The Second Time Around

Album

Big Fun

Label

Solar

Genre

Disco

Media Type

45s

Duration

3:40

Composer(s)

Wiiliam Shelby;Leon Sylvers

Entered Chart

Dec 8, 1979

Peak Date

Mar 22, 1980

Released

August 1979

Recorded

1979

Catalog #

Solar 11709

B-Side

Leave It All Up To Love

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles–based group Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, Big Fun. Released in August 1979, the single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980. "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980. The song was produced by Leon Sylvers III, who cowrote the song with William Shelby. In 1980, the band made a promotion of "The Second Time Around" for the radio station KJR in Seattle, called "The Sonics Came to Play," dedicated to the Seattle SuperSonics who had won the NBA Championship the previous year

I know you come a long way, baby
But you don't need that heart of stone, no
You proved that you could do it, do it, baby
You could make it on your own

But you can't keep runnin' away from love
'Cause the first one let you down, no, no, no
And though others try to satisfy you, baby
With me true love can still be found
Love can still be found
(The second time around)
Ooh, the second time is so much better, baby
(The second time around)
And I'll make it better than the first time

You know I really love you
And I paid for my mistakes, yes, I did, girl
The more I try to hide my feelings, baby
This old heart gets in the way
And love won't let me wait

(The second time around)
Girl, with me it's better than the first time
(The second time around)
Let's do it one more time, say it again

Say it again
(The second time around)
All that I've been through
I'll do it again just as long as I'm with you
(The second time around)
Haaaaaa, the second time
Haaaa-uh

I'll make it so good to you, babe
I make it so good to you

Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
Talking 'bout the second time

Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
Talking 'bout the second time

You can't keep runnin' away from love
'Cause the first one let you down
And though others try to satisfy you, baby
With me true love can still be found

(The second time around)
I'm gonna keep you mine the second time, baby
(The second time around)
I'll know what to do
Just as long as I'm with you

(The second time around)
Do it one more time, say it again
The second time around