You take advantage of a heart so blue & misuse it
You'll never cherish a love so true until you lose it
Let me tell you now, one of these days, & it won't be long
You're gonna look for me & I'll be gone
Wo wo wo, run away from the torment (the torment)
Run away from the heartaches (the heartaches)
Run away from the misery that you put me through
That you put me through
You'd better wake up (you'd better wake up)
Because you're getting older (you're getting older)
You're gonna find one day
There'll be no shoulder (there'll be no shoulder)
For you to cry on (to cry on)
For you to rely on (rely on)
So please come on & treat me right (treat me right)
Won't you treat me right? (Treat me right)
You know I love you (spoken: you know I love you)
& I'm thinking of you (spoken: & I'm thinking of you)
Every, every, every day I live (spoken: every day I live)
Wo oh, if you make me leave you (spoken: you make me leave you)
You know it's gonna grieve you (spoken: I know it's gonna grieve you)
All I have to give
You'd better wake up (you'd better wake up)
Because you're getting older (you're getting older)
You're gonna find one day
There'll be no shoulder (there'll be no shoulder)
Let me tell you now
(repeat 1st 2 lines & fade)
THE VELLS: There He Is (At My Door)
(Eddie Holland/Freddie Gorman)
There he is at my door; I just can't let him in
Because I know that's when heartaches will start again
He keeps on knockin' at my door (there he is)
He just came back to hurt me some more
I'm tryin' so hard not to give
'Cause I know he don't really care
Maybe this time he'll say
He's gonna see things my way
& he won't ever stray or ever go away
Maybe he'll stay
But I can't take that chance (there he is) opening the door
Because if I see him again, I know my foolish hide to let him in
Maybe this time he'll say
He's gonna see things my way
I'm gonna push my pride aside & put on a great big smile
So he won't know I've been crying all the while
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) Baby, walk on in
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) 'Cause I konow I can't win
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) There is nothing I can do
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) Baby, walk on through
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) Baby, walk on in
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) I know, I know
(Baby, baby, baby, walk on in) If you walk on in
...& fade
I'll Have To Let Him Go
(Mickey Stevenson)
I saw him kiss another & watched him hold her tight
& I made up in my mind that very night
I've got to let him go, I've got to set him free
Even though I let him go, he's still a part of me
Oh now I know, yes I know there's someone he's thinkin' of
I'll have to let him go with all my love
I saw him (I saw him) but he didn't see me (but he didn't see me)
The tears just filled my eyes when he kissed her tonight
Oh it hurt me so inside, so much he'll never know
I'll simply hide my pride & I'll have to let him go (let him go)
Mmm I've got to let him go (let him go)
(Let him go) Move on, move on! my heart cries
(Let him go) Find yourself another; let him be
Oh (let him go) he's better off without me
(Let him go) This I know
My only wish is to make him happy, oh
I've got to say goodbye (got to say goodbye)
I've got to say so long (got to say so long)
Even though the years roll by, my love will carry on
Oh I must not tear his soul; surely he must know
That it's gonna hurt me so
But I'll have to let him go (let him go)
Yeah, it's gonna hurt me so
But I'll have to let him go (let him go)
I've got to say so long (let him go)
It's gonna hurt me so (say goodbye)
But I've got to say goodbye
...& fade
My Baby Won't Come Back
(Mickey Stevenson/Martha Reeves)
I can't find my baby anywhere
I've called & called & cried & cried
& I've moped, yes I've moped
& sighed, oh how I've sighed
My baby with his wonderful charms
My baby won't come back
& I've asked & asked; I can't sleep a wink
I worry, yes I worry; I just can't even think
My baby with his wonderful arms
My baby won't come back to my arms
Oh he won't come back to my arms
Oh how I miss his arms
The arms that held me so tightly, & oh
I miss his caresses that thrilled me nightly
I'm tellin' you, I've really been fooled
