"It's a little bit funny, Lord, this feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide" "I don't have much money but, boy, if I did I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live" "If, if, if I was a sculptor Lord, honey," "But then again, no (Then again no, no)" "Or a man who makes potions In a traveling show" "I know it's not much, I know it's not much But it's the best I can do" "You gave me a gift, Lord, And I'm gonna sing it for you" "And you can tell everybody" "That this is your song (This is your song)" "It may be a quite, quite simple But that's how it's done" "I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind" "What I wrote down in words Words" "How wonderful life is When you're in the world, world, world" "If, if, (if), if I was on a rooftop" "I'd kick off my shoes (Kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)" "I'll write a few verses And then I get the blues" "But the sun's been quite, quite kind While I wrote this song" "It's for people like you And people like me" "I wanna, I wanna keep turning on" "So excuse me, so excuse me So excuse me forgetting" "But these things I do (These things I do, Lord)" "You see, you see I've forgotten If they're green or blue, baby" "Anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is What I really mean" "Yours are the sweetest eyes The sweetest eyes" "The sweetest eyes I've ever seen I want you to come back" "Come back and and tell everybody" "That Billy Paul's got a song (Billy Paul's got a song)" "I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a..." "A rooftop and kick my shoes off" "I'm gonna write it (write it) Write it (write it), write it (write it)" "I might come out with the Gospel (Gospel), the blues (blues)," "The jazz (jazz), the rock and roll" "I'm gonna, got to, got to write me A simple song for everybody" "Because this is my song (This is my song)" "It may be quite, quite simple But that's the way it's done" "I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind" "What I wrote down in words Words" "You come on back You try to try again (Try again)" "Tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song (Billy Paul's got a song)" "It may be quite, quite simple But that's how it's done, baby" "I hope you don't mind..."