Some Things You Never Get Used To

Album: Love Child (1968)
Charted: 34 30
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  • Some things you never get used to

    It's the same routine of getting up every morning
    And putting on a smile
    But underneath there's another person
    Who can't find a reason to make living worthwhile

    Ah, another day to get through
    Without the love that once was mine
    Sometimes I think my heartaches come to an end
    And then something brings them all back again
    Like wanting you and not having you
    I'll never get used to

    I've gotten used to not listing
    For familiar sounds you used to make
    Now I'm trying to get out of the habit
    Of calling your name first thing when I awake
    Look here

    It's like a child's first step
    I have to learn to walk all, all over again
    'Cause you were always there if I should fall
    And now there's nobody else that I can call
    It's like wanting you and not having you
    I'll never get used to

    Lost in a cloud
    I think I caught a glimpse of you
    Blindly I rush to touch your hand, huh
    To discover it's my mind
    Playing tricks on me again
    Tricks on me again

    Some things you never get used to
    Sometimes I think my heartaches come to an end
    And then something brings them all back again
    Like wanting you and like having you
    I'll never get used to
    It's wanting you and not having you
    I'll never get used to
    Look here
    Like wanting you and not having you
    I'll never get used to Writer/s: NICKOLAS ASHFORD, VALERIE SIMPSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 10th 1968, Diana Ross & the Supremes and Stevie Wonder were co-headliners at a concert at the San Diego Arena in San Diego, California...
    At the time the Supremes' "Some Things You Never Get Used To" was in its second of three weeks at #30 Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart and that was also its peak position on the chart and it stayed for 7 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #43 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    As stated above the song was composed by Ashford & Simpson, and they also sang back-up to Diana Ross on the song instead of The Supremes.
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