Levi Stubbs' Tears

With the money from her accident

she bought herself a mobile home

so at least she could get some enjoyment

out of being alone

No one could say that she was left up on the shelf

it's you and me against the world kid she mumbled to herself



Chorus:



When the world falls apart some things stay in place

Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face



She ran away from home in her mothers best coat

she was married before she was even entitled to vote

and her husband was one of those blokes

the sort who only laughs at his own jokes

the sort a war takes away

and when there wasn't a war he left anyway



Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong

Are here to make right everything thats wrong

Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too

are here to make it all okay with you



One dark night he came home from the sea

and put a hole in her body where no hole should be

it hurt her more to see him walking out of the door

and though they stitched her back together they

left her heart in pieces on the floor



When the world falls apart some things stay in place

she takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case

When the world falls apart some things stay in place

Levi Stubbs' tears......