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 Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 9: 1969
- I Want You Back
- Don’t Mess With Bill
- Ooo Baby Baby
- Pretty Little Angel
- In My Diary
- (She’s Gonna Love Me) At Sundown
- The Day My World Stood Still
- Darling Dear
- I Don’t Know Why [Promo Version]
- I’m In Love (And I Know It)
- Abraham, Martin, And John (Alternate Mix)
- My Springtime
- Suzie
- My Girl Has Gone
- What Am I Gonna Do Without You
- Yester-You, Yester-Me, Yesterday
- I’m Livin’ In Shame
- My Cherie Amour
- Never Had A Dream Come True
- I Don’t Know Why
- The Composer
- He’s My Sunny Boy
- I’ll Try Something New
- Doggone Right
- Abraham, Martin and John
- Here I Go Again
- Point It Out (single version) (Mono)
- Point It Out
- I’d Be a Fool Right Now
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Just Another Lonely Night
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
- 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)