Released: May 13, 1970
Songwriter: The Corporation
Producer: The Corporation
Stop! Na na na! You'd better save it
Stop, stop, stop, you'd better save it
When we played tag in grade school
You wanted to be It
But chasing boys was just a fad
You crossed your heart you'd quit
When we grew up you traded
Your promise for my ring
Now just like back to grade school
You're doing the same old thing
Stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, take it slow
Or some day you'll be all alone
You'd better stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, look both ways before you cross me
You're headed for the danger zone
I'm the one who loves you
I'm the one you need
Those other guys will put you down
As soon as they succeed
They'll ruin your reputation
They'll label you a flirt
The way they talk about you
They'll turn your name to dirt, oh
Isaac said he kissed you
Beneath the apple tree
When Benjie held your hand he felt
Electricity
When Alexander called you
He said he rang your chimes
Christopher discovered
You're way ahead of your times
Stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, take it slow
Or some day you'll be all alone
You'd better stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, look both ways before you cross me
You're headed for a danger zone
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
S is for "Save it"
T is for "Take it slow"
O is for "Oh, no!"
P is for "Please, please, don't go!"
The love you save may be your own
Some day you may be all alone
Stop it
Save it, girl
Baby! Ooooh
You'd better stop! the love you save may be your own
Please, please
Or some day, some day baby, you'll be all alone
I'm the one who loves you
I'm the one you need
Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed
Ahh
Stop! The love you save may be your own, baby
You'd better stop it, stop it, stop it girl
Or someday you'll be all alone
The way they talk about you
They'll turn your name, turn your name to dirt
Stop! The love you save may be your own!
Don't cha know don't cha know
Some day baby you'll be all alone
Wait a while
Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed
Stop, stop, stop, you'd better save it
When we played tag in grade school
You wanted to be It
But chasing boys was just a fad
You crossed your heart you'd quit
When we grew up you traded
Your promise for my ring
Now just like back to grade school
You're doing the same old thing
Stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, take it slow
Or some day you'll be all alone
You'd better stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, look both ways before you cross me
You're headed for the danger zone
I'm the one who loves you
I'm the one you need
Those other guys will put you down
As soon as they succeed
They'll ruin your reputation
They'll label you a flirt
The way they talk about you
They'll turn your name to dirt, oh
Isaac said he kissed you
Beneath the apple tree
When Benjie held your hand he felt
Electricity
When Alexander called you
He said he rang your chimes
Christopher discovered
You're way ahead of your times
Stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, take it slow
Or some day you'll be all alone
You'd better stop! The love you save may be your own
Darling, look both ways before you cross me
You're headed for a danger zone
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
S is for "Save it"
T is for "Take it slow"
O is for "Oh, no!"
P is for "Please, please, don't go!"
The love you save may be your own
Some day you may be all alone
Stop it
Save it, girl
Baby! Ooooh
You'd better stop! the love you save may be your own
Please, please
Or some day, some day baby, you'll be all alone
I'm the one who loves you
I'm the one you need
Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed
Ahh
Stop! The love you save may be your own, baby
You'd better stop it, stop it, stop it girl
Or someday you'll be all alone
The way they talk about you
They'll turn your name, turn your name to dirt
Stop! The love you save may be your own!
Don't cha know don't cha know
Some day baby you'll be all alone
Wait a while
Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed
Anthology (1976 Edition)
- I Want You Back
- Don’t Know Why I Love You
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Skywriter
- Hallelujah Day
- Rockin’ Robin
- Lookin’ Through the Windows
- I Found That Girl
- I Am Love
- Body Language (Do the Love Dance)
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- ABC
- Sugar Daddy
- Get It Together
- Mama’s Pearl
- The Boogie Man
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Whatever You Got, I Want
- I’ll Be There
- I Wanna Be Where You Are
- Got to Be There
- Ben
- We’re Almost There
- Just a Little Bit of You
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Dancing Machine
- Daddy’s Home
- That’s How Love Goes
- The Love You Save
- Love Don’t Want to Leave
- Corner of the Sky
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Forever Came Today
- ABC (1970)
- Greatest Hits (1971)
- Anthology (1976 Edition) (1976)
- 18 Greatest Hits (1983)
- 14 Greatest Hits (1984)
- Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Motown’s Greatest Hits (1992)
- Soulsation! (1995)
- Children of the Light (1999)
- Anthology (2000 Edition) (2000)
- Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5/ABC (2000)
- The Best of Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five: The Motown Years (2001)
- Anthology (2005 Gold Edition) (2005)
- Anthology (2006 Edition) (2006)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 10: 1970 (2008)
- Michael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years (2008)
- The Definitive Collection (2009)
- J Is for Jackson 5 (2010)
- I Want You Back
- ABC
- I’ll Be There
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Love You Save
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Give Love On Christmas Day
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Dancing Machine
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Maybe Tomorrow
- One More Chance
- Ben
- Blame It On The Boogie
- My Little Baby
- I Will Find a Way
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You
- Superstition
- Ask The Lonely
- I Was Made To Love Her
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- My Cherie Amour