It's so soothing. Great way to end such a dizzying album.

listen close....it sounds like micheal's tryna talk a girl out of her draws :

There’ll be no darkness tonight
Lady, our love will shine
(Lighting the light)
Just put your trust in my heart
And meet me in paradise
(Now is the time)
Girl, you’re every wonder in this world to me
A treasure time won’t steal way

So listen to my heart
Lay your body close to mine
Let me fill you with my dreams
I can make you feel all right
And, baby, through the years
Gonna love you more each day
So I promise you tonight
That you’ll always be the lady in my life

Lay back in my tenderness
Let’s make this a night we won’t forget
Girl, I need your sweet caress
Reach out to a fantasy
Two hearts in the beat of ecstasy
Come to me, girl

And I will keep you warm
Through the shadows of the night
Let me touch you with my love
I can make you feel so right
And, baby, through the years
Even when we’re old and gray
I will love you more each day
’Cause you will always be the lady in my life

Stay with me
I want you to stay with me
I need you by my side
Don’t you go nowhere
(Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)
Let me keep you warm
(You are the lady in my life)
My lady
(Fill you with the sweetest love)
Sweetest love
(Always the lady in my life)
I wanna touch you, babe
(Lay back in my tenderness)
(You are the lady in my life)
(Rock me with your sweet caress)
(Always the lady in my life)
You’re my lady and I love you, girl
(Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)
(You are the lady in my life)
Don’t you go nowhere
(Fill you with the sweetest love)
I love you, I love you
(Always the lady in my life)
I need you, I want you, babe
(Lay back in my tenderness)
Stay with me
(You are the lady in my life)
Don’t you go nowhere
(Rock me with your sweet caress)
And I love you, babe
(Always the lady in my life)

Oh, babe
Don’t you go nowhere
You’re my lady
All through the night

(Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)
I wanna keep you warm
(You are the lady in my life)
In my life, now
(Fill you with the sweetest love)
Let me fill you, babe
(Always the lady in my life)
i love her,i love her,i love her
(Lay back in my tenderness)
Lay back with me
(You are the lady in my life)
Let me touch you, girl
(Rock me with your sweet caress)
Lay back with me
(Always the lady in my life)
i love her,i love her,i love her
(Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)
i love her ,i love her,i love her,i love her,babe
(You are the lady in my life)
(Fill you with the sweetest love)
(Always the lady in my life)
You’re my lady
(Lay back in my tenderness)
You’re my lady, babe
(You are the lady in my life)



Rod Temperton..you sneaky devil

(God forgive the molestation jokes...my jedi training tells me there coming soon after this post )

This is one of my favs by him.
The last lovesong I could believe he really meant, I mean, the lyrics.

SirPsycho said:

Well goddamn! That's one of my biggest pet peeves as a music lover- not paying attention to what the lyrics are really saying. Oh my God- I never realized what MJJ's talking about in this song until it was pointed out. I'm not sure if I want to go back through his catalogue and re-check out the rest of his stuff- we had a thread on here a while back about how Moonwalker looks and feels different these days in light of the allegations.

And to just think- we played this song at my wedding! I thought it was about commitment- not a booty call.

It was suppose to be dedicated to Diana Ross.

whatsgoingon said:

Ugh. Why was he so into Diana Ross? I don't get it and she was never the lady in his life anyway lol, so that just makes no sense.

Cinnamon234 said:

Well, let's just say he had more chemistry with Diana than any other woman I've seen him with, even if she was like a mother figure to him. Just watch MJ and Diana Ross on the Diana Ross special 1981, talk about chemistry..

Great slow jam.

whatsgoingon said:

Yeah i've seen that performace before where they were dressed exactly alike lol and you're right-they did have a lot of chemistry.

vainandy said:

Hell yeah It's funny,this is one of only two songs on the album that never became a single.We all know that it could have been a single.These days,it remains a popular song on Quiet Storm R&B/jazz stations.Jam and Lewis borrowed elements from this song when they came up with Janet Jackson's "Funny How Time Flies When We're Having Fun" a few years later.

I don't think it's anywhere near his pop classics as a song, but as a vocal performance it surely is one of his best. I like singing it myself when I'm alone.

ive been digging this one so much lately

SoulAlive said:

That has always been the case with MJ earlier stuff. Songs like Lady in My Life, Human Nature, Can't help it can be heard regularly on Jazz/ R&B radio, whilst songs like Billie Jean, Beat it, Can You Feel it can be heard constantly on Pop radio. It a testament to their popularity, in fact I am more likely to hear Don't Blame it on the radio than anything from Bad or Dangerous.