Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Vocals
Margaret Branch
Background Vocals
Chuck Rainey
Bass
Bernard Purdie
Drums
Cornell Dupree
Guitar
Donny Hathaway
Keyboards
Pancho Morales
Percussion
Ralph MacDonald
Percussion
Bob James
Organ
David Spinozza
Guitar
Ernie Royal
Horn
Eumir Decodato
Electric Piano
Hugh C McCracken
Guitar
Joe Farrell
Horn
K. Bichel
Synthesizer
Richard Tee
Piano
Rick Marotta
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bobby Goldsboro
Composer
Arif Mardin
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Aretha Franklin
Producer
HOWARD ALBERT
Engineer
Ron Albert
Engineer
Arif Mardin
Producer
Jerry Wexler
Producer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Lyrics
With pen in hand
You sign your name
Today at five
I might be on that train
You'll be free
And I will be alone
Alone (alone)
If you think we can't find the love we once knew
If you think that I can't make it all up to you
Then I'll be gone
You'll be on your own
On your own (your own)
And this is what I wanna know
Can you take good care of the children?
Can you take them to school every day?
Can you teach them how to catch the fish
And keep all of the bullies away?
Can you keep them away?
And tonight as you lay in your lonely, lonely bed
And you try to tell me that when you look at the pillow
Where I laid my head
With your heart on fire
Would you have no desire (have no desire)
To kiss me? (To kiss me)
To kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss me
And if you can forget
The good times we had
If you think that the good
The good outweighs the bad
Then sign your name
And I'll tell you what
I'll be on my way
My way
I'll be on my way
Yeah, I'll be on my way, baby
You know I'm the one, you gonna want me back
My way (sign), sign (my way, sign)
You know you love me
And you know that I need somebody to love (sign)
Baby don't sign (my way, sign)
Baby don't sign (my way, sign)
Baby (my way, sign)
Baby don't sign, don't sign
Written by: Bobby Goldsboro