Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
Whose shoulder are you gonna cry on?
What are you gonna do on the day
When I turn my head and just walk away?
Now, what are you gonna say to your friends
When the talk around town begins?
Will you tell them how you treated me bad?
Will you tell them how you made me so sad?
'Cause you make some people
Think that you love me a lot
But they just don't know you
And what they see isn't what we've got
We're happy in the public's eye
They think you're such a wonderful guy
But they don't know how much you've lied
And they don't know how much I've cried
You're a real Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Oh, yeah
You make a pass at
Every girl that you see
Then when they hurt you
You come right back crying to me
I comfort you whenever you're low
And you don't have a place you can go
You put your head on my shoulder to cry
And then you turn around and tell me a lie
And I just can't take it
I've gotta make it now
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
Whose shoulder are you gonna cry on?
What are you gonna do on the day
When I turn my head and just walk away?
Now, what are you gonna say to your friends
When the talk around town begins?
Will you tell them how you treated me bad?
Will you tell them how you made me so sad?
'Cause you make some people
Think that you love me a lot
But they just don't know you
And what they see isn't what we've got
We're happy in the public's eye
They think you're such a wonderful guy
But they don't know how much you've lied
And they don't know how much I've cried
You're a real Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Oh, yeah
You make a pass at
Every girl that you see
Then when they hurt you
You come right back crying to me
I comfort you whenever you're low
And you don't have a place you can go
You put your head on my shoulder to cry
And then you turn around and tell me a lie
And I just can't take it
I've gotta make it now
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
What are you gonna do when I'm gone?
more tracks from the album
The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 5: 1965
- Anything You Wanna Do
- Purple Rain Drops
- Now That You’ve Won Me
- Since You Won My Heart
- I’ll Always Love You
- Kiss Me Baby
- Going To A Go-Go (Re-Recorded)
- Don’t Look Back (Mono) [Single Version]
- Funny (How Times Slips Away)
- Whisper You Love Me Boy
- My Baby (Second Version)
- When I’m Gone (Second Version)
- I’ll Be Doggone (Second Version)
- My Girl Has Gone (Second Version)
- Ain’t That Peculiar (Second Version)
- She’s Got To Be Real
- Things Are Changing
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- You’ve Changed Me
- Nothing But Heartaches (Second Version)
- Tomorrow May Never Come
- All That’s Good
- You’ve Got To Earn It
- Don’t Look Back
- It’s Growing
- Music Talk
- High Heel Sneakers
- Ooh Baby Baby
- My Girl Has Gone
- Choosey Beggar
- A Fork in the Road
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- I’ll Be Doggone
- Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
- What Love Has Joined Together
- Stop! In the Name of Love
- Mother Dear
- My Baby
- Operator
- I’ve Been Good to You
- When I’m Gone
- Since I Lost My Baby
- As Long as There Is L-O-V-E Love
- I’ll Be Available
- Don’t Mess With Bill (Stereo)
- First I Look at the Purse
- The Tracks of My Tears
From the album
Brenda Holloway popular songs
- I’ll Be Available
- When I’m Gone
- I’ve Been Good to You
- Operator
- When I’m Gone (Second Version)
- You’ve Changed Me
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- All I Do Is Think About You
- Till Johnny Comes
- (You Can) Depend On Me
- I Don’t Want Nobody’s Gonna Make Me Cry
- I Prayed For A Boy (Like You)
- My Baby Moves Me
- Who You Gonna Run To