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When I’m Gone Lyrics By Brenda Holloway

    what are you gonna do when i’m gone
    whose shoulder are you gonna cry on
    what are you gonna do on the day
    when i turn my head and just walk away

    what are you gonna say to your friends
    when the talk around town begins
    will you tell them how you treated me bad
    will you tell them how you made me so sad

    ’cause you make some people
    think that you love me a lot
    but they just don’t know you
    and what they see isn’t what we’ve got

    we’re happy in the public eye
    they think you’re such a wonderful guy
    but they don’t know how much you’ve lied
    and they don’t know how much i’ve cried
    you’re a real dr jekyll mr hyde

    oh yeah

    you make a pass at
    every girl that you see
    then when they hurt you
    you come running and crying to me

    i comfort you whenever you’re low
    and you don’t have a place you can go
    you put your head on my shoulder to cry
    and then you turn around and tell me a lie

    and i just can’t take it
    i’ve gotta make it now

    what are you gonna do when i’m gone
    and what are you gonna do when i’m gone
    what are you gonna do when i’m gone
    what are you gonna do when i’m gone

    Artist: Brenda Holloway

    Year: 1965

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 96