Smokey Robinson amp The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All lyrics
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Short instrumental intro:
Chorus:
SR: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool, no-woh-oh.
You don't owe me a thing,
'Cause I played the foo-hool.
Ah, no-no no no.
Verse 1:
SR: I'm only payin' the price,
For a trip I took to paradise.
'Cause I looked into a pair of eyes,
And what I thought was the look of lahhhh.../
GM: /The look of love,/
SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /The look of love.
SR: Was only All: hurt in disguise
Pause.
SR: Too bad I didn't realize./
GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.
SR: Oh, but don't apologize, no, 'cause...
Chorus, with slight style changes:
All: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
SR: I should'da did it myself.
All: You don't owe me a thing,
'Cause I played the foo-hool.
Oh-no no no no no.
Verse 2:
SR: I think it's pretty plain,
GM: Pretty plain.
All: Holdin' you would take a
SR: Ball and chain.
GM: Ball and chain.
All: Every bet I made
SR: Was all in vain,
'Cause what I thought was an ocean of lahhhh.../
GM: /Ocean of love/
SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /ocean of love.
SR: Was just a All: wee drop of rain.
Pause.
SR: Too bad that it couldn't rain./
GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.
SR: AW, but you don't have to explain.
GM: You don't have to explain.
SR: Aw, 'cause...
Chorus, with slight style changes:
All I SR: don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
I should'da did it myself.
All: You SR: don't owe me a All: thing,
SR: 'Cause I played the foo-hool/ GM: /fool.
All: Oh-no no no no no.
Chorus, with slight lyrics and style changes:
All: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
SR: But that's the thing to do.
All: You don't owe me a thing,
'Cause I played the foo-hool.
GM Oh-no no no no no./
SR: /I'm a fool for you, ah./
All: /Yeahhhhh.
SR: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, ho-ho, hohhh.
Ooo-hoo.
Ooooooo.
Verse 3:
SR: I saaaaid, what I thought was sure to last,
GM: Was sure to last,
SR: To last,/ GM: /was sure to last.
SR: Was just a minute instead.
Pause.
SR: Too bad that I got misled,/
GM: /Too bad, too bad.
SR: Ah, but you don't have to hang your head.
GM: Don't have to hang your head.
SR: Aw, 'cause...
Chorus, with slight style changes:
All: I don't blame you at all,
SR: I should'da did it myself.
All: You don't owe me a thing,
'Cause I played the foo-hool.
Oh-no no no no no.
Verse 2, repeated:
SR: I think it's pretty plain,
GM: Pretty plain.
All: Holdin' you would take a
SR: Ball and chain.
GM: Ball and chain.
All: Every bet I made
SR: Was all in vain,
'Cause what I thought was an ocean of lahhhh.../
GM: /Ocean of love/
SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /ocean of love.
SR: Was just a All: wee drop of rain.
Pause.
SR: Too bad that it couldn't rain./
GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.
SR: AW, but you don't have to explain.
GM: You don't have to explain.
SR: Aw, 'cause...
Chorus, with slight style changes:
All: I SR: don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
I should'da did it myself.
All: You SR: don't owe me a All: thing,
SR: 'Cause I played the foo-hool/ GM: /fool.
All: Oh-no no no no no.
Chorus, with slight lyics and style changes:
All: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
SR: But that's the thing to do-ooo.
All: You don't owe me a thing,
'Cause I played the foo-hool.
GM: Oh-no no no no no./
SR: /I'm a fool for you, ah./
All: /Yeahhhhh.
SR: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, ho-ho, hohhh.
Ooo-hoo.
Ooooooo.
Verse 3, repeated:
SR: I saaaaid, what I thought
Was sure to last,
GM: Was sure to last,
SR: To last,/ GM: /was sure to last.
SR: Was just a minute instead.
Pause.
SR: Too bad that I got misled,/
GM: /Too bad, too bad.
SR: Ah, but you don't have to hang your head.
GM: Don't have to hang your head.
SR: Aw, 'cause...
Chorus, with slight lyics and style changes:
All: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
SR: I should have did/ GM: /cool,/
SR: /It myself/ GM: /cool.
All: You don't owe me SR: no/ GM:/a thing,
All:'Cause I was a foo-hool.
Oh-no no no no no.
Outro:
All: I don't blame you at all,
'Cause you played it coo-hool.
SR: 'Cause that's the/ GM: /cool/
SR: /Thing to do/ GM: /cool.
Fade.
All: You don't owe me
SR: Some thing/ GM /a thing,
All: Aw, 'cause I was a foo-hool.
VOICE KEY:
Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with GM: denote all the group members
sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.
Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite sides
of the slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.