Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
Tears of joy
Turn to sorrow
Here today
And gone tomorrow
[Chorus]
But I'll cry a million tears (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone that long
[Verse 2]
Happy days, oh they turn to blue
Ever since, my baby, I lost you
[Chorus]
And I'll cry a million tears (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone that long
[Bridge]
There’s no use
In my denying
Just as long as you’re gone
That’s how long I’ll be crying
[Verse 3]
Tears for the good
Tears for the bad
Tears for everything, baby
We’ve lost that we’ve ever had
[Chorus]
And I'll (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone
Gone
That long
Tears of joy
Turn to sorrow
Here today
And gone tomorrow
[Chorus]
But I'll cry a million tears (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone that long
[Verse 2]
Happy days, oh they turn to blue
Ever since, my baby, I lost you
[Chorus]
And I'll cry a million tears (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone that long
[Bridge]
There’s no use
In my denying
Just as long as you’re gone
That’s how long I’ll be crying
[Verse 3]
Tears for the good
Tears for the bad
Tears for everything, baby
We’ve lost that we’ve ever had
[Chorus]
And I'll (cry, cry cry)
For a million years (cry, cry, cry)
If you stay gone
Gone
That long
The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 2: 1962
- Contract On Love
- Don’t Leave Me
- You Never Miss a Good Thing
- If Your Mother Only Knew [First Pressing]
- If You Mother Only Knew [Second Pressing]
- Someday Pretty Baby
- Little Water Boy [Promo Version]
- I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues, Pt. 2
- Same Old Story
- I’ll Cry A Million Tears
- Happy Landing
- Operator
- Two Lovers
- Your Heart Belongs To Me (Mono Version With Echo)
- Sunset
- Your Heart Belongs to Me
- Let Me Go the Right Way
- I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues, Pt. 1
- You Beat Me to the Punch
- The One Who Really Loves You
- Slow Down Heart
- Time Changes Things
- I’ll Try Something New
- Little Water Boy
- La La La La La