It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
Writers: Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
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US #41, UK #29 for Whitney Houston & Aretha Franklin in 1989

as performed by Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be, yeah

Aretha Franklin:
You've been hanging ?round my boyfriend
You've been sayin that he's sweet, yeah
Girl, I know that you've been talking
Because the talk is on the street

You say that you are gonna steal his heart
Well sweety, you ain't gonna get that far
You're after somethin? that don't belong to you
Well girlfriend, I've got news for you

What are you trying to say, Miss Thang?

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never gonna be your man

Whitney Houston:
Well, I just ain't the kind of woman
To pick the fruit off of your tree, girl
And you keep saying that he's your man
Well, that ain't what he said to me

He blows me kissses as he drives away
He sends me roses in the middle of the day, yeah
You think it's you that he's thinking of
But I'm the one he really, really loves

So what am I tring to say? Don't dis me, girl


It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never, never gonna be you'll see

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never gonna be your man

A: What are you doin? Layin? and hangin? back?
W: Don't you know it girl?
A: Hmmm... just as I suspected...
Both: You been talkin? that line, line, line line line and the nah nah nah nah, but the man is mine, hey
A: He blows me kisses as he drives away
W: He sends me flowers in the middle of the day, yeah
A: You think it's you that he's thinking of
W: I know I'm the one that he really, really, really loves
A: What am I tring to say Miss It?
W: What are you tring to say?
A: Get real

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never, never gonna be you'll see

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never gonna be your man

A: So now what is this?
W: Well, you know...
A: That my man is supposed to be interested in you?
W: What can I say
A: You know, I realize that you're under pressure
W: Yes, I am
A: And that you are suffering from delusions, but uh...
W: Well...
A: Don't be ridiculous
W: I'm not
A: Get real
W: You better get real

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
He ain't never, ever, never, never, never, never gonna be you'll see

It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be
It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be...