Whenever I’m with him something inside,
Starts to burnin’ and I’m filled with desire.
Could it be a devil in me?
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
It’s like a heatwave burnin’ in my heart.
I can’t keep from cryin’, it’s tearin’ me apart.

Whenever he calls my name, so slow, sweet and plain.
My dear, my flame, I feel that burnin’ flame.
Has my blood pressure got a hold on me?
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
It’s like a heatwave burnin’ in my heart.
I can’t keep from cryin’, it’s tearin’ me apart.

Sometimes I stare in space, tears all over my face.
I can’t explain it, don’t understand it.
I ‘ain’t never felt like this before.
Now, that funny feelin’ has me amazed,
I don’t know what to do, my head’s in a haze.
It’s like a heatwave, burnin’ in my heart.
I can’t keep from cryin’, it’s tearin’ me apart.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, girl.

Don’t pass up this chance, this time it’s a true romance.

Ooh, I bet you’re wondering how I knew
About you’re plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before.
Between the two of us guys
You know I love you more.
It took me by surprise I must say,
When I found out yesterday.
Don’t you know that…

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I’m just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

I know that a man ain’t supposed to cry,
But these tears I can’t hold inside.
Losin’ you would end my life you see,
Cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
That you love someone else.
Instead…

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I’m just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

People say believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear.
I can’t help bein’ confused
If it’s true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you loved before?
Don’t you know…

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I’m just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

Baby, baby
Baby don’t leave me
Ooh, please don’t leave me
All by myself

I’ve got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin’ inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad

You came into my heart
So tenderly
With a burning love
That stings like a bee

Now that I surrender
So helplessly
You now wanna leave
Ooh, you wanna leave me

Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?
Ooh, don’t you want me
Don’t you want me no more

Ooh, baby
Baby, baby
Where did our love go
And all your promisses
Of a love forever more

I’ve got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin’ inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad

Before you won my heart
You were a perfect guy
But now that you got me
You wanna leave me behind
Baby, baby, ooh baby

Baby, baby don’t leave me
Ooh, please don’t leave me
All by myself

Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?

Nothing you could say
Can tear me away from my guy
Nothing you could do
‘Cause I’m stuck like glue to my guy

I’m stickin’ to my guy
Like a stamp to a letter
Like the birds of a feather
We stick together
I’m tellin’ you from the start
I can’t be torn apart from my guy

Nothing you can do
Could make me untrue to my guy
Nothing you could buy
Could make me tell a lie to my guy

I gave my guy my word of honor
To be faithful and I’m gonna
You best be believing
I won’t be deceiving my guy

As a matter of opinion I think he’s tops
My opinion is he’s the cream of the crop
As a matter of taste to be exact
He’s my ideal as a matter of fact

No muscle bound man
Could take my hand from my guy
No handsome face
Could ever take the place of my guy
He may not be a movie star
But when it comes to being happy we are
There’s not a man today
Who could take me away from my guy

No muscle bound man
Could take my hand from my guy
No handsome face
Could ever take the place of my guy
He may not be a movie star
But when it comes to being happy we are
There’s not a man today
Who could take me away from my guy

There’s not a man today
Who could take me away from my guy
(Tell me more)
There’s not a man today
Who could take me away from my guy

Whenever I’m with him
Something inside
Starts to burnin’
And I’m filled with desire

Could it be the devil in me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be

Just like a heatwave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from cryin’
It’s tearing me apart

Whenever he calls my name
So slow, sweet and plain
I feel, yeah, yeah, well I feel that burning flame

Has my blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be

Just like a heatwave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from cryin’
It’s tearing me apart

Sometimes I stare in space
Tears all over my face
I can’t explain it, don’t understand it
I ‘ain’t never felt like this before

But that doesn’t mean it has me amazed
I don’t know what to do, my head’s in a haze

Just like a heatwave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from cryin’
It’s tearing me apart

Don’t pass up this chance
This time it’s a true romance

Heatwave

(Stop)
Oh yes, wait a minute Mister Postman
(Wait)
Wait Mister Postman

Please Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why’s it takin’ such a long time
(Oh yeah)
For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be some word today
From my boyfriend so far away
Pleas Mister Postman, look and see
If there’s a letter, a letter for me

I’ve been standin’ here waitin’ Mister Postman
So patiently
For just a card, or just a letter
Sayin’ he’s returnin’ home to me

(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why’s it takin’ such a long time
(Oh yeah)
For me to hear from that boy of mine

So many days you passed me by
See the tears standin’ in my eyes
You didn’t stop to make me feel better
By leavin’ me a card or a letter

(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why’s it takin’ such a long time

(Why don’t you check it and see one more time for me, you gotta)
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see

(C’mon deliver the letter, the sooner the better)
Mister Postman

Hoje também é dia de capricorniano ilustre: quem completa meio século de vida é ninguém menos que a Motown e eu vou passar a semana linkando vídeos da gravadora que apresentou o soul ao mundo em escala industrial. Começando com o primeiro hit:

“Shop Around”
(William “Smokey” Robinson & Berry Gordy)

