Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Chorus]
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
Don't mess with Bill
(Don't mess with Bill)
Say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 1]
Well I know he's the guy who put tears in my eyes
A thousand times or more
Oh, but every time he would apologize
I loved him more than before
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 2]
Now there's Johnny, there's Joe
And there's Frank and Jim
Just to name a few
Now, Bill's got me and I've got him
I'm sure there's one for you
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
He's mine, all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 3]
Though I tell myself he wants no one else
'Cause he keeps coming back to me
Now I'm in no position to want competition
I want to be sure as can be
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
'Cause he's mine all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Outro]
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Don't mess with Bill)
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
Don't mess with Bill
(Don't mess with Bill)
Say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 1]
Well I know he's the guy who put tears in my eyes
A thousand times or more
Oh, but every time he would apologize
I loved him more than before
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 2]
Now there's Johnny, there's Joe
And there's Frank and Jim
Just to name a few
Now, Bill's got me and I've got him
I'm sure there's one for you
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
He's mine, all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Verse 3]
Though I tell myself he wants no one else
'Cause he keeps coming back to me
Now I'm in no position to want competition
I want to be sure as can be
[Chorus]
Hear what I say, girls keep away
(Ah, ha, ha)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
'Cause he's mine all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
[Outro]
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Don't mess with Bill)
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Greatest Hits (1966)
- Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971 (1993)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 5: 1965 (2006)
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- Someday We’ll Be Together
- You’re My Remedy
- My Baby Must Be a Magician
- Reaching For Something I Can’t Have
- What’s Easy for Two Is Hard For One
- The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game
- Paper Boy
- I Think I Can Change You
- A Breath Taking Guy
- You’re the One For Me Bobby
- Marionette
- Anything You Wanna Do
- Fading Away
- The Day You Take One (You Have to Take the Other)
- I’ll Be in Trouble
- Way Over There
- Here I Am Baby
- The One Who Really Loves You
- Don’t Mess With Bill (Stereo)
- After All
- So I Can Love You
- No More Tearstained Make Up
- Our Lips Just Seem To Rhyme Every Time