Brook Benton
Baby (You Got What It Takes)
With - Dinah Washington
Written by - Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
Peaked at #5 - 3/60
**Text in parentheses () is spoken**

Brook: Well, now, it takes more than a robin to make the winter go
And it takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow 
Dinah: Well, it takes two hearts a-cookin' to make a fire grow
And baby you've got what it takes

Dinah: You know it takes a lot of kissin' 
Brook: (Tell me about it) To make a romance sweet 
Dinah: Ooh, it takes a lot of lovin' to make my life complete 
Brook: Mmm, and it takes a lot of woman to knock me off my feet
And baby, you've got what it takes

Dinah: I said 
Both: Mmm, mmm, mmm
Uh-huh, mmm, mmm, mmm
Dinah: Ah, ah, hah 
Both: Mmm, mmm
Brook: You know you've got just what it takes

Brook: Because it takes more than an effort to stay away from you
It'd take more than a lifetime to prove that I'll be true 
Dinah: But it takes somebody special to make me say, 'I do'
Brook: (Oh, yeah)
Dinah: And baby, you've got what it takes

Dinah: Ah, ah, hah 
Both: Mmm, mmm, uh huh, mmm, mmm, mmm
Both: Mmm
Brook: You know you've got just what it takes

Dinah: Because it takes oh yeah
Dinah: (You're back in my spot again, honey)
Brook: (I like your spot)
Dinah: To stay away from you
Brook: (I can't stay away from you)
Dinah: It takes more than a lifetime, daddy, to prove that I'll be true
Dinah: (Now it's you)
Brook: But, it takes somebody special 
Dinah: (Like me, baby) to make me say, 'I do'
Both: And baby you've got what it takes

Dinah: (C'mon, let's play it again, huh?)
Brook: (C'mon, let's do it one more time, all right?)
Both: And baby you've got what it takes
Dinah: (One more time, Brook)
Brook: (Ah ha, okay, ah ha)
Both: And baby you've got what it takes

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