Song: Can I Get A Witness ~~ 1963 ~~ 2:54
Artist: Marvin Gaye
LP/CD: Unknown ~~ Tamla ~~ 1963
Composers: Brian Holland~Lamont Dozier~Eddie Holland

Ah, listen everybody
Especially you girls
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
That a woman should be loved that way

But it hurts me so inside
To see her treat me so unkind
Somebody somewhere
Tell her it’s unfair

Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Somebody

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 chicks do agree
That this ain’t the way love’s supposed to be
Let me hear you
Let me hear you say, “Yeah, yeah”

Up early in the morning
With her on my mind
Just to find out all night
That I’ve been cryin’

But I believe
A woman’s a man’s best friend
So I’m gonna stick by her
Till the bitter end

‘Cause she causes so much misery
That I forget how love’s supposed to be
Somebody somewhere
Tell her it ain’t fair

Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
I want a witness
Witness, witness
Witness, witness

Everybody knows
Especially you girls
A love can be sad
But half a love is twice as bad

Now all you chicks agree
That this ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
Let me hear you
Let me hear you say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah”

I want a witness
I want a witness
I want a witness
I want a witness

Just a little bit louder
Louder, hey
Oh, hey

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: January 31, 2004