Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
Oh you may not love me now but I'm stayin' around
'Cause you want my company
Just like push can turn to shove, like can turn to love
It's my philosophy that
[Chorus]
If you can want, you can need
And if you can need, you can care
If you can care, you can love, now
So when you want me, I'll be there
Said whenever you want me, I'll be there
[Verse 2]
Oh now this may take some time, if time was money
I would be a millionaire
So whenever you want me, call any time at all
And for sure I'll be right there, 'cause
[Chorus]
If you can want, you can need
And if you can need baby, you can care
If you can care, you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me, oh yeah
[Bridge]
I'll be standin' by, not far way
Let your heart give me a sign
'Cause I'm prepared to wait until I abdicate
When you want me all the time, 'cause
[Chorus]
You can want, you can need
If you can need baby, you can care
If you can care baby you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me
You can want, you can need
If you can need baby, you can care
If you can care baby you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me
Oh you may not love me now but I'm stayin' around
'Cause you want my company
Just like push can turn to shove, like can turn to love
It's my philosophy that
[Chorus]
If you can want, you can need
And if you can need, you can care
If you can care, you can love, now
So when you want me, I'll be there
Said whenever you want me, I'll be there
[Verse 2]
Oh now this may take some time, if time was money
I would be a millionaire
So whenever you want me, call any time at all
And for sure I'll be right there, 'cause
[Chorus]
If you can want, you can need
And if you can need baby, you can care
If you can care, you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me, oh yeah
[Bridge]
I'll be standin' by, not far way
Let your heart give me a sign
'Cause I'm prepared to wait until I abdicate
When you want me all the time, 'cause
[Chorus]
You can want, you can need
If you can need baby, you can care
If you can care baby you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me
You can want, you can need
If you can need baby, you can care
If you can care baby you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there
I'll be there whenever you want me
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
- Special Occasion (1968)
- Anthology (1974)
- The 35th Anniversary Collection (1994)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 8: 1968 (2007)
- 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)