Oh, George Michael, not to be sacrilegious, but you were the Elvis of my childhood. Well, I guess the New Elvis. Like New Coke, but way better. You jiggled and gyrated and rocked your voice to songs that, had Elvis still been alive and went back to his days of his leather comeback, before the capes and belt buckles, he would have been you. Or you would have been him. Or you would have been each other. I don’t know, now I’m getting confused. Point being, I loved your music, George Michael, and yes, I’ll say it, I liked it as much as Elvis’ music. It was sexy and seductive even though I didn’t really understand sexy and seductive yet. Well, I probably understood it a little better after listening to this one, but let’s be honest, George Michael, between the two of us, there was only one of us who was going to pull off the leather jacket with no shirt underneath and the tight stone-washed pants look. And that would be you, George Michael, in case you weren’t sure.
“Faith”
Well, I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you
Oh, but I gotta think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games ya play
Because I play them, too
Oh, but I need some time off from that emotion
Time ta pick my heart up off the floor
Oh, when that love comes down without devotion
Well, it takes a strong man, baby
But I’m showin’ you the door
‘Cause I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith
Because I got ta have faith, faith
I got ta have faith, faith, faith-ah!
Baby
I know you’re askin’ me to stay
Say please, please, please don’t go away
Ya say I’m givin’ you the blues
Maybe
Huh. You mean every word ya say
Can’t help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules
Before this river becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh oh baby, I’ll reconsider my foolish notion
Well, I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
Yes, I gotta have faith
Mm, I gotta have faith
Because I’ve gotta have faith, faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith-ah!
Ah!
Dit do dit do dit
Dit do dit do dit
Dit do dit dum do
I’ll just have to wait
Because I got ta have faith
I gotta have faith
Gotta, gotta, gotta have faith
Before this river becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor (I’ve just got to have faith)
Oh, oh baby, I’ll reconsider my foolish notion
Well, I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
‘Cause I gotta have faith
Mmm, I gotta have faith
Because I’ve gotta have faith, faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith-ah!
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