The Chi-Lites - Oh, Girl текст песни

Oh, girl,
I'd be in trouble if you left me now.
'Cause I don t know where to look for love,
I just don t know how.

Oh, girl,
How I depend on you,
To give me love when I need it.
Right on time you would always be.

All my friends call me a fool.
They say, "Let the woman take care of you."
So, I try to be hip and think like the crowd.
But even the crowd can t help me now.
Oh-woh-oh, oh-oh-oh.

Oh, girl,
Tell me what am I gonna do?
I know I've got a guilty face,
Girl, I feel so out of place,
Oh, yeah, yeah-ay-eah.

Don t know where to go, who to see, yea-eay-yeah.

Oh, girl,
I guess I better go.
I can save myself a lot of useless tears,
Girl, I ve gotta get away from here.

Oh, girl,
Pain will double if you leave me now.
'Cause I don t know where to look for love.
And I don t, I don t know how.


Oh, yeah.
Mmm-hmm.

Oh, girl,
Why do I love you so?
Yeah.
Mmmmm.

Better be on my way, I can t stay, yea-eay-yeah.

Have you ever seen such a helpless man?

Oh, girl...



[Written by: Eugene Record-1972
Performed by: The Chi-Lites 1972
Appears on: A Loneyly Man-1972 , AM Gold: 1972 (Various Artists)-1991, The Chi-Lites Greatest
Hits-1972, 1992 & 2007, Golden Hits-1997, Remembered-1998, High Profile-2000, The Ultimate

Chi-Lites-2006, et al.]


"Oh Girl," is one of the classic soul ballads of the '70s, and the finest of many classics
written by the group's leader, the perpetually broken-hearted Eugene Record. His restrained but
aching lead vocal is almost a solo performance (the other three Chi-Lites add only a few wordless
harmonies and one line per verse), and his passionate delivery of his own beseeching lyrics is a
marvel. (Compare Record's tasteful restraint to the over-emotional wailing on covers by Leo Sayer,
Paul Young, and even the usually more aware Smokey Robinson for a quick demonstration of how true
soul is not always about keening and melisma.) The arrangement, credited to someone named Tom Tom
(probably Record again, who also produced the song and was probably getting shy by his third or
fourth solo credit), is magnificently simple, with an almost minimalist string section that adds
to the lushness of the vocals without being overbearing, and the brilliant stroke of a wailing
harmonica part, a surprisingly down-home touch for such a stylish ballad that's probably the
song's crowning achievement. Nearly every cover of the song has swiped the harmonica part
wholesale, proof of how key it is to the song's success (AMG Song Review).]

Covered by: Young-Holt Unlimited-1972, John Holt-1972, Paul Young-1972, Smokey Robinson &
the Miracles-1972, Leo Sayer-1979, Rex Smith- 1981, Bruddah Waltah & Island Aftern-2000, et al.]