It's Better To Have (and Don't Need) Lyrics - Don Covay

It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 3:09 Trk 21 

(Covay, Watts) 

Don Covay 

Pop Chart #63 July 13, 1974 

Rodney Beytham - keyboards, Billy Cadieux & 

Tony Von Covay - lead guitars, Jerry Jemmott - bass 

prob. Roger Hawkins - drums. Strings arr. Horace Ott. 

Recorded: Muscle Shoals, AL 1974. 

Transcriber: [email protected] 

You know, I can't get no more 

(Satisfaction) 

Girl, you know you won't give me no more 

(Inspiration) 

Listen to me 

Lord, have mercy! 

You know that I lost that 

(Lovin' Feelin') 

But you don't see me 

Packin' up my clothes 

(Goin' and leavin') 

(Woo-woo, woo-woo-woo) 

It's better to have and don't need 

Yes, better 

(Than need and don't have) 

(It's better to have and don't need) 

Whoa, when you ain't got nobody 

(Than need and don't have) 

You know 

(A man without a woman) 

Yes, sho' 

(Sho' gonna feel bad) 

(short guitar & instrumental) 

Girl, you caused me so much 

(Pain and sorrow) 

Well, listen 

Havin' nobody, mama 

(Is so much harder) 

You better know it, yeah 

Friends stopped by my house 

(Instigate you) 

But they don't know 

It ain't gon' be no, yeah 

(Separating) 

(Woo-woo, woo-woo-woo) 

(That's an almost) 

It's better to have and don't need 

Than need and don't have 

(Almost gonna what?) 

It's better to have and don't need 

(Than need and don't have) 

(A woman without a man) 

(Sho' gonna be sad) 

Yea-hey-hey 

Ooh! 

(piano & instrumental) 

Boogie! 

My-my-my-my, clouds so dark 

Have lost their silver linin' 

But don't throw away 

Your umbrella, ya'all 

('Cause your sun is shining) 

Oh, Lord! 

I remember when your love, baby used to 

(Keep me humming) 

But I like the lyrics to your song 

But I just can't feel 

(Feel the music) 

Oh! 

(It's better to have and don't need) 

(Than need and don't have) 

(It's better to have and don't need 

(Than need and don't have) 

It's better (to have and don't need) 

(Somebody's havin' nobody, to ha-ha-have) 

Take-a a chance! 

(It's better to have and don't need) 

(And need and don't have) 

No mo' 

(It's better to have and don't need) 

Ya'all 

(Than need and don't have) 

FADES- 

It's better, oh-oh 

(To have and don't need) 

(Than need and don't have) 

(It's better to ha-ha-ha-haave. 

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