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Almost Persuaded
Etta James

Last night all alone in a barroom

Met a girl with a drink in her hand.

She had ruby red lips, coal black hair

And eyes that would tempt any man.

Then she came and sat down at my table,

And as she placed her soft hands in mine,

I found myself wanting to kiss her

For temptation was flowing like wine.

And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride.

Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside.

Then we danced and she whispered, I need you!

Take me away from here and be my man.

Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it:

The reflection of my wedding band.

And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me on.

Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home.

Last night all alone in a barroom

Met a guy with a drink in his hand.

He had bay blue eyes, coal black hair

And a smile that a girl understands.

Then he came and sat down at my table,

And as he placed his hands over mine,

I found my self wanting to kiss him

For temptation was flowing like wine.

And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride.

Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside.

Then we danced and he whispered, I need you!

Let me take you away and be your man.

Then I looked into his eyes and I saw it:

The reflection of my wedding band.

And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me on.

Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home.


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  "In The Basement, Part One"   (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over   A Lover Is Forever   A Sunday Kind Of Love   Again   All I Can Do Is Cry   All I Could Do Is Cry   All I Could Do Is Cry (1961 Version)   All I Could Do Was Cry   All I Could Do Was Cry [#][*]   All The Way Down   Anything To Say You're Mine   At Last   At Last (Live - Previously Unreleased)   At Last [Live]   At Last [Live][#]   At Last [Single Version]   Baby What You Want Me to Do   Baby, What You Want Me to Do   Baby, What You Want Me to Do [Live]   Body And Soul   Boondocks   Breakin' Up Somebody's Home   By The Light Of The Silvery Moon   Champagne & Wine   Champagne And Wine   Cigarettes & Coffee   Cigarettes And Coffee   Come Rain Or Come Shine   Come To Mama   Cry Me a River   Damn Your Eyes   Dance With Me Henry   Dearest Darling   Deep in the Night   Do I Make Myself Clear   Do I Make Myself Clear (Duet with Sugar Pie DeSant...   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Do Right Woman Do Right Man   Do Right Woman, Do Right Man   Do Right Woman, Do Right Man [Alternate Take][#]   Don't Cry Baby   Don't Explain   Don't Get Around Much Any More   Don't Get Around Much Anymore   Don't Go to Strangers   Don't Let My Baby Ride   Don't Lose Your Good Thing   Don't Take Your Love From Me   Don't Cry Baby   Don't Explain   Don't Get Around Much Anymore   Don't Go To Strangers   Don't Lose Your Good Thing   Don't Take Your Love From Me   Down Home Blues   Dream   Dreamer   Drown in My Own Tears   Drown in My Own Tears [Live]   Dust My Broom   Embraceable You   Evening Of Love   Every Little Bit Hurts [#]   Feel Like Breakin' Up Somebody's Home   Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home   Fire   Fool That I Am   Fool That I Am [*]   Fools Rush In   Girl Of My Dreams   Girl Of My Dreams (Rendered As Boy Of My Dreams)   Give It Up   God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)   Good Morning Heartache   Good Rockin Daddy   Good Rockin' Daddy   Got My Mojo Working   Groove Me   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   He's Funny That Way   He's Funny That Way   Here I Am (Come and Take Me)   Hey Henry   Hickory Dickory Dock   Holding Back The Years   How Deep Is The Ocean   How Deep Is the Ocean?   How Do You Speak To An Angel?   Hush Hush   I Believe I Can Fly   I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You   I Don't Want It (Previously Unreleased)   I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You   I Found a Love   I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good   I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good   I Got the Will   I Got You Babe   I Just Wanna Make Love To You   I Just Want To Make Love To You   I Just Want to Make Love to You [#][*]   I Just Want to Make Love to You \/ Born to Be Wild   I Never Meant To Love Him   I Only Have Eyes for You   I Prefer You   I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)   I Wish Someone Would Care   I Worship The Ground You Walk On   I'd Rather Go Blind   I'de Rather Go Blind   I'll Be Seeing You   I'll Dry My Tears   I'm A Fool   I'm Gonna Take What He's Got   I've Been Lovin' You Too Long   I've Been Loving You Too Long   I've Gone Too Far (Previously Unreleased)   I've Got Dreams To Remember   I\u2019d Rather Go Blind   I'd Rather Go Blind   I'm A Fool   I've Got Dreams To Remember   If I Can't Have You   If I Can't Have You (duet with Harvey Fuqua)   If I Can't Have You   If I Had Any Pride Left At All   If You Want Me To Stay   Imagine   In My Solitude   In The Basement   In the Basement [From Hurricane]   In The Basement, Part 1   In The Basement, Part 1 (Duet with Sugar Pie DeSan...   