Released: April 30, 1969
Songwriter: Warren “Pete” Moore Smokey Robinson
Producer: Warren “Pete” Moore Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
Here I stand lonely, just a heartbroken guy
I used to be a laugher, 'till I made my baby cry
And I knew my baby loved me, I was overconfident
So I did her wrong, now she's gone, I don't know which way she went
[Chorus]
My baby forgave me so much time and time and time again
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
[Verse 2]
But the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles
From the top to the bottom, that's a long way to tumble
Oh when you realize that you're no longer first on your baby's list
And the home you thought you had forever no longer exists
[Chorus]
You wake up and you discover what a great fool you have been
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
[Bridge]
Ooh baby, what kind of fool am I?
To know that you love me and yet I made you cry
Baby when I think it over
It's fault that I'm here, gone, but I'd like to do it over
And would deliver my love to you warm
And on and on
[Chorus]
Oh darling you forgave me so much time and time and time again
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
Here I stand lonely, just a heartbroken guy
I used to be a laugher, 'till I made my baby cry
And I knew my baby loved me, I was overconfident
So I did her wrong, now she's gone, I don't know which way she went
[Chorus]
My baby forgave me so much time and time and time again
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
[Verse 2]
But the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles
From the top to the bottom, that's a long way to tumble
Oh when you realize that you're no longer first on your baby's list
And the home you thought you had forever no longer exists
[Chorus]
You wake up and you discover what a great fool you have been
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
[Bridge]
Ooh baby, what kind of fool am I?
To know that you love me and yet I made you cry
Baby when I think it over
It's fault that I'm here, gone, but I'd like to do it over
And would deliver my love to you warm
And on and on
[Chorus]
Oh darling you forgave me so much time and time and time again
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
Cause when your baby starts to walk away
And tells you no need to follow
And nothing you do, seems to make her stay
It's a bitter pill to have to swallow
- M.P.G. (1969)
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- Straighten Up and Fly Right
- My Girl
- Calypso Blues
- Baby I’m Glad That Things Worked Out So Well
- I’ll Be Doggone
- Take This Heart of Mine
- One More Heartache
- You’re the One for Me
- Loving You is Sweeter Than Ever
- Yesterday
- Fossil Medley: I’ll Be Doggone / Try It Baby / Can I Get A Witness / You’re A Wonderful One / Stubbo
- Ain’t That Peculiar (Live in Montreux 1980)
- I’ll Be Doggone (Live in Montreux 1980)
- Medley I (Live at the London Palladium, 1977)
- Motown Medley I (Live)
- Ain’t That Peculiar (Live)
- Motown Medley II (Live)
- Now That You’ve Won Me
- Try My True Love
- When I Had Your Love
- Symphony (Undubbed Version)
- Symphony [Demo Vocal]
- I’ll Be Doggone (Second Version)