When I became of age my mother called me to her side
She said ‘son you’re growing up now, pretty soon
You’ll take a bride’…

[Sings:]
And then she said…
‘Just because you’ve become a young man now
(Man, now)
There’s still some things that you don’t understand now
(Son, now)
Before you ask some girl for her hand now
(My son)
Keep your freedom for as long as you can now’

My mama told me…’you better shop around’
(Shop, shop around) a-whoa-yeah
You better (uh-huh) shop around!
(Shop, shop around)
Uh-uh-uh

‘There’s some things that I want you to know now
(Uh-huh-…ooo)
A just as sure as the winds gonna blow now
(Uh-huh-…ooo)
The women come and the women gonna go now
(Uh-huh…ooo)
Before you tell ‘em that you love ‘em so now
My mama told me…’you better shop around’
(Shop, shop around) whoa-yeah
You better (uh-huh) shop around
(Shop, shop around)

‘A-gotta get yourself a bargain son
Don’t be sold on the very first one
A-pretty girls come a dime a dozen
A-try to find one who’s gonna give ya true lovin’
(Uh-huh…ooo)
‘Before you take a girl and say I do now
A make sure she’s in love with-a you now’
My mama told me
(You better shop around)

Oh-hey-hey-hey
(ooooooh)
‘Try to get yourself a bargain son
Don’t be sold on the very first one!
(First one, first one)
A pretty girls come a dime a dozen
A try to find one who’s gonna give ya true lovin’
(Uh-huh…ooo)
Before you take a girl and say ‘I do’ now
Make sure she’s in love with a-you now
Make sure that her love is true now
I’d hate to see you feelin’ sad and blue now’
My Mama told me
‘You better shop around’
(Shop, shop around)
(Uh-huh ‘don’t let the first one get you’)
(Shop, shop around)
On no,cuz I don’t wanna see ya ‘wicher’
(Uh-huh shop, shop around)
Uh-huh ‘before you let ‘em hold you tight’
(Shop, shop around)
A-yeah-yeah (shop around)
‘Make sure shes alright’
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
‘Uh-huh before you let ‘em take your hand my son’
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
‘Understand my son’
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
‘Be a man my son’
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
‘I know you can my son’
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
I love it
(Uh-huh shop, shop around)
A shop around…

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Outra jóia pra comemorar o meio século da gravadora de Berry Gordy: Motown in a Foreign Language. Sente o repertório:

The Supremes – “Jonny und Joe (Come see about me)”
Marvin Gaye – “Wie Shon Das Ist (How Sweet It Is)”
The Temptations – “Solamente Lei (My Girl)”
The Supremes – “Wo Ist Unsere Liebe (Where Did Our Love Go)”
Marvin Gaye – “Sympathica”
The Supremes – “Moonlight and Kisses (german)”
Smokey Robinson – “Aqui Con Tigo (Being With You)”
Martha & The Vandellas – “Yo Necesito De Tu Amor (I’m Ready For Love)”
Jermaine Jackson – “Je Vous Aime Beaucoup”
The Four Tops – “Gira Gira (Reach Out I’ll Be There)”
The Supremes – “Chi Mi Aiutera (You Keep Me Hanging On)”
Edwin Starr – “Che Forza (Soul Master)”
Stevie Wonder – “Dove Vai (Travelin’ Man)”
The Velvelettes – “Puisque Je Sais Qu’il Est Moi (As Long as I Know He’s Mine) “
The Four Tops – “Piangono Glo Vomini (I Can’t Help Myself)”
The Supremes – “Thank You Darling”
Stevie Wonder – “Il Sole E’ Di Tutti (A Place In The Sun)”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “Non Solo Quello Che Tu Vuoi (I’m The One You Need) “
The Supremes – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
Jimmy Ruffin – “Se Decidi Cosi (What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted)”
Martha & The Vandellas – “Jaime Mack (spanish)”
Stevie Wonder – “Non Sono Un Angelo (I’m Wondering)”
The Four Tops – “L’ Arcobaleno (Walk Away Reneel)”
The Velvelettes – “Je Veux Crier (My Foolish Heart Keeps Hanging on a Memory)”
The Temptations – “Sei Solo Tu (The Way You Do The Things You Do)”
Stevie Wonder – “Passo Le Mie Notti Quida Solo (Music Talk)”
Edwin Starr – “Dolce Amore (Oh, How Happy)”
Stevie Wonder – “Solo Te, Solo Me, Solo Noi (Yester me, Yester you, Yesterday)”
Jermaine Jackson – “Let’s Get Serious (spanish)”
Charlene – “Nunca He Ido A Mi (I’ve Never Been To Me)”
Isela Sotelo – “Angelito (Angel Baby)”
Steve Wonder – “Se Tu Ragazza Mia (italian)”
Stevie Wonder – “My Cherie Amour (italian)”

The Supremes – “Wo Ist Unsere Liebe (Where Did Our Love Go)”

The Four Tops – “Gira Gira (Reach Out I’ll Be There)”

Martha & The Vandellas – “Yo Necesito De Tu Amor (I’m Ready For Love)”