Released: December 8, 1968
Songwriter: Stevie Wonder Paul Riser Don Hunter Lula Mae Hardaway
Producer: Rob Hunter Stevie Wonder Henry “Hank” Cosby
[Intro]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
But I love you
[Verse]
Always treat me like a fool
Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
I don't know why I love you
But I love you ooooooh
Oh you never stop your
Cheating ways with another guy
You laugh in my face
Lord how long must I be disgraced
Because I love you
Oh baby, baby, baby
I don't know why I love you
I don't know
You and me baby, oh
I don't know why I love you baby
But I love you baby
Oh darling, darling, darling
You throw my heart down in the dirt
You made me crawl on
This cold black earth, baby
No I never, I never knew
How much love could hurt
Until I loved you baby
Till I loved you baby, baby
[Outro]
Oh baby, I can't stop
I can't stop crying can't you see
Here I'm pleading on my knees
I'm on my knees
Won't you help me, help me please
Because I love you, I love you baby, whoahhh
Sure enough, baby, yeah
I don't know, you don't know
We don't know none of us
Can't do nothing about it
I don't know baby, I don't know aaaahhhh
Oh baby, I don't know, I don't know
You don't know nothing about it
Nobody can do nothing about it
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
But I love you
[Verse]
Always treat me like a fool
Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
I don't know why I love you
But I love you ooooooh
Oh you never stop your
Cheating ways with another guy
You laugh in my face
Lord how long must I be disgraced
Because I love you
Oh baby, baby, baby
I don't know why I love you
I don't know
You and me baby, oh
I don't know why I love you baby
But I love you baby
Oh darling, darling, darling
You throw my heart down in the dirt
You made me crawl on
This cold black earth, baby
No I never, I never knew
How much love could hurt
Until I loved you baby
Till I loved you baby, baby
[Outro]
Oh baby, I can't stop
I can't stop crying can't you see
Here I'm pleading on my knees
I'm on my knees
Won't you help me, help me please
Because I love you, I love you baby, whoahhh
Sure enough, baby, yeah
I don't know, you don't know
We don't know none of us
Can't do nothing about it
I don't know baby, I don't know aaaahhhh
Oh baby, I don't know, I don't know
You don't know nothing about it
Nobody can do nothing about it
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
- As
- Superstition
- Isn’t She Lovely?
- I Just Called to Say I Love You
- Sir Duke
- I Wish
- Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing
- Living for the City
- Higher Ground
- Happy Birthday
- Master Blaster (Jammin’)
- Ribbon in the Sky
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
- All I Do
- Overjoyed
- Faith
- Part-Time Lover
- My Cherie Amour
- Love’s in Need of Love Today
- Do I Do
- For Once in My Life
- Knocks Me Off My Feet
- Pastime Paradise
- Lately