"Stoned Love"
(written by Y. Samoht and F. Wilson)
Note: Curiously, Yennik Samoht, co-writer of
"Stoned Love," is Kinney Thomas spelled backward!
Recorded by The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, and Jean Terrell)
#7 pop; 12 weeks on the pop charts
#1 r&b; 14 weeks on the r&b charts
Single produced by Frank Wilson
from Motown album #720, New Ways But Love Stays
(1970)
Lead: Jean Terrell
Spoken intro (from album version):
Now I want to tell you of a great love
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, it will light up
It will surely light up
Darkened worlds
If you just believe
(Single version begins...)
Stoned love-----------------------------
(Stoned love)
Oh yeah
A love for each other will bring fighting to an end
Forgiving one another
Time after time doubt creeps in
But like the sun
Lights up the sky
With a message from above
Oh yeah, I find no other
Greater symbol of love
Yeah, don't cha hear the wind blowin'?
Stoned love
Oh yeah
I tell you I ain't got no other
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Stoned love
Oh yeah, yeah
Life is so short
Put the present time at hand
Oh yeah, and if you're young at heart
Rise up and take your stand
And to the man on whose shoulder
The world must depend
I pray for peace and love
Amen
Ooh-ooh! Can't cha feel it? Mm-hmm
Stoned love
I tell ya I ain't got no other, uh-huh
Stoned love
Oh yeah
If a war 'tween our nations passed
Oh yeah
Will the love 'tween our brothers and sisters last?
On and on and on and on and...
Don't cha hear the wind blowin'? Mm-hmm
Stoned love
Oh yeah, I tell ya I ain't got no other
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Mm-hmm
Stoned love
Can't cha, can't cha, can't cha, can't cha, can't cha feel it?
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Stoned love
Oh yeah, stoned, stoned, stoned, stoned
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Mm-hmm
Stoned love
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Stoned love
Oh yeah, yeah, un huh, un huh
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Stoned love