Remarks:
This song was later covered by Kelly Price in 2000, but I like this version better. It is the original, going to #5 on the R&B charts in 1986. Zapp’s Roger Troutman hired Murdock as a backing singer. His brother Larry and Zapp guitarist Billy Beck wrote the song. Troutman appeared in this space last month with “I Want to be Your Man” (1987).
Lyrics:
It’s morning,
and we slept the night away~
It happened,
now we can’t turn back the hands of time
(oh no)
Yes we’ve stolen this moment,
We forgot to face, one simple fact
We both belong~ to someone else
As we slept, the night away
It’s morning,
sunlight shines across your sleeping face (uh huh)
A new~ day,
brings reality that we must go our
Se~parate way
What a lovely night, we had (yeah yeah)
As we shared each other’s love
We forgot about all the pain we’d cause
as we slept the night away
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow as we lay (mmhmm, hey hey)
As we lay
We didn’t think about the price we’d have to pay( oh no, no no no no no no no)
It’s morning
And now it’s time for us to say goodbye
Goodbye baby
you’re lea~ving me,
I know you got to hurry home to face your wi~fe, whoa
I would never never want to hurt her no
She would never understand
You belonged to me for
just one night
as we slept the night away
(whoa) (mmmmm) (whoa)
I would never never want to hurt her no
She would never understand
You belonged to me for
just one night
as we slept the night away
As We Lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
We didn’t think about the price we’d have to pay…oh no hey
We should have counted up the cost
but instead we got lost
in the second, in the minute, in the hour
hey hey, hey as we lay
we forgot about tomorrow, as we lay
whoa~~~
It’s morning (it’s morning) (oo oo)
It’s morning (it’s morning) (whoa~~)
It’s morning (whoa~~)
It’s been so many years since I heard this song! I had completely forgotten it, so it was extra special hearing it again. As I listened, I had the sensation of going back in time. Not just remembering the past, but feeling like I was actually back there again. The power of music is amazing. Thanks for posting this!
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Great song. This is what real soul music sounds like.
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Classic song.
A Miami bass artist named Dana also did a remake of this song in 1997. I believe that version can be found on one of the “So So Def All-Star Bass Party” discs.
Just for correction’s sake, Roger Troutman did not write this song. His brother, Larry, and Zapp guitarist Billy Beck did.
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I’ve never come across the song, I listened to it this morning and it’s beautiful.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE Shirley Murdock! She has one of the best voices in R&B. *in my Katt Williams voice* And this song right here? THIS SONG RIGHT HERE?? was her best work, in my opinion. Cheating has never been more romanticized.
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@ mynameismyname: Thanks for the song info!
@ Susan: I am glad to hear that! Old songs have the same effect on me, especially ones I had forgotten all about. I got the idea of posting songs from Mes Deux Cents who posted old songs that I loved but completely forgot about.
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Hello miss , i live in france ! and france had coloni in africa , it was the same think in usa : slavery + colonisation
And here white people are too racist whit blackpeople , it is more than usa , here it is dificult to find a good job , a flat when you are black !
The think is here white people are so hypocrit !
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Shirley Murdoc’s version was great, and then Kellye Price did a good job with her cover.
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Nice. I always felt Go On Without You was the aftermath to this song.
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