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"Love Child"
(written by Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor,
Frank Wilson, Deke Richards)
Recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes
Single produced by Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson,
Henry Cosby, Deke Richards, and R. Dean Taylor
from Motown album #670 Love Child (1968)

Love Child

(Tenement slum)

You think that I don't feel love
What I feel for you is real love
In other's eyes I see reflected
A hurt, scorned, rejected

Love child, never meant to be
Love child, born in poverty
Love child, never meant to be
Love child, take a look at me

Started my life
In an old, cold run down tenement slum
(Tenement slum)
My father left he never even married mom
I shared the guilt my mama knew
So afraid that others knew I had no name, ah

This love we're contemplating
Is worth the pain of waiting
We'll only end up hating
The child we may be creating

Love child, never meant to be
Love child, (scorned by) society
Love child, always second best
Love child, (different from) different from the rest

(Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer)
Mm-mm, baby
(Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer)
Mm-mm, baby

I started school
In a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out
(Somebody threw out)
I knew the way it felt to always live in doubt
To be without the simple things
So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me, ah

Don't think that I don't need you
Don't think I don't wanna please you
But no child of mine will be bearin'
The name of shame I've been wearin'

Love child, love child!
Never quite as good
Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood

But I'll always love you
I'll always love you-ou-ou
I'll always love you
I'll always love you-ou-ou
I'll always love you
I'll always love you-ou-ou
You-ou-ou
You-ou-ou
I'll always love you-ou-ou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note: In actuality, this song was recorded by Diana Ross and the Andantes, Motown's studio background singers. Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not perform on the single, [although they are featured quite prominently on most of the album tracks] effectively making this Diana Ross' first true #1 hit without the Supremes.)

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