Private Gaia 5: The Temptations of Clarisse Page #13

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Oh, baby, I, uh--

You've made me so happy.

I could cry if I'm happy,

can't I?

I love you.

Oh, my sweet baby boy.

Oh.

J1 Sunshine, blue skies J1

D Please go away IJ

J1 My girl has found another

and gone away J1

D with her went my future D

J1 My life is filled with gloom D

J1 So day after day

I stay locked up in my room J1

III I know to you J1

III It might sound strange J1

D but I wish it would rain J1

I! Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I!

I spent as much time

as I could with Haze...

Before it was time to tour again.

The good news was that

Melvin was back in action.

But our records on Atlantic

were not happening.

We left there

right after one album.

And for the first time

since we were the dist/ants,

The Temptations

didn't have a record deal.

Although Eddie had been really

successful after he left us,

by this time, his fortunes

were the same as ours...

And he was back to playin' small

clubs like Chappy's Lounge.

D Keep on truckin', baby D

D Got k0 keep on truckin' D

I1 Got to get

to your good lovin' J1

I! Yeah D

D Shame I!

I1 I've let it control me I1

I! Yeah D

III But as long as I am inspired J1

J1 and those lovers talk by the fire J1

I1 Oh, keep on truckin'

baby D

Jil I got to get to your good lovin' III

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

one of the greatest Temptations,

And one of my closest friends,

is in the audience.

Help me welcome Mr. David Ruffin.

Would you be upset if I asked him

to join me for a song?

David and I sang...

on some of The Temptations'

biggest records.

Let's see if we can bring

some of that magic back tonight.

D You surely must know magic, girl IJ

fl Because you

changed my life J7

J1 it was dull and ordinary J1

J1 but you make it

sunny and bright J1

IJNowfl

D I was blessed the day I found you IJ

IJ Gonna build my whole world

around you III

J1 You're everything good, girl

and you're all that matters II

Dtomel-l

IJ Baby, you're part

of every thought III

J1 I think each clay D

D Your name's used 'm every phrase D

n my lips say J1

I1 Every dream I dream

is about you J1

J7 Honey, I can't live

without you J7

D Baby, baby D

D Baby, baby D

D Baby D

J7 You're my everything J7

I! You're my everyming I!

IJ Don't you know, baby

you're my everything III

J7 When my ways were dark J7

J1 Everything I1

J1 And troubles were near J1

I! Oh, you're my everything I!

J1! Ooh Jil

J1 Everything III

Mr. David Ruffin!

You know I'm not sayin'

that you my everything.

I wasn't tryin' to

embarrass you, though.

Man.

I'm gonna tell you, I've been

doin' my own thing for a while.

That applause we got tonight,

that was a Temptations thing.

We were the voices, David.

'course we were.

The people wanted us.

Still do.

Why don't we do

somethin' about it?

We're Temps, just as much

as Melvin and Otis.

They why don't we

do somethin' about it?

Me and you?

Yeah, that's what I'm sayin'.

I'm serious.

It's crazy.

Why?

First of all, we'll mess it up.

Yeah, you right.

But it could be a lot of fun.

Actually, it could be

a whole lot of fun.

Melvin and I looked up,

And there were

two groups of Temptations.

David and Eddie got with Dennis and two

other guys, and they went out on the road-

And the hardest part

was that we couldn't stop 'em.

D Because of the color of the skin IJ

J1 Run, run, run

but you sure can't hide II

IJ An eye for an eye

a tooth for a tooth III

J1 Vote for me

and I'll set you free III

D Rap on, brother D

D Rap on D

J1 Well, the only person talkin'

'bout love thy brother II

D is the preacher D

D and it seems nobody's

interested in learnin' III

I! but the teacher D

D Segregation, determination

demonstration, integration III

J7 Aggravation, humiliation

obligation to our nation III

D Ball of confusion III

D Ball of confusion III

J1 That's what the world

is today, hey III

J1 Around and around

and around we go III

J1 Where the world's headed

nobody knows J1

Melvin and I got with Berry,

and went back home to Motown.

Not long after that, someone came up with the

bright idea of putting together a reunion tour.

IJ Oh, great googamooga can't you

hear me talkin' to you now J1

D Ball of confusion III

Sometimes a good idea

should stay an idea.

What's you doin' here so early, man?

It's 1 :
00-

I've been callin' you all mornin'.

What's wrong with your phone?

There's nothin'

wrong with my phone.

This place is a mess.

I told you.

All right, listen, man.

This is a big, big, big opportunity.

You with me, Ruff?

What you talkin' 'bout? It's early.

I'm talkin' 'bout Otis.

Motown and them want to put

together a reunion tour.

Who?

Motown, man.

Are you hearin' me? I don't know about

you, but I need this pretty bad.

I knew they'd come crawlin' back

sooner or later. See, David?

That's the same attitude that got

your ass fired in the first place.

I wasn't fired.

I quit.

Yeah. If you could convince

yourself of that,

How's about convincin' yourself

to show up and make this money?

I'll let you call it.

Good.

We gotta meet with Otis and Motown.

'Course we do.

'Cause we the voices,

And we know they want the voices.

- Blue, what's goin' on?

- Hey, Glen, Dennis.

Melvin, can you sign this?

Oh, absolutely.

Could I have your autograph?

Eddie.

How you doin'?

Hey, just like old times.

Thank you.

Even better.

Guys, come on.

We gotta rehearse.

Are you gonna make

another album?

Has anybody seen David?

An hour late is early for David.

Well, we got 15,

20 songs to do, guys.

What's that?

I don't know.

J7 Baby, I'm Iosin' you J7

He's early?

Well, I'll be!

You have got to be kidding.

Feelin' all right?

You got a fa var? Daylight sa

vings ain 't for another month.

And now it's gonna snow in California.

Hey, this is the new me.

I'm on time, and I'm ready to work.

Now, what y'all gonna do?

Excuse us, Mr. Ruffin.

We should work.

This is like Paul's favorite

move right here, right?

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Owl

There be some stiffness

in this room.

Thereis no stifiness. I??? fine.

Come on. To the right.

Ruff, show me that move

you used to do.

I used to come through it, put the

mike behind my back, turn around and--

Oh!

I ain't doin' that.

You know what I mean, right?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Uh!

Yeah, a circle.

Yeah,

I wanna do this.

He seems to like it.

Get in the line.

There you go.

We still got it.

We've gotta keep it that way.

There you go, man.

Not bad, guys.

Not bad.

But we can do better, and we

can definitely dig deeper.

So just so you know,

if I have to,

I will be hard on you.

You should've never stopped

bein' hard on us.

He's right, 0t.

Some of us need that kind of stuff.

We're rehearsin' same time tomorrow.

How you doin'?

Pretty good.

I'm scared, Ot.

That it might actually

work this time?

Yeah. What you make

of Ruff, man?

One of them drugs he took must've

accidentally fixed his personality-

Don't worry about me.

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