Motown Anthology

What are you gonna do when I'm gone
Whose shoulder are you gonna cry on
What are you gonna do on the day
When I turn my head and just walk away

What are you gonna say to your friends
When the talk around town begins
Will you tell them how you treated me bad
Will you tell them how you made me so sad

'Cause you make some people
Think that you love me a lot
But they just don't know you
And what they see isn't what we've got

We're happy in the public eye
They think you're such a wonderful guy
But they don't know how much you've lied
And they don't know how much I've cried
You're a real Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Oh, yeah

You make a pass at

Every girl that you see
Then when they hurt you
You come running and crying to me

I comfort you whenever you're low
And you don't have a place you can go
You put your head on my shoulder to cry
And then you turn around and tell me a lie

And I just can't take it
I've gotta make it now

What are you gonna do when I'm gone
And what are you gonna do when I'm gone
What are you gonna do when I'm gone
What are you gonna do when I'm gone

With a tender love, you filled my lonely days
You made me need you, darlin', in so many ways
But you no longer come around very much
& lately there's no tenderness in your touch
Where did it go? That warm & tender feeling
Where did it go? The love that I believed in?
You filled my life with so much meaning
It's empty now, now that you're leaving

CHORUS:
Just look what you've done; you've turned my dreams to dust
I thought you needed me, but now I find that you're leavin' me
Oh you've turned my heart to stone
Without you by my side, where will I get the strength to carry on?

Now helplessly I stand, watchin' love walk away
There's nothin' I can do, nothin' I can say
For you our love was just a passin' thing
But to me, my darlin', it was everything
Where did it go? The love I always turned to
Where did it go? Where do I go without you?
When I needed you, you were always there
I'm nothing now without your love to share

(chorus)
(instrumental)

Where did it go? The love I always turned to
Where did it go? & where do I go without you?
When I needed you, you were always there
I'm nothing now without your love to share

(repeat chorus & fade)

spoken):
How do you live with a broken heart & only a memory?
(sung):
I'm sad we parted
(spoken):
& I know what's in store for me

Hurt a little every day--that's what I'll have to do
Hurt a little every day till I can stop loving you
I'll be so upset, never will forget
The love that I shared with you
Turn & walk away, what is there to say?
Nothing more I can do

Hurt a little every day, time can heal every wound
All the pain will go away, I'll forget someday soon
Give a little smile, that should last a while
Until I stop loving you so
Maybe you can say "Let's call it a day"
But how can I let you go?
Hurt a little every day, cry a little every night
Till I stop loving you, stop loving you, oh oh

Give a little smile, that should last a while
Until I stop loving you so
Maybe you can say "Let's call it a day"
But how can I let you go?
Till I stop loving you so, oh
(repeat & fade):
Hurt a little every day, cry a little every night

Operator, operator, I'm so glad that you rang my phone
Operator, operator, I'm so glad that you found me home

I can hear my long gone lover
I've waited such a long long time
So please, operator
Put him on the line, I want him on the line
I want him on the line
I wanna talk to that long gone lover of mine

Operator, operator, there is static in my line
Did he say that his love was true?
Did he say that his love was mine?
Did he say he was coming home?
Did he say where he has been?
I can't hear a word he's saying
If you keep buttin' in, you keep buttin' in
You keep buttin' in
I wanna know if he's comin' home again

It shouldn't take this much time
To clear my line, to ease my mind
Oh operator, please get straight
It's unfair to make me wait any longer
My curiosity is stronger
Don't you know that it's wrong, oh so wrong

Operator, operator, this is very strange
What is the holdup here? Doesn't he have the change?
Oh please operator, if he don't have another dime
Reverse the charge to me
Put him on the line, I want him on the line
I want him on the line
I wanna talk to that long gone lover of mine

I didn't expect him, please connect him right way
I beg of you to put him through without delay