[Chorus]
Give me that old (Old) time (Time)
Old time lovin'
Give me that old (Old) time (Time)
Old time lovin', yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
It was good, they know
Mother and father, yeah
If that makes me no
It's alright for me
[Chorus]
What I need is that old (Old) time (Time), yeah
That old time feelin'
That'll have me rockin' (Rockin') and reelin' (Reelin'), yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Music will make you move your feet (Move your feet)
Happy to say it, yeah
I've been trying to love you, baby
And our hearts are free, yeah
[Outro]
But what I really need is that old (Old) time (Time)
Yeah, oh, yeah
I don't want you to turn your back on your friends (Old), but I really need that old time (Time), yeah
I know there are times when I might neglect you, baby
I want you to come on home (Old)
I want you to come on (Time), yeah
And the only thing I want you to do
Is give me that old (Old), that's all that I need (Time), yeah
And sometimes your love makes me give up the right from the wrong, yeah (Old)
I just keep on marching on my way, yeah (Time)
Yeah, I keep marching, marching
I'm hoping (Old) for a better day (Time)
Yeah
Old Time Lovin’ was written by Al Green.
Old Time Lovin’ was produced by Willie Mitchell.
Al Green released Old Time Lovin’ on Mon Jan 31 1972.
That’s something I wanted to write for Willie Mitchell and I wrote it for myself to see, what are you actually doing? Are you actually doing something brand new? Or are you doing something that sample Ray Charles, Bobby Bland, Lou Rawls or somebody or Sly and the Family Stone. I thought the whole th...