Oh, if you want to do it, let’s get it on
But how you going to act this time around?
Before we take it off down to the skin
Let’s get an understanding
Girl you didn’t understand my philosophy
You did not understand
You just ran away from me
Oh I miss you baby
Oh I miss you baby, oh I miss you
You’re the best I ever had
You’re so bad baby, but I must like you like that
Although you won’t let me control this or that
I still find you’re where it’s at
Ah, now I see you’re coming straight to the point
You say the more you get baby, ah, the more you want me
Yeah darling you’re not wasting my time
What I see baby is so hard to find
Although you’ve been all over town baby
Having your affairs I still have to accept you back
Angel though you’re promiscuous, I don’t mind a bit
Because you’re still the greatest lay, even when you’re miles away
Girl if you run away again
Surely my heart would never mend
Don’t tell me the love we made
Was just for old times sake
Staying up waiting for you to come home at night
Was just so hard to take
She said that pain might never mend
So let’s be sometime lovers
Oh, baby that’s when my poor heart broke up
Well if you got a girl and you want her for your wife
You got to treat her good and love her all your life
If you got a pretty girl and you want her for your wife
You got to treat her good and love her all your life
And if you got a girl and you want her for your wife
You got to treat her good and love her all your life
"Angel although you're promiscuous, I don't mind a bit cause you're still the greatest lay..."
Yeah Marvin, we've all been hooked by one of those at some point lol...
Marvin Gaye the greatest male Soul vocalist of all, the prince of Motown, Marvelous Marvin with another great cut from another brilliant album, the 1976 I Want You album, a unique album which sees Marvin singing about the joys, passion & love of life, yes and produced at a period when he had personal problems in his life, but the genius in him still shines through
this song and it's arrangement is a masterpiece. The Bass line is mind boggling, The sax solo is just what it should be(couldn't be any more or less or it would detract from it's perfection), the background vocals tell their own story in so many ways, all the parts complete the puzzle, and the musicians are top of their game...Everything is a perfect fit. I've been listening to this song on and off since it came out, I'd say spring of '76 and I never get tired of it. I always want to put it on again. Sometimes you get the perfect combination of people working on a project and it can never be duplicated. A moment in time.
"Well if you got the girl and you want her for your wife, love her everyday, love her all her life..." I don't know if those are the correct lyrics but if they are, that's just masterful and real.
all the way around is one of my favourite marvin gaye songs!! Its so sexy and sensual!! I can play it over and over again without getting sick of it!! I love it so much!! So sensual and sexy!! amazing!!