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Artist: Otis Redding
Canonical path: /otis-redding/tell-the-truth
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Tell The Truth
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Tell The Truth
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Tell the truth
Tell the truth, girl, now
You know you got me goin' everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes you have girl
Don't you, don't you, don't you know you gotta tell the truth, yeah huh
Baby, baby, baby, babe why don't you tell me truth, now, uh
You know you got me goin' everything crazy that you want me to do
Yes you have, yeah watch it
lovin' you is just a little bit easy started, so hard to stop
Feel how could
Baby, bay, you know I would
I feel a strong all around
If I thought that it would do any good, mama
Tell me the truth, yeah
Lit-lit-lit-lit-little girl just
Tell me the truth now, yeah, huh
You know you got me goin' everything foolish that you want me to do
Oh play it
Come on Steve, yeah
Tell me,tell me, tell me the truth now
Tell the truth now
Lovin' you is easy to start, hard to stop
But I'm gonna just tell you this, uh
If I had to do it
Baby you know I would
I would feeling strong all around
If I just thought that it would do me some good, aahhhh
The truth now
Tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em, tell, just tell me the truth now
Just tell me the truth now
Got to tell me no lie
I wanna tell you the truth now
Don't you, don't you tell me no lie, ah
Just tell me the truth now
Don't you, don't you tell me no lie girl, huh
Just tell me the truth now...
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