Rockin' After Midnight

Marvin Gaye

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »


Year:
1995
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Rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight 
We'll be rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight
We'll be rockin' after midnight
After midnight, girl
After midnight, baby

It's time to rock, ooh
Let me rock you, rock you, rock you into midnight, baby
Let me rock you into love

I know you give me lots and lots of good lovin' baby
After midnight, baby
The time, the time is right 
For you and me tonight
But now we've got to dance
And soon after we make romance
You know I need your love
Worser than the stars above
And darlin' don't hesitate
After the date, oh
Sweetheart, your so good to me
Precious lovin' can't be beat
Oh my sweet

I love the way you do your thing 
(Hey)
I love all the joy you bring (yeah-yeah-yea)
I love the way your little coochie-coo
Aw baby

I love makin' love to you

Call out in the name of love
Call out in the name of tenderness
Call out in the name of love
Call out in the name of love
Call out in the name of love sweet love
Call out in the name of love
Call out in the name of happiness

I love the way you walk, walk baby
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And I really love the way you talk, girl (you talk girl)
Ooh it, ooh, I sure
And I love the way you move honey
Thrill me, thrill me, thrill me, girl
Get it down, ooh

Groove me, groove me, groove me, baby
I love those little pretty ways
Ooh, want to be in love with you
For the rest of my days
And I even love the funky little things you do
I'm in trouble baby
I love your mind and your body too
(Ow, ow, ow, ooh)
My heart is yours to keep baby, oh yeah yeah

And your happiness is all I see (all I see)
Ooh it, ooh it baby
And your love will be my last (be my last)
Hey, hey, hey
Oh, I say good-bye to the heartbreak past

Ah, it's understood
(Ooh) baby, do me good
Yeah, it's understood
Baby, do me good
Oh, it's understood
Baby, do me good
Lady be good
'Cause it's understood, it's understood
Yeah, baby be good, baby be good
Ah, it's understood
Baby, be good
Yeah, baby be good

Call out in the name of love, baby
Call out in the name of happiness
Call out in the name of tenderness
Call out in the name of happiness
Call out in the name of love
Call out in the name of love

So tonight when the right time comes
I'll be gettin' some
(Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it)
So tonight when the right time comes
I'll be gettin' some, (get it, get it, get it, get it, get it)
Havin' fun, hey
So when the right time comes
Tonight, I'll be gettin' some, (get it, get it, get it, get it, get it)
Yeah-yeah

Ah baby doll, yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh, uh, lovin' you baby
Uh, uh ooh-ooh

Tonight baby, I'll be lovin' you (when the right time comes, uh)
I'll be lovin' you, uh
I'll be lovin', baby
Oh, I'll be kissin' you, huh
I'll be huggin' you

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Written by: Marvin P Gaye

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