Ray Charles What i'd say Lyrics:
[Lengthy intro featuring Ray on the piano.]

Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong,
Come and love your daddy all night long.
All right now, hey-hey, all right.

See the girl with the diamond ring,
She knows how to shake that thing.
All right now, now, now, hey-hey, hey-hey.

Tell your mama, tell your pa,
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas.
Oh, yes, ma'am. You don't do right,
Don't do right.

When you see me in misery,
Come on, baby, see about me.
Now, yeah-yeah, all right,
All right, aw, play it, boy.
[Instrumental break featuring Ray on the piano.]

When you see me in misery,
Come on, baby, see about me.
Now, yeah, hey-hey, all right.

See the girl with the red dress on,
She can do the Birdland all night long.
Yeah-yeah, what I say, all right.

Well, tell me what I say, yeah.
Tell me what I say, right now.
Tell me what I say.
Tell me what I say, right now.
Tell me what I say,
Tell me what I say, yeah.

And I wanna know,
Baby, I wanna know right now.
And a-I wanna know,
Bary, I wanna know right now, yeah.
And a-I wanna know,
Said, I wanna know, yeah.

[Band members all speak at once.]
[Ray speaks:]
What? What's that?
Hey, don't quit now! C'mon honey.
Naw, I got, I uh-uh-uh, I'm changing.
Stop! stop! we'll do it again.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Oh, hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
[The above ad-lib changes from recording to recording.]

Unh (Unh), oh (oh).
Unh (Unh), oh (oh).
Unh (Unh), oh (oh).

Wohhhhh! One more time.
(Just one more time.)
Say it a-one more time, right now.
(Just one more time.)
Say it a-one more time, now.
(Just one more time.)
Say it a-one more time, yeah.
(Just one more time.)
Say it a-one more time.
(Just one more time.)
Say it a-one more time, yeah.
(Just one more time.)

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Unh (unh), hoh (oh).
Hunh (hunh), hoh (hoh).
Hunh (hunh), hoh (hoh).

Ahhh! Make me feel so good.
(Make me feel so good.)
Make me feel so good now, yeah.
(Make me feel so good.)
Woah! Baby.
(Make me feel so good.)
Make me feel so good, yeah.
(Make me feel so good.)
Make me feel so good.
(Make me feel so good.)
Make me feel so good, yeah.
(Make me feel so good.)

Unh (unh), hoh (oh).
Hunh (hunh), hoh (hoh).
Hunh (hunh), hoh (hoh).

Ohhhh! It's all right.
(Baby, it's all right.)
Said, a-it's all right, right now.
(Baby, it's all right.)
Said, a-it's all right.
(Baby, it's all right.)
Said, a-it's all right, yeah.
(Baby, it's all right.)
Said, a-it's all right.
(Baby, it's all right.)
Said, a-it's all right.
(Baby, it's all right.)

Woah! Shake that thing, now.
(Baby, shake that thing.)
Baby, shake that thing, now, now.
(Baby, shake that thing.)
Baby, shake that thing.
(Baby, shake that thing.)
Baby, shake that thing, right now.
(Baby, shake that thing.)
Baby, shake that thing.
(Baby, shake that thing.)
Baby, shake that thing.
(Baby, shake that thing.)

Woah! I feel all right, now, yeah.
(Make me feel all right.)
Said, I feel all right, now.
(Make me feel all right,)
Woooah!
(Make me feel all right,)
Tell you, I feel all right.
(Make me feel all right.)
Said, I feel all right.
(Make me feel all right.)
Baby, I feel all right.
(Make me feel all right.)


[WHAT'D I SAY [1] ]
[Written by: Ray Charles Robinson]
[Performed by: Ray Charles and His Orchestra [2] -1959]
[Appears on: "What'd I Say, Part 1" (B-side: "What'd I Say, Part 2" Atlantic
45rpm #2031)-1959; What'd I Say-1959; Live in Concert-1965; Ray Charles
(1954-1966)-1991; The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years-1994; The
Very Best of Ray Charles-1994 & 2000; The 50th Anniversary
Collection-1997 [3] (6:27); Pure Genius: Ultimate Hits Collection-1999; The
Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)-2005; Forever Ray Charles-2007;
What's I Say/Ray Charles (2 in 1)-2008; et al.]

[1] This song is ranked at #10 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time. Although the song is usually listed as "What'd I Say," Charles always
insisted that the name of the song is "What I Say," as heard on the track.

[2] Covered by: Bobby Darin; Jimmy Smith; Clifton Chenier; John Mayall & The
Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton in Blues Breakers); Johnny Cash and June
Carter Cash; Etta James; Jerry Lee Lewis; Graham Bond; Lyle Lovett; Freddie
King; Elvis Presley (for the movie Viva Las Vegas); Tony Sheridan; The
Beatles; Bill Haley & His Comets; Rare Earth; Cliff Richard; Rigo Tovar y
Su Costa Azul; Roy Orbison; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Jimi Hendrix; Hound Dog
Taylor; Vince Taylor; Sammy Davis, Jr. (for the the 1967 TV special: Movin'
With Nancy) & John Belushi (in character as Beethoven, but in the style of
Ray Charles), in an episode during season 1 of Saturday Night Live.

[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.
Lyrics: What i'd say, Ray Charles [end]