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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Canonical path: /aretha-franklin/soulville
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Soulville
Read Soulville lyrics by Aretha Franklin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Soulville
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Soulville, Soulville
Come on and
Show me the way
To get to Soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
Show me the way
To get to Soulville, baby
That's where I belong
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Show me the way
To get to Soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
Show me the way
To get to Soulville, baby
That's where I belong
I'm gonna see some soul folks
Who know all the tricks
Oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
Oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
I'm gonna eat soul food
Well, now, it'll make you limber
It'll make you quick
It'll make you twist
Over the candlestick
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Going to Soulville, honey
Show me the way to go home
(The way to go home)
Show me the way to
Get to Soulville, honey
That's where I belong
Come on and lead me
Right on down to Soulville
Right on down to Soulville
I wanna go down to Soulville
Right on down, yeah
Soul folks who
Know all the tricks
Oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
Oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
I'm gonna eat soul food
Well, now, it'll make
You limber (yes, it will)
It'll make you quick
It'll make you monkey
Over the candlestick
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Woo, soulville, baby
Show me the way to go home
Lead me to Soulville, baby
That's where I belong
Come on and lead me
Down to Soulville
Down to Soulville
Take me, honey
Right on down to Soulville
Lead me right on down
Talking 'bout the candied sweets
Down in Soulville
I'm talking 'bout the black-eyed peas
Down in Soulville...
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Aretha Franklin performs "Soulville", and this lyric page sits inside the Aretha Franklin catalog on LyroVerse.
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