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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Four Tops
Performer
Levi Stubbs Jr.
Vocals
Abdul Fakir
Vocals
Renaldo Benson
Vocals
Lawrence Payton
Vocals
The Andantes
Background Vocals
Levi Stubbs
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Hardin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
BRIAN HOLLAND
Producer
Lamont Dozier
Producer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Now would you marry me anyway? (Would you marry me anyway?)
Would you have my baby? (Would you have my baby?)
[Verse 1]
If I take on a tinkers trade, would you still find me?
Oh, carryin' the pots I made (Carryin' the pots I made)
Followin' closer behind me (Followin' behind me)
[Verse 2]
Save my love through loneliness
Save my love for sorrow
'Cause I have given you my onliness
Give me a part of your tomorrow
[Verse 3]
If I work my hands in the woods (Yes I would, babe, to keep your lovin')
Would you still love me?
Now answer me baby, yes I would (Yes I would, babe, to keep your loving)
I'd raise you high above me
[Verse 4]
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grindin'
Now would you miss your color box? (Would you miss your color box)
Soft shoes shinin' (And your soft shoe shinin')
[Chorus]
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Girl, would you marry me any old way? (Would you marry me anyway?)
I want you to have my baby (Would you have my baby?)
[Chorus]
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady, yeah
Now would you marry me anyway?
Won't you have my baby?
Written by: Tim Hardin