"Irreplaceable" (2003)

Irreplaceable Lyrics – George Benson

So, so irreplaceable
This love is so, so irreplaceable
(All I need)
So, so irreplaceable
My love is so, so irreplaceable
(All I need)

Everyday my joys are like a waterfall
Little things you do like a simple call
And my night is something like a miracle
Baby girl, you're feeling me too

[Hook:]
Had a vision 'bout the river flowing me
In a clear blue sky
The way you found me
And wrapped around me
Angel you answered my cry
Wond'rin' to through the search
Lonely think of it
Searchin' for the best
With the comfort of your ears

[Refrain:]
Girl this time there's no mistake
You got my heart banging
Like I lead a way
More than just sensational you are
Irreplaceable

[Chorus:]
Think I wanna make you mine
Take a vow and dedicate my love to you
You are so simply irreplaceable
Irreplaceable
Love you till the end of time
Promise I'll be spending all my life
Just making you happy
So irreplaceable you're all I need

So, so irreplaceable
This love is so, so irreplaceable
(All I need)

I can see the future as I fantasize
There's a baby boy with your pretty eyes
And the little girl who makes the world of you
Baby girl, you seeing it too

[Hook II:]
Had a vision 'bout the river flowing me
In a clear blue sky
Oh my, the way you found me
And wrapped around me
Angel you answered my cry

With a view form inside
Well it must in your eyes
God made you so beautiful
Wonderin' to the search
Lonely think of it
Searching for best
With the comfort and your ease

[Refrain:]
Girl this time there's no mistake
You got my heart banging
Like I lead a way
More than just sensational you are
Irreplaceable

[Chorus:]
Think I wanna make you mine
Take a vow and dedicate my love to you
You are so simply irreplaceable
Irreplaceable
Love you till the end of time
Promise I'll be spending all my life
Just making you happy
So irreplaceable you're all I need

All I ever wanted was a girl like you
So take this ring and say I do (I do)
Heaven must so blessed
It's 'cause of love so rare
It's beautiful, it's priceless, it's beyond compare..

All I ever wanted was a girl like you
So take this ring and say I do (I do)
Heaven must so blessed
It's 'cause of love so rare
It's beautiful, it's priceless, it's beyond compare..

[Chorus 2x]

Strings Of Love Lyrics – George Benson

She signs her name on my guitar
Spanish kisses on my heart
We dance flamenco in the dark
On my strings of love

Thru the night i cried her name
To the pounding of the ring
Swept the way in passions flame
On my strings of love

(Hmm...)

Tender out the way she hunts my mind
She was only mine one night in time
Chasing after the dreams she've left behind
No one compares to how she shines

Though she's gone without a trace
I'm seeing visions of her face
Kisses by the fire place
We're on my strings of love

(Hmm...)

Tender out the way she hunts my mind
She was only mine one night in time
Chasing after the dreams she've left behind
No one compares to how she shines

She signs her name on my guitar
Spanish kisses on my heart
We dance flamenco in the dark
We're on my strings of love

On my strings of love
We're on my strings of love
We're on my strings of love

Cell Phone Lyrics – George Benson

If u ever lost someone you know where I'm coming from, (check it)
Papa never missed a day of work in his life he had to hold it down for his kids and his wife,
He taught us love and wrong from right true respect for life,
I was in the shop when they told me the news holding back tears trying to say it wasn't true,
U were my strength my shining light a hero dressed in blue.

[Chorus:]
Tell god that I'm trying to keep my head up to the sky,
Strong like a solider but he never said goodbye,
Operator can i get an open line,
I just want to know

[Chorus 2:]
Can a cell phone reach to heaven,
You were always my best friend and I'm dying to hear your voice again.
Can a cell phone reach to heaven,
I pray to god above I'll dial a perfect seven can my cell phone reach to....

If you ever lost someone you know where I'm coming from, (holler)
His clothes were old but he always kept them pressed every time he blew he'd buy mama a new dress,
When friends were broke no need to ask he would always give his last,
True defination of a family man when I would strike out he was my biggest fan,
He said a man must loose to win go out and try again.

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2]

If you ever lost someone you know where I'm coming from (sing it)
If you ever lost someone you know where I'm coming from,
On the whispers of the rising sun,
That distant voice will come once again, once again, once again, once again.
If you ever lost someone you know where I'm coming from,
On the whispers of the rising sun,
That distant voice will come once again, once again, once again, once again.

