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I Can Take A HintThe Miracles

Songwriter: Robert “Bobby” Rogers Smokey Robinson Janie Bradford Stanley Ossman

Producer: Smokey Robinson

[Verse 1: Smokey Robinson]
I really really love you but you are just playing a game
You’re having fun
‘Cause baby, when I hold you, you don’t hold me the same
I’m not the one

[Chorus]
You don’t hold me sweet and gentle like you did before
And I can take a hint, I can take a hint
I know that you don’t love me anymore

[Verse 2]
And baby, when I kiss you’re your kisses are so cold
They’re cold as ice
I know there’s someone else, girl, and I don’t have to be told
I hope he’s nice

[Chorus]
You don’t kiss me soft and warm like you did before
And I can take a hint, yeah, I can take a hint
I know that you don’t love me anymore
(You don’t love me no more, no more)

[Bridge]
You have to take the bitter with the sweet
So I’ve often heard
I’ve lived a sweet life now here’s there truth
And you’ve told me in so many words
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
To tell you that I love you doesn’t seem to mean a thing
You never listen
And when you say you love me too, it doesn’t cause the bells to ring
There’s something missing

[Chorus]
You don’t say you’re mine sweet and kind like you did before
And I can take a hint, yeah, I can take a hint
I know that you don’t love me anymore, anymore

[Outro]
I don’t have to be hit over my head
Not to know you’re your love is dead
I’m going by something I heard
‘Cause baby, actions speaks louder than words
No more, you don’t love me no more
No more, no more, oh, no more
I get the hint, oh, I get the hint

The Miracles

The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American rhythm and blues vocal group.

They were formed at school in Detroit in 1955 as The Five Chimes. In 1956 they changed their name to The Matadors, adding Claudette Rogers to the line-up. They were spotted by Berry Gordy at an audition in late 1957 and in February 1958 changed their name to The Miracles. Their first release, ‘Get A Job’ b/w ‘My Mama Done Told Me’, was issued via the End label that same month. Another single on End followed, and then one on Chess and Motown, before the group finally found a home on Tamla where they had a string of hits and Smokey established himself as a key songwriter for the label throughout the 1960s.

In late 1965 Berry Gordy decided to adjust the group’s name and they were billed thereafter as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, until Smokey left the group in July 1972 (although the final Smokey Robinson & The Miracles single was not released until November). He was replaced by Billy Griffin, with the name being reverted back to The Miracles for the new line-up.

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