Smokey Robinson - I Can't Find lyrics

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Verse 1:

Every now and then,

Somebody comes into my li-ife.

Woh-oh, and for a little while it seems,

They're the answer to my dreams, to my prayer.

As sudden as they come, they start to fade,

Like floating smoke rings.

Oh, how can they stay with me when,

They're only penciled in?

Though you're gone, you're always there.

Chorus 1:

((I can't find)) my way,

To a very special somewhere.

(I can't find) myself,

'Cause without you, I'm just out there.

(I can't find) that person,

I wanna put that much in.

(I can't find) anybody like you,

Who makes touchin' more than touchin'.

Verse 2:

Take me in your arms,

Hold me close, I need to feel you.

Oh, to me there's nothin' like your touch,

It's what I need so much.

Oh, yes, I do, my love.

So I say, "Oh, my love,

If you can find it in your heart,

To do just one thing for me,

Come back." (Come back.)

"Come back." (Come back.)

"Come back." (Come back.)

"Come back!"

Chorus 2:

((I can't find)) sleep at night,

I'm either watchin' TV or walkin'.

(I can't find) any conversation,

That means more to me than talkin'.

(I can't find) satisfaction,

Even when I do surrender.

Who makes tender more than tender, oh.

Oh, ah-who-hooo.

Instrumental break featuring saxophone.

Bridge:

((I've been lookin',))

((There's just nobody aroun',))

Oh, no, no.

((No sense lookin',))

((For who can never be foun'.))

Mmmmm-mmm. (Oooooo.)

Chorus 3:

(I can't find) anybody like you,

Who gets my full attention

(I can't find) anybody who means,

Enough for me to mention.

(I can't find) that person,

Who makes me wanna surrender.

(I can't find) anybody like you,

Who makes tender more than tender.

Outro:

((I've been lookin',))

((There's just nobody aroun',))

((No sense lookin',))

((For who can never be foun'.))

Yeah, yes...

((I can't find,)) myself with another.

Fade.

((I can't find,)) oooo-oooo-oo-oo

(I can't find.)....

Lyrics with no parentheses denote a solo by Smokey Robinson.

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