Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder is an African-American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and social activist.
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- The best thing about this show is that you bring a lot of people together in song.
- About American Idol
- We all have hearts... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.
- In concert, 2009
Song lyrics
- My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine.
- For once in my life
I have someone who needs me,
Someone I needed so long.
- For once in my life
I won’t let sorrow hurt me,
Not like it’s hurt me before, oh
For once I have something I know won't desert me
‘Cause I’m not alone anymore.- For Once In My Life
Music of My Mind (1972)
- But, very well, I believe I know you very well,
Wish that you knew me too, very well,
And I think I can deal with everything going through your head.- Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
- When the summer came you were not around,
Now the summer's gone and love cannot be found,
Where were you when I needed you last winter, my love?- Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You
- I'm happier than the morning sun,
And that's the way you said that it would be,
If I should ever bring you inside my life.- Happier Than The Morning Sun
Talking Book (1972)
- You are the sunshine of my life,
That's why I'll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart.
- I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I've loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears.- You Are The Sunshine of My Life
- Very superstitious,
Writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladder's 'bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the looking glass,
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past.
- When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.
- I believe when I fall in love with you
It will be forever.- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Innervisions (1973)
- But what I'd like to know,
Is could a place like this
Exist so beautiful?
Or do we have to find our wings and fly away
To the visions in our mind?- Visions
- A boy is born in hard time Mississippi,
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty,
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
- Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many,
His patience long, but soon he won't have any,
To find a job is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
- To see the heaven in your eyes is not so far,
'Cause I'm not afraid to try and go it,
To know the love and beauty never known before,
I'll leave it up to you to show it.- Golden Lady
- I'm so darn glad he let me try it again,
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin,
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then,
Gonna keep on trying until I reach my highest ground.
- But don't you worry 'bout a thing,
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama,
'Cause I'll be standing in the side when you check it out.- Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
- He's a man with a plan,
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand,
He's misstra know-it-all.- He's Misstra Know-It-All
Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
- I like to see you boogie right across the floor,
I'd like to do it to you 'til you howl for more,
I like to reggae, but you dance too fast for me,
I'd like to make love to you so you can make me scream.- Boogie On Reggae Woman
- 'Cause we are sick and tired of hearing your song,
Telling us how you are gonna change right from wrong,
'Cause if you really want to hear our views,
You haven't done nothin'.
- No more lying friends wanting tragic ends,
Though they do pretend,
They won't go when I go.- They Won't Go When I Go
- And I'll go where I've longed to go,
So long, away from tears.- They Won't Go When I Go
Songs In The Key of Life (1976)
- Love's in need of love today,
Don't delay, send yours in right away,
Hate's going 'round breaking many hearts,
Stop it please, before it's gone too far.- Love's In Need of Love Today
- Would you like to go with me
Down my dead end street?
Would you like to come with me
To village ghetto land?- Village Ghetto Land
- Music is a world within itself
With a language we all understand,
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands.
- Well there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
And the king of all, Sir Duke,
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out,
There's no way the band can lose.
- They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise.
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise.
They've been wasting most their time
Glorifying days long gone behind,
They've been wasting most their days
In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise.- Pastime Paradise
- As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving,
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May,
Just as hate knows love's the cure,
You can rest your mind assured,
That I'll be loving you always.- As
- For you, there might be a brighter star,
But through my eyes the light of you burns all I see.
For you, there might be another song,
But all my heart can hear is your melody.- Another Star
- Goin' back to Saturn where the rings all glow,
Rainbow, moonbeams and orange snow,
On Saturn, people live to be two hundred and five,
Goin' back to Saturn where the people smile,
Don't need cars 'cause we've learned to fly,
On Saturn, just to live to us is our natural high.- Saturn
Hotter Than July (1980)
- You took me riding in your rocket and gave me a star,
But at a half a mile from heaven
You dropped me back down to this cold, cold world.- Rocket Love
- Everyone's feeling pretty,
It's hotter than july,
Though the world's full of problems,
They couldn't touch us even if they tried.- Master Blaster (Jammin')
- Didn't know that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn,
See nobody ever told you that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn.- Master Blaster (Jammin')
- Well I'm a man of many wishes,
Hope my premonition misses,
But what I really feel,
My eyes won't let me hide,
'Cause they always start to cry,
'Cause this time could mean goodbye.
- You know it doesn't make much sense,
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offence
At a day in your celebration,
'Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you,
And I'm sure you would agree,
What could fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party
On the day you came to be?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday.- Happy Birthday
The Woman in Red (1984)
- I just called to say I love you,
I just called to say how much I care,
I just called to say I love you,
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
In Square Circle (1985)
- Call up, ring once, hang up the phone,
To let me know you made it home,
Don't want nothing to be wrong,
With part-time lover.
- We are undercover passion on the run,
Chasing love up against the sun,
We are strangers by day, lovers by night,
Knowing it's so wrong but feeling so right.
- And though you don't believe that they do,
They do come true,
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you,
And maybe too if you would believe,
You too might be overjoyed, over love, over me.
A Time To Love (2005)
- Shame on me, shame on you,
Shame on them, shame on us,
Shame on me, shame on you,
Shame on them, shame on us,
So what the fuss.
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- Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
- Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
- Minds ripen at very different ages.
- My mother would cry about my blindness and the hopelessness of my ever seeing, but I told her I wasn't sad. I believed God had something for me to do.
- We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.