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I Wouldn't Change A Thing
Johnny Bristol Lyrics

I wouldn't change a thing
If I had to live my life all over

I lived a life that's full
Many times I had to pull
my way to the top
Never knowing where I'm gonna stop
I made my mistakes
But Lord, what I learned
It led me straight to you babe

And that's my only concern

So I wouldn't change a thing
If I had to live my life all over
Oh Baby, I'd do it all again
If I had to live my life all over

It saddens me to think
That somewhere on the way
I'd change my course
And I wouldn't be here today
So I'll take my ups and downs
And bear it with a smile
Cause it brought me straight to you babe
And it makes it all worthwhile

So I wouldn't change a thing
If I had to live my life all over
Oh Baby, I'd do it all again
If I had to live my life all over

Instrumental Bridge

Where upon my every time
It was an mistake
I he'll does make
Who's happy in it's dream
For one love in his lifetime
too whom with truely share
a whirlpool of happiness with someone who can

Oh I wouldn't change a thing
If I had to live my life all over
No, no Baby I'd do it all again
If I had to live my life all over

Oh Baby, change a thing

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Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol on 3 February 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina, USA - 21 March 2004), was an African American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for Motown Records in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Bristol and singing partner Jackey Beavers recorded two singles in 1959 for Anna Records, a label owned by Gwen Gordy (Berry Gordy's sister) and Billy Davis and four 45s for Gwen Gordy and Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label, none of which was a success beyond the Midwestern United States. Read Full BioJohnny Bristol (born John William Bristol on 3 February 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina, USA - 21 March 2004), was an African American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for Motown Records in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Bristol and singing partner Jackey Beavers recorded two singles in 1959 for Anna Records, a label owned by Gwen Gordy (Berry Gordy's sister) and Billy Davis and four 45s for Gwen Gordy and Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label, none of which was a success beyond the Midwestern United States.

Recorded in the early 1960s for Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label in Detroit, Michigan as "Johnny & Jackey". When Tri-Phi was absorbed by Motown in the mid-1960s, Bristol became Fuqua's songwriting and production partner, working on material for Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ("If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"), Edwin Starr ("Twenty-Five Miles"), David Ruffin ("My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me"), and others. On his own, Bristol produced hits such as "Someday We'll Be Together" for Diana Ross and the Supremes and "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" for Gladys Knight and the Pips.

When Motown left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, Bristol moved over to MGM Records, where he resumed his career as a recording artist. He released several successful R&B hits, among them "You and I" (1974), and "Leave My World" (1975), as well as the top ten pop hit "Hang In There Baby" (1974). Bristol continued his career a a solo artist and an independent producer into the early 1990s. Bristol's last releases were a 12" single in 1991 for Whichway Records, "Come to Me", and an album, Life & Love, released for the Japanese market in 1993. The latter included Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's The Way I Feel About You" as a duet with his daughter, Shanna J. Bristol. The album received a US release three years later under the title Come To Me.

He died at the age of 65 in his home in Michigan in 2004.