Straight Shooter

Michelle and myself and Marshall Brickman who's now Right now he's head writer on the Tonight Show, comedy writer, very funny guy We're a trio singing together and Marshall wanted to write a movie script And Denny had just left a group called the Halifax Three, he was in New York And I had met him a couple of years before on tour And so he called me and said "I hear you need a tenor" And he came over and he sang and it worked out fine Then, 'bout three or four weeks later we met Cass And Cass and I are from the same hometown in, in Virginia, Alexandria Virginia We didn't know each other, I was maybe five years older than Cass And by the time she got to school, I'd left Cass followed us around for months Oh, maybe six or seven months trying to join the group, you know We kept sayin', "No, no" She'd get a job as a waitress where we were working, right? Just to be around It was just, she knew she was gonna get in the group And we knew she was gonna get in the group also Just a good game to play for a while She had to keep following us and she finally followed us down to the Virgin Islands Where we're camping out, can you imagine Cass camping out? Don't get me mad, don't tell no lie Don't make me sad, don't pass me by (By) Baby, are you holdin', holdin' anything but me? 'Cause I'm a real straight shooter, if you know what I mean You can bring me love, you can hang around You can bring me up, don't you bring me down (Down) Baby, are you holdin', holdin' anything but me? 'Cause I'm a real straight shooter, if you know what I mean I've been searchin' all night Just to find what I'm lookin' for Baby, baby, treat me right Or I won't come 'round your door, no more You can bring me love, you can hang around You can bring me up, don't you bring me down (Down) Baby, are you holdin', holdin' anything but me? 'Cause I'm a real straight shooter, if you know what I mean I've been searchin' all night Just to find what I'm lookin' for (Lookin' for, lookin' for) Baby, baby, treat me right Or I won't come 'round your door, no more Don't get me mad, don't tell no lie Don't get me sad, just get me high (High) Baby, what you're holdin', half of that belongs to me ('Cause I'm a real straight shooter) Baby, don't you get me mad (I'm a real straight shooter) I've been searchin' all night long (I'm a real straight shooter) Baby, if you know what I mean If you know what I mean