Lost Someone (Live at the Apollo Theater, 1967)

Lyrics

OH! Looka here I got to sing a song But it's one thing I wanna say right here Wilson Pickett said in the midnight hour That's when our love come tumblin' down I know in the midnight hour That's when a lot of people's love comes tumblin' down But some people, some people like to wait 'Til the wee wee hours of the morning When everybody gets mellow When you're feeling good, UH! Now when the clock strikes one My love for you has just begun When the clock strikes two I want you to know it's just me and you But when the clock strikes three I said when the clock strikes three I don't want your boyfriend bothering me But when the clock strikes four Baby, let yourself go When the clock strikes four I just wanna do it UH! Looka here But when the clock strikes five You throw your arms around me, tell me I'm the sweetest man alive UH! But when... You wanna hear six? Hahaha When the clock strikes six I said when the clock strikes six You said, baby, baby, baby, baby, how did I ever get in this bitch? A few years ago A young man walked out on the stage and start to singing a song That went something like this I'll love you tomorrow Like I love you today I'm so weak, but don't take my heart away But come on, come on, ooh Come on, come on, ooh, help me Come on, come on, OW Help me now, help me, baby Help me now Sometimes, sometimes your friends, they don't understand me Sometimes, sometimes your loved ones don't understand me They think you feel so bad And make you feel so bad It make you wanna walk up to 'em and look 'em right dead in the eye It make you wanna say, baby, baby, baby, oh baby now Baby, ow, baby, baby, ow, baby I wanna tell you what they've done to me, baby Do you know what they've done to me, baby? It was eight men and four women It was eight men and four women They found me guilty Found me guilty of loving you, baby Then you know what they made me do? Turned around, dropped my head, and this is what I said I said, you gonna make me cry Oh darling, you gonna make me cry But it's one more thing I wanna say right here I wanna sing a song for the people who lost someone I wanna sing a song for the ones who said don't leave me bewildered I wanna sing a song for the ones who said if you leave me, I'll go crazy I wanna sing a song for the prisoner of love I wanna sing a song for the ones who said when you get tired of what you got, try me I wanna sing a song for the ones who said, baby, you don't have to weep no more But all you got to do is let yourself go Wanna sing a song for the ones who said, OH, I feel good And then I wanna sing a song for the ones who said, please, please, please, please Don't leave me The time for a song that I wanna sing, it's got so much soul Released in 1966, and make you think about the good things And this is the type of song that we heard in '66 that went something like this It's a man's world, but don't let me break down, baby Don't let me break down, darling Don't let me beg you, baby Baby, don't make me beg now But I ain't too proud to beg I got to tell it like it is now Sometimes I feel like I'm losing you But don't let me, OH, NO NO, NO, OW NO, NO NO, I can't stop I feel like I'm pouring water on a drowning man NO, NO, NO, AH James Brown, James Brown, James Brown, James Brown They call him the ruler of Rhythm & Blues, James Brown, yeah