Can a cell phone reach to heaven, (cell phone, oohh, reach to heaven ya'll)
You were always my best friend and I'm dying to hear your voice again. (I gotta hear your voice,)
Can a cell phone reach to heaven, (oh yeah)
I pray to god above I'll dial a perfect seven
And my cell phone reaches, (can my cell phone reach to heaven)

[Chorus 2x]

Stairway To Love Lyrics – George Benson

You were the owner of a broken heart.
You didn't know that I was falling in love from afar
Every morning, wiping tears from your eyes
You never dreamed someone was watching and heard every cry

What are the odds of a fool finding in love
It's a one in a million shot in the dark
Just when I thought there's no need holdin' on..
You wrapped me in your arms and took me on a stairway to love..

And that's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

A little candlelight, a fire for two,
A glass of chardonnay bring out the lover in you
So dancing through the night makes a picture so right
Two silhouettes framed as one in the moonlight

What are the odds of a fool finding in love
It's a one in a million shot in the dark
Just when I thought there's no need holdin on..
You wrapped me in your arms and took me on a stairway to love..

And that's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

Are you ready?
We can fly away right now to Tahiti
Pack your bags. Whatever you want,
You can have, here on the stairway to love..

It's where you'll find true emotion, dear
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
High up where jealous fools can't break us
We're on a stairway to love..stairway to love.

"After Hours" (2002)

Love For Sale Lyrics – George Benson

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for sale

Love for sale
Lots and lots of young love for sale
Now if you'd like to try my way
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Like the poet's type of love in their childish way
I know every kind of love better far than they
If you want to trail of love
I've been through the mill of love
Old love, new love, every love but true love

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for sale

Who would buy?
Who would like to sample my surprise?

Love for sale

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale

Love for sale
Advertising crazy love for sale
Now if you'd like to try my way
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Love for sale
(Sweet love)
Love for sale
(Lots and lots of young love)
Love for sale

Masquerade Is Over Lyrics – George Benson

My blue horizon is turning grey
And my dreams are drifting away

Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine
And the thrill is gone when your lips meet mine
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

Your words don't mean what they used to mean
They were once inspired, now they're just routine
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

I guess I'll have to play Pagliacci
And get myself a clown's disguise
And learn to laugh like Pagliacci
With tears in my eyes

You look the same, you're a lot the same
But my heart says "no, no, you're not the same"
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

[Instrumental interlude]

I guess I'll have to play Pagliacci
And get myself a clown's disguise
And learn to laugh like Pagliacci
With tears in my eyes

You look the same, you're a lot the same
But my heart says "No, no, you're not the same"
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

Witchcraft Lyrics – George Benson

Those fingers in my hair that sly come hither stare
That strips my conscience bare, it's witchcraft

And I've got no defense for it, the heat is too intense for it
What good would common sense for it do?

'Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft
And although, I know, it's strictly taboo

When you arouse the need in me
My heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what your leading me to

It's such an ancient pitch but one I wouldn't switch
'Cause there's no nicer witch than you

'Cause it's witchcraft, that crazy witchcraft
And although, I know, it's strictly taboo

When you arouse the need in me
My heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what your leading me to

It's such an ancient pitch but one I wouldn't switch
'Cause there's no nicer witch than you

Li'l Darlin' Lyrics – George Benson

Don't need no palace paved with gold
Don't need more cash than banks can hold
When I get to feelin' a feelin'
For something there ain't too much of
My sweet lil darlin' gives me her love

Don't catch me chasin' round at night
I'm not impressed by glamour sights
Lil darlin' may not be as pretty
As some other gals you can see
But my lil darlin' only loves me

All The Things You Are Lyrics – George Benson

You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song

You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine

Invitation Lyrics – George Benson

You and your smile
Hold a strange invitation
Somehow it seems
We've shared our dreams
But where?

Time after time
In a room full of strangers
Out of the blue
Suddenly you are there

Wherever I go
You're the glow of temptation
Glancing my way
In the gray of the dawn

And always your eyes
Smile that strange invitation
When you are gone
Where oh, where have you gone?

