"Lonesome Lover" lyrics - MAX ROACH

MAX ROACH
"Lonesome Lover"
(Abbey Lincoln / Max Roach)
feat. Abbey Lincoln & Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

So long
I been needin'
Your love
Hear me pleadin'
Love, my
Heart is bleedin'
Take me back where I belong

I know
Folks are sayin'
From you
I've been strayin'
But still
I keep prayin'
Take me back where I belong

[Chorus:]
Oh, lonesome me
Why can't you see?
Let bygones be
Take me back where I belong

Don't be
Hesitatin'
Too long
I been waitin'
Love, I'm
Agitatin'
Take me back where I belong

[Instrumental]

[Chorus:]
Oh, lonesome me
Why can't you see?
Let bygones be
Take me back where I belong

So long
I been needin'
Your love
Hear me pleadin'
Love, my
Heart is bleedin'
Take me back where I belong

I know
Folks are sayin'
From you
I been strayin'
But still
I keep prayin'
Take me back where I belong

[Chorus:]
Oh, lonesome me
Why can't you see?
Let bygones be
Take me back where I belong

Don't be
Hesitatin'
Too long
I been waitin'
Love, I'm
Agitatin'
Take me back where I belong

[Outro:]
Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
Where you know I really belong