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The Marvelettes - Dont Mess With Bill (Live at Hullabaloo 1966) [Colorized]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Producer
Clarence Paul
Clarence Paul
Producer
Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter
Producer

Lyrics

Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
Don't mess with Bill
(Don't mess with Bill)
Say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
Well, I know he's the guy who put tears in my eyes
A thousand times or more
Oh, but everytime he would apologize
I loved you more than before
Hear what I say, girls keep away (Uh-uh-uh)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
Now there's Johnny, there's Joe
And there's Frank and Jim
Just to name a few
Now Bill's got me and I've got him
I'm sure there's one for you
Hear what I say, girls keep away (Uh-uh-uh)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
He is mine, all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I'll say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
Though I tell myself he wants no one else
'Cause he keeps coming back to me
Now I'm in no position to want competition
I want to be sure as it can be
Hear what I say, girls keep away (Uh-uh-uh)
Don't mess with Bill
(No, no, no, no)
(Don't mess with Bill)
Leave my Billy alone
(Don't mess with Bill)
Get a guy of your own
(Don't mess with Bill)
'Cause he's mine, all mine
(Don't mess with Bill)
I'll say it one more time
(Don't mess with Bill)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Don't mess with Bill)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Written by: William "Smokey" Robinson

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