you know sometimes a man will
cause such heartache yes he will
that a woman feels she only take
he’ll make all kind of mistakes
yes he will that cause your
heart to break
seems like every day
is like the one before
the things you used to say
you don’t say anymore
bits and pieces of your time
are all you can afford
it looks like you just can’t see
that there’s much more to love
than bed and board bed and board
bed bed bed bed and board
bed and board
lying half awake
i hear you switch the light
you turn off the late news
oh i’m in luck tonight
you think that making love
three times a week is my reward
well you can’t seem to understand
that there’s much more to love
than bed and board bed and board
ooh baby bed and board
bed and board oh don’t you know
don’t know what happened
but you’ve changed somehow
and like a puppet
on a string baby oh
you’re only going
through the motions now
you touch me but you don’t
feel anything anything
you’re gonna say
that it’s all in my mind
lord knows how i’ve thought it out
at least a thousand times
i’ve got to try again
i need my faith in life restored
i can’t wait any longer ’cause
there’s much more to love
than bed and board bed and board
baby bed bed bed and board
bed and board so right there
you oughta listen cause what else
so much more to life
than just a bed and a roof
saying i believe
i believe that a man
will misuse a woman
if he’s given the chance
and i believe
that he will abuse a woman
at the beginning of a romance
’cause all they ever want is bed bed
your bed bed my bed bed his bed
it don’t make any difference where it is
see but i don’t find anything wrong
with making a little love
on an early sunday morning
you oughta be in church amen
ain’t nothing wrong amen
with a little love on an early
monday morning monday morning
monday morning
when your baby’s supposed
to be going to work
he can’t leave you no no no
he can’t leave your side
and here’s why
because a man needs love
and a man needs to be hugged
and kissed yes he does
you know it’s something when
we ladies start to prepare
ourselves for that particular man
waiting for him to come home
so he can just hold our hand
you know i believe that all of
that all you do something like this
you might run the water
putting all of those nice things
into that tub
and when we’re finished
we have all kinds of sweet
smelling things that we put on
perfumes and some of us decide to
just powder ourselves all the way down
that’s good because that’s what they like
and when he comes through the door
and you’re lying there in your negligee
or whatever it might be
and he says to you
i’m too tired i’m too tired
and you turn to him and say
do you think i did all this for me
you can still hear that same moan from him
i’m too tired i’ve been working all day
but you don’t wanna hear that do you
you see because the art of making love
has to be done in a certain way
and it can only been done when
two people become totally involved
but sometimes a man
just out of forgetfulness
will not remember a woman’s birthday
and it’s not intentional
it’s just because it’s the way they’re made
and they’ll forget to call you
exactly on the hour because
they forget that little things
mean a lot
’cause there’s so much more to life
than bed and board
Artist: Barbara Mason
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 320