If you see my baby, would you tell him for me
That I've got a yearnin', I yearn for him desperately
My baby with his wonderful charms
My baby won't come back to my arms
Oh I've been callin' & callin'
Oh my baby with his wonderful charms
My baby just won't come back to me
Oh & I've called & called & cried & cried
I wrote 16 letters, cryin' & almost died
Oh my baby won't come back to me
...& fade
Come And Get These Memories
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Love, you've gone from me & left behind so many memories
Here's your old friendship ring
I can't wear it no more
Here's your old love letters
I can't read 'em anymore
Love, you've gone from me & left behind so many memories
Here's the old teddy bear (come & get it)
That you won for me at the state fair
Here's some old Valentine cards (come & get 'em)
Give them to your new sweetheart
Love, you've gone from me & left behind so many memories
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(x3): (Come & get 'em)
Here's our old favorite record (come & get it)
I can't stand to hear it anymore
Here's som old lingering love (come & get it)
It's in my heart & it's tearin' it apart
Because of these memories, I never think of anybody but you
So come on & get 'em 'cause I've got me somebody new
Come & get these memories
(Come & get 'em since you've gone out of my life)
So my mind & heart can be at ease
(Come & get 'em since you've gone out of my life)
Give them to your new love, give them to your new love
So come on & get these memories (come & get 'em)
...& fade
Quicksand
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Quicksand, quicksand, pullin' me closer
Closer in your arms, can't resist your lovin' charms
You're like quicksand; it's diggin' me deeper in love with you
The more I fight it, the deeper in love I get
Each time you hold me, I feel nothin' but happiness
It's not safe to love you this way
But from your arms I can't stay
You're like quicksand, quicksand, yeah, pullin' me closer
Closer, makin' me love you, need you
It's diggin' me deeper, deeper in love with you
(instrumental)
(Deeper, deeper, deeper in love with you)
My mind's a prisoner of your warm embrace
I can't help, can't help myself; nothin' can take your place
When you say sweet things to me
I start tremblin' from head to feet
You're like quicksand, quicksand, yeah, pullin' me closer
Closer, I just can't resist you; I just want to kiss you
You are like quicksand, yeah
(Quicksand, quicksand) quicksand (pullin' me closer)
It's diggin' me deeper, it's diggin' me deeper
I just can't resist you, I just want to kiss you
(Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper in love with you
Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper in love with you
(Quicksand, quicksand, quicksand pullin' me closer)
...& fade
Darling, I Hum Our Song
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Darling, darling
Although you've gone, my live still lives on
Although I miss you, miss you, I can no longer kiss you
'Cause you belong to her, oh yes you do
& darling, darling, my darling
When I'm lonely, I softly hum our song
I hold the promises to me you'll always belong
Hmmmmm, hmmmmm
Sometimes, sometimes, when I forget you've gone away
I remember as I softly hum the part that says
That you'll always be by my side to stay
I always wanted it that way
Darling, darling, my darling
One day I hope I'll find
Find a love that's true, someone who'll love me too
Hmmmm, hmm hmmmm
(repeat & fade):
Then I won't have to hmmmm when I'm lonely
Hmmmmm when I miss you
& hold promises you'll love me always
Hmm hmm hmmmm hmm hmmmm
Live Wire
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
(Live wire, ooo live wire, ooo live wire, ooo live wire)
It's my birthday, & he forgot again
Every time we date, he's always late
All the abuses & excuses, I've made up my mind
Gonna tell him this time we're through
But everything I plan to say
Just seems to fade away
Every time I see his face
My eyes light up, sparks start to flyin'
Like a live wire, real live wire
Just like a bolt of lightnin', it sets my soul on fire
Sweet kisses are his alibi
& that's why, that's where my weakness lies
Though I plan & rehearse the things I want to say
The words never never come my way, 'cause...
