First of all, I'd
like to
say good evening
And we're so pleased that
So many of you could come out and share
In all the love and all the happiness
we have in store for you
We want you to have a real
good time
'Cause that's just
what we have in mind
Is that alright with you?
Now, this is a tune that I composed
And it's called,
"Tonight is the night"
That you make me a woman
Now, I never intended recording this song
It was a personal poem
That is, until the day that my
producer
Happened to thumb through
the pages of my notebook
He came across the words
and he said
"We gotta do somethin' with these words
It's happening every day
And people wanna hear about it, Betty"
You see, it's the story of a young girl
Making love for the very first time
Now, when I finally got a melody
I took it home and I,
I played it for my mother
Now, I gotta tell you a little bit
about my mother
You see, I come from one of those
pretty large families
And I'm the baby of the family
And you know you never
grow up to your mother
I'll never forget the way she looked
at me when I played it for her
She said, "Uh, I like the music
You know, baby, the melody,
it's really nice
But I know you're not gonna
sing that song"
But we eased it right on by her, yes,
we did
And it became one of my
biggest records, too
So I want you to do this for
me if you will
Everybody think back to your
very first time
Now, I'll give you a little
while longer
'Cause I know some of you
Have to think back a little bit
further than others
Come on now, I want you to play catch- up
'Cause I don't want you waitin'
'til I get to the end of my song
Sayin', "Oh, yeah, now I remember"
Now, whether it was good
Oh, you just smilin', it was good
Or on the other hand if it was not so good
Here's my story
Tonight is the night
That you make me a woman,
mmm
You said you'll be gentle with me
And I, I hope you will, mmm
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
But I just can't keep still, no
I can hear your car door slammin'
I wanna play big girl and put
on a sexy smile
But I know so little about what love is
I just can't help actin' like a
child
You're knockin' on my door and
you're ringin' my bell
Hope you're not impatient
after waiting so very long
A whole year I put you off with
my silly hang- ups
And we're both old enough
to know right from wrong
Tonight is the night
That you make me a woman, mmm
You said you'll be gentle with me
And I, I hope you will, mmm
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Waitin' for you to walk in
Tryin' hard to relax
But I just can't keep still
But what if my mama should
come home early
And catch us doin'
what we're doin'
Not only will I never live it down
But my whole family relationship,
it'll all be ruined
But we've gone a little bit too far now
Oh, to turn around
So let's just pray
That true love is what we've found
To night, tonight
To night, tonight
Ho, I'll never forget tonight
No, no, I'll never forget tonight
That's when you
make me feel real, mhm
You make me feel real,
real good
Oh, oh
Yeah, and I wanna thank you, love
Said I've got to thank you, love
'Cause you make me feel good
And I love you, baby
I love you and I know it
And I ain't too proud to show it
'Cause I love you, baby
And I need you, baby
I want you, my love, my love
My, my, my baby
I'll never forget tonight
No, I'll never forget tonight
'Cause you make me feel good
And I love you, baby
You make me feel real good
And I love you, baby
'Cause you gave me
Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
Uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby
Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
Uh- uh- uh, pure love
There's nothin' phony about it
Uh- uh, pure love
Your love I can't do without it
Uh- uh- uh, pure love, ooh
Betty Wright 
