Some Kind of Wonderful
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Some Kind of Wonderful Lyrics
I don't need a whole lots of money
I don't need a big fine car
I got everything that a man could want
I got more than I could ask for
I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'Cause I got me a sweet, a sweet, lovin' woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
[Chorus]
Well, my baby, she's alright
Well, my baby, she's clean out-of-sight
Don't you know that she's, she's some kind of wonderful?
She's some kind of wonderful, yes, she is, she's
She's some kind of wonderful, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
When I hold her in my arms
You know she sets my soul on fire
Ooh, when my baby kisses me
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her lovin' arms around me
About drives me out of my mind
Yeah, when my baby kisses me
Chills run up and down my spine
Well, my baby, she's alright
Well, my baby, she's clean out-of-sight
Don't you know that she is, she's some kind of wonderful?
She's some kind of wonderful, yes, she is
She's some kind of wonderful, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
Now is there anybody, got a sweet little woman like mine?
There got to be somebody, got a, got a sweet little woman like mine, yeah
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness? Yeah
Can I get a witness? Oh
Can I get a witness? Yeah
Can I get a witness? Yeah, yes
[Outro]
I'm talkin', talkin' 'bout my baby, yeah
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' about my baby, my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby, my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talking 'bout my babe
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
About
The group’s cover for the 1967 Soul Brother Six’s minor hit, this version had reached no. 3 on the Billboard chart in 1975.
From their 9th album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
Grand Funk’s story about why they picked up the song (from here)
We all grew up in Flint, Michigan. We used to listen to a station called WAMM, which was a black station in Flint. We all grew up on R&B, Gospel and Soul music, and they used to play the Soul Brothers Six version of that song all the time on WAMM radio in the ‘60s. When we were traveling around the country, I used to start singing that song in the back of the car a cappella, and everybody would just kind of jump in and sing along with me – 'I don’t need a whole lots of money, I don’t need a big fine car.’ We’d kind of shear off on the choruses and stuff, and our manager said, ‘That’s a great song, why don’t you record it,’ so we recorded the song and it became a huge hit.
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