(Whitney)

Ain't no way
For me to love you
If you won't let me

(Mary)

It ain't no way
For me to give you all you need
If you won't let me
Give all of me

(Whitney)

I know that a woman's duty
Is to have and love a man
And that's the way it was planned

(Mary)

Oh but how can i, how can i, how can i
Give you all the things I can
If your tying up both of my hands
Oh ain't no, ain't no way (ain't no way)

(Whitney)

It ain't no way no, no, no (ain't no way)
Sho' ain't no way (ain't no way)
It ain't no way (ain't no way)

(Mary)

It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me

(Whitney)

So, stop trying to be
Someone your not

(Mary)

Hard, cold and cruel is a man
Who paid to much for what he's got

(Whitney)

And if you need me
Won't you say, say you do
Because if you need me
Don't you know I need you

Ain't no way (chorus and ad-libs to end)