The Never Before Released

The Supremes The Never Before Released Lyrics
1.Am I Asking Too Much

(richards/r. dean taylor)

Through a shadowed world
I drift in emptiness and doubt
Because i push aside the love
I just can't live without

Please won't you give my crying eye
Just one more chance to see
That look upon your face
That promised love to me

Am i asking too much
Or is this love we had
Lost beyond recall
Am i asking too much
Can we start again and rise above it all

Kiss my ears with gentle words i need to hear
(baby i love you)
Let your arms reach out and
Tell me that you need me dear
(baby i need you)
'cause if you need me darling
Baby, you'll forgive
(forgive me dear)
You'll forgive me says the breath of air
I need to live

Am i asking too much
Even though i hurt you so
Don't say we're through
Am i asking too much
Won't you let me try
And make it up to you

All the precious hours we've wasted
All the bitter tears we've tasted
I need your love inside of me
Make me the girl i used to be

In your heart is there no longer room for me to live
When all i did was take, all you did was give
All the tears i made you cry
Turned your heart to stone
Has loneliness made up your mind
To live alone

Am i asking too much
Or is this love we had
Lost beyond recall
Am i asking too much
Can we start again and rise above it all

Am i asking too much
Won't you let me try
And make it up to you
Am i asking too much
Even though i hurt you so
Don't say were through

Am i asking too much
Or is this love we had
Lost beyond recall


2.A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

(mack david/al hoffman/jerry livingstone)

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true

No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
So dream...


3.A Little Breeze

(sharp)

We'll laugh 'till the tears start falling
Love 'till a new love's calling
Talk 'till it seems we've said it all before

But when my words no longer reach you
When i've nothing left to teach you
I'll let a little breeze blow me out the door

We'll kiss away each others sorrow
Live as though there's no tomorrow
It would we can give until there's nothing more
But when i ask and you refuse me
'cause you don't care if you should lose me
I'll let a little breeze blow me out the door

You know that i'll never leave you
While i know that i still please you
And perhaps our love will last forever more

But if there are tears i must cry them
And you no longer want to dry them
I'll let a little breeze blow me out the door
I'll let a little breeze blow me out the door


4.Can I Get A Witness

(brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.)

Listen everybody, especially you guys
Is it right to be left alone
While the one you love is never home?
I love too hard, my friends sometimes say
But i believe, i believe
A man should loved that way
But it hurts me so inside
To see him treat me so unkind
Somebody, somewhere tell him it's unfair

Can i get a witness?
Can i get a witness?
Can i get a witness?
Somebody
I want a witness

Is it right to be treated so bad
When you've given everything you had?
Even tossin' in my sleep
'cause i haven't seen my baby all week
Now, you girls do agree
That this ain't the way love's supposed to be
Let me hear, let me hear you say yeah, yeah

Up early in the morning with him on my mind
Just to find out all night that i've been cryin'
But i believe a man's a woman's best friend
So i'm gonna stick by him till the very end
But he causes so much misery i forget how
Love is supposed to be
Somebody, somewhere, tell him it ain't fair

Can i get a witness?
I want a witness

Everybody knows, especially you girls
Love can be bad
But i have a love that's twice as bad
Now you girls do agree
That this ain't the way love's supposed to be
Let me hear, let me hear you say yeah, yeah

Can i get a witness


5.Come Into My Palace

(moore/stevenson/holland)

Come into my palace
And sit on my throne
Be my king, my love
I will give you riches
That you've never known
Be my king, my love
Come into my palace, my love

I will be your servant
Your maid or your queen
Be my king, my love
All the treasures of love i will bring
Be my king, my love

If i ever disobey your commands
My love, yeah
Make me your slave
For the rest my days, my love
Come on, come on, come on

Come into my palace
And sit on my throne
Be my king, my love
I will give you riches
That you've never known
Be my king, my love
Come into my palace, my love

I will be your servant
Your maid or your queen
Be my king, my love
To you all the treasures of love i will bring
Be my king, my love

If i ever disobey your commands
My love, yeah
Make me your slave
For the rest my days, my love
Come on, come on, come on


6.Don't Let True Love Die

(brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.)

