Černý americký soulový zpěvák, někdy přirovnávaný i k Ricku Astleymu. Pochází z N.Y.C. (nar. 1951), ovlivněn hlavně soulem počátku 60. let. Luther Vandross začínal m.j. se sk. Shades Of Jade. V r. 1974 spolupracoval s Davidem Bowiem na jeho albu...

Píseň: Don't Want To Be A Fool

Interpret:
Luther Vandross
Album:
Power Of Love
Love, what have you done, oh wow
I was sure up till now
That she was a friend
I stayed till the end


I once believed that love was fair
But I don't anymore
She said, I'm a bore
My heart hit the floor


Each time around I tell myself
"It's the game of love"
Ignore the signs and risk it all in the name of love
Well, I've decided I can't let nobody hurt me again
So I'll say it till the end I just don't wanna be a fool
Said, "I don't wanna be a fool ever again"


Whenever a fool's in love
He doesn't know he's to blame
He's caught in the game
It all ends up the same


He looks at love in a different way
It breaks his heart every time
They all turn estranged
But he'll never change


Oh, next time around I'll tell myself
"It'll be better than before"
I won't look back, there'll be no one
Tearing my heart out anymore, my baby
I've just decided I can't let nobody fool me again
So I'll swear till the end I just don't wanna be a fool
Said, "I don't wanna be a fool ever again"


I mean no more
Ooh, no never
Can't be, no way
No way, no way
Ooh, I don't want to be
I don't want to be a fool, no


I can't love anybody walking on a one way street
If I don't find somebody that'll be alright with me
'Cause I decided not to let nobody kill me again
So I'll say it till the end, "I just don't wanna be a fool"
Said, "I don't wanna be a fool never, never again"


Can't be a fool never again
Never, never, never again
Can't be a fool