Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
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 the town begins?
Will you tell them how you treated me bad?
Will you tell them how you made me so sad?
You make some people think that you love me a lot
They just don’t know you, and what they say is, oh
You’ve got me happy in the public eye
They think you’re such a wonderful guy
But they don’t know how much you lie
And they don’t know how much I cry
You’re a real Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde
You make a pass at every girl that you see
Then when they hurt you, you come running back crying to me
I comfort you whenever you’re low
And you don’t have no place you can go
You put your head on my shoulder and cry
And then you chose not to tell me why
And I just can’t take it, I got a need to know
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?
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 the town begins?
Will you tell them how you treated me bad?
Will you tell them how you made me so sad?
You make some people think that you love me a lot
They just don’t know you, and what they say is, oh
You’ve got me happy in the public eye
They think you’re such a wonderful guy
But they don’t know how much you lie
And they don’t know how much I cry
You’re a real Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde
You make a pass at every girl that you see
Then when they hurt you, you come running back crying to me
I comfort you whenever you’re low
And you don’t have no place you can go
You put your head on my shoulder and cry
And then you chose not to tell me why
And I just can’t take it, I got a need to know
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?
What are you gonna do when I’m gone?
more tracks from the album
Looking Back 1961-1964
- Bad Boy
- He’s The One I Love
- When I’m Gone
- Operator
- Laughing Boy
- Two Lovers
- I Want You ’Round
- Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
- My Guy
- What’s Easy for Two Is So Hard for One
- Your Old Stand By
- What Love Has Joined Together
- To Lose You
- The One Who Really Loves You
- You Beat Me to the Punch
- (You Can) Depend On Me
From the albums
- Vintage Stock (1966)
- Looking Back 1961-1964 (1993)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 4: 1964 (2006)
- Something New: Motown Lost & Found (2012)
Mary Wells popular songs
- My Guy
- I’ll Still Be Around
- Shop Around
- What Love Has Joined Together
- At Last
- Bad Boy
- You Beat Me to the Punch
- The One Who Really Loves You
- To Lose You
- You Lost The Sweetest Boy
- Your Old Stand By
- What’s Easy for Two Is So Hard for One
- Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
- I Want You ’Round
- When I’m Gone
- I’ll Be Available
- Two Lovers
- Laughing Boy
- Operator
- Stop Right Here
- Drifting Love
- He’s The One I Love
- How? (When My Heart Belongs To You)
- My Baby Just Cares for Me