Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Al Cleveland
Producer: Smokey Robinson Al Cleveland
[intro]
Ooh-oo-oo
[Verse 1]
Yesterday we made future plans
She loved me I could tell
Can today be that tomorrow that we planned so well?
Yester baby I'll never forget her
Though tomorrow might bring me one better
[Refrain]
Today I'll be on my away to love my yester love
Today I'll go on my way to love my yester love, oh oh
[Verse 2]
Yesterday I felt a tender kiss upon my face
Now the day is gone and there's a tear drop in it's place
Oh yester kisses that I used to treasure
Now you're given some other lips pleasure
[Refrain]
Today I'm on my way dreamin of my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love, oh oh
[Bridge]
Yester is, the prefix, that we fix, to things that have gone by
Forever they say, yeah even though my yester love
Has slipped through my fingers I find it still lingers
In my heart today-ay-ay
[Verse 3]
Yesterday I thought I had a love to call my own
No one could have told me that today I'd be alone
Oh oh yes the sweetness today has gone sour
Seemin further away with each hour
[Refrain]
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of all my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love
Ooh-oo-oo
[Verse 1]
Yesterday we made future plans
She loved me I could tell
Can today be that tomorrow that we planned so well?
Yester baby I'll never forget her
Though tomorrow might bring me one better
[Refrain]
Today I'll be on my away to love my yester love
Today I'll go on my way to love my yester love, oh oh
[Verse 2]
Yesterday I felt a tender kiss upon my face
Now the day is gone and there's a tear drop in it's place
Oh yester kisses that I used to treasure
Now you're given some other lips pleasure
[Refrain]
Today I'm on my way dreamin of my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love, oh oh
[Bridge]
Yester is, the prefix, that we fix, to things that have gone by
Forever they say, yeah even though my yester love
Has slipped through my fingers I find it still lingers
In my heart today-ay-ay
[Verse 3]
Yesterday I thought I had a love to call my own
No one could have told me that today I'd be alone
Oh oh yes the sweetness today has gone sour
Seemin further away with each hour
[Refrain]
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of all my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love
Today I'll go on my way dreamin of my yester love
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
- Special Occasion (1968)
- Anthology (1974)
- The 35th Anniversary Collection (1994)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 8: 1968 (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
- 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)