| Benton"-Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2 |
| — peak Billboard position # 5 in 1960 |
| — Words and Music by Clyde Otis & Murray Stein and Brook Benton |
| Well, now, it takes more than a robin to make the winter go And it takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow |
| Well, it takes two hearts a-cookin' to make a fire grow |
| And baby you’ve got what it takes |
| You know it takes a lot of kissin' |
| SPOKEN (Tell me about it) |
| to make a romance sweet |
| Ooh, it takes a lot of lovin' to make my life complete |
| Mmm, and it takes a lot of woman to knock me off my feet |
| and baby, you’ve got what it takes. |
| I said, |
| mm, mm, mm. uh-huh, mm, mm, mm Ah, ah, hah |
| mm, mm You know you’ve got just what it takes! |
| Because it takes more than an effort to stay away from you |
| It’d take more than a lifetime to prove that I’ll be true |
| But it takes somebody special to make me say, «I do.» |
| SPOKEN «Oh, yeah» |
| And baby, you’ve got what it takes. |
| Ah, ah, hah |
| mm, mm, uh-huh, mm, mm, mm Mmm |
| You know you’ve got just what it takes |
| Because it takes oh yeah |
| SPOKEN **"You're back in my spot again, honey"** |
| SPOKEN **"I like your spot"** |
| To stay away from you |
| SPOKEN «I can’t stay away from you» |
| It takes more than a lifetime, daddy, to prove that I’ll be true |
| SPOKEN «NOW it’s you» |
| But, it takes somebody special |
| SPOKEN «Like me, baby» |
| to make me say, «I do.» |
| And baby you’ve got what it takes |
| SPOKEN «C'mon, let’s play it again, huh?» |
| SPOKEN «C'mon, let’s do it one more time, all right?» |
| And baby you’ve got what it takes |
| SPOKEN «One more time, Brook» |
| SPOKEN «Ah-ha, OK, Ah-ha» |
| And baby you’ve got what it takes |
| FADE |
| NOTE: Exchange at ** apparently prompted when Brook jumped into a line that |
| Dinah was supposed to sing. |
| These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above |
| music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets. |