, ah, do it, do it, come on now
Play on it, play on it, make daddy now
Daddy, daddy, daddy, play your

Ooh, Lord, all right now
Baby, little lady, easy now
Now, come on, little lady, all right
Sock it, sock it, ah, oh, oh

I know a place, y’all (I’ll take you there)
Ain’t nobody cryin’ (I’ll take you there)
Ain’t nobody worried (I’ll take you there)
No smilin’ faces (I’ll take you there)
Uh, uh (Lyin’ to the races) (I’ll take you there)
Oh, no Oh! (I’ll take you there)
Oh, oh, oh! (I’ll take you there)

Mercy now! (I’ll take you there)
I’m callin’, callin’, callin’ for mercy (I’ll take you there)
Mercy, mercy! (I’ll take you there)
You oughta, you gotta gotta, let me, let me (I’ll take you there)
Take you, take you, take you over there (I’ll take you there)

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