The Color Purple Musical Soundtrack Lyrics
What About Love?
Celie
Harpo make a lot of money if you stay here and sing.
Shug
Yeah, but now you got me feelin' so much better, I got to get back on the road,
make some money, you know.
Celie
When you have to go?
Shug
In the morning. but i'll be back, too, in a month or so. you'll see. nobody ever
love me like you.
Shug kisses Celie on the lips. shug
Damn, girl.
Celie
Is that me who's floating away? lifted up to the clouds by a kiss, never felt
nothin' like this.
Shug
Is that me I don't recognize?
Love's the one thing I knew all about,
I had it all figured out.
Celie
But what about trust?
Shug
What about trust?
Celie
What about tenderness?
Shug
Tenderness?
Celie & shug
What about tears when i'm happy? what about wings when I fall?
I want you to be a story for me
That I can believe in forever.
Celie
And what about
Shug
What about
Celie & shug
Love?
Celie & shug
Will you be my light in the storm? will I see a new world in your eyes? with you
my whole spirit rise.
Celie
And what about hope?
Shug
What about hope?
Celie
What about joy?
Shug
What about joy?
Celie & shug
What about tears when i'm happy? what about wings when I fall?
I want you to be a story for me
That I can believe in forever.
Shug
And what about
Celie
What about
Shug
What about
Celie
What about
Celie & shug
Love?
Celie
What about
Shug
What about
Celie
What about
Shug
What about
Celie
What about love? . . .
Shug Celie
You and me you and me
You and me you and me, oh, sent to me
Nettie
I vibrated like a bell
When I saw the african coast.
And I kneeled down and thanked god.
Celie
Thank god
Nettie & Celie
Thank god
What about
What about
Love . . . ?
What about
Love?
Nettie
For letting us see the land
Where our mothers and fathers died. african homeland, homeland.