First of all I’d like to say good evening   And we’re so pleased that   So many of you could come out and share   In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you   We want you to have a real good time   ‘Cause that’s just what we have in mind   Is that alright with you   Now, this is a tune that I composed   And it’s called   Tonight is the night   That you make me a woman   Now I never intended recording this song   It was a personal poem   This is until the day that my producer   Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook   He came across the words and he said   “We got to somethin’ with these words   It’s happening every day   And people wanna hear about it, Betty”   You see, it’s the story of a young girl   Making love for the very first time   Now when I finally got a melody   I took it home and I-I played it for my mother   Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother   You see I come from one of those pretty large families   And I’m the baby of the family   And you know you never grow up to your mother   I’ll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her   She said, “Uh, I like the music   You know, baby, the melody it’s really nice   But I know you’re not gonna sing that song”   But we eased it right on by, yes, we did   And it became one of my biggest records too   So I want you to do this for me if you will   Everybody think back to your very first time   Now I’ll give you a little while longer   ‘Cause I know some of you   Have to think back a little further than others   Come on now, I want you to play catch-up   ‘Cause I don’t want you waitin’ till I get to the end of my song   Sayin’, “Oh, yeah, now I remember”   Now whether it was good   Or you just smilin’ it was good   Or on the other hand if it was not so good   Here’s my story      Hmm...hmm...mmm...mmm...      Tonight is the night   That you make me a woman, mmm...   You said you’ll be gentle with me   And I-I hope you will, mmm...mmm...      I’m nervous and I’m tremblin’   Waitin’ for you to walk in   I’m tryin’ hard to relax   But I just can’t keep still, no      I can hear your car door slammin’   I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile   But I know so little about what love is   I just can’t help actin’ like a child      You’re knockin’ on my door and you’re ringin’ my bell   Hope you’re not impatient after waiting so very long   A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups   And we’re both old enough to know right from wrong      Tonight is the night   That you make me a woman, mmm...   You said you’ll be gentle with me   And I-I hope you will, hmm...mmm...   I’m nervous and I’m tremblin’   Waitin’ for you to walk in   Tryin’ hard to relax   But I just can’t keep still      Mmm...hey, baby   Ho, ho, baby   Ho...yeah...yeah...      Oh, but what if my mama should come home early   And catch us doin’ what we’re doin’   Not only will I never live it down   But my whole family relationship it’ll all be ruined   But we’ve gone a little bit too far now   Oh, to turn around   So let’s just pray   That true love is what we’ve found      Tonight, tonight   Tonight, tonight      Ho, I’ll never forget tonight   No, no, I’ll never forget tonight   That’s when you make me feel real, mmm...hmm...   You make me feel real, real good   Oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...whoa...whoa...   Yeah, and I wanna thank your love   Said I’ve got to thank your love   ‘Cause you make me feel good   And I love you, baby   I love you and I know it   And I ain’t too proud to show it   ‘Cause I love you, baby   And I need you, baby   I want you, my love, my love   My, my, my baby   I’ll never forget tonight   No, I’ll never forget tonight   ‘Cause you make me feel good   And I love you, baby   You make me feel real good   And I love you, baby   ‘Cause you gave me   Uh, uh, pure love, yeah   Uh, uh, uh, pure love   Said I like that, baby   Uh, uh, pure love   Said I need that, sugar   Uh-uh-uh, pure love   There’s nothin’ phony about it   Uh-uh, pure love   Your love I can’t do without it   Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh      I love him, I know it   I ain’t too proud to show it   I love him, I know it   I ain’t too proud to show it   I love him, I know it   I ain’t too proud to show it   I love him, I know it   And I ain’t too proud to show it      Tonight, tonight   Tonight, tonight   Mmm...mmm...mmm...      Thank you   Thank you