'Cause everything I plan to say
Just seems to fade away
Every time I see his face
My eyes light up, sparks start to flyin'
Like a live wire
(instrumental)
Like a bolt of lightnin', it sets my soul on fire
Just like a live wire, real live wire
A bolt of lightnin', oh yeah, sets my soul on fire
Like a live wire, real live wire
...& fade
In My Lonely Room
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Every single time you take me out with you
You always flirt around with someone new
But I never criticize the tearful things you do
'Cause I'm so afraid of losing you
But in my lonely room, tears I don't have to hide
'Cause I just lock my door & let myself go
& lay right down & cry
(instrumental)
Every place we go, people are whispering
About your flirting ways, & it hurts me so to hear
But in the public's eye I just push behind all my hurt inside
& pretend i don't mind
But in my lonely room, tears I don't have to hide
In my lonely lonely lonely lonely room
I push my pride aside & lay right down & cry
In my lonely room, in my lonely room
Let myself go, lay right down & cry
...& fade
A Tear For The Girl
(Eddie Holland)
Why oh why must those who love be left to cry?
But if I cry now, I believe I'll feel better, better somehow
So I'll cry a tear for the girl
Who gave her love in vain
& it caused so much misery
I know because that girl is me
& a tear for the boy
Who coldly crumbled her world
'Cause he, he couldn't be true
I know because that boy is you
Might as well cry a tear for the loneliness
The loneliness that made me grieve
A tear for the happiness
Without you I'll never receive
Each tear that I cry
Helps me, helps me forget you by & by
One day soon, if I cry long enough
My tears will fade you away
(humming until fade)
Wild One
(Mickey Stevenson/Ivy Jo Hunter)
(Wild one, wild one)
Wild one, you're a rebel & they say you're just no good (just no
good)
But they might change their minds if they only understood (only understood)
Wild one, I understand you've never had a chance
You're a victim of circumstance
CHORUS:
Can't you see just where you stand with me?
I've given you my heart (wild one)
I've given you my heart (wild one)
Don't you know? Where you go I will follow you (follow you)
So ride if you wanna & go where you're gonna
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
(Wild one, no matter what they say)
I'm sayin' your love's for me
Wild one, just let them talk, be what you wanna be (what you wanna be)
'Cause just your love for me is my security (my security)
Wild one, you know that in my heart you're the only one
No matter what you've done
(chorus)
(over backing "Wild one, no matter what they say," etc.)
Oh my little wild one
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
Oh my wild one, I'm sayin' your love's for me
...& fade
Nowhere To Run
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
It's not love I'm runnin' from
It's the heartaches I know will come
'Cause I know you're no good for me
But you've become a part of me
Everywhere I go, your face I see
Every step I take you take with me
Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
I know you're no good for me
But free of you I'll never be, no
Each time as I speak
Into my heart you creep
I wake up feelin' sorry I met you
Hopin' soon that I'll forget you
When I look in the mirror & comb my hair
I see your face just a-smilin' there
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, love is my fate
Got nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
I know you're no good for me
But you've become a part of me
How can I fight a love that's sugar-sweet
When it's soul deep, soul deep, deep inside of me?
