JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME)
Performed by the Temptations
Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
(C)1971 Stone Agate Music (BMI)
Intro
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Ooo ooo ooooo, ooooooo / / / /
Verse
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Each day through my window I watch up as she passes by / / / /
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I say to myself, You're such a lucky guy / / / /
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To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
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Out of all the fellas in the world, she belongs to you / / /
Chorus
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But it was just my 'magination / / / / runnin' away with me / /
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It was just my 'magination runnin' away with me / / / /
Verse
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(Soon) Soon we'll be married and raise a family (wo yeah)
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A cozy little home out in the country, with two children, maybe three / / /
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I tell you, I------can visualize it all / / / /
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This couldn't be a dream, for too real it all seems / / / /
Chorus
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But it was just my 'magination once again runnin' away with me / /
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Tell you, it was just my 'magination runnin' away with me 1 / / / 2
Bridge
Every night, on my knees, I pray
Dear Lord, hear my plea
Don't ever let another take her love from me
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Or I would surely die / / /
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Her love is heavenly
When her arms enfold me
I hear a tender rhapsody
But in reality, she doesn't even know me
Chorus
(Repeat and fade)
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Just my 'magination once again runnin' away with me, oh
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Tell you, it was just my 'magination runnin' away with me / / / /
