Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
I called my baby back (How did you call?)
I called her on the telephone (What did she say?)
She told me she was all alone (What did you do?)
Got a ticket on the very next train (Going where?)
Going home so I could explain
Why I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me
I finally got home now (What did you find?)
My baby had slipped the scene (Where did she go?)
Over the mountain and across the stream (What did you do?)
Tried to follow her every track (How come?)
I had to try to get my baby back
Because I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me
Fellas, let me tell you, pay close attention to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you love your baby (What should we do?)
Don’t you ever let your baby down (What should we do?)
Always be there when she needs you around (And if we don’t?)
If you don’t you’ll be just like me (How are you?)
I’m as lonesome as I can be
Because I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me (Where were you when she needed you?)
I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me (Where were you when she needed you?)
Oh, I was a thousand miles away that day
I called her on the telephone (What did she say?)
She told me she was all alone (What did you do?)
Got a ticket on the very next train (Going where?)
Going home so I could explain
Why I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me
I finally got home now (What did you find?)
My baby had slipped the scene (Where did she go?)
Over the mountain and across the stream (What did you do?)
Tried to follow her every track (How come?)
I had to try to get my baby back
Because I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me
Fellas, let me tell you, pay close attention to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you love your baby (What should we do?)
Don’t you ever let your baby down (What should we do?)
Always be there when she needs you around (And if we don’t?)
If you don’t you’ll be just like me (How are you?)
I’m as lonesome as I can be
Because I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me (Where were you when she needed you?)
I was a thousand miles away that day
When she needed me (Where were you when she needed you?)
Oh, I was a thousand miles away that day
more tracks from the album
The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 4: 1964
- My Girl
- When I’m Gone
- You’re So Fine and Sweet
- This Little Girl
- Set Me Free
- Heartbreak Road
- Better Late Than Never
- Pretty Little Angel (Alternate Pressing)
- Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way)
- Looking For The Right Guy
- Feel Alright Tonight
- My Heart
- Tears In Vain
- The Further You Look, The Less You See
- How Can I
- Sweet Thing
- Same Old Story [Alternate Mix]
- Who You Gonna Run To
- I’ll Be Available
- Happy Street
- You’re My Remedy
- I Like It Like That
- Baby Don’t You Go
- Pretty Little Angel
- Castles in the Sand
- Hey Harmonica Man
- (You Can’t Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You
- I Want You ’Round
- My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)
- He’s a Good Guy (Yes He Is)
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Sad Boy
- Hey Harmonica Man (Alternate Mix)
- Come On Do the Jerk
- Would I Love You
- Baby, Baby I Need You
- I’ll Be in Trouble
- My Guy
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- The Day When She Needed Me
From the album