My love reaches so high I can't get over it
It's so wide I can't get around it, no
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, love is my fate
Just can't get away from you, baby, no matter how I try
I know you're no good for me
But free of you I'll never be
Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got nowhere to run
Got nowhere to run
...& fade
Motoring
(Mickey Stevenson/Ivy Jo Hunter/Phil Jones)
Hey everybody, come on, let's go for a ride, motor baby
Grab your baby & put him right by your side, motor baby
Now we'll drive down Main Street & then we're goin' over the hill,
motor baby
Now we're gonna have a lot of fun
Turn your motor on & let it run, motor baby
Now put both hands on the wheel like a real good driver should, motor
baby
Now lock your doors, make sure that you check your hood, motor baby
Be sure you're not movin' too fast; we want this thing to last, motor
baby
Hey now, we're gonna motor all night long
& when it starts to rain, turn your wipers on, motor baby
(instrumental)
Hey, turn your motor on & rev it up fast
Now put it in gear & step on the gas & you're motorin', motor
baby
Hey everybody, come on, let's go for a ride, motor baby
Grab your baby & put him right by your side, motor baby
Now, we're gonna motor all night long
& when it starts to rain, turn your wipers on, motor baby
Motorin', motor baby
Hey, we're gonna have a lot of fun
Turn on your motor & let it run, motor baby
...& fade
You've Been In Love Too Long
(Clarence Paul/Mickey Stevenson/Ivy Jo Hunter)
Girls, you've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
Don't you know, girls? You've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
When just his smile takes all your pain away
& you find yourself believing whatever he may say
Now when he keeps you cryin'
But your heart tells you, Girl, keep right on tryin'
Girls, you've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
Don't you know, girls? You've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
When you accept his wrongs just to share his kiss
& even though lonely nights are filled with happiness
Now girl, you're in trouble; you know your heart is seein' double
When your head tells you to run
But your heart says he's your only one
Girls, you've been in love too long
You're a fool for your baby)
(instrumental)
(Girl, you've been in love too long)
You're a fool
'Cause when a week of loneliness
Can be erased with just one sweet caress
Girls, you've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
I say girls, oh yeah, you're a fool
When his wrong looks right 'cause he always treats you bad
When you find little excuses for all the sadness & abuses
Don't you know, girls, you're in love
You're just a fool for your baby
Girls, you've been in love too long
You're just a fool
...& fade
Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
Love, love, love makes me do foolish things
Sit alone by the phone, a phone that never rings
Hoping to hear you say you love me still
Knowing you never will
Love, love, love has made a fool of me
Got me doin' things, things that shouldn't be
Listening for the sound of your knock on my door
Knowing that sweet sound will be no more
Funny how precious memories linger on
So long after you've gone
Oh precious memories that only make me cry
But I keep holdin' on, oh why do I? Oh, because...
Love, love, love makes me do these things
Speak your name softly each night, or holding your picture tight
When you took my heart, you took my soul
& it's far beyond control
Funny how precious memories linger on
So long after you've gone
Oh precious memories that only make me cry
But I keep holdin' on, oh why do I? Oh, because...
Love, love, love makes me do these things
Love, love, love sadness it brings
...& fade
My Baby Loves Me
(Mickey Stevenson/Sylvia Moy/Ivy Jo Hunter)
My baby loves me, oh yeah
My baby needs me, oh yeah
No other guy can whisper sweet things in my ear
My sweetie pie has the only sweet voice I sweet hear
So clear, so yeah
He needs me (he really really needs me) oh yeah (oh yeah)
My baby loves me (he really really loves me) oh yeah (oh yeah)
I'm tellin' you he needs me (he really really needs me) yes he does
(oh yeah)
Can't seem to see no other handsome face
There's just no cute substitute can take my baby's place
'Cause I know he needs me (he really really needs me) oh yeah (oh yeah)
I'll never ever give my baby no trouble
Whenever he calls me, I come runnin' on the double
'Cause I know he loves me (he really really loves me) oh yeah (oh yeah)
& he needs me (he really really needs me) yes he does (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Now nobody can tell me a place where I'm goin' wrong, oh no
Nobody could ever embrace a lover so strong
'Cause I know he loves me, he tells me that he needs me
I know he loves me, can't be without me, oh no
...& fade
Never Leave Your Baby's Side
(Robert Staunton/Charles Jones/Robert Dobyne)
(Watch out, watch out!)
When you & your baby spend a weekend on the town
Keep your eyes wide open when those other girls come around
You may be his lover, your game good & tied
Just never leave your baby's side, never leave your baby's side
(Watch out, watch out!)
