THE BEST
Writers: Holly Knight/ Mike Chapman
I call you when I need you
and my heart’s on fire
Come to me come to me wild and wired
You come to me
give me everything I need
You give me a lifetime of promises
and a world of dreams
You speak the language of love
like you know what it means
And it can’t be wrong
take my heart and make it strong babe
You’re simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart
baby I would rather be dead
In your heart I see the start
of every night and every day
In your eyes I get lost
I get washed away
Just as long as I’m here in your arms
I could be in no better place
You’re simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
anyone I ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart
baby I would rather be dead
Each time you leave me I start losing control
you’re walking away with my heart and my soul
I can feel you even when I’m alone
oh baby don’t let go
You’re simply the best,
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart
baby I would rather be dead
You’re the best
1. THE BEST
BE TENDER WITH ME BABY
Writers: Holly Knight/ Albert Hammond
You’ve got the right to tell me it’s all over
It isn’t like me to be begging you
Don’t let go, don’t let go
just stay with me another day
And when I’m not myself
please understand me
I’m so confused I don’t know what to do
but don’t give up, don’t give up
it just may take a little time
Be tender with me baby
I’m so afraid you’ll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always, always
I know that you’ve been patient
with my weakness
and that you hate to see me cry
but I know, yes I know
it doesn’t hurt to be this way
and I’m so lonely I could die
Be tender with me baby
I’m so afraid you’ll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always, always
Why does my heart keep on hurting
why do I feel, feel like I do
I hope you see this is
not really me
and it’s just a phase that I’m going through
Be tender with me baby …
Be tender with me baby
I’m so afraid you’ll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always, for always …always
2. BE TENDER WITH ME BABY
ONE OF THE LIVING
Writer: Holly Knight
In the desert sun
every step that you take could be the final one
In the burning heat
hanging on the edge of destruction
You can’t stop the pain of your children
crying out in your head
They always said that the living would envy the dead
So now you’re gonna shoot bullets of fire
Don’t wanna fight but sometimes you’ve got to
You’re some soul survivor
There’s just one thing you’ve got to know
You’ve got ten more thousand miles to go
Because you’re one of the living
And if we can’t stick together
One of the living
Who’s gonna make it tonight
Walk tall cool collected…savage
Walk tall bruised sensual… ravaged
It’s every man for himself every woman every child
A new breed ferocious and wild
And all they want to do is shoot bullets of fire
They wanna fight and sometimes you’ve got to
You’re some soul survivor
There’s just one thing you’ve got to know
You’ve got ten more thousand years to go
Because you’re one of the living
And if we can’t stick together
One of the living
Who’s gonna make it tonight
3. ONE OF THE LIVING
BETTER BE GOOD TO ME
Writers: Holly Knight/ Mike Chapman
A prisoner of your love
entangled in your web
hot whispers in the night
I’m captured by your spell
Oh yes I’m touched by this show of emotion
Should I be fractured by your lack of devotion
Should I should I
Oh you better be good to me
That’s how it’s gotta be now
Cause I don’t have no use
for what you losely call the truth
You better be good to me
And I think it’s oh so right
That we don’t need to fight
When we stand face to face
and you present your case
and I know you keep telling me that you love me
and I really do wanna believe
but did you think I’d just accept you in blind faith
Oh sure babe, anything to please you
But you better be good to me
That’s how it’s gotta be now
Cause I don’t have the time
For your over loaded lines
and I don’t have no use
for what you loosely call the truth
You better be good to me
And I really don’t see why it’s so hard to be
Good to me
And I don’t understand what’s your plan
that you can’t be good to me
What I can’t feel I surely cannot see why can’t you be
Good to me
If it is not real I do not wish to see why can’t you be
Good to me
Oh you better be good to me
That’s how it’s gotta be now
Cause I don’t have no use
for what you losely call the truth
You better be good to me
4. BETTER BE GOOD TO ME
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
Writers: Holly Knight/Mike Chapman
Oh baby oh baby
The sun goes down
and the moon comes up
My heart is pumping for you
and a mad thing starts
Never in your wildest dreams
Did you ever get this feeling
Never in your wildest dreams, oh no
Never in your wildest dreams
could it ever be this easy
Never in your wildest dreams oh no
Oh baby oh baby
The night is hot outside your window
I hear people walking people talking
I smell your skin I feel you breathing
don’t let me go, not yet not yet not yet
Ohho..yeah
Never in your wildest dreams
Did you ever get this feeling
Never in your wildest dreams oh oh
Never in your wildest dreams
did it ever get this easy
Never in your wildest dreams
Oh baby oh baby
The world is slowly turning
as it turns I see your face
touch your eyes your lips
space
We’ve arrived at the place where they open the hearts
and fill them up with love
filled with love filled with love
This one is pumping for you as a mad thing starts
Never in your wild never in your wild
never in your wildest dreams
Never in your wild never in your wild
never in your wildest dreams
Never in your wildest dreams
Never in your wildest dreams
did it ever feel this easy,
never in your wildest dreams oh no
And a mad thing starts
ooh sacrifice
Never in your wildest dreams
did you ever get this feeling
never in your wildest dreams oh no
never in your wildest dreams
can it ever feel this easy
never in your wildest dreams
5. IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
LOVE THING
Writers: Holly Knight/ Albert Hammond
Saw you there so confused
I knew that I could make my move now
treading softly I walked over to you
we talked about this thing called loved
Saw your eyes open wide and I knew you’re heart was in it
let me take you there, let me take you there tonight
Get on board
Get on my love thing
Gonna drive you wild ooh hoo
I wanna show you I wanna hear you sing
baby we got a love thing right now
Close your eyes, follow me
I’ll show you a world you’ve never been to
Take a ride on my love machine
and I won’t do anything you can’t get into
What I got is what you need
and you won’t do a thing about it
let me take you there, let me take you there tonight
Get on board
Get on my love thing
Gonna drive you wild ooh hoo
I wanna show you I wanna hear you sing
baby we got a love thing right now
I never want you to go
I always want you to stay
So c’mon baby c’mon now,
c’mon now c’mon now c’mon
‘Love’
Saw your eyes open wide
and I knew you’re heart was in it
Oh let me take you there, let me take you there tonight
Get on board
Get on my love thing
Gonna drive you wild ooh hoo
I wanna show you I wanna hear you sing
baby we got a love thing right now
6. LOVE THING
- Tina Turner’s combined album and single sales total approximately 180 million copies worldwide.
