Leaving Here

Album: Motown Classic Hits, Vol 2. (1963)
Charted: 76
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  • Hey, fellas, have you heard the news,
    Yeah, the women in this town have been misused,
    Yeah, I seen it all in my dreams last night,
    Girls leaving this town 'cause you don't treat 'em right.
    Oh, take a train (take a train), fly by plane (fly by plane),
    Yeah, gettin' tired (gettin' tired), sick and tired (sick and tired).

    All you fellas better change your ways,
    Yeah, leaving this town in a matter of days,
    Girls are good, you better treat 'em true,
    I seen fellas running around with someone new.

    Gettin' tired (gettin' tired), sick and tired (sick and tired),
    Yeah, leavin' here (leavin' here), leavin' here (leavin' here),
    I said leavin' here, yeah yeah yeah, don't want to leave all here,
    Be a while, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.

    The love of a women is a wonderful thing (oh yeah),
    Yeah, the way you treat 'em is a crying shame (oh yeah),
    I tell you, fella, yeah, it won't be long (oh yeah),
    Yeah, before these women they all have gone (oh yeah).

    Yeah, gettin' tired (gettin' tired), sick and tired (sick and tired),
    Yeah, take a train (take a train), fly by plane (fly by plane),
    Yeah, gonna leavin' here, yeah leavin' here,
    Yeah, leavin' here, ya gonna leave all here now,
    Baby baby baby, please don't leave here. Writer/s: Brian Holland, Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Dozier
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScWhile he may have thought the song was too fast, I think that may work for the urgency of the lyrics. Leving Here is a good song imo.
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