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I’ll Be Doggone (Second Version)Marvin Gaye

Songwriter: Warren “Pete” Moore Smokey Robinson Marv Tarplin

Producer: Smokey Robinson

[Verse 1]
Well, I'll be doggone if I wouldn't work all day (baby)
And I'll be doggone if I didn't bring you my pay (baby)
But if I ever caught you running around
Blowing my money all over this town

[Chorus]
Then I wouldn't be doggone
Hey, hey! I'd be long gone
Then I wouldn't be doggone
I'd be long gone, mmm-hmm
Now hey, hey, hey!

[Verse 2]
I'll be doggone if you ain't a pretty thing (baby)
And I'll be doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring (baby)
If we live to be a hundred years old
If you ever let that spring turn cold

[Chorus]
Then I wouldn't be doggone
Hey, hey! I'd be long gone
Oh, I wouldn't be doggone
Baby, I'd be long gone, mmm-hmm

[Bridge]
Now did you hear me? Well, then what I say?
Oh, believe me
Well, every woman should try to be
Whatever haer man wants her to be
And I don't want much, all I want from you
Is for you to be true to me

[Verse 3]
I'd be doggone if love ain't a man's best friend (baby)
And I'll be doggone if you ain't the loving end (baby)
Though I know you make me feel like no baby could
If I ever found out that you're no good

[Chorus]
Then I wouldn't be doggone
I'd be long gone
Well, I wouldn't de doggone
I'd be long gone
I wouldn't be doggone, I'd rather catch me a train
I'd be long gone
No baby, I wouldn't be doggone, I'd rather catch me a plane
I'd be long gone

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye was one of the most consistent and enigmatic of the Motown hitmakers, with a career that exemplified the maturation of black pop into a sophisticated form spanning social and sexual politics.

Blessed with a mellifluous tenor and a three-octave vocal range, Gaye was among the most gifted composers and singers of his era. His life ended tragically one day before his 45th birthday, when he was shot to death by his father, an Apostolic preacher, after a violent argument.

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