(Crowd singing along word-for-word from the first line to the last, like a choir of thousands, swelling and softening with the dynamics of the band.)
LIVE EXTENDED VERSION with performance directions in parentheses:
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(Piano solo intro, warm gospel chords, crowd noise swelling, brushes on drums)
(Spoken Intro - Lead, low and intimate):
“If you ever been in a place… where you just knew… this is exactly where you’re supposed to be… let me hear you tonight…” (crowd erupts)
(Sax holds a long, emotional note, band swells)
Verse 1 (Stripped – piano, bass, light hi-hat, conversational):
(Crowd Sings Along)
Girl, you stay on my mind,
Morning, noon and night
In your eyes, I lose all sense of time,
Can’t wait to make you mine
Your touch feels so divine,
Your kiss makes me feel alive
With you, my whole world gets quiet,
It’s your heart, beating with mine…
(Backgrounds start humming, drums build, cymbal swell)
Chorus (Band drops full, open chest, crowd lift):
I know… this where you wanna be (yeah)
Baby I know… I’m what you came to see
Ooo, baby… bring all your love to me
My love… right where you need to be — (hold, crowd echo)
(Sax and piano trade licks, drummer switches to halftime, crowd claps and sings)
Verse 2 (Groove deep, slightly louder, more emotion):
Every time you call, I’m right on the line,
Day or night, you know I’m right on time
When you’re near, I can’t get you off my mind,
And my dear, it feels so right and divine
Your smile light the whole night sky,
Your love like the stars aligned
Energize my soul every time,
It’s your heart, intertwined with mine…
(Key change up a half-step, choir-style backgrounds enter)
Chorus (Modulated, soaring, crowd singing along):
I know… this where you wanna be
Baby I know… I’m what you came to see
Ooo, baby… bring all your love to me
My love… right where you need to be — (crowd sings)
Outro Vamp (Repeat, ad-libs, sax crying, piano runs):
My love… right where you need to be…
(Ad-libs:) “Right here… you home now… don’t go nowhere… this is love… this is destiny…
(Sax wails, drummer big fills, final piano glissando, lights fade, crowd roaring)
(lead has crowd sing chorus a cappella)
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