Come On

Detroit, Michigan

The year? 1960

Motown Records

At that time, my group was called Otis Williams and the Distants

Now, we were recording for a little small label

Getting ready to do for you, called 'Come On'

Now, 'Come On' did quite a bit of business, maybe somewhat of a ruckus

So much so that we used to have to do record hops

Now, record hops is when you have a record out

You have to go 'round to whatever noted disc jockey was having on Friday or Saturday, even a Sunday

Um, gathering, you'd have to go there so you can get your rеcord played

So this one particular night, we wеre at St. Steven's Community Centre

The Distants were on stage, so we're doing 'Come On' and people are going crazy

But enter walk Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, who are with Mr. Berry Gordy

Now, Smokey and them were very hot, because they had, uh, 'Shop Around' out

So, when the audience finally let us up, 'because they kept us on, calling us back for two-to-three different times

And when we finally came off, I'm standing in the crowd, watching Smokey and the Miracles

It just so happened Mr. Gordy was standing next to me, and he said

"Man, I like that record you guys have out. Come see me, I'm starting my label"

And as fate would have it, I kept it, kept the card, and it didn't go too well for the label that we were recording

So I call Mickey Stevenson, who was the A&R man for Motown, and I told him Mr. Gordy wanted us to come over and we did just that

And I would like to say, the reason we are doing this record is because it is the pre-eminence of telling the Temptations' life story

Because at that time in 1964, entered Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks was there, Paul Williams was there, myself, Otis Williams

And when Smokey wrote 'The Way You Do The Things You Do', which was 1964, would you believe this is 2021, and we're still hanging on

So this is our 60th anniversary album

Never would imagine that we would get this far for so long

But you know how it is, love can stretch a mile before it tear an inch

And, uh, here we are

So, Mr. Gordy, I know you will hear this

Smokey's gon' play you what he did on this album

I wanna say to you, Mr. Gordy, thank you for being there at the right time and right place

'Cause God is always everywhere, and that point in time, He was there for us to make history with you, Motown, and become part of something that will live on forever

So, David Ruffin (

Ain't too proud to beg

), Eddie Kendricks (

Just my imagination

), Paul Williams (

For once in my life

), Melvin Franklin (

And

that

ain't right

), Dennis Edwards (

Papa was a rollin' stone

), and all the other Temps (

My girl, my girl, my girl

) that are no longer of this earth

My wonderful friend, Ron Tyson, who's been with me for a long time, and Terry Weeks

I would be remiss if I didn't mention some of these guys, so I just wanna let you know, aside from Berry, given us this point of time, this wonderful time of being here, I love you all

Thank you for your support, and to all our many wonderful fans for being

You know my saying when I get ready to leave

See ya, later gone, God bless(Aah, please, please, please, please

Please, please, please, please

Please, please, please, please) Well

(Please, please, please)

You know you make wanna love you

(In the morning) In the morning

(In the evening) In the evening

(In the night-time) In the night-time

(It's the right time) It's the right time

(In the bad times) The bad times

(It's the best times) The best times

(I wanna love you) I wanna love you

(I wanna love you) I wanna love you

(I wanna love you) I wanna love you

(Come on) Come on

(Come on) Come on

(Come on) Come on

(Come on) Come on, come on

I wanna make love to you

Oh, oh, oh, oh

In the morning, when the birdies sing

I wanna love you, pretty little thing

In the evening, when you're feeling bad

I wanna be there to make you feel glad[Chorus]

Well, well, well, come on

(In the night, when it's just right)

When it's just right, baby

(I wanna love you with all my might)

Yeah, I'm

(And ever since that wonderful day

I wanna make love to you)

Well, well, well, come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

I wanna make love to you

Oh, oh, oh, oh

In the morning, when the birdies sing (When the bird sings, baby)

I wanna love you, pretty little thing (Oh, oh, alright)

In the evening, when you're feeling bad

I wanna be there to make you feel glad

Well, well, well, come on

(In the night, when it's just right)

When it's just right, baby

(I wanna love you with all my might)

Yeah, I'm

(And ever since that wonderful day

I wanna make love to you)[Verse 2]

I've been hopin', I've been prayin'

Want you to know I'm not playin'

My heart is full of joy

I've just got to be your boy

I wanna make love to you

Well, well, well, come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Hey, baby (Come on)

I wanna love you (Come on)

In the morning (Come on)

In the evening (Come on)

It's the night time (Come on)

The best time (Come on)

To love you (Come on)

To love you, love you, love you, love you, love you (Come on)

I'm gettin' (Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot)

Yahoo! (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Hey, baby (Come on)

I wanna love you (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

Come on (Come on)

I wanna (Come on)

I, I, I, I (Come on)

I need ya (Come on)

In the morning (Come on) (In the morning)

In the night time (Come on)

It's the right time (Come on) (Whoo!)

Baby (Come on) (Hey, ooh)

Come on (Come on)

Hey, baby (Come on) (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Hey, baby (Come on)