Released: January 24, 1972
Songwriter: Willie Hutch
Producer: Willie Hutch
[Intro]
Ooh
Foolish of me, I could not see
The forest for the trees
You have been so true
I have been so cruel to you
Oh, girl please do not leave me
[Verse 1]
If you stay I will find a way
To erase the past
Baby do not leave me
Girl do not take your love from me
Oh girl
What can I say to make you stay
Baby, do not leave me
You have been so kind
It blows my mind to know
Oh girl, I really hurt you
[Chorus]
Tell me girl, it is not too late
And you give me a chance
To make it up to you
Do not take your love from me
Girl do not take your love
Do not take your love
[Verse 2]
Girl, if you take your love away from me
I am going to be in misery
Your love is the strength that I lean upon
How will I make it when it is gone
Of all the little things I wanted to say
I really wanted to do
Girl , this time
Ooh, oh girl I really mean it
[Chorus]
So tell me girl, it is not too late
And you will give me a chance
To make it up to you
Do not take your love from me
Do not take your love, no no no no no
Do not take your love
Do not leave me girl
[Outro]
Do not take your love from me
Baby, do not take your love from me
Do not take your love from me
Oh, do not take your love from me
Baby, do not take your love from me
Ooh
Foolish of me, I could not see
The forest for the trees
You have been so true
I have been so cruel to you
Oh, girl please do not leave me
[Verse 1]
If you stay I will find a way
To erase the past
Baby do not leave me
Girl do not take your love from me
Oh girl
What can I say to make you stay
Baby, do not leave me
You have been so kind
It blows my mind to know
Oh girl, I really hurt you
[Chorus]
Tell me girl, it is not too late
And you give me a chance
To make it up to you
Do not take your love from me
Girl do not take your love
Do not take your love
[Verse 2]
Girl, if you take your love away from me
I am going to be in misery
Your love is the strength that I lean upon
How will I make it when it is gone
Of all the little things I wanted to say
I really wanted to do
Girl , this time
Ooh, oh girl I really mean it
[Chorus]
So tell me girl, it is not too late
And you will give me a chance
To make it up to you
Do not take your love from me
Do not take your love, no no no no no
Do not take your love
Do not leave me girl
[Outro]
Do not take your love from me
Baby, do not take your love from me
Do not take your love from me
Oh, do not take your love from me
Baby, do not take your love from me
Anthology (2008 Gold Edition)
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- Just a Little Bit of You
- Dear Michael
- I’ll Come Home to You
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Who’s Looking For A Lover
- Melodie
- Farewell My Summer Love
- When I Come Of Age
- Call On Me
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- Darling Dear
- It’s Too Late to Change the Time
- You’re My Best Friend, My Love
- One Day In Your Life
- We’re Almost There
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- I Wanna Be Where You Are
- Girl Don’t Take Your Love From Me
- Got to Be There
- Rockin’ Robin
- Maria (You Were The Only One)
- Ben
- People Make The World Go ’Round
- We’ve Got A Good Thing Going
- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
- With A Child’s Heart
- Happy (Love Theme From ”Lady Sings The Blues”)
- Morning Glow
- Music And Me
- If’n I Was God
- Got To Be There (1972)
- One Day in Your Life (1981)
- Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Anthology (1995 Edition) (1995)
- Anthology (2008 Gold Edition) (2008)
- Michael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years (2008)
- Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009)
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine