Cloud Nine lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Temptations
Album: Cloud Nine

Lyrics

Dennis: the childhood part of my life
Wasn't very pretty, see..
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: I was born and raised
In the slums of the city
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: it was a one-room shack
That slept ten other children beside me
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: we hardly enough food
Or room to sleep
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Dennis: it was hard times..
I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind

Paul: hmmmm listen..
My father didn't know the meaning of work
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Paul: he disrespected mama
And treated us like dirt
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Paul: I left home seeking a job
That I never did find
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
Paul: depressed and down-hearted
And I took to cloud nine
Temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom

Paul: I'm doing fine
Up here, on cloud nine
Paul: listen, one more time
Paul: I'm doing fine
Up here, on cloud nine
Dennis: folks down there tell me..

Dennis: they say give yourself a chance,son
Don't let life pass you by
Temptations: woo, woo, woo-oo
Dennis: that the world of reality's a rat race
Where only the strongest survive
It's a dog-eat-dog world
And that ain't no lie
Temptations: ain't no lie
Dennis: it ain't even safe no more
To walk the streets at night

Eddie: I'm doing fine
Temptations: on cloud nine

Dennis: let me tell you 'bout cloud nine..
Temptations: cloud nine
Paul: you can be what you want to be
Temptations: cloud nine
Dennis: you ain't got no responsibility
Temptations: cloud nine
Eddie: and every man, every man is free
Temptations: cloud nine
Dennis: you're a million miles from reality
Otis: reality

Temptations: I wanna' stay up
Eddie and otis: higher
Temptations: up up, up and away

Temptations: cloud nine

Eddie: I wanna' say I love the life I live
And I'm going to
Eddie/otis: live, the life I love
Eddie: up here on cloud nine..
I, i, i, i, i, I'm ridin' high
Temptations: on cloud nine

Dennis: you're as free as a bird in flight
Temptations: cloud nine
Melvin: there's no difference between day and night
Temptations: cloud nine
Eddie: it's a world of love and harmony
Temptations: cloud nine
Dennis: you're a million miles from reality
Otis: reality

Temptations: I wanna' stay up
Eddie and otis: higher
Temptations: up up, up and away

Temptations: cloud nine
Paul: you can be what you want to be, ah
Temptations: cloud nine
Dennis: you ain't got no responsibility
Temptations: cloud nine
Eddie: every man in his mind is free
Temptations: cloud nine
Dennis: you're a million miles from reality
Temptations: cloud nine
Paul: you can be what you want to be

Temptations: all of them weave in and out with ad libs
And choruses of "boom-booms"

Fade to end

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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