Well I've learned my lesson & the price I had to pay
When my girlfriend stole my lover, it was on my wedding day
He fell for her sweet talk; there was nothin' I could do
But sit & cry & wonder why I ever left my baby's side
Never leave your baby's side, don't ever leave your baby's side
(Don't leave him alone) 'cause when you get back he might be gone
(when you're goin' home, watch out)
So when you're with your darlin'
(when you're goin' home, watch out)
So when you're holdin' him & there's time to be found
Keep in mind what I said; don't let your guard down
Other eyes are on him, other standing by
So never leave your baby's side, never leave your baby's side
(Watch out) & never leave your baby's side
Watch out & never leave your baby's side
(repeat & fade):
I said watch out & never leave your baby's side
What Am I Gonna Do Without Your Love
(Mickey Stevenson/Sylvia Moy)
(Since you've been gone I've been cryin' all night long, I've been sad)
I see my tear-stained face when I look in my mirror
I stare in space as night grows nearer, cryin'
I need you, baby, I need you
I need you, baby, I need you
I just sit & wonder, did you fall for someone else?
'Cause if I hurt you, baby, I really hurt myself, oh
I need you, yes I really need you
I need you, you know I need you
What am I gonna do without your love?
What am I gonna do without you, baby?
I'm slowly slowly goin' crazy
I need you, I really really need you
I just sit & mope by myself; like part of my household fixtures
These arms of mine are holdin', clingin' to your picture, cryin'
I need you, yes I need you
I need you, baby, I need you
Come on, come on right now, baby
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh
I need you, yes I really need you
What am I gonna do without your love?
What can I do without you, baby?
I'm slowly slowly goin' crazy
I can't stand it, I just can't stand it
Here's a broken heart & a love that's slowly dyin'
A room full of tears & a heart, a heart that's cryin', oh
I need you, yes I really need you
I need you, you know that I need you
Come on, come on right now, baby
If you love me, come back, baby
Oooo yeah, baby, oh tell me right now
What am I gonna do without your love?
What can I do without you?
Come on, come on back to me, baby
...& fade
I'm Ready For Love
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
As I stand alone on this moonful night
For the 1st time I feel alone in light
As I watch the moon kiss the starlit sky
I feel the need for your lips to press close to mine
For so long I've been afraid to love
But right now I feel the need for love
& you, you have a love, a love I need, oh to comfort me
Ooo & I'm ready for love, I'm truly ready for love
Your wonderful sweet sweet love, right now I'm ready for love
I've tried to shield my heart from love's tender touch
'Cause to lose your love would hurt so much
But as I softly walk in my solitude
I search my heart & find there's a need for you
& for the 1st time I feel alone
'Cause I need a love to call my own
& only you, you have a love, a love I need, oh to comfort me
Ooo & I'm ready for love, I'm truly ready for love
You know I'm ready for love, your wonderful sweet sweet love
(I'm ready right now, I'm ready right now)
Ooo something wonderful has come over me
& fills this heart of mine with ecstasy
I'm glad I've finally opened up my eyes
& pushed the fear of love, the fear of love aside
& for the 1st time I feel alive
I have the touch of love deep down inside
& just as soon as I see your smilin' face
I'll rush into your warm embrace
Right now I'm ready for love, I'm truly ready for love
Your wonderful sweet sweet love, right now I'm ready for love
You know I'm ready for love, your wonderful sweet sweet love
Right now I'm ready for love
...& fade
Third Finger, Left Hand
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland)
At last my dreams come true
Today he said "I do"
Friends said it couldn't be done
But all his love I know I've won
'Cause 3rd finger, left hand
That's where he placed the wedding band
He walked right up to me
& pledged his love for me
I longed to hear him say
The sweet words he spoke that day
Made me feel so good inside
The tears came to my eyes
I love him above the rest
'Cause in my book he's the best
CHORUS:
'Cause he did something that no one else did
Friends said it couldn't be done
But all his love I know I've won
'Cause 3rd finger, left hand
That's where he placed the wedding band
His words were precious few
But all along my heart knew
That no other boys in line
Could ever change my mind
Other boys I sent away
I locked my heart till our wedding day
I love him above the rest
'Cause in my book he's the best
(chorus)
(repeat & fade):
3rd finger, left hand
That's where he placed the wedding band
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