UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)
(Sylvia Moy / Stevie Wonder / Henry Cosby 1966)

as recorded by Nancy Wilson
1966


Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, out o' sight!
Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, clean out o' sight!

I'm a poor man's daughter from across the railroad tracks,
Only suit I own is hangin' on my back,
But I've got my choice of every single guy
Since I'm the apple of my baby's eye!

When we go out steppin' on the town for a while,
My spirit is low and my clothes out of style,
But it's alright if my clothes aren't new,
Out o' sight because my heart is true!

He says, "Baby, baby everything is alright,
Uptight, out o' sight!
Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, clean out o' sight!"

Now baby, it's alright,
Uptight, out o' sight!
Baby, now everything is alright,
It's uptight, out o' sight!"

Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, out o' sight!
Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, out o' sight!

Baby, baby, baby, baby,
Baby, baby, everything is alright...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2018)

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UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)
As performed by
Stevie Wonder


Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight. 
Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight. 

I'm a poorman's son, from across the railroad tracks, 
The only shirt I own is hangin' on my back, 
But I'm the envy of ev'ry single guy 
Since I'm the apple of my girl's eye. 
When we go out stepping on the town for a while 
My money's low and my suit's out of style, 

But it's all right if my clothes aren't new 
Out of sight because my heart is true. 
She says baby ev'rything is alright, uptight, out of sight. 
Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. 

I'm a pearl of a girl, I guess that's what you might say, 
I guess her folks brought her up that way, 
The right side of the tracks, she was born and raised 
In a great big old house, full of butlers and maids. 
No one is better than I, I know I'm just an average guy, 

No football hero or smooth Don Juan, 
Got empty pockets, you see I'm a poorman's son. 
She says give her the things that money can buy 
But I'll never, never make my baby cry, 

And it's all right, what I can't do, 
Out of sight because my heart is true, 
She says baby ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. 
Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. 
Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, ah ah ah ah, 
Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight. 
Baby, ev'rything is alright, uptight, clean out of sight.