Sly and the Family Stone Somebody's Watching You with Lyrics in Description

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Track 1 from their fourth album “Stand!” released in 1969 copyright Epic Records. It was recorded at Pacific High Recording Studios in San Francisco. Their best-selling studio release, it received excellent reviews and reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart, where it stayed for two years. "Everyday People" was their first No. 1 hit. Larry Graham introduced the “slap” bass technique on that song and revolutionized the way electric bass could be played for maximum funk effect. The success of this album led to their appearance at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair and their performance was considered one of the best at the festival. The album achieved Gold status the same year and was certified Platinum in 1986. In 2015 it was deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress and was added to the National Recording Registry. Written and produced by Sly Stone. RIP Cynthia Robinson & Sylvester Stewart. Featuring:

Sly Stone – Lead vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocoder & background vocals, bass on “You Can Make It If You Try”
Freddie Stone – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars & background vocals
Rose Stone – Lead vocals, piano & background vocals
Cynthia Robinson – Trumpet, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Jerry Martini – Sax, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Larry Graham – Lead vocals, bass & background vocals
Greg Errico – Drums, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Little Sister:
Vet Stone – Background vocals
Mary McCreary – Background vocals
Elva Mouton – Background vocals

Pretty, pretty, pretty as a picture
Witty, witty, witty as you can be
Blind 'cause your eyes see only glitter
Closed to the things that make you free

Ever stop to think about a downfall?
Happens at the end of every line
Just when you think you've pulled a fast one
Happens to the foolish all the time

Somebody's watching you, somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you, somebody's watching you

Games are to played with toys, et cetera
Love is to be made when you're for real
Ups and downs are caused by life in general
Some are yours, no matter how you feel
Shady as a lady in a mustache
Feelings camouflaged by groans and grins
Secrets have a special way about them
Moving to and fro among your friends

Somebody's watching you
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Live it up today if you want to
Live it down tomorrow afternoon
Sunday School don't make you cool forever
Neither does the silver of your spoon

The nicer the nice, the higher the price
This is what you pay for what you need
The higher the price, the nicer the nice
Jealous people like to see you bleed

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