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211 bArbArA TAYlor On Silk and Soul —a dedication to Dr Nina Simone Ooh child, cherish is a word— tell it like it is to be young gifted and black, in the morning to love somebody, in the dark the backlash blues. do I move you? I can’t see nobody, I wish I knew how it would feel to be free. Wild is the wind, you turn me on. Where can I go without you? Here comes the sun, The High Priestess of soul. Turning Point, I get along without you very well. Where is the human touch? Isn’t it a pity, Mississippi goddam, 212 everyone’s gone to the moon. Another spring, since I fell for you, seems I’m never tired loving you. Please, don’t let me be misunderstood ne me quitte pas, I ain’t got no, I got life. Please read me I want a little sugar in my bowl, peace and joy divine, forever. Your final consummation: take my hand precious Lord, do what you gotta do, I think it’s going to rain today. ...

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