Say Hey (i Love You) Lyrics - Michael Franti

(This one goes out to you and yours, worldwide) 

I say hey, I'll be gone today 

But I'll be back all around the way 

It seems like everywhere I go 

The more I see, the less I know 

But I know one thing 

That I love you (baby girl) 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I've been a lot of places all around the way 

I've seen a lot of joy and I've seen a lot of pain 

But I don't want to write a love song for the world 

I just want to write a song about a boy and a girl 

Junkies on the corner always calling my name 

And the kids on the corner playing ghetto games 

When I saw you getting down, well, I hope it was you 

And when I look into your eyes I knew it was true 

I say hey, I'll be gone today 

But I'll be back all around the way 

It seems like everywhere I go 

The more I see, the less I know 

But I know one thing 

That I love you (baby girl) 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

Now I'm not a highly metaphysical man 

But I know when the stars are aligned you can 

Bump into a person in the middle of the road 

Look into their eyes and you suddenly know 

Rocking in the dance hall moving with you 

Dancing in the night in the middle of June 

My momma told me don't lose you 

'Cause the best luck I had was you 

I say hey, I'll be gone today 

But I'll be back all around the way 

It seems like everywhere I go 

The more I see, the less I know 

But I know one thing 

That I love you (baby girl) 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

And I say, rocking in the dance hall, moving with you 

I say, hey momma, hey momma, close to you 

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you 

I say, hey poppa, hey poppa, close to you 

Rocking in the dance hall moving with you 

I say, hey momma, hey momma, close to you 

Rocking in the dance hall moving with you 

I say, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma 

Hey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma 

My momma told me don't lose you 

'Cause the best luck I had was you 

And I know one thing 

That I love you 

I say hey, I'll be gone today 

But I'll be back all around the way 

It seems like everywhere I go 

The more I see, the less I know 

I say hey, I'll be gone today 

But I'll be back all around the way 

It seems like everywhere I go 

The more I see, the less I know 

But I know one thing 

That I love you (baby girl) 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

(Rocking in the dance hall moving with you 

I say, hey poppa, hey poppa 

Hey momma, hey momma 

Rocking in the dance hall moving with you 

Come on, hey poppa, hey poppa) 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I love you, I love you