I’ve Got To Use My Imagination Goffin/ Goldberg Gladys Knight and the Pips - Joan Osborne version Key of Am Tempo 116 pyschadelic funk groove (Backing vocals in brackets) simplified [Intro] [Chorus ] I’ve really got to use My imagination To think of good reasons To keep on keepin’ on (Keep on keepin’ on) Got to make the best of (Best of best of) A bad situation (Bad situation) Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up and found you gone (Gone gone) [Verse] Darkness all around me Blockin’ out the sun Old friends call me But I don’t want to talk to no one Emptiness has found me And it won’t let me go                             Why I go on livin’ I just don’t know (You’re too strong got to keep on keepin’ on) [Chorus] I’ve really got to use (I’ve got to use) My imagination (My imagination) To think of good reasons (think of good reasons) To keep on keepin’ on (Keep on keepin’ on) I got to make the best of (Best of best of) A bad situation (Bad situation)                         Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up and found you gone (Gone gone) [Break ] [Verse 2] Hiding from reality won’t do me no good ’Cause our misunderstanding Is too too well understood Such a sad sad season When a good love dies   Not a day goes by                       Oooh I don’t realize (You’re too strong got to keep on keepin’ on) [Chorus] I’ve really got to use (I’ve got to use) My imagination(My imagination) To think of good reasons (think of good reasons) To keep on keepin’ on (Keep on keepin’ on) I got to make the best of (Best of best of) A bad situation (Bad situation) Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up and found you gone (Gone gone) [Chorus] I’ve really got to use (I’ve got to use) My imagination(My imagination) To think of good reasons (think of good reasons) To keep on keepin’ on (Keep on keepin’ on) I got to make the best of (Best of best of) A bad situation (Bad situation) Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up Ever since that day (Ever since that day) I woke up and found you gone (Gone gone)