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  3. Use Me (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972) Lyrics
Use Me (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972) by Bill Withers

Lyrics

Bill Withers

Use Me (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972)

From Live at Carnegie Hall1973

Lyrics

Use Me (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972)

(1, 2, 3, 4...) Well, well, my friends, a-ha Feel it's their appointed duty Oh, they keep trying to tell me, ah-ah All you want to do is use me Yeah, yeah, but my answer Yeah, to all that "use me" stuff Hey, hey, is I want to spread the news Spread the news, it's a-good getting used Oh, you just keep on using me Until you use me up Ha, ha, 'til you use me up Oh, my big brother, ah-ha-ha Sit me right down in the room and talked to me Ah, you know he told, ah-ha Yeah, that I ought not to let you just walk on me And I'm sure he meant well, ah-huh-ha-ha Yeah, but when our talk was through Yeah, I said, "Brother, if you only knew You'd wish that you were in my shoes" You just keep on using me Uh-huh, until you a-use me up Hey, and ya know, sometimes, ha Hey, it's true, you really do abuse me You like to get me among your high-class friends, uh-ha-ha Hey, hey, then you act real rude to me Uh-huh, but, oh, baby – baby, baby, baby When you love me, I can't get enough Hey, hey, and I want to spread the news That if it feels this good getting used Oh, you just keep on using me like you wanna me, ah Yeah, hey, 'til you use me up Uh-huh, 'til you use-a me up Yeahh, now you're talkin' 'bout you usin' people It all depends on what you do It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me 'Cause I sure am usin' you to do that thang you do Hey, hey, do the thang you do Get it, James, get it, James! Get 'em now, Benor' Oh! And you know sometimes Hey, it's true, you really do abuse me You like to get me among your high-living friends, uh-huh Hey, hey, then you act real rude to me Hey now, ow, but, oh, baby – baby, baby, baby When you love me, I can't get enough Hey, hey, and I want to spread the news That if it feels this good getting used (C'mon, y'all!) Just keep on usin' me – yeah! Until you use me up (Ya'll know this last part, let's do it together) Talkin' 'bout you usin' people It all depends on a-what you do It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me 'Cause I sure am usin' you to do them thangs you do Hey, hey, do them thangs you do (Yes, lord...)

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About this track

"Use Me (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972)" is a song by Bill Withers from the album Live at Carnegie Hall, released in 1973.

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