Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
That day, I first saw you passing by
I wanted to know your name but I was much too shy
But I was looking at you so hard
Until you must have had a hunch
So you came up to me and asked me my name
[Chorus 1]
You beat me to the punch that time
You beat me to the punch
You beat me to the punch
[Verse 2]
After I had known you for it seems like a long, long time
I wanted, wanted to ask you, would you please, please be mine
Whenever you came around, my heart would pound
So you must have had a hunch
So you came up to me and asked me to be yours
[Chorus 1]
You beat me to the punch that time
You beat me to the punch
You beat me to the punch
[Bridge]
Since I love you, I thought you would be true and love me tender
So I let my heart surrender - to you, yes, I did
But I found out beyond a doubt one day, boy, you were a playboy
Who would go away and leave me - blue
[Verse 3]
So I ain't gonna wait around for you to put me down
This time I'm gonna play my hunch
And walk away this very day
[Chorus 2]
And beat you to the punch this time
And beat you to the punch this time
I'll beat you to the punch, yes, I will
And let you know, know, how it feels
That day, I first saw you passing by
I wanted to know your name but I was much too shy
But I was looking at you so hard
Until you must have had a hunch
So you came up to me and asked me my name
[Chorus 1]
You beat me to the punch that time
You beat me to the punch
You beat me to the punch
[Verse 2]
After I had known you for it seems like a long, long time
I wanted, wanted to ask you, would you please, please be mine
Whenever you came around, my heart would pound
So you must have had a hunch
So you came up to me and asked me to be yours
[Chorus 1]
You beat me to the punch that time
You beat me to the punch
You beat me to the punch
[Bridge]
Since I love you, I thought you would be true and love me tender
So I let my heart surrender - to you, yes, I did
But I found out beyond a doubt one day, boy, you were a playboy
Who would go away and leave me - blue
[Verse 3]
So I ain't gonna wait around for you to put me down
This time I'm gonna play my hunch
And walk away this very day
[Chorus 2]
And beat you to the punch this time
And beat you to the punch this time
I'll beat you to the punch, yes, I will
And let you know, know, how it feels
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- The One Who Really Loves You (1962)
- Greatest Hits (1964)
- Vintage Stock (1966)
- Cooley High (Original Soundtrack) (1975)
- The Old, The New & The Best Of Mary Wells (1983)
- Looking Back 1961-1964 (1993)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 2: 1962 (2005)
Mary Wells popular songs
- My Guy
- At Last
- 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
- Two Lovers
- Laughing Boy
- Operator
- When I’m Gone
- I’ll Be Available
- Bad Boy
- You Beat Me to the Punch
- The One Who Really Loves You
- To Lose You
- I’ll Still Be Around
- Shop Around
- What Love Has Joined Together
- Stop Right Here
- Drifting Love
- He’s The One I Love
- How? (When My Heart Belongs To You)
- My Baby Just Cares for Me