Supremes - Love Child lyrics

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(Pam Sawyer/R. Dean Taylor/Frank Wilson/Deke Richards) <br />

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Tenement slum<br />

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You think that I don't feel love<br />

But what I feel for you is real love<br />

In other's eyes I see reflected<br />

A hurt, scorned, rejected<br />

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Love child, never meant to be<br />

Love child, born in poverty<br />

Love child, never meant to be<br />

Love child, take a look at me<br />

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I started my life in an old, cold run down tenement slum<br />

My father left, he never even married mom<br />

I shared the guilt my mama knew<br />

So afraid that others knew I had no name<br />

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This love we're contemplating<br />

Is worth the pain of waiting<br />

We'll only end up hating<br />

The child we maybe creating<br />

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Love child, never meant to be<br />

Love child, (scorned by) society<br />

Love child, always second best<br />

Love child, different from the rest<br />

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Mm, baby (hold on, hold on, just a little bit)<br />

Mm, baby (hold on, hold on, just a little bit)<br />

I started school, in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out<br />

I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt<br />

To be without the simple things<br />

So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me<br />

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Don't think that I don't need you<br />

Don't think I don't wanna please you<br />

No child of mine 'll be bearing<br />

The name of shame I've been wearing<br />

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Love child, love child, never quite as good<br />

Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood<br />

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But I'll always love you<br />

I'll always love you<br />

I'll always love you<br />

I'll always love you<br />

I'll always love you<br />

I'll always love you