In The Basement, Part One   In the Basement, Pt. 1   In the Basement, Pt. 1   In The Evening   Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)   It Hurts Me So Much   It Must Be Your Love   It Takes Love To Keep A Woman   It's A Crying Shame   It's Too Soon To Know   It's Too Soon To Know   Jingle Bells   Joy To The World   Jump Into My Fire   Just a Little Bit   Just Friends   Leap Of Faith   Let Me Down Easy   Let's Burn Down The Cornfield   Let's Straighten It Out   Lie No Better   Light My Fire [#]   Look Who's Blue (Previously Unreleased on Album)   Looking Back   Losers Weepers, Part 1   Losers Weepers, Part One   Love Is Here to Stay   Love Letters   Lover Man   Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)   Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)   Lovesick Blues   Lovin' Arms   Lovin' You More Every Day   Lovin' Arms   Loving Arms   Loving You More Every Day   Mean to Me   Miss Pitiful   Miss You [Illicit Remix]   Misty (Previously Unreleased)   Misty Blue   Mockingbird   My Dearest Darling   My Funny Valentine   My Heart Cries   My Heart Cries [#]   My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua]   My Man   My Mother In Law   My Old Flame   Never My Love   Never My Love (Previously Unreleased)   Next Door to the Blues   Next Door to the Blues   Next Door to the Blues   Night And Day   Night Time Is The Right Time   Nobody Loves You Like Me   O Holy Night   Oh Happy Day   Old Rugged Cross   On the 7th Day   One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)   One Night   Only Time Will Tell   Out Of The Rain   Out On The Street Again   Piece Of My Heart   Please Come Home for Christmas   Please Send Me Someone To Love   Power Play   Prelude to a Kiss   Prisoner of Love   Purple Rain   Pushover   Respect Yourself   Respect Yourself [Live]   Rock & Roll Music   Rock and Roll Music   Rock Me Baby   Roll With Me Henry   Roll With Me Henry (The Wallflower)   Sail Away   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Say It Isn't So   Security   Security   Security   Security   Security   Security   Seven Day Fool   Silent Night   Somebody to Love   Someone To Watch Over Me   Something On Your Mind   Something's Got a Hold on Me   Something\u2019s Got a Hold on Me   Somethings Got A Hold On Me   Somewhere   Sookie Sookie   Spoonful   Spoonful (duet with Harvey Fuqua)   Spoonful [Duet with Harvery Fuqua][*]   St. Louis Blues   Steal Away   Stop the Wedding   Stormy Monday   Stormy Monday [Live]   Stormy Weather   Strange Things Happen   Strongest Weakness   Strung Out   Sugar on the Floor   Sunday Kind of Love   Sweet Little Angel   Swing Low   Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)   Swing Low Sweet Chariot   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   Take It to the Limit   Take What He's Got   Take What He's Got   Teach Me Tonight   Tears Of Joy   Tell Mama   Tell Mama [Single Version]   Tenderly   That's All   That's Alright   That's the Chance You Take   That\u2019s Alright   That's All   The Blues Is My Buisness   The Blues Is My Business   The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ...   The Little Drummer Boy (Carol Of The Drum)   The Love Of My Man   The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)   The Man I Love   The Nearness of You   The Rock   The Same Rope   The Sky Is Crying   The Very Thought Of You   The Wallflower   The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)   The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) [#]   The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)   The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) [Mono Version]   There Is No Greater Love   There's Something On Your Mind   There's Something On Your Mind   These Foolish Things   These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)   They Can't Take That Away from Me   This Christmas   This Time Of Year   Time After Time   Tomorrow Night   Too Tired   Tough Mary   Trust In Me   Try A Little Tenderness   Two Sides (To Every Show)   Two Sides to Every Story   Two Sides to Every Story   W.O.M.A.N.   Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)   Wake Up Everybody, Pt. 1   Walking The Back Streets   Wallflower (Dance with Me Henry)   Watch Dog   We're In Love   We're In Love   Welcome To The Jungle   What's Going On   Whatever Gets You Through the Night   Who's Getting Your Love   Willow Weep for Me   Winter Wonderland   With You In Mind   Woke Up This Morning   Would It Make Any Difference To You   You Can Leave Your Hat On   You Don't Know What Love Is   You Don't Know What Love Is   You Give Me What I Want   You Go To My Head   You Got It   You Got Me Where You Want Me - Previously Unreleas...   You Got Me Where You Want Me [#]   You Shook Me   You're Taking Up Another Man's Place   You've Changed   You've Changed

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