I Forgot to Be Your Lover

C, Cradle of Love.

Or D, To Be a Lover.

I'm going Cradle of Love.

Cradle of Love.

I'm a massive fan of the next artist, that's for sure.

That's William Bell, kind of a forgotten American soul singer and songwriter, and I'm gonna play this song, I Forgot to be Your Lover.

I always think about Sam Cooke when I hear William Bell, and there is a link actually, because William Bell sang in a church as a child, uh, and considered himself as a student of the Soul Stirrers.

And the Soul Stirrers, ladies and gentlemen, was the popular gospel group led by Sam Cooke.

[singing] Have I told you lately that I love you? Well, if I didn't, darling, I'm sorry.

Did I reach out and hold you in my loving arms, oh, when you needed me? Now, I realize that you need love too, and I spend my life making up to you.

Oh, I forgot to be your lover, and I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Have I taken the time to share with you all the burdens that lovers bear? And have I done the little simple things to show you just how much I care? Oh, I've been working for you, doing all I can, but work all the time didn't make me a man.