Songwriter: Marv Tarplin Smokey Robinson
Producer: Warren “Pete” Moore Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
There you were, beautiful
The promise of love was written on your face
You led me on with untrue kisses
Oh you held me captive in your false embrace
[Chorus]
Quicker than I could bat an eye
Seems you were telling me goodbye
Oh-oh just a minute ago your love was here
All of a sudden it seemed to disappear
Sweetness was only heartache's camouflage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Verse 2]
We used to meet in romantic places
Oh you gave the illusion that your love was real
Now all that's left are lipstick traces
From the kisses you only pretended to feel
[Chorus]
And now our meetings you avoid
And so my world you have destroyed
Oh-oh just a minute ago your love was here
Oh baby all of a sudden it seemed to disappear
Yeah the way you wrecked my life was like sabotage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Chorus]
Oh yeah you only filled me with despair
By showing love that wasn't there
Oh just like the desert shows a thirsty man
A green oasis where there's only sand
You lured me into something I should have dodged
Oh the love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Chorus]
Whooh yeah
Just like the desert shows a thirsty man
A green oasis where there's only sand
Ooh ooh ooh you lured me into something I should have dodged
There you were, beautiful
The promise of love was written on your face
You led me on with untrue kisses
Oh you held me captive in your false embrace
[Chorus]
Quicker than I could bat an eye
Seems you were telling me goodbye
Oh-oh just a minute ago your love was here
All of a sudden it seemed to disappear
Sweetness was only heartache's camouflage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Verse 2]
We used to meet in romantic places
Oh you gave the illusion that your love was real
Now all that's left are lipstick traces
From the kisses you only pretended to feel
[Chorus]
And now our meetings you avoid
And so my world you have destroyed
Oh-oh just a minute ago your love was here
Oh baby all of a sudden it seemed to disappear
Yeah the way you wrecked my life was like sabotage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Chorus]
Oh yeah you only filled me with despair
By showing love that wasn't there
Oh just like the desert shows a thirsty man
A green oasis where there's only sand
You lured me into something I should have dodged
Oh the love I saw in you was just a mirage
[Chorus]
Whooh yeah
Just like the desert shows a thirsty man
A green oasis where there's only sand
Ooh ooh ooh you lured me into something I should have dodged
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
- Make It Happen (1967)
- Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1968)
- Anthology (1974)
- The 35th Anniversary Collection (1994)
- Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol’ Box of ’60s Soul (1997)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 7: 1967 (2007)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 10: 1970 (2008)
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
- Satisfaction
- California Soul
- Come Spy With Me
- Swept for You Baby
- Since You Won My Heart
- Your Mother’s Only Daughter
- I Care About Detroit
- Give Her Up
- Oh Be My Love
- Save Me
- I Gotta Thing For You
- All That’s Good
- That Girl
- Crazy About the La La La
- Oh Baby Baby I Love You
- Crazy About the La la La (Stereo Promo Version)
- My Business, Your Pleasure
- My Love Is Your Love (Forever)