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Lately

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R&B/Soul

Lately was released on September 29, 1980 by Motown as a part of the album Hotter Than July

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Stevie Wonder

Piano

Bill Wolfer

Synthesizer Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Stevie Wonder

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Stevie Wonder

Producer

Gary Olazabal

Recording Engineer

Bob Harlan

Assistant Engineer

Lou Hyland

Equipment Technician

Mick Parish

Equipment Technician

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lately I have had the strangest feeling

With no vivid reason here to find

Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging

'Round my mind

[Verse 2]

Far more frequently, you're wearing perfume

With you say, no special place to go

But when I ask, will you be coming back soon?

You don't know, never know

[Verse 3]

Well, I'm a man of many wishes

Hope my premonition misses

But what I really feel

My eyes won't let me hide

'Cause they always start to cry

'Cause this time could mean goodbye

[Verse 4]

Lately I've been staring in the mirror

Very slowly picking me apart

Trying to tell myself I have no reason

With your heart

[Verse 5]

Just the other night while you were sleeping

I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name

But when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping

You just say, nothing's changed

[Verse 6]

Well, I'm a man of many wishes

I hope my premonition misses

But what I really feel

My eyes won't let me hide

'Cause they always start to cry

'Cause this time could mean goodbye

Goodbye

[Verse 7]

Oh, I'm a man of many wishes

I hope my premonition misses

But what I really feel

My eyes won't let me hide

'Cause they always start to cry

'Cause this time could mean goodbye

Written by: Stevie Wonder

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