Sylvester Stewart

Body

Celebration

Happiness

R&B/Soul

1969

Cynthia: Get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the music!

All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?

Freddie: All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar
and make it easy to move your feet

Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom,
so that the dancers just won't hide

Sly: You might like to hear my organ, I said "Ride Sally Ride"
You might like to hear the horns blowin',
Cynthia on the throne, yeah!
Listen to me!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':

Cynthia: All the squares, go home!

Listen to the voices!

All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music

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Sylvester Stewart

Inspirational

Weather

R&B/Soul

1969

Everybody is a star
Who can rain, chase the dust away
Everybody wants to shine
Ooh, come out on a cloudy day
'Til the sun that loves you proud
When the system tries to bring you down
Every hand to shine tonight
You don't need darkness to do what you think is right

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Everybody is a star
I can feel it when you shine on me
I love you for who you are
Not the one you feel you need to be
Ever catch a falling star
Ain't no stopping 'til it's in the ground
Everybody is a star
One big circle going round and round

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, shine, shine, shine, shine

(repeat and fade)

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Sylvester Stewart

Inspirational

Colours

Body

R&B/Soul

1968

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah

There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

Oh sha sha
We got to live together

I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah

There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

Oh sha sha
We got to live together

There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

Oh sha sha
I am everyday people

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Sylvester Stewart

Celebration

Happiness

R&B/Soul

1969

Feeling's gettin stronger
Music's gettin longer too
Music is flashin me
I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Feeling's nitty-gritty
Sound is in the city too
Music's still flashin' me
Don't ya want to get higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Harmonica solo
Higher!

C'mon light my fire
Want to take you higher

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Feeling that should make you move
Sounds that should help you groove
Music still flashin' me
Take your places
I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.

Guitar solo

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Higher!
Let's take you, do you wanna go, etc.

Trumpet solo

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka, Higher!

Bass solo

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka, Higher!

Sax solo

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

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Sylvester Stewart

Names

Weather

Time

R&B/Soul

1968

Life
Life
Clouds and clowns
You don't have to come down

Life
Life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live

You might get angry sometimes
But don't let it turn you around
All you gotta do
Is get your livin' now

Life
Life
Clouds and clowns
You don't have to come down

Life
Life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live

You might be scared of somethin' - look at mr stewart
He's the only person he has to fear
He'd only let himself get near
He don't trust nobody
If he stopped bein' so shady
He could have a nice young lady

Life
Life
Clouds and clowns
You don't have to come down

Life
Life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live

You're gonna be sad sometimes
You might wake up to find your pet is gone
But maybe
He's tired of bein' alone
Dog gets hip, it has to go
And if you're lovin' you can't be sad no more

Life
Life
Clouds and clowns
You don't have to come down


Life
Life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live

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Sylvester Stewart

Celebration

Love

Time

R&B/Soul

1968

Sing a simple song!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' in my sleep
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' in the street
Time is passin', I grow older, things are happening fast
All I have to hold onto is a simple song at last

(Let me hear you say)
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya

Sing a simple song
Try a little doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh
Doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh
Doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm livin' livin' livin' life with all its ups and downs
I'm givin' givin' givin' love and smilin' at the frowns
You're in trouble when you find it's hard for you to smile
A simple song might make it better for a little while

(Let me hear you say)
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin'
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'
I'm livin' livin' livin' love
I'm livin' lovin' know about lovin'

(Heh, heh, heh, heh)
Everybody sing together
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Sing it in the shower
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Sing it every hour, sing it
Sing it, sing it, sing it
Sing it to your mama, sing it
Sing it mama, got to sing it
Sing it papa, got to sing it

I'm talkin'
I'm walkin'

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Sylvester Stewart

Body

R&B/Soul

1969

Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Everybody
Stand, stand, stand

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