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Do What You Gotta Do

The Four Tops
Track 63 on 50th Anniversary | The Singles Collection | 1964-1972 

Producers

Wade Marcus, Lawrence Payton &
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Do What You Gotta Do Lyrics

Do what you gotta do
Come on back see me when you can

Girl I can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a guy like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better that your own kin did
From the very start it's my own fault
What happens to my heart
You see I've always known you'd go

So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean that i'll never kiss
Those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me when you can

Now i know it'll make you feel sad
And make you feel so bad
They say you don't treat me me like you should
They got ways to make you feels no good
I guess they got no way to know
I've had my eyes wide open from the start
And man you never lied to me
The part of you that they'll never see
Is the part you've shown to me
So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean that i'll never kiss
Those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me when you can

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50th Anniversary | The Singles Collection | 1964-1972 (2013)
  1. 1.
    Baby, I Need Your Loving
  2. 2.
    Call On Me
  3. 3.
    Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile)
  4. 4.
    Love Has Gone
  5. 5.
    Ask The Lonely
  6. 6.
    Where Did You Go
  7. 7.
    I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
  8. 8.
    Sad Souvenirs
  9. 9.
    I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) [Second Version]
  10. 10.
    It’s The Same Old Song
  11. 11.
    Your Love Is Amazing
  12. 12.
    It’s The Same Old Song (Second Version)
  13. 13.
    Something About You
  14. 14.
    Darling, I Hum Our Song
  15. 15.
    Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
  16. 16.
    Just As Long As You Need Me
  17. 17.
    Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  18. 18.
    I Like Everything About You
  19. 19.
    Reach Out, I’ll Be There
  20. 20.
    Until You Love Someone
  21. 21.
    Standing in the Shadows of Love
  22. 22.
    Since You’ve Been Gone
  23. 23.
    Bernadette
  24. 24.
    I Got a Feeling
  25. 25.
    7 Rooms of Gloom
  26. 26.
    I’ll Turn to Stone
  27. 27.
    You Keep Running Away
  28. 28.
    If You Don’t Want My Love
  29. 29.
    Walk Away Renee
  30. 30.
    Your Love Is Wonderful
  31. 31.
    If I Were a Carpenter
  32. 32.
    Wonderful Baby
  33. 33.
    Yesterday’s Dreams
  34. 34.
    For Once in My Life
  35. 35.
    I’m In A Different World
  36. 36.
    Remember When
  37. 37.
    What Is A Man
  38. 38.
    Don’t Bring Back Memories
  39. 39.
    Don’t Let Him Take Your Love From Me
  40. 40.
    The Key
  41. 41.
    It’s All in the Game
  42. 42.
    Love (Is the Answer)
  43. 43.
    Still Water (Love)
  44. 44.
    Still Water (Peace)
  45. 45.
    River Deep-Mountain High
  46. 46.
    Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music
  47. 47.
    Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
  48. 48.
    I Wish I Were Your Mirror
  49. 49.
    You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart
  50. 50.
    I’m Glad About It
  51. 51.
    You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart (Stereo Promo version)
  52. 52.
    In These Changing Times
  53. 53.
    Right Before My Eyes
  54. 54.
    MacArthur Park - Part 2
  55. 55.
    MacArthur Park - Part 1
  56. 56.
    A Simple Game [U.S. Version] (Missing Lyrics)
  57. 57.
    L.A. (My Town)
  58. 58.
    I Can’t Quit Your Love
  59. 59.
    Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)
  60. 60.
    (It’s the Way) Nature Planned It
  61. 61.
    I’ll Never Change
  62. 62.
    Mame
  63. 63.
    Do What You Gotta Do
  64. 64.
    Can’t Seem To Get You Out Of My Mind
  65. 65.
    A Simple Game
  66. 66.
    You Stole My Love (Missing Lyrics)
  67. 67.
    It’s Got To Be A Miracle (This Thing Called Love)
  68. 68.
    Without the One You Love
  69. 69.
    Let’s Make Love Now
  70. 70.
    Walk With Me, Talk With Me, Darling
  71. 71.
    Love Feels Like Fire
  72. 72.
    Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
  73. 73.
    Where Would I Be Without You, Baby
  74. 74.
    So Deep Within You
  75. 75.
    I Am Your Man
  76. 76.
    Piangono Gli Uomini (I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)) (Missing Lyrics)
  77. 77.
    Gira, Gira (Reach Out I’ll Be There) (Missing Lyrics)
  78. 78.
    L’Arcobaleno (Walk Away Renee) (Missing Lyrics)
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