AND I AM TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING
>From the Broadway Musical "Dreamgirls" (1981)
(Music: Henry Krieger / Lyrics: Tom Eyen)


Jennifer Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1981
Lillias White (Broadway Revival) - 1987
Shirley Murdock - 1988
Regine Velasquez - 1988
Bonnie Tyler - 2002
Billy Porter - 2004
Rowetta - 2005
Jennifer Hudson (feat. in the film "Dreamgirls") - 2006
Bianca Ryan - 2006
Kumiko Mori - 2007
Charice - 2008
David Alan Grier (Parody version from the film "Dance Flick") - 2009
Jane McDonald - 2010
Takács Nikolas - 2010
Jack Vidgen - 2011
Deneece - 2011

Also recorded by: Chuck Jackson; Valentina Tesio; 
Hannah Jones; Donna Giles; Sylvie Kass......and others.





And I am tellin' you
I'm not goin'
You're the best man I'll ever know 
There's no way I can ever go
No, no, there's no way
No, no, no, no way I'm livin' without you
I'm not livin' without you
I don't wanna be free
I'm stayin', I'm stayin'
And you, and you
You're gonna love me, ooh-ooh-ooh-mmm-mmm-mmm
You're gonna love me
 
And I am tellin' you
I'm not goin'
Even though the rough times are showin'
There's just no way, there's no way
We're part of the same place
We're part of the same time
We both share the same blood
We both have the same mind 
And time and time, we've had so much to see, yeah
No, no, no, no, no
I'm not waking up tomorrow mornin', huh-huh
And findin' that there's nobody there
 
Darlin', there's no way
No, no, no, no way I'm livin' without you
I'm not livin' without you
You see there's just no way, there's no way 
Please don't go away from me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay, stay and hold me, yeah
Stay, stay and hold me 
Please stay and hold me, Mr. Man
Try it mister, try it mister
I know, I know, I know, I know you can
 
Tear down the mountains
Yell, scream and shout
You can say what you want
I'm not walkin' out
Stop all the rivers, push, strike and kill
I'm not gonna leave ya
There's no way I will
 
And I am tellin' you
I'm not going
You're the best man I'll ever know
There's no way I could ever, ever, ever go
No, no, no, no way
No, no, no, no way I'm livin' without you
Oh, I'm not livin' without'cha
Not livin' without'cha
I don't wanna be free
I'm stayin', I'm stayin'
And you, and you, and you
You're gonna love me, oooohhhh 
You're gonna love me, yes you are
Ooh-ooh love me, ooh-ooh-ooh love me
Love me, love me, love me 
You're gonna love me 






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2012)