How long must I stay
In a world of illusion?
Be where you are
So near yet so far apart

Hoping you'll say
With a warm invitation
Where have you been?
Darling, come in into my heart

Wherever I go
You're the glow of temptation
Glancing my way
In the gray of the dawn

And always your eyes
Smile that strange invitation
When you are gone
Where oh, where have you gone?

How long must I stay
In a world of illusion?
Be where you are
So near yet so far apart

Hoping you'll say
With a warm invitation
Where have you been?
Darling, come in into my heart

"Absolute Benson" (2000)

The Ghetto Lyrics – George Benson

Talking bout the ghetto funky funky ghetto
Trying to survive, trying to stay alive

The ghetto
The ghetto
(Talking bout the ghetto)
The ghetto
The ghetto
(Funk funky ghetto)

Even though the streets are bumpy, lights burned out
Dope fiends die with a pipe in their mouths
Old school buddies not doing it right
Every day it's the same
And it's the same every night
I wouldn't shoot you bro but I'd shoot that fool
If he played me close and tried to test my cool
Every day I wonder just how I'll die
Only thing I know is how to survive
There's only one rule in the real world
And that's to take care of you, only you and yours
Keep dealing with the hard times day after day
Might deal me some dope but then crime don't pay
Black man tried to break into my house again
Thought he got off early doing time in the pen
Even though my brothers do me just like that
I get a lot of love so I'm giving it back to the

The ghetto
The ghetto
(Talking bout the ghetto)
The ghetto
The ghetto
(Funk funky ghetto)

So just peep the game and don't call it crap
'Cause to me, life is one hard rap
Even though my sister smoked crack cocaine
She was nine months pregnant, ain't nothing changed
600 Million on a football team
And her baby dies just like a dope fiend
The story I tell is so incomplete
Five kids in the house and no food to eat
Don't look at me and don't ask me why
Mama's next door getting high
Even though she's got five mouths to feed
She's rather spend her money on a h-i-t
I always tell the truth about things like this
I wonder if the mayor overlooked that list
Instead of adding to the task force send some help
Waiting on him I'd better help myself
Housing authority and the O.P.D
All these guns just to handle me in the

The ghetto
The ghetto
(Talking bout the ghetto)
The ghetto
The ghetto
(Funk funky ghetto)

Even though they put us down and call us animals
We make real big banks and buy brand new clothes
Drive fancy cars, make love to stars
Never really saying just who we are
We use alias names like too $hort
Sell you stuff you might kill for
Young kids grow up and that's all they know
Didn't teach him in school now he's slangin dope
Only thing he knows is how to survive
But will he kill another brother before he dies?
In the ghetto, you keep one eye open
All day long, just hoping and hoping
You can pay your bills and not drink too much
Then the problems of life you'll be throwing up
Like me, but you don't see
Ten years from now, where will you be?

The ghetto
The ghetto
(Talking bout the ghetto)
The ghetto
The ghetto
(Funk funky ghetto)

So much game in a too $hort rap
Blacks can't be white and whites can't be black
Why you wanna act like someone else?
All you gotta do is just be yourself
We're all the same color underneath
Short dog's in the house you'd better listen to me
Never be ashamed of what you are
Proud to be black stand tall at heart
Even though some people give you no respect
Be intelligent, when you put em in check
Cause when you're ignorant, you get treated that way
And when they throw you in jail you got nothing to say
So if you don't listen it's not my fault
I'll be getting paid while you'll be paying the cost
Sitting in the jailhouse running your mouth
While me and my peoples try to get out

The ghetto
The ghetto
(Talking bout the ghetto)
The ghetto
The ghetto
(Funk funky ghetto)

Come Back Baby Lyrics – George Benson

Oh come back, baby
Oh mama please don't go, yeah
Cause the way I love you
Child you'll never know

Oh come back baby, yeah yeah
Let's talk it over one more time
Oh now now

Well I admit, baby
That I was wrong
Don't you know, baby
Child you been gone too long

Oh come back baby, yeah yeah
Let's talk it over one more time
Oh now now

Say If I could holler
Like a mountain jack
Yeah yeah oh people
I'd call my baby back

Oh come back baby, Woo yeah
Let's talk it over one more time
Oh now now

Now one of these days, baby
And It won't be long, yeah
you gonna look for me child you know
And I'll be gone

So come back baby, yeah yeah
Let's talk it over one more time
Oh now now