THE MOTOWN SONGBOOK
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(3:00) - The Supremes, Bananarama
Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)
Gladys Knight & The Pips (4:21, #1, 1973)
It's sad to think, we're not gonna make it
And it's gotten to the point, where we just can't fake it
For some ungodly reason, We just won't let it die
I guess neither one of us, wants to be the first to say good-bye.
I keep wondering, what I'm gonna do without you.
And I guess you must be, wondering the same thing too.
So we go on, go on together, living a lie
Because neither one of us, wants to be the first to say goodbye.
Everytime I find the nerve
Everytime, I find the nerve to say I'm leaving
Oh memories, those old memories get in my way.
Lord knows it's only me, Oh, he knows it's only me, that I'm deceiving
When it comes to saying goodbye
That's simple word that I just cannot say.
There can be no way, there can be no way...
this can have a happy ending, no no
So we just go on hurting and pretending and convincing ourselves
to give it just one more try.
Because neither one of us wants to be the first to say,
Neither one of us wants to be the first to say
Neither one of us wants to be the first to say
Neither one of us wants to be the first to say
Farewell my love....goodbye.
(3:54 - #1) - Charlene
Performed by:
Gloria Estevan
Gloria Gaynor
Issac Hayes
The Jackson 5 (#2, 1971)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:59)
The Commodores
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (5:03)
3:00 - 1969) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (3:00)
The Marvelletes
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:57)
BoysIIMen & Mariah Carey
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:43)
Linda Rondstadt
Temptations (6:54)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (6:56)
Year by Year/1987: The Sound of Young America (Motown - 31453-0557-2) (3:42 - remixed)
It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember, yes I will
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him. Never heard nothing but bad things about him
Mama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth
Mama just hung her head and said, son
*Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
And when he died, all he left us was alone.
(*repeat)
Hey mama, is it true what they say, that papa never worked a day in his life.
And mama, some bad talk going around town
Sayin' that papa had three outside children and another wife...and that ain't right
Heard some talk about papa doing some store-front preaching.
Talking about saving souls and the time leaching
Dealing in dirt and stealing in the name of the Lord
Mama just hung her head and said
(*repeat)
Hey mama, I heard papa called himself a jack-of-all-trades.
Tell me is that what sent papa to an early grave?
Folks say papa would beg, borrow or steal to pay his bills.
Hey mama, folks say papa never was much on thinking
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.
Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said son
(*repeat x 2)
The Marvellettes (#1)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:28)
The Carpenters
"Power" lineup 1980: Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Dennis Edwards
The Temptations
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (3:51)
The Staple Singers
(4:47) - The Supremes & Four Tops
Ike & Tina Turner
(2:46) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
The Commodores
(8:12) Remixed Version - Motown Blend (Motown - 530-435-2)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#1)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:48)
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:58)
Signed, Sealed & Delivered I'm Yours
Stevie Wonder (#1/1970)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:46)
Peter Frampton
Chaka Kahn
The Temptations
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (2:49)
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (3:15)
(5:58) Remixed Version - Motown Blend (Motown - 530-435-2)
Boys II Men
Teena Marie
COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY, THE (3:40)
(4:13) - Stevie Wonder
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