Sexual Healing

"Sexual Healing" peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart in the Autumn of 1982.

[Intro] Get up, get up, get up, get up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Ooh baby, now let's get down tonight [Verse 1] Baby I'm hot just like an oven I need some lovin' And baby, I can't hold it much longer It's getting stronger and stronger [Chorus] And when I get that feeling I want sexual healing Sexual healing, oh baby Makes me feel so fine Helps to relieve my mind Sexual healing baby, is good for me Sexual healing is something that's good for me [Verse 2] Whenever blue tear drops are falling And my emotional stability is leaving me There is something I can do I can get on the telephone and call you up baby, and Honey I know you'll be there to relieve me The love you give to me will free me If you don't know the thing you're dealing Oh I can tell you, darling, that it's sexual healing (Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up) Let's make love tonight (Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up) 'Cause you do it right [Bridge] Baby I got sick this morning A sea was storming inside of me Baby I think I'm capsizing The waves are rising and rising [Chorus] And when I get that feeling I want sexual healing Sexual healing is good for me Makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush Helps to relieve the mind, and it's good for us Sexual healing, baby, it's good for me Sexual healing is something that's good for me And it's good for me and it's so good to me My baby Ohhh [Verse 3] Come take control, just grab a hold Of my body and mind soon we'll be making it Honey, oh we're feeling fine You're my medicine open up and let me in Darling, you're so great I can't wait for you to operate (Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up) Let's make love tonight (Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up) 'Cause you do it right (Heal me my darling) I can't wait for you to operate [Chorus] When I get this feeling I need sexual healing Oh when I get this feeling I need sexual healing I gotta have sexual healing, darling 'Cause I'm all alone Sexual healing, darling 'Till you come back home Please don't procrastinate It's not good to masturbate