 Genius Lyrics
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing in the Street
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“Dancing in the Street” peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1964, making it Martha and the Vandella’s biggest hit to date and one of their most
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
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[Verse 1] / Whenever I'm with him / Something inside (Inside) / Starts to burnin' / And I'm filled with desire / Could it be a devil in me / Or is this the way love's supposed to
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Nowhere to Run
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1965’s “Nowhere to Run” is one of the seminal Motown records, combining the songwriting prowess of Holland-Dozier-Holland and the backing music of the Funk Brothers, who used snow
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I Should Be Proud
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I was under the dryer when the telegram came / "Private John C. Miller was shot down in Vietnam" / Through my tears I read, "No more information at this time" / He's missing in
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Quicksand
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“Quicksand” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1963.
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Hello Stranger
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(Shoo-Bop Shoo-Bop, my baby) / (Shoo-Bop Shoo-Bop) / Hello stranger / (Ooh) It seems so good to see you back again / How long has it been? / (Ooh it seems like a mighty long time
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Give Him Up
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Give him up / Give him up 'cause, he'll only hurt you (he'll only hurt you) / Take your love like he did mine / Then he'll desert you / He'll leave your heart in pain / Lead you to
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – One Way Out
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[Chorus] / Just a one way out / From these chains / That bind this lonely aching heart of mine / Just a one way out / Of this emptiness / I'm sinking into more and more each day
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing Slow
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Dancing slow, lights are low / Soft music fills the air / No, I, I don't really care if the people stop and stare / We're floating on air / We're dancing slow, his arms around me
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I'm Ready For Love
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[Verse 1] / As I stand alone on this moon full night / For the first time I feel alone in life / As I watch the moon kiss the starlit sky / I feel the need for your lips to press
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – No One There
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[Intro] / Hmm hmm mmm / (Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da) / Hmm hmm mmm / (Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da) / Woah oh / [Verse 1] / I wait for footsteps / That I
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not
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[Verse 1] / Now we kiss goodbye / You'll be off to war, the battle's on / I don't wanna cry as I stand / And watch your ship sail on / Now when you're out to sea / And the sky is
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Something
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[Verse 1] / Something in the way he moves / Attracts me like no other lover / Something in the way he woos me / [Chorus] / I don't want to leave him now / You know I believe and
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Tear it on Down
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[Intro] / I wanna sing a song about pride, listen / You know I love you more than anything / But you 've got that mountain of pride standin' in between / This is what you gotta do
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Third Finger, Left Hand
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[Chorus] / 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 third finger, left hand / That's where
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – No More Tearstained Make Up
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[Verse 1] / I've had no use to wear a pair of lashes or mascara / And my eyes have natural shadows from the crying (Ooh) / That I've done so much of lately / 'Cause it really hurt
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Jimmy Mack
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[Chorus] / Jimmy Mack, Jimmy / Oh, Jimmy Mack / When are you coming back? / Jimmy Mack, Jimmy / Oh, Jimmy Mack / When are you coming back? / [Verse 1] / My arms are missing you
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Get Ready
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Never met a girl could make me feel the way that you do / You're alright / Whenever I'm asked what makes a my dreams real / I tell 'em you do / You're outta' sight / Well twiddley
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Just One Look
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Just one look and I fell so hard-ard-ard / In love with you, oh, oh / I found out how good it feels-eels-eels / To have your love, oh, oh / Say you will, will be mine-ine-ine
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Moments (To Remember)
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Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo / Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo / Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo / Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo / Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la / Moments to remember / All you've given me / Moments to remember
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Show Me The Way
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[Intro] / Ooh yeah / Now listen, baby / [Verse 1] / Somebody broke your heart / I can tell by your tear-stained face / I'll do anything in my power / If those tears, I could erase
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – You've Been in Love Too Long
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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
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Mobile Lil The Dancing Witch
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[Intro] / Work out Lil / Keep stirring in the pot now / Mobile Lil keeps dancing hot / [Verse 1] / Now down in Mobile, there's a witch named Lil / The plainest witch I know / She
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – In and Out of My Life
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You just can't keep runnin' in and out of my life / I don't deserve it: I've been too good to you / You just can't keep runnin' in and out of my life / There's too many things I've
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Go Ahead And Laugh
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So you think it's funny / All these tears here in my eyes / Go ahead and laugh / But you're only hurting / Someone who really loves you / Someone who would surely be true / If you
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Honey Chile
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[Verse 1] / You're shiftless and you're lazy / Just like that hound dog, Daisy / I had when grandma raised me / Honey Chile / [Verse 2] / When Granny got too old to scorn me / Dear
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Come and Get These Memories
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“Come and Get These Memories” peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1963.
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Wild One
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“Wild One” peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1964.
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Loneliness Is A Lonely Feelin'
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[Intro] / (Loneliness is a lonely feelin' / When your love is gone) / [Verse 1] / I'm just a fool / Who keeps hanging on (Hanging on) / Why is it I'm so weak and he's so strong
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – (We've Got) Honey Love
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Ooh, baby, we've tried love's recipe / Added each ingredient tenderly / A little bit of you, a little bit of me / And we've got honey love / Gone are the clouds / That darkened
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – In My Lonely Room
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Never Leave Your Baby's Side
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[Verse 1] / (Watch out, watch out) / When you and your baby spend a weekend on the town / Keep your eyes wide open when those [?] girls come around / You may be his lover, your
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Bless You
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[Verse 1] / Ooh, this morning when I woke up / Sunshine touched my heart / Children of the earth / They walk so far apart / From this protection / Of what's supposed to be / They
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Mockingbird
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Mock (Yeah) / Ing (Yeah) / Bird (Yeah) / Yeah (Yeah) / Mockin'bird, mockin'bird / Everybody have you heard / He's gonna buy me a mockingbird / Oh, if that mockingbird don't sing
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – There He Is (At My Door)
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[Verse 1] / There he is at my door / I just can't let him in / Because I know that's when / Heartaches will start again / [Verse 2] / He keeps on knockin' at my door / (There he is
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Benjamin
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[Intro] / (Ooh) / [Verse 1] / Every day at lunchtime, Benjamin / We talk about the same old things / How she wouldn't take your ring / Mmm (Ooh) / [Verse 2] / Every day at coffee
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin'
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Martha & the Vandellas confront a musician boyfriend she thinks is playing her instead of his saxophone when he’s away.
This song became notorious after it was revealed Rita
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dance Party
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[Intro] / Vandellas! / Dance party! / Vandellas! / Dance party! / [Verse 1] / We're inviting one and all / To gather around and have a ball / 'Cause there's a party tonight / And
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile
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[Verse 1] / You think you're such hot stuff (Hot stuff) / Sure 'nuff (Sure 'nuff) / Darling, I'd be the last one to ever deny it / Baby, behind the changes I've been through (
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)
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Maybe my heart was sold on loving you / But lately, baby, I find my heart denying you / Startin' a fire inside me, taking my love and leaving me / Breaking my heart and deceiving
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