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segunda-feira, 20 de maio de 2013

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ME AND MRS. JONES (1972) BILLY PAUL

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

Lançada em 1972, pela CBS Records, Me and Mrs. Jones foi um single de Billy Paul (nome artístico de Paul Williams, Filadélfia, 1 de dezembro de 1934), incluído no álbum 360 Degrees of Billy Paul. Escrita por Cary 'Hippy' Gilbert, Kenny Gamble e Leon Huff, a música descreve um caso extraconjugal entre um homem e sua amante, a Sra. Jones.



O single se tornou o número um na Billboard Hot 100, ficando nessa posição por três semanas, em dezembro de 1972. Me and Mrs. Jones também conseguiu a mesma façanha na Billboard R&B Singles Chart, permanecendo na posição número um por quatro semanas. O lado B do compacto lançado no Brasil trazia uma versão dançante de Your Song, de Elton John e Bernie Taupin, outro grande sucesso.





Me and Mrs. Jones

We've got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
----
We meet every day
At the same café
6:30 I know, I know she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox play our favourite song
----
Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones 
We've got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
----
We've gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes up too high
'Cause she's got her own obligations
And so, and so do I
----
Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones 
We've got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
----
Well it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way
And I'll go mine
Tomorrow we'll meet the same place, the same time
----
Me and Mrs. Mrs. Jones 
We've got a thing going on
We've gotta be extra careful
We can't afford to build our hopes up too high
----
I wanna meet
And talk with you
At the same place
The same café
The same time
And we're gonna hold hands like we used to
We're gonna talk it over, talk it over
We know, they know, and you know and I know that it was wrong
But I'll make it strong
We've gotta let 'em know now
We've got a thing going on
Thing going on

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