Shirley Walton
Isaac Hayes
Shirley Walton
Booker T. & The MG’s
Eddie Floyd
Delaney & Bonnie
Linda Lyndell
Jimmy Hughes
Johnny Daye
William Bell & Judy Clay
The Mad Lads
The Staple Singers
The Soul Children
Rufus Thomas
The Charmels
Carla Thomas
Judy Clay
Eddie Floyd
Jeanne & The Darlings
Johnnie Taylor
Booker T. & The MG’s
Ollie & The Nightingales
The Bar-Kays
William Bell
Mable John
William Bell & Judy Clay
The Soul Children
The Staple Singers
Albert King
The Epsilons
Rufus Thomas
Johnnie Taylor
Carla Thomas
Eddie Floyd
Jimmy Hughes
The Mad Lads
Judy Clay
Ollie & The Nightingales
Sonny Stitt
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Mar-Keys
The Staple Singers
The Emotions
The Bar-Kays
Margie Joseph
Jimmy Dotson
Art Jerry Miller
The Soul Children
William Bell
Johnnie Taylor
Albert King
The Stingers
Eddie Floyd
Booker T. & The MG’s
William Bell & Mavis Staples
Darrell Banks
Jimmy Hughes
William Bell
The Staple Singers
Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, Mavis Staples & Cleotha Staples
Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples
Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas
William Bell & Carla Thomas
Ollie & The Nightingales
Jeanne & The Darlings
Johnnie Taylor
The Mad Lads
The Bar-Kays
Carla Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Various Artists
Albert King & Pops Staples & Steve Cropper
The Soul Children
Mavis Staples
The Newcomers
Eddie Floyd
The Staple Singers
John Lee Hooker
William Bell
Margie Joseph
Jimmy Hughes
Darrell Banks
The Dramatics
Johnnie Taylor
Delaney & Bonnie
J.J. Barnes
Reggie Milner
The Emotions
The Emotions
Albert King
Rufus Thomas
Eddie Floyd
Bernie Hayes
The Bar-Kays
The Soul Children
Chuck Brooks
Ernie Hines
Pops Staples
Ollie & The Nightingales
William Bell & Carla Thomas
Jeanne & The Darlings
Chris And Shack
Barbara Lewis
Little Sonny
Carla Thomas
The Staple Singers
Johnnie Taylor
Margie Joseph
Jones & Blumenberg
David Porter
Carla Thomas
Albert King
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Mad Lads
Roz Ryan
Paul Thompson (Stax)
Branding Iron
John KaSandra
Eddie Floyd
Mavis Staples
The T.S.U. Toronadoes
William Bell
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
The Staple Singers
Margie Joseph
Bernie Hayes
The Newcomers
The Bar-Kays
Rudy Robinson & The Hungry Five
Little Sonny
The Nightingales
Eddie Floyd
Johnnie Taylor
Carla Thomas
Reggie Milner
The Temprees
Rufus Thomas
Charlene And The Soul Serenaders
The Soul Children
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
Shack (Stax)
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
Barbara Lewis
Johnnie Taylor
The Soul Children
Eddie Floyd
Isaac Hayes
Ernie Hines
Booker T. & The MG’s
Barbara Lewis
Jean Knight
The Emotions
Margie Joseph
Johnnie Taylor
The Temprees
Rufus Thomas
William Bell
Isaac Hayes
The Nightingales
The Staple Singers
The Limitations
The Dramatics
Branding Iron
Jimmy Hughes
Margie Joseph
The Emotions
Calvin Scott (US)
Eddie Floyd
Johnnie Taylor
Melvin Van Peebles
Rufus Thomas
The Newcomers
Lee Sain
Little Milton
Shack (Stax)
Ilana (Stax)
Albert King
The Soul Children
United Image
The Emotions
David Porter
Little Sonny
Eddie Giles
The Staple Singers
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Jean Knight
William Bell
Isaac Hayes
The MG’s
The Mad Lads
Major Lance
Joni Wilson
The Temprees
The Leaders (Stax)
Black Nasty
Rufus Thomas
Carla Thomas
The Dramatics
The Bar-Kays
L.V. Johnson
Eric Mercury
Calvin Scott (US)
Little Milton
Johnnie Taylor
[Intro]
I did what I could for you, baby
I did in on the Q.T
You accepted what I did
And, heh, made a, well, you know, out of me
You made love to me, baby
When you wanted something for yourself
Then you turned around and gave my lovin' to somebody else
And can’t I get you to help it
Oh, yeah (Ooh, ooh)
You socked it to me, heh
You really laid it on me baby
Yeah, you really had your fun (Ooh, ooh)
Hmm, ah, ah, ah (Ooh, ooh)
I wanna sing for you, now
[Verse 1]
You know that I couldn't really love you, yeah, yeah
And you know I would be faithful
And I would always be true
You know I'd never do you wrong
Cause I’d tell you that I loved you, baby, all the day long
But still, you make me feel like my love is just in vain
Oh, I just don't understand why we make love again
[Chorus]
You'll never be true to me
Never, oh, never, be true (Never be true)
[Verse 2]
Oh, there was a time
Huh, when we had so much fun together, yeah
We would always be lovin' and laughin' and smilin' (We would always be lovin', laughing', smilin’, smilin’)
No matter what the weather
But things are not the way they are supposed to be
For the simple reason, baby
You're no longer in love with me
So, I guess I have to sit here, alone and blue
Just let me stay by myself, cause I realize that you will
[Chorus]
Never be true to me
Never, oh, it just can’t, oh, no, oh (Never be true)
[Bridge]
You never be true to me, oh
Oh, but still, you make me feel like my love is just in vain (Ooh)
And I just don't understand why I wanna make love a foolish game
I just guess I'll sit alone, feelin' blue (Ooh)
I gotta stay by myself, ’cause I realize that you will
[Chorus]
Oh, never be true to me
Never, you just can't be true (Never be true)
[Outro]
Oh, no, you never will, after all, after all I've done for you baby (Never be true)
You just never gonna, oh, I gave you all of my love, babe (Never be true)
But just can't, you never, never, never (Never be true)
You never be true to me (Never be true)
Oh, my baby, why you've never been true? (Never be true)
Never be true to me, no (Never be true)
You just took my love and left me all by myself (Never be true)
Never Be True was written by Leroy Hutson & Donny Hathaway.