'Cause I Love You

Girl, you know I love you No matter what you do And I hope you understand me Every word I say is true ‘Cause I love you Baby, I'm thinkin' of you Tryin' to be more of a man for you And I don't have much riches But we gonna see it through ‘Cause I love you Ho Some men need lots of women For their passions to feel But I want only you, girl If it's in, if it's in, if it's in God's will ‘Cause I, ‘cause I love you I, I love you, baby With all my heart and soul Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Love you I need you I want you I need you Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh your love makes me grow stronger It keeps goin' on, oh, baby I'm glad I found you I just love to be around you, oh, baby You've been so good to me Oh, baby Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Hmm, hmm Hmm You know One time things got so bad until I had to go to one of my friends and talk to him And I told him, I said, “You know I'm having problems with the woman that I love It seems that I call her on the phone and I just can't get her to answer And then I went to her house and I saw a car parked in the driveway I knocked on the door, but still my knocks went unanswered And then I went home and I-I watched television until television went off And then I played my records until I just didn't want to hear them anymore And finally I went to bed, but I found myself waking up a few hours later And the tears were running down my face” And my friend told me, he said, “Lenny, You just oughta forget about her” But I told my friend, I said, “You know Maybe you've never been in love like I've been in love And maybe you've never felt the things that I've felt” But this is what I told my friend I said, “You know, sometimes you get lonely You get lonely, you get lonely” Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh And I cry, I cry Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh And the tears would fill up in the wells In the wells of my eyes, baby And then it got so bad, it got so bad Till one time I thought I'd roll myself up in a big ol' ball and die And then I met you, darlin' And you smiled at me Oh, oh, it was such a pretty smile, yes, it was And you reached out your hand You helped me (Helped), you helped me (Helped me), you helped, oh I'm glad, baby, I'm glad, baby Oh, oh, oh, baby, ey, ey, ey I won't ever leave you, baby I won't ever grieve you, baby I'm gonna love you, oh, oh, oh, baby I'm glad, I'm glad, baby Oh, oh, yeah, baby, oh, oh, oh I love you, I love you I love you, I love you, oh I love you, I love you I love you, I love you I love you, I love you I love you