[Intro]
Please!
(Mama, mama, mama...)
Mama, mama, baby...
Baby, baby, baby...
(Mama, mama, mama...)
Ah, hmm...
(Baby, baby, baby...)

[Verse 1]
(Listen, baby...)
Every day I want to fly my kite
Every day I want to fly my kite
And every day I want to get on my camel and ride
Ooh, yeah

[Verse 2]
Every day I want to shake your hand (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
For, in the world, making me a better man
And every day I want to get on my camel and ride
(On my camel, ride on my camel...)
Ooh, baby

[Chorus]
And when the day is through, nothin' to do
I sit around, grooving with you
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
Yeah

[Verse 3]
Every day I want to be your friend (Be your friend)
'Cause you have stuck with me through thick and thin
And every day I wanna smile in your lovely brown eyes
(Smile into your lovely brown eyes) Oh, yeah

[Verse 4]
Every day I'm going to give my share (Yeah!)
'Cause I know you're going to take me there (Hey! Hey... ha hah)
And every day I want to get on my camel and ride
(Get on my camel...) Oooh-oh

[Chorus]
And when the day is done (Yeah!), nothin' to do (Baby!) (Hey!)
Spend all my time just loving you
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
Mmm, baby
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la (Yeah...) (Baby!)

[Verse 5]
And in the end, I know you'll be with me
'Cause you make my soul so free (So, every day...)
And every day I wanna get on my camel and ride
(On my camel...) Yeah

[Chorus]
And when the day is through (Yeah!), nothin' to do (Oh!) (Yeah!)
Spend all my time just loving you
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
(Oh, oh, baby �" havin' you around...)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
Mm yeah, yeah-yeah
I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
And I say it 'cause I love�" having you around
(Can't you hear me, baby? Can't you hear the people? Oh no)
I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
(Can't you hear me say it? Can't you hear me say it, baby?)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around
(Baby, baby, baby...)

[Post-Chorus]
And I say it... (Say it, say it, say it, baby, baby, baby)
(Say it, say it, say it)
Baby, I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Say it, say it, again)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Say it, say it, say it, baby)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around, loving you
Say it 'cause I love�"having you around
(Thank God�"for the one you love!)
(Thank God�"for the one you love!)
And I say it...
(Cherish�"oh, the one you love)
'Cause I love it and I love my baby, baby
(Funky, funky, funky... hey hey hey hey hey! Yeah...)

[Instrumental Break & Vocalizing]

[Chorus]
And when the day is done (Yeah!) �" nothing to do (Oh, babe...!)
Spend all my time makin' love to you
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around, (Yeah, yeah...)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Having your around...)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Yeah, my baby, baby, baby...)
Say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Baby, stay around... stay around)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Stay... baby, stay right here)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Stevie needs you near... so keep ya black butt here)
And I say it 'cause I love�"having you around (Well... yeah yeah...)
(Don't even make a sound...) Alright... mhmm...

[Outro]
Check out the words...
(Baby, I say, what'ya got�"nobody in the world got! Boy...)
Yeah... hmm, hmm

[The preceding has been put here on tape!
To let you all know that I say it to her, because I love having her around
Can you dig it? Can you get to that?] (Even when she's messing around!)
(He likes having her around, even when she's messing around!)
(Which is very often, that's what she's doing...)
(The motion of music, when she's messing around...)