PRIVATE NUMBER
(Booker T Jones / William Bell)

as recorded by
Judy Clay & William Bell
1968


Since I've been gone you've had your number changed,
But my love for you , girl, still remains the same!
Now I've been loving you and you've been loving me,
So long, baby, what's wrong?

So I'm asking, baby baby baby,
Please let me have your number, yeah!
Baby baby baby,
Please let me have your number!

I'm sorry you couldn't call me when you got home,
But other fellows kept on calling while you were gone.
So I had the number changed, but I'm not acting strange,
Welcome home, nothing's wrong!

So I'm saying, baby baby baby,
You can have my private number!
Baby baby baby,
You can have my private number!
Oh, thankyou!

Baby baby baby,
You can have my private number!
Thankyou, baby!
Baby baby baby,
For giving me your private number!
You can have it!
Thankyou baby!
Baby baby baby,
Thankyou baby!
You can have my private number...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2020)