I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION
(Goffin / Goldberg)

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1973
Bobby Bland - 1973
The Persuasions - 1974
Cicero Blake - 1988
Joe Cocker - 1989
Also recorded by: Tom Jones; Gerry Goffin; Martha Reeves.


I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on

Got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone

Darkness all around me
Blackin out the sun
Old friends call me
But I just dont feel like talkin to anyone

Emptiness has found me
And it just wont let me go
I go right on livin'
But why I just don't know

Staring down reality
Dont do me no good
'Cause our misunderstanding
Is too well understood

Such a sad, sad season
When a good love dies.
Not a day goes by
When I dont realize

I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on

Got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone