FunkNote ☢ Levi Stubbs... pure soul, no question.
☣ De-bullshiter · Stevie Wonder did not play harmonica on this track: (a) the distinctive instrument during the solo break is a melodica; (b) said melodica was played by session musician, Ralph Schuckett; (c) according to www.steviewonder.org.uk/discography/sessions/sessions.html, Stevie isn't credited in this performance at all.
☣ Close-but-no-friggin'-cigar · While the Tops remained in the Motown stable for most of their illustrious career, this particular cut was released by the now-defunct Casablanca Records label.
☣ Five-o · https://youtu.be/t1lQXF5nsBs is snatched from an appearance on the short-lived American TV comedy-variety show, \"Fridays\"; note prominent use of the melodica around the 2-minute mark.
☣ Re-respex · US chart debut was 15 Aug 1981 (not 19 Sep 1981).
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Word-up ☢ English Lyrics
She used to be
Everything to me
When she was my girl… mm-hmm (my girl)
When she was my girl
I held her near
Told her how much I cared
When she was my girl… mm-hmm (my girl)
When she was my girl
When she was my girl (aaah...)
There was laughter and loving in my world (aaah...)
Every day
When she was my girl (aaah...)
Oh, what joy she would bring
Now I've lost everything (aaah...)
She's gone… (aaah...)
Gone, gone, gone, gone!
I spend the night
Dreaming how she used to be
When she was my girl… mm-hmm (my girl)
When she was my girl
When she was my girl (aaah...)
There was laughter and loving in my world (aaah...)
Yes, it was
When she was my girl (aaah…)
Oh, what joy she would bring
Now I've lost everything (aaah...)
She's gone… (aaah...)
The big-leg girl is gone!
She used to be
Everything to me
When she was my girl… yeah (my girl)
My girl… mm-hmm
She... (my girl)
She…
My girl….
She's so foxy, can't you see? (my girl)
And this girl belongs to me
She's my girl
When we walk down the street
I would tell everyone we meet
This is my girl!
Mm-hmm
