The Way You Do The Things You Do

Album: Meet The Temptations (1964)
Charted: 11
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  • You got a smile so bright
    You know you could have been a candle
    I'm holding you so tight
    You know you could have been a handle
    The way you swept me off my feet
    You know you could've been a broom
    The way you smell so sweet
    You know you could've been some perfume

    Well, you could've been anything that you wanted to
    And I can tell
    The way you do the things you do
    (The way you do the things you do) oh, babe
    (The way you do the things you do)

    As pretty as you are
    You know you could've been a flower
    If good looks was a minute
    You know you could've been an hour
    The way you stole my heart
    You know you could've been a crook
    And baby you're so smart
    You know you could have been a school book

    Well, you could've been anything that you wanted to
    And I can tell
    The way you do the things you do
    (The way you do the things you do) oh, babe
    (The way you do the things you do) yeah

    You may make my life so rich
    You know you could've been some money
    And baby you're so sweet
    You know you could have been some honey

    Well, you could've been anything that you wanted to
    And I can tell
    The way you do the things you do
    (The way you do the things you do)
    You really swept me off my feet
    (The way you do the things you do)
    You make my life complete
    (The way you do the things you do)
    You make my life so bright
    (The way you do the things you do)
    You make me feel alright
    (The way you do the things you do)
    You make me feel alright
    (The way you do the things you do)
    I feel alright
    (The way you do the things you do)
    Come on, my babe
    (The way you do the things you do) Writer/s: Robert Rogers, William Robinson Jr.
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 23rd 1964, "The Way You Do The Things You Do" by the Temptations entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #76; and on April 5th it peaked at #11 (for 1 week) and also spent 11 weeks on the Top 100...
    See next post below...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 8th 1978, "Way You Do The Things You Do" by Rita Coolidge entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on March 5th it peaked at #20 {for 2 weeks} and spent 11 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #9 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Of course the original version was released by the Temptations; their version peaked at #1 on *Cash Box's Top R&B Singles chart and #11 on the Top 100...
    * From Nov. 1963 to Jan. 1965 Billboard did not publish an R&B Singles chart}.
  • Clubber Lange from Ocean Gate, NjI love the term "cool crook"....Oh Smokey....
  • P.a. from Paris, --I heard the idea for the song came when playing a little game on the bus to pass time (while touring with the Miracles). They were trying to come up with pickup lines like the ones that make up all the verses.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesThis was featured in the 1990 TV film "It", based on the Stephen King novel
  • Kenneth from Cleveland, OhThis is the only song to be a pop hit in four decades.The Tempts original in the 60's.Rita Coolidge in the 70's,Hall and Oates with Ruffin and Kendricks in the 80's and UB40 in the 90's.
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