Released: June 19, 1973
Songwriter: Rose Ella Jones Smokey Robinson
Producer: Willie Hutch Smokey Robinson
Nothing I can say against the man you love
Nothing I can say, 'cause I don't blame you
For feeling like I do
Your man happens to be my best friend, no, no, no
The only hang-up is I love you too
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Mmm-hmm-hmm, mmm-hmm, mmm, yeah
Vividly I can remember when he and I were boys
'Cause that was when he gave me my very first clue
While rapping about the woman
Who would share our future lives
We both painted a picture that is you
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
It could have been worse
I mean, what if a stranger had found you first
Since it wasn't me, then I'm glad it was him
'Cause to know you this way is better
Than never to know you at all
A thousand times I've asked myself
If I'd take you if I could
But I'm sworn to silence by the unspoken oath
If we three could talk about it
It might do me some good
But I fear to speak might make me lose you both
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
I'm a silent partner in a three-way love affair
Silent partner, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Nothing I can say, 'cause I don't blame you
For feeling like I do
Your man happens to be my best friend, no, no, no
The only hang-up is I love you too
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Mmm-hmm-hmm, mmm-hmm, mmm, yeah
Vividly I can remember when he and I were boys
'Cause that was when he gave me my very first clue
While rapping about the woman
Who would share our future lives
We both painted a picture that is you
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
It could have been worse
I mean, what if a stranger had found you first
Since it wasn't me, then I'm glad it was him
'Cause to know you this way is better
Than never to know you at all
A thousand times I've asked myself
If I'd take you if I could
But I'm sworn to silence by the unspoken oath
If we three could talk about it
It might do me some good
But I fear to speak might make me lose you both
So I'm just a silent partner
In a three-way love affair
I'm a silent partner in a three-way love affair
Silent partner, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
Silent partner
A silent partner in a three-way love affair
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Smokey (1973)
Smokey Robinson popular songs
- Cruisin’
- Really Gonna Miss You
- Being with You
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Quiet Storm
- One Time
- That Place
- Blame It On Love
- I Can’t Find
- Time After Time
- What’s Too Much
- Night And Day
- More Than You Know
- In My Corner
- Happy (Love Theme from ”Lady Sings the Blues”)
- One Heartbeat
- My Girl
- You Are Forever
- Food for Thought
- I Love Your Face
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Sweet Harmony
- I’m Glad There Is You