Released: August 26, 1968
Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
(Got me reaching
Reaching
You got me reaching
Reaching)
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains
Standing high on society hill
A voice calls out to me
From a boy I love & need so much
He says he's not for me
'Cause I live up & he lives down
On the poor side of town
But still I'm reaching
Reaching
I can't help reaching
Reaching
Cause he tells me he has nothing
And his place is not with me
His pride keeps him away
But still I love him more each day
So I'll keep...
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains
He says
He cannot give me all the things a rich man can
"Stay on your hill
And don't look down
Forget our love began."
And even though he loves me so
He must let me go
But still I'm reaching
Reaching
I can't help reaching
Reaching
For a boy who cannot give me nothing but his love
But he's everything I need
And I've got to make him see
So I'll keep...
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much
Till only hurt remains
I need him and I want him
And I don't care if he has nothing
Just to have him close to me
That's all I ever need
Reaching
You got me reaching
Reaching)
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains
Standing high on society hill
A voice calls out to me
From a boy I love & need so much
He says he's not for me
'Cause I live up & he lives down
On the poor side of town
But still I'm reaching
Reaching
I can't help reaching
Reaching
Cause he tells me he has nothing
And his place is not with me
His pride keeps him away
But still I love him more each day
So I'll keep...
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains
He says
He cannot give me all the things a rich man can
"Stay on your hill
And don't look down
Forget our love began."
And even though he loves me so
He must let me go
But still I'm reaching
Reaching
I can't help reaching
Reaching
For a boy who cannot give me nothing but his love
But he's everything I need
And I've got to make him see
So I'll keep...
Reaching for something I can't have
Though it may cause me pain
Needing his love so much
Till only hurt remains
I need him and I want him
And I don't care if he has nothing
Just to have him close to me
That's all I ever need
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Sophisticated Soul (1968)
- Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971 (1993)
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- He’s a Good Guy (Yes He Is)
- 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