The Temptations - Come On lyrics

Detroit, Michigan
The year? 1960
Motown Records
At that time
My group was called Otis
Williams and the Distants
Now, we were recording for
A little small label
Getting ready to do for you
Called 'Come On'
Now, 'Come On' did quite a bit of business
Maybe somewhat of a ruckus
So much so that we used to
Have to do record hops
Now, record hops is when you
Have a record out
You have to go 'round to whatever noted disc
Jockey was having on Friday or Saturday
Even a Sunday
Um, gathering
You'd have to go there so you


Can get your record played
So this one particular night
We were at St. Steven's Community Centre
The Distants were on stage
So we're doing 'Come On' and
People are going crazy
But enter walk Smokey Robinson
And the Miracles
Who are with Mr. Berry Gordy
Now, Smokey and them were very
Hot, because they had, uh
'Shop Around' out
So, when the audience finally let us
Up, 'because they kept us on
Calling us back for
Two-to-three different times
And when we finally came off
I'm standing in the crowd
Watching Smokey and the Miracles
It just so happened Mr. Gordy
Was standing next to me
And he said
"Man, I like that record you guys
Have out. Come see me
I'm starting my label"
And as fate would have it, I
Kept it, kept the card
And it didn't go too well for
The label that we were recording
So I call Mickey Stevenson, who was
The A&R man for Motown
And I told him Mr. Gordy wanted us to
Come over and we did just that
And I would like to say
The reason we are doing this
Record is because it
Is the pre-eminence of telling
The Temptations' life story
Because at that time in 1964
Entered Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin
Eddie Kendricks was there, Paul
Williams was there, myself
Otis Williams
And when Smokey wrote 'The Way
You Do The Things You
Do', which was 1964, would you
Believe this is 2021
And we're still hanging on
So this is our 60th anniversary album
Never would imagine that we would get
This far for so long
But you know how it is
Love can stretch a mile before
It tear an inch
And, uh, here we are
So, Mr. Gordy, I know you will hear this
Smokey's gon' play you what he
Did on this album
I wanna say to you, Mr. Gordy
Thank you for being there at the
Right time and right place
'Cause God is always everywhere, and
That point in time
He
Was there for us to make
History with you, Motown
And become part of something that
Will live on forever
So, David Ruffin
(Ain't too proud to beg)
Eddie Kendricks (Just my imagination)
, Paul Williams (For once in my life)
Melvin Franklin (And
That ain't right) , Dennis Edwards
(Papa was a rollin' stone) , and all
The other Temps (My girl, my girl
My girl) that are no longer of this earth
My wonderful friend, Ron Tyson, who's been
With me for a long time
And Terry Weeks
I would be remiss if I didn't
Mention some of these guys
So I just wanna let you
Know, aside from Berry
Given us this point of
Time, this wonderful time of being here
I love you all
Thank you for your support
And to all our many wonderful fans for being
You know my saying when I get ready to leave
See ya, later gone, God bless

(Aah, please, please, please, please
Please, please, please, please
Please, please, please, please) Well
(Please, please, please)

You know you make wanna love you
(In the morning) In the morning
(In the evening) In the evening
(In the night-time) In the night-time
(It's the right time) It's the right time
(In the bad times) The bad times
(It's the best times) The best times

(I wanna love you) I wanna love you
(I wanna love you) I wanna love you
(I wanna love you) I wanna love you
(Come on) Come on
(Come on) Come on
(Come on) Come on
(Come on) Come on, come on
I wanna make love to you

Oh, oh, oh, oh
In the morning, when the birdies sing
I wanna love you, pretty little thing
In the evening, when you're feeling bad
I wanna be there to make you feel glad

Well, well, well, come on
(In the night, when it's just right)
When it's just right, baby
(I wanna love you with all my might)
Yeah, I'm
(And ever since that wonderful day
I wanna make love to you)

Well, well, well, come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
I wanna make love to you

Oh, oh, oh, oh
In the morning, when the birdies sing
(When the bird sings, baby)
I wanna love you, pretty little thing
(Oh, oh, alright)
In the evening, when you're feeling bad
I wanna be there to make you feel glad

Well, well, well, come on
(In the night, when it's just right)
When it's just right, baby
(I wanna love you with all my might)
Yeah, I'm
(And ever since that wonderful day
I wanna make love to you)

I've been hopin', I've been prayin'
Want you to know I'm not playin'
My heart is full of joy
I've just got to be your boy
I wanna make love to you

Well, well, well, come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Hey, baby (Come on)
I wanna love you (Come on)
In the morning (Come on)
In the evening (Come on)
It's the night time (Come on)
The best time (Come on)
To love you (Come on)
To love you, love you, love you, love you
Love you
(Come on)

I'm gettin'
(Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot)

Yahoo! (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Hey, baby (Come on)
I wanna love you (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
I wanna (Come on)
I, I, I, I (Come on)
I need ya (Come on)
In the morning (Come on, In the morning)
In the night time (Come on)
It's the right time (Come on, Whoo)
Baby (Come on, Hey, ooh)
Come on (Come on)
Hey, baby
(Come on, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hey, baby (Come on)