[Intro: Gladys Knight & Patti LaBelle]
Gotta use that imagination, Gladys
It's tough, especially these days
So we have to fix it

[Chorus: Gladys Knight]
I've really got to use
My imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on (Keep on keepin' on, you know all that stuff that's happening right now?)

[Verse 1: Gladys Knight]
Got to make the best of (Best of, best of, it's a bad)
A bad situation (Bad situation)
Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
I woke up and found
That you were gone (Gone, gone, it's something)
Darkness all around me
Blockin' out the sun
Old friends call me
But I just don't feel like talkin' to anyone (Ow)
Emptiness has found me
And it just won't let me go
I go right on livin'
But why, I just don't know (You're too strong, got to keep on keepin' on, hey, ho, come on y'all)
Yes, I am
[Verse 2: Gladys Knight]
(You're too strong, got to keep on keepin' on)
Staring down reality (No, no)
Don't do me no good
'Cause our misunderstanding
Is too well understood (Too well understood)
Such a sad, sad season (Sad, sad season)
When a good love dies (When a good love dies)
Not a day goes by (Not a day goes by)
When I don't realize (Realize)

[Chorus: Gladys Knight]
Ooh, yeah, I've really got to use (I've got to use)
My imagination

[Interlude: Gladys Knight]
Ooh, boy, did I really sing that high?
Haha, no, that ain't my key
It was at that time, huh
Oh, my goodness, I'm a contralto
Oh, my goodness, oh my goodness