You're slipping away from me
How can i make you see
The warmth has left your heart
It's throwing us apart

Don't let true love die
Don't let it pass us by
Open your heart to me
Make things as they used to be

Our love is falling
And it's hard to hold
It's a flaming fire
I can't control

How can i find the words to say
To keep our love from burning away
Please help me hold on to our love
Love me and i'll make you oh so happy

Don't let true love die
Don't let it pass us by
Anything you ask i'll give
As long as we shall live

I'll do anything forget my pride
'cause desperation's building up inside
Your heart has turned
To hard cold stone
That i can't touch or leave alone
Why break this aching heart of mine
Come and hold me and tenderly console me

Do anything for you
Anything you ask me too
All of my love i'll give
Just give us a chance to live

Don't let true love die
Don't let it pass us by
Open your heart to me
Let things be as they used to be

Don't let true love die
Don't let it pass us by
Anything you ask i'll give
As long as we shall live

Don't let true love die
Don't let it pass us by


7.Fancy Passes

(r. miller/w. o'malley/a. vandenberg)

Money isn't everything
As anyone who's rich
It can buy pain and misery
Or grief

Though money isn't everything
I have a pauper's itch
So though i crave a brave
Yes
I'll take the chief!

He bought me a cat
Siamese, imagine that
He keeps making
Fancy passes at me
All those fine and fancy passes

Oh joy, now i've got
Sixty feet of brand new yacht
He keeps making
Fancy passes at me
All those fine and fancy passes

He owns new york or spain
But i don't know which
He got fat in uptown manhattan
Poor cinderella's got her a fella who's rich
Every penny, he's worth a plenty

He owns united airlines
That as well?
He owns receding hairlines
Oh, well!
He's not so hip
Or smart as a whip
But healthy, wise and wealthy

He bought me a summer place
Somewhere out in outer space
He keeps making
Fancy passes at me

What a man you've got, diane
Did he buy you a mink?
Mmmm..passion pink
And a cadi too?
Mmmm, baby blue
You're speaking of?
My baby love!
Your romeo?
My daddy dough!
I love him a lot
How much has he got?

He's got a plot of ground
He found over oil
Oh, my how chic we are
He bought new jersey
So he could call me his girl
Oh, man, a feat we are!

Chocolate excites my tummy
Ooh
He bought me a firm called yummy
So
He's one of those gents
With good bizness cents
And quarters, half's and dollars

Ding, dong, ain't it swell
They just delivered the liberty bell
How sad all those philadelphians will be

I'll get half of what he owns
To keep up with mrs. l. b. jones
And if he keeps making fancy passes
I'll start holding evening classes

I'll give him sugar and molasses
And the life, i live
I'll live luxuriously
From those late and evening classes
That sugar and molasses
Those fine and fancy passes at me
Oooweee
My honey
Yeah!


8.I'm The Exception To The Rule

(whitfield/strong)

Each day you've got someone new
A new heart to break
And leave feeling blue

For you're a handsome guy
Girls just can't pass you by
But i can, my friend
I'm the exception to the rule

I know you think i'm just acting the part
Of the girl with the cold, cold heart
And it won't take long
For you to capture me
With your innocent but meaningful plea

But you won't capture me
I'm the exception to the rule

You tell me
Darling that's where you're wrong
That your love for me is oh so strong
That you will soon, very soon
Make me give in

I know that nine girls out of every ten
Wants you to be their man
But there i am again
That one in ten

So it's useless
For you to try and change me
Because i won't give in, my friend

You could fool all the girls
With your lies
About you being so sweet and kind

But oh no, not me
I'm the exception to the rule
Give it up

I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
I'm the exception to the rule
Give it up

I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
The exception to the rule
Give it up

I'm the one you can't fool
I'm the one
I'm the one you can't fool


9.I've Got No Strings

(ned washington/leigh harline)

I've got no strings to hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had strings but now i'm free
There are no strings on me

I've got no strings so i have fun
And i'm not tied to anyone
How i love my liberty
There are no strings on me

Hi-ho the me-ri-o
I'm as happy as can be
And i want the world to know
Nothing ever worries me

I've got no strings to hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had strings but now i'm free
There are no strings on me

Why does the gay little dicky bird sing
What put the zing in a butterfly's wing
What's the reason for the smile of a troubadour?

