need lyrics to "Good to Me As I Am To You" from Aretha's 1969
"Lady Soul."  Songwriters:  Aretha Franklin/Ted White.  nothin' much
on the liner notes, except guitar obbligato by Eric Clapton and
background vocals Carolyn Franklin & The Sweet Inspirations. 
Cotillion Music/14th Hour Music/BMI.

I have a bit of it transcribed:

if you had a dollar and I had a dime
I wonder could I borrow yours 
as easily as you could mine
'cause when you need my love
and I give time after time 

....(she goes off on me here)

if there's water in the pitcher 
and we both need a drink
to stay alive, my darlin'
I'd need less water than you think

my love, my love, 
these things I swear are true
be as good to me 
as I am to you

can ya help me out on the rest, kids?  

lip-synchin' love to ya,
granny

Hey Gran,

I took a look at " "Good to Me as I m to You" (by Aretha Franklin &
Ted White) on pages 30-32 of the songbook, "Aretha, the queen of soul"
produced by John L. Haag. Ojai, Calif. : Creative Concepts Pub. Corp.,
c1994.

Your transcription of the first stanza is the same as Haag's except he
says "... as easy as you could mine" (instead of "...easily...").

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"Be-cause when you need my love and I give time after time
And turn around to find me no returns__  Then my friend you've used my
time

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As for the next stanza ("if there's water in the pitcher")...
Your transcription is the same as Haag's, except he ends with:

 "...these things I say I say are true / All I'm really saying is be
as good to me as I am to you"

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"Oh. Listen to this! Some people want______ But they don't want to
give____
They can do all of the wrong in the world    But got the nerve to not
know the meaning of let live

We'll start in today   Tomorrow  and forever - more____
If you can't find it in your heart to do for me Then baby just don't
knock at my front door

Baby.  I want you to be as good to me as I am to you. Oh! Oh!
Baby.  I don't think that's asking too much to do.

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search strategy:
library catalog
author: franklin aretha

I hope this helps. ;-)

thanks for providing those crucial lines, J-man.  had to take issue
with Mr. Haag's translation.  Aretha's never said "oh" in her
life...she says "wooooowwhooa."  appreciate always the kindness you
show to granny.

Oh, Granny, I'd sure like to help, but I can't find my "Lady Soul" LP.
Must have gotten lost in the shuffle during one of the many moves
since my college days.

It's strange how you don't miss something like this until you realize
it's gone. :-(

Hi Granny,

There's a book of sheet music called "Aretha-the Queen of Soul" that
contains the song. Presumably, there's a transcription of the lyrics
in there.
http://sflib1.sfpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=+Aretha-the+Queen+of+Soul.+&image.x=0&image.y=0&image=Submit+Search

I might be able to swing by that library at some point and do some
xeroxing if no one else comes up with anything over the next week or
so. ;-)
-j

sounds good J-man.  no rush.  can't believe I couldn't even find a
cover of this song.  such a great tune but I guess no one could top
Aretha in delivery.
thanks for whatever you can do.

Pinkster, I have LS in every format ... just in case.  wish I could
send you a copy.  no home should be without it.  you never knows when
you'll have a soul emergency.  ;-)

I think we got ... or somethin' close:



if you had a dollar and I had a dime 
I wonder could I borrow yours  
as easy as you could mine 
because when you need my love 
and I give time after time  
because when you need my love 
and I give time after time 
and turn around to find me no returns
then my friend you've used my time (dime)
 
if there's water in the pitcher  
and we both need a drink 
tooooo stay alive, my darlin' 
I'd need les-sah water than you think 
my love, my love,  
these things I say (swear), I say, are true 
be as good to me  
as I am to you 

oh yeaahhh

listen to this
some people want
but they don't want to give
they can do all of the wrong in the world   
but (and) got the nerve to not 
know (understand) the meaning of let live
 
we'll start in (starting) today   
tomorrow  and forever - more 
if you can't find it in your heart to do for me
then baby just don't you -- don't you
knock at my front door
 
whooooaahhh

baby.  I want you to be as good to me as I am to you. Oh! Oh! (wooooow)
baby.  I don't think that's asking too much to doooo-hoo. 
 
listen, don't you walk around here
feeling you can treat me any old way
using my love
my time
my heart 
day-yeah after day 
wooooow
baby
baby 
be as good to me as I am to me 
wooooow
wooooow
bayyyy-hey-beee

Thank you very much for the tip, Granny.

Sorry that Haag's transcription was not 100% accurate. :-(

Not surprised, though.  A lot of those pop music scores/songbooks have
inaccuracies. I was looking at a Beach Boys book a while ago. Checked
out one of my favorite tunes, "Cabinessence."  The book had the lyric:
"...the constellations ebb and flow..."   transcribed as:
"...the Constellation Evan flows..."

Admittedly, I'm not an astronomer, but I don't believe there's a
constellation named Evan. ;-)

Thanks again,
j