Patti LaBelle - If You Asked Me To (Official Video)

Mid-Afternoon on the last Sunday in February 2021 and I bring you a great song from Ms. Patti LaBelle, titled If You Asked Me To, which is an Official Music Video... I would like to dedicate this song to our good friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL, who is in the process of recovering from some serious health related issues... and I would like this song to be included as a final Black History Month representative contribution in his name...

If you are reading this post my friend, I hope you are doing well in your recovery and I anxiously wait for you to get back in the RP saddle so-to-speak and bring your wonderful posts and responses back to us...

About Patti LaBelle:

Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards (born May 24, 1944), better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry. LaBelle spent 16 years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the iconic disco song, "Lady Marmalade".

About this song, "If You Asked Me To"

"If You Asked Me To" is a song written by American songwriter Diane Warren. It was originally recorded by American singer Patti LaBelle for her ninth studio album Be Yourself (1989), and also for the soundtrack to the James Bond film, Licence to Kill. The lyrics are from the point of view of a woman who pleads to her significant other: "If you asked me to, I just might change my mind, and let you in my life forever". Three years later, Canadian singer Celine Dion covered "If You Asked Me To" for her 1992 self-titled second English-language studio album. Released as the album's second single, Dion's version topped the Canadian charts and peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

LYRICS:

Used to be that
I believed in something
Used to be that
I believed in love
It's been a long time
Since I had that feeling
I could love someone
I could trust someone
I said I never let nobody
Near my heart again, darlin'
I said I never let nobody in

[Chorus:]
But if you asked me to
I just might change my mind
And let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
I just might give my heart
And stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to
If you asked me to

Somehow ever since
I been around you
Can't go back to being
On my own
Can't help feeling, darling
Since I found you
That I found my home
That I'm finally home
I said I never let nobody
Get to close to me, darling
I said I needed
Needed to be free

[Chorus]

Ask me to and I will give my world
To you baby
I need you now
Ask me to and I'll do anything
For you baby
For you baby
I'll let you in my life forever
All you gotta do is ask me to
And I'll give you my world
I'll give you my heart
I'll give you anything
Just ask me, baby
Oh, I'll do anything you want me to
Just ask me, yes
All you gotta do is ask me to
If you asked me to
I'll change my mind

Written by: Diane Eve Warren

Enjoy my Brothers and Sisters!
Kerry
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