Nearness Of You
From an urban neighborhood
She left her mother in a fight
For a dream misunderstood
And her friends they talk on corners
They could never comprehend
But there was always something different
In the way she held a stare
And the pictures that she painted
Were of glamour and of flair
And her boyfriend though he loved her
Knew he couldn't quite fulfill
He could never meet her there
She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no
Laying Blame
I just wanna keep on thinking, thinking about you
'Cause the last time you told me, what you told me to do
I want to keep on thinking about you
Thinking of you
The last time we talked, I wasn't with you
You cannot buy your way
He said, "I want you to pay"
And I knew all along
I'd have to tell you what's going on
Go ahead, baby
Tell me, baby
Go ahead and tell me
Tell me who
Go ahead and tell
That's the reason I don't want you to stay
Is the reason that I don't know
The reason this fool's by the way
At least what I want you to pay
I knew all along
I'd have to tell you what was going on
Now that you're gone
I can see
I just wanna keep on thinking about you
'Cause the last time you told me what to do
I wanna keep on thinking about you
Thinking about you
'Cause the last time I talked, I wasn't near you
I knew all along
I'd have to tell you what was going on
Go ahead, baby
Tell me, baby
Go ahead and tell me now
Tell me who
Go ahead and tell
That the reason I don't want to stay
Is the reason that I don't know
I wanna keep on thinking about you
Thinking about you
'Cause the last time you told me what
You told me to do
I wanna keep on thinking about you
Thinking about you
'Cause the last time we talked, I wasn't near you
'Cause the last time we talked
'Cause the last time we talked
I wasn't near you