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Promise Me

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Track 80 on The 35th Anniversary Collection 

Producers

Al Cleveland & Smokey Robinson
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Promise Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Promise me
A lifetime of love and laughter
Promise me
Happiness is what you're after
And this my darling I will promise you
For every kiss you give me I'll give two

[Verse 2]
Promise me
You'll do your best to make this last forever
Promise me
We can spend a lifetime together
And this my darling I will promise you
For every year you give I'll give you two

[Verse 3]
Because I just hate disillusions
And relationships filled with confusion
And hopes that end in sad conclusions
Oh yeah, oh yeah (Promise me)

[Bridge]
Oh yeah (Promise me)
Ooo Ooo Ooooo Ooo Ooooo
[Verse 4]
Promise me, (Promise me)
Give me your word and I'll never doubt you
Run to my arms. (Promise me)
They were made to wrap about you
And this my darling I will promise you
For every step you make I'll make two

[Outro]
Promise me, (Promise me)
Give me your word and I'll never doubt you
Ohhhh love, (Promise me)
I won't want to stay here without you
Ooh

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The 35th Anniversary Collection (1994)
  1. 1.
    Got a Job
  2. 2.
    I Cry
  3. 3.
    Bad Girl
  4. 4.
    All I Want Is You
  5. 5.
    It
  6. 6.
    Way Over There
  7. 7.
    The Feeling Is So Fine
  8. 8.
    (You Can) Depend on Me
  9. 9.
    Shop Around (Regional Version)
  10. 10.
    Who’s Lovin’ You
  11. 11.
    Shop Around (national version)
  12. 12.
    After All
  13. 13.
    Ain’t It Baby
  14. 14.
    Mighty Good Lovin’
  15. 15.
    Broken Hearted
  16. 16.
    Everybody’s Gotta Pay Some Dues
  17. 17.
    That’s the Way I Feel
  18. 18.
    Determination
  19. 19.
    I Had To Cry
  20. 20.
    What’s So Good About Goodbye
  21. 21.
    I’ve Been Good to You
  22. 22.
    I’ll Try Something New
  23. 23.
    You Never Miss a Good Thing
  24. 24.
    If Your Mother Only Knew
  25. 25.
    He Don’t Care About Me
  26. 26.
    A Love That Can Never Be
  27. 27.
    You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
  28. 28.
    Happy Landing
  29. 29.
    Father Dear
  30. 30.
    A Love She Can Count On
  31. 31.
    Mickey’s Monkey
  32. 32.
    Whatever Makes You Happy
  33. 33.
    The Day You Take One (You Have To Take The Other)
  34. 34.
    I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying
  35. 35.
    (You Can’t Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You
  36. 36.
    Heartbreak Road
  37. 37.
    Show Me You Can Dance
  38. 38.
    I Like It Like That
  39. 39.
    You’re So Fine and Sweet
  40. 40.
    That’s What Love Is Made Of
  41. 41.
    Baby Don’t You Go
  42. 42.
    Ooo Baby Baby
  43. 43.
    All That’s Good
  44. 44.
    The Tracks of My Tears
  45. 45.
    A Fork in the Road
  46. 46.
    My Girl Has Gone
  47. 47.
    Going to a Go-Go
  48. 48.
    Choosey Beggar
  49. 49.
    I’m Stuck On You
  50. 50.
    Whole Lot of Shakin’ in My Heart (Since I Met You)
  51. 51.
    Oh Be My Love
  52. 52.
    (Come ’Round Here) I’m the One You Need
  53. 53.
    My Business, Your Pleasure
  54. 54.
    Save Me
  55. 55.
    It’s a Good Feeling
  56. 56.
    The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
  57. 57.
    Come Spy With Me
  58. 58.
    My Love for You
  59. 59.
    More Love
  60. 60.
    After You Put Back the Pieces (I’ll Still Have a Broken Heart)
  61. 61.
    I Second That Emotion
  62. 62.
    You Must Be Love
  63. 63.
    I Care About Detroit
  64. 64.
    If You Can Want
  65. 65.
    When the Words From Your Heart Get Caught Up in Your Throat
  66. 66.
    Yester Love
  67. 67.
    You Only Build Me Up to Tear Me Down
  68. 68.
    Special Occasion
  69. 69.
    Baby, Baby Don’t Cry
  70. 70.
    Doggone Right
  71. 71.
    The Composer
  72. 72.
    Here I Go Again
  73. 73.
    Once I Got to Know You (Couldn’t Help But Love You)
  74. 74.
    Abraham, Martin and John
  75. 75.
    What Love Has Joined Together
  76. 76.
    Point It Out
  77. 77.
    Who’s Gonna Take the Blame
  78. 78.
    I Gotta Thing For You
  79. 79.
    The Tears of a Clown
  80. 80.
    Promise Me
  81. 81.
    I Don’t Blame You at All
  82. 82.
    There’s A Sad Story Here
  83. 83.
    Crazy About the La La La
  84. 84.
    Satisfaction
  85. 85.
    We’ve Come Too Far to End It Now
  86. 86.
    I Can’t Stand to See You Cry
  87. 87.
    Here I Go Again (Live)
  88. 88.
    Sweet Harmony
  89. 89.
    Don’t Let It End (’Til You Let It Begin)
  90. 90.
    Do It Baby
  91. 91.
    Don’t Cha Love It
  92. 92.
    Quiet Storm
  93. 93.
    Love Machine
  94. 94.
    Cruisin’
  95. 95.
    Being with You
  96. 96.
    Just to See Her
  97. 97.
    One Heartbeat
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Released on
September 24, 1970
Tags
R&BPopSoulMotown
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