Come On
(专辑: Temptations 60 - 2022)
[Otis Williams:] 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
rolling 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 hoping, I've been praying Want you to know I'm not playing 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 getting (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)