Motown Lyrics

Be nice just like Smokey Robinson
Fall like the tears of a clown
Sometimes I wish I was in Detroit
The home of Motown
Singin under a streetlight
Man I hear the coolest sounds
I'm on a roof or under the boardwalk
That's where rock and roll was found

Sam Cooke the sounds of a chain gang
Marvin Gaye let's get it on
Odis Redding Wilson Pickett Y'all the list goes on
Martha and the Vandellas
The O'Jays got that cool rocking sound
Hanging out at the Apollo Theater
Gladys took a midnight train to Georgia
And did Diana and the Supremes
Do run, run, run around
Wait up wait a minute Mr. Postman
Won't you check your bag for the letter you found

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