Songwriter: Dick Holler
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 2]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 3]
Has anybody here seen my old friend John
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Chorus]
Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good in you and me?
And we'll be free
Someday soon it's gonna be one day
[Verse 4]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham and Martin and John
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 2]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 3]
Has anybody here seen my old friend John
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Chorus]
Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good in you and me?
And we'll be free
Someday soon it's gonna be one day
[Verse 4]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham and Martin and John
more tracks from the album
The 35th Anniversary Collection
- Bad Girl
- That’s the Way I Feel
- Come Spy With Me
- I’ve Been Good to You
- I Care About Detroit
- Determination
- Oh Be My Love
- Save Me
- You Never Miss a Good Thing
- Satisfaction
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- After All
- Shop Around (national version)
- A Love She Can Count On
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- One Heartbeat
- Quiet Storm
- Sweet Harmony
- Being with You
- Happy Landing
- I Gotta Thing For You
- It
- He Don’t Care About Me
- If Your Mother Only Knew
- You Only Build Me Up to Tear Me Down
- I Cry
- All I Want Is You
- I Had To Cry
- The Day You Take One (You Have To Take The Other)
- I’m Stuck On You
- What Love Has Joined Together
- The Composer
- The Feeling Is So Fine
- Whatever Makes You Happy
- Heartbreak Road
- You’re So Fine and Sweet
- All That’s Good
- Crazy About the La La La
- It’s a Good Feeling
- Once I Got to Know You (Couldn’t Help But Love You)
- Here I Go Again (Live)
- The Tears of a Clown
- You Must Be Love
- (You Can’t Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You
- I Don’t Blame You at All
- Abraham, Martin and John
- Going to a Go-Go
- Choosey Beggar
- The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
- Here I Go Again
- A Fork in the Road
- Doggone Right
- I Second That Emotion
- Ooo Baby Baby
- Cruisin’
- The Tracks of My Tears
- My Business, Your Pleasure
- Promise Me
- There’s A Sad Story Here
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
- After You Put Back the Pieces (I’ll Still Have a Broken Heart)
- Point It Out
- My Girl Has Gone
- Mighty Good Lovin’
- Baby Don’t You Go
- (You Can) Depend on Me
- Just to See Her
- Ain’t It Baby
- What’s So Good About Goodbye
- Broken Hearted
- I Like It Like That
- Way Over There
- Everybody’s Gotta Pay Some Dues
- When the Words From Your Heart Get Caught Up in Your Throat
- More Love
- Baby, Baby Don’t Cry
- Special Occasion
- Yester Love
- If You Can Want
- Shop Around (Regional Version)
- Got a Job
- I’ll Try Something New
From the albums
- Time Out for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1969)
- Anthology (1974)
- Cruisin’ 1969 (1988)
- The 35th Anniversary Collection (1994)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 9: 1969 (2007)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles popular songs
- The Tears of a Clown
- Ooo Baby Baby
- The Tracks of My Tears
- I Second That Emotion
- Much Better Off
- A Fork in the Road
- My Business, Your Pleasure
- My Love Is Your Love (Forever)
- Promise Me
- There’s A Sad Story Here
- Yes, No, Maybe So
- I’m on the Outside (Looking in)
- Doggone Right
- You Must Be Love
- I Don’t Blame You at All
- Abraham, Martin and John
- Going to a Go-Go
- Choosey Beggar
- It’s Christmas Time
- My Girl
- The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
- Here I Go Again
- Point It Out (single version) (Mono)
- After You Put Back the Pieces (I’ll Still Have a Broken Heart)