Why does the breeze have a barrel of fun?
Even the bee who's a son of a gun
All because they're free
And stringless the same as me

I've got no strings to hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had strings but now i'm free
There are no strings on me

I'm as happy as can be
Nothing ever worries me

I've got no strings so i have fun
And i'm not tied to anyone
How i love my liberty
There are no strings on me

There ain't no strings on me
There are no strings on me


10.It's Going All The Way(To True True Love)

(b. verdi/j. bristol/h. fuqua/s. demell)

Goodbye loneliness, going on to happiness
Along i faced your frowning face
And held your false embrace
My sighs, my longing nights
Baby my doubts and fears
Then love just came in on me
And wiped away my tears

And it won't stop, won't stop at just hugging
And it won't stop, won't stop at just kissing
And it won't stop, won't stop at just squeezing
Going all the way to true, true love, ooh real true love

And day by day you watched me wait on my lonely cloud
But it was just a matter of faith
It's love, it's no mistake
For things that have passed, honey, our things to come
When faith took my broken heart and mended it with love

And it won't stop, won't stop at just hugging
And it won't stop, won't stop at just kissing
And it won't stop, won't stop at just squeezing
Going all the way to true, true love, ooh real true love soulful
love

So long empty room, no more night with gloom
For now a precious love i share with tender love and care
What lips i have missed, what arms i've waited for
But no more loneliness, it's happiness for sure

And it won't stop, won't stop at just hugging
And it won't stop, won't stop at just kissing
And it won't stop, won't stop at just squeezing
Going all the way to true, true love, ooh real true love
Hey now, it's going all the way to true, true love


11.Little Miss Loser

(r. miller/r. jacques/w. vandenberg)

Set the table
Supper's done
Candlelight and wine for one
'cause little miss loser
Lost again

Christmas eve
You waited for
But all your dreams stayed
In the store, yes
Little miss loser
Lost again

Aren't you the same child
Who had those tears in your eyes
Why were you the only kid in town
Who bought a box of cracker jacks
And didn't get a prize
Even then the world put you down

Cinderella, found her knight
Love protected miss snow white while
Prince charming where have you been
Come on in
And help little miss loser win


12.Mr. Blues

(william 'smokey' robinson)

Mr. blues
You are my only companion
Since my baby's gone

Hey, mr. blues
You are my lonely companion
Since my baby's gone

How i wish you would go
Away and leave me
Oh, yeah
But i know if you do
I'll be all alone

'cause you're the only guy
In this whole wide world
That i can call my own

Hey, mr. blues
Why did i take you and stay with me
But you've been here every day with me
Since my baby's gone

Oh, mr. blues
Although i don't want to hurt you
I know i have to desert you
If my baby comes
If my baby comes
If my baby comes

Hey, mr. blues


13.Our Day Will Come

(bob hilliard/mort garson)

Our day will come
And we'll have everything
We'll share the joy
Falling in love can bring
No one can tell me that i'm to young to know
Young to know
I love you so (love you so)
And you love me

Our day will come
If we just wait a while
No tears for us
Face life and wear a smile
Our dreams have magic because
We'll always stay in love this way
Our day will come

Our day will come
And we'll have everything
We'll share the joy
Falling in love can bring
No one can tell me that i'm to young to know
(young to know)
I love you so (love you so)
And you love me

Our day will come
And we'll have everything
We'll share the joy
Falling in love can bring
Our dreams have magic because
We'll always stay in love this way
Our day will come
Our day will come
Our day will come


14.Save Me A Star

(gordy/gordy/bradford)

You're building a private heaven
You're reaching out so far
When you reach your goal
With joys untold
At least
Save me star

When you finish
Your private heaven
Think of me
Wherever you are
Remember how true
I was to you

And at least won't you
Save me star

Though i'd hate to see you go
A kiss for luck and fame
But if you should stumble
And your heaven tumble
I'll welcome you home again

When you finish your private heaven
Though it be near or far
Once again i'll call to say
At least won't you
Save me a star
Oh, save me a star


15.Silent Night

(joseph mobe/franx gurber)

Silent night
Holy night
All is calm, all is bright
'round you virgin mother and child

Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace


16.Slow Down

(broadnax/paul)

Don't run so fast, love
Slow down and let me catch you baby

I've got a story to tell
About a girl i know well
She loved this guy
Heaven knows why
How could she love him

Everytime this guy she'd see
With another girl he'd be
He didn't even notice
She was crying

Don't run so fast, love
Slow down and let me catch you baby

She'd choose her clothes with care
She'd curl and set her hair
And hope someday, that he'd look her way
He was too busy

He was always on the run
Breaking hearts and havin' fun
He couldn't see she was the one that needed him

Each night she'd cry in fear
That he would never hear
Her heart and soul cry out
I know it's love beyond a doubt

By now you all must see
This girl i know is me
Though i feel like crying
I won't stop trying to make him love me

I've shown you a part of my soul
But many things i've left untold
Until he's mine to have and hold
Forever

Don't run so fast, love
Slow down and let me catch you baby
I need your arms around me tight, baby
Slow down
Slow down, baby


17.Stormy

(buie/cobb)

You were the sunshine baby
Whenever you smile
But i call you stormy today
All of a sudden that old rains fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray
You've gone away

Stormy, ooh stormy
Bring back that sunny day

Yesterday's love was like the warm summer breeze
But like the weather, you change
Now things are dreary baby
And it's windy and cold
And i stand alone in the rain
Calling your name

Ooh stormy, ooh stormy
Bring back that sunny day
Bring 'em back, bring 'em back

Ooh stormy, ooh stormy
Bring back that sunny day
Bring 'em back, bring 'em back
Bring back that sunny day
Stormy, stormy


18.Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

(richard sherman/robert sherman)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Because i was afraid to speak
When i was just a lassy
My father gave me nose a tweak
And told me i was sassy
But then one day i learned a word
That saved me aching nose
The biggest word i ever heard
And this is how it goes:

Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

So when the cat has got your tongue
There's no need for dismay
Just summon up this word
And then you've got a lot to say
But better use it carefully
Or it can change your life
One night i said it to me guy
And now i am his wife!

She's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
No matter how you use this word

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Expialic


19.Sweet Thing


20.The Ballad Of Davy Crocket

(tom blackburn/george bruns)

He was born on a mountain top in tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
Killed himself a bear when he was only three
Davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer

He was a cardfan man
His life was worthy
He had love in his hands
And his hands were dirty
And the sky turned to fire
On the day of his birth

Now he lost his love and his grief was gall
In his heart he wanted to leave it all
And lose himself in the forest tall
But answered instead his country's call
Davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer

He was a mighty big man
In a mighty big land
Had a mighty big heart
And mighty big hand
When his country called
He met the demand

Fought single-handed through the injun war
Till the creeks was swept and peace was in store
And while he was handlin this risky chore
Made himself a legend forevermore
Davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer

At night he walked to the woods alone
Winding his beard
Way back home
A hero's curse, a man alone

Looking for a place where the air smells clean
Where the tree is tall and the grass is green
Where the fish is fat in an untouched stream
And teemin' woods is a hunter's dream
Hey, davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer

He was a big, big man
Davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer
He sure loved those woods
Davy, davy crocket
King of the wild fronteer
Mmm, davy!


21.The Christmas Song

(mel torme/robert wells)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack frost nipping at your nose
Yuletidecarols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos
Everybody knows, a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mothers child is gonna spy
To see if reindeers really know how to fly
And so i'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry christmas, merry christmas
Merry christmas to you


22.The Land Of Make Believe

(r. miller/a. miller)

In the land of make believe
Each boy and girl receive
A bag of wishes and a star

In the world of fantasy
Your heart stays young and free
And no one cares how old you are
Every girl's a princess
All her skies are blue
Every boy prince charming
All their dreams come true

And in the land of make believe
Your heart remains naive
And no one ever says goodbye
So if somewhere you've misplaced
Those rainbows you once chased
Believe and close your eyes
And you'll find the land of make believe

In the land of make believe
Each boy and girl receive
A bag of wishes and a star

In the world of fantasy
Your heart stays young and free
And no one cares how old you are

Every girl's a princess
All her skies are blue
Every boy prince charming
All their dreams come true

And in the land of make believe
Your heart remains naive
And no one ever says goodbye

So if somewhere you've misplaced
Those rainbows you once chased
Believe and close your eyes
And you'll find the land of make believe

In the land of make believe
Close your eyes
In the land of make believe
In the land of make believe
Close your eyes


23.Too Hurt Too Cry, Too Much In Love Too Say Goodbye

(brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.)

