Sweet life, it just can’t be paradise
But if you think it’s alright
Ow baby, we could be sweet lovers in the night
I’d be faithful and I could treat you nice
Ow baby we could be sweet lovers in the night
If you think I might
be someone you could like
What if you were my lover?

Chorus:
I could spend my lifetime holding on to you, my lover
I could spend forever holding on to you
Spend my every nighttime holding on to you, my lover
‘Til the end of never holding on to you
Sweet life, just can’t be paradise
But we can make it quite nice
Ow baby we could be sweet lovers in the night
If you think I might
Be someone you could like
What if you were my lover?

Repeat Chorus

Written by Bill Withers