I thank you, I thank you, I thank you, R-E-S-P-E-C-T You make me feel like I never, never felt Thanks for what you did for me Your kiss is so good, I got to hold on for help You didn't have to squeeze me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you, I said you didn't have to squeeze me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you, R-E-S-P-E-C-T Now every day there is something new Thanks for what you did for me I got to try so hard just to keep up with you You didn't have to shake me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you, sugar, you didn't have to make me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you, thank you, thank you, R-E-S-P-E-C-T Now all my life I've kind of been so changed Thanks for what you did for me Without your love, baby, it's a crying shame You didn't have to hold me like you did, but you did And I thank you, thank you, thank you Oh, you must have seen me coming So glad you saw me coming And I thank you, thank you, baby, thank you You didn't have to love me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you You didn't have to love me like you did, but you did And I thank you, I thank you, R-E-S-P-E-C-T You got me trying some new things, too Thanks for what you did for me I thank you, baby, I thank you, baby *