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[1981] The Four Tops • When She Was My Girl
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Four Tops
Four Tops
Performer
Lawrence Payton
Lawrence Payton
Performer
Bill Meyers
Bill Meyers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marc Blatte
Marc Blatte
Songwriter
Larry Gottlieb
Larry Gottlieb
Songwriter
Lawrence Payton
Lawrence Payton
Vocal Arranger
Bill Meyers
Bill Meyers
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Wolfert
David Wolfert
Producer
Charles Koppelman
Charles Koppelman
Executive Producer
Dennis Ferrante
Dennis Ferrante
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She used to be
Everything to me
When she was my girl, mhmm (My girl)
When she was my girl
[Verse 2]
I held her near
Told her how much I cared
When she was my girl, mhmm (My girl)
When she was my girl
[Chorus]
When she was my girl
There was laughter and loving in my world
Every day
When she was my girl
Oh, what joy she would bring
Now I've lost everything
She's gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone
[Verse 3]
I spend the night
Dreamin' how she used to be
When she was my girl, mhmm (My girl)
When she was my girl (Girl)
[Bridge]
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Chorus]
When she was my girl
There was laughter and loving in my world
Yes, it was
'Cause she was my girl
Oh, what joy she would bring
Now I've lost everything
She's gone
The big, red girl has gone
[Verse 4]
She used to be
Everything to me
When she was my girl, yeah (My girl)
My girl
[Outro]
She (My girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
She
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
Was my girl
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
She's so foxy, can't you see? (My Girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
And this girl belongs to me
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
She's my girl (My girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Everybody
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
When we walk down the street (My girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
I would tell everyone we meet
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
This is my girl (My girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
Mhmm
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
[Outro]
She (My girl)
Bum, ba-bum-bum, bum, bum
She
Bum, ba-bum, bum, bum
Was my girl
Written by: Larry Gottlieb, Laurence B. Gottlieb, Marc Blatte

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