It hurt me so bad
To see you cross the floor
Kissing her

You didn't see me
But i saw you and
It hurt me so

It hurt me so bad
When i tried to cry
To ease my hurt inside
But i tried in vain
'cause the tears never came

I'm too hurt to cry
And too much in love to say goodbye

I tried telling myself
That you loved me and no one else
But each time i look across the floor
I'm just not sure

When i saw you hold her tight
With all my mind i tried to cry
To ease this hurt
This hurt inside

But i'm too hurt to cry
And too much in love to say goodbye

Although you hurt me so
I love you too much to let you go
And when you take me home
You'll never know
I saw you kissing her

I'll go on like nothing has happened instead
Some things are better unsaid
But if could cry
I wouldn't feel so sad

But i'm too hurt to cry
And too much in love to say goodbye
But i'm too hurt to cry
And too much in love to say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye


24.Too Much A Little Too Soon

(robinson/rogers/tarplin/moore)

Too much a little too soon
That's how i let myself go
Too much a little too soon
But how was i to know

You would flirt and win my love
And then you'd hurt me
Take my heart and tear it apart
And then desert me

All my friends tried to tell me
I should hesitate
But i was blind and couldn't see
Why i should have to wait

I gave you all the love that i had
But now i know why i'm so sad
'cause i gave you

Too much a little too soon
That's how i gave you my love
Too much a little too soon
'cause you were not worthy of

All the efforts i put forth
To keep you satisfied
The excuses i accepted
All the times you lied

The way that i loved you
Was the only way i could
I gave you my all and all
But that's not always good

I thought you were really okay
So i let you steal my heart away
I really gave you

Too much a little too soon
I should have kept some reserve
Too much a little too soon
That much you did not deserve

I thought you were really okay
So i let you steal my heart away
I really gave you

Too much a little too soon
I should have kept some reserve
Too much a little too soon
One more time
That much you did not deserve

Too much a little too soon
I should have kept some reserve
Too much a little too soon
Yeah, yeah, yeah


25.Toyland

(glen mcdonough/victor herbert)

Within the magic kingdom
There's a lot of wonderful and beautiful places
But the most beautiful and exciting of them all
Is where the little ones find their greatest happiness
In toyland
Toyland

Ooh, toyland, toyland
Dear little girl and boyland
While you dwell within it
You are ever happy then

Childhood's toyland
Wonderful world of joyland
Wouldn't it be fine
If we could stay there forever more

Toyland, toyland
We're on our way to toyland

Toyland, toyland
We're on our way to toyland
Don't know when we'll get there
But we know there's fun in store

Ooh, toyland, toyland
Wonderful girl and boyland
Once you leave it's borders
You can never return again


26.Whistle While You Work

(larry morey/frank churchill)

When the work begins to pile up
And your temper starts to rile up
That's the time a fellow needs a song

Doctor, banker, butcher, baker
You can be a merry maker
If you keep on singing all day long
If you're hanging in suspense from eight 'till five
And you wanna keep the sense of humour alive

Just whistle while you work
Put on that grin and start right in
To whistle loud and long

Just hum a merry tune
Do your best, then take a rest
And sing yourself a song

When there's too much to do
Don't let it bother you
Forget your troubles
Try to be just like a cheerful chick-a-dee
And whistle while you work
Come on get smart, tune up and startin' whistle while you work

Hey mary, come on, you look a little tired
I want you to try this
Ok
Golly, i'm chewin' bubblegum?

Hey flo, come on it's your turn
Don't, come on
No, darling, i'm too busy digging this drummer

When there's too much to do
Don't let it bother you
Forget your troubles
Try to be just like a cheerful chick-a-dee

Hey, whistle while you work
Come on get smart, tune up and start to whistle while you

Hey flo come on your turn
Mary?
Come on florence, i'll teach you


27.Won't Be Long Before Christmas