Can I Get a Witness? by Marvin Gaye
Can I Get a Witness? by Marvin Gaye

Can I Get a Witness?

Marvin Gaye * Track #1 On Greatest Hits

Can I Get a Witness? Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ah listen everybody, especially you girls
Is it right to be left alone
While the one you love is never home?
I love too hard, my friends sometimes say
But I believe, I believe
That a woman should be loved that way
But it hurts me so inside
To see her treat me so unkind
Somebody, somewhere tell her it's unfair

[Verse 2]
Can I get a witness? Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness? Somebody
Is it right to be treated so bad
When you've given everything you had?
Even tossing in my sleep
'Cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Now, you chicks do agree
That this ain't the way love's supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
Up early in the morning with her on my mind
Just to find out all night that I've been crying
But I believe a woman's a man's best friend
So I'm going to stick by her 'til the bitter end
But she cause so much misery
That I forget how love's supposed to be
Somebody, somewhere, tell her it ain't fair
Can I get a witness?

[Verse 4]
Can I get a witness? I want a witness
Witness, witness, witness, witness
Everybody knows, especially you girls
A love can be sad
But half of a love is twice as bad
Now, all you chicks agree
That this ain't the way it's supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]
I want a witness
I want a witness
Come on, witness
I want a witness
Just a little bit louder
Louder, hey
Oh yeah
I want a witness

Can I Get a Witness? Q&A

Who wrote Can I Get a Witness?'s ?

Can I Get a Witness? was written by Holland-Dozier-Holland & Eddie Holland & Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland.

Who produced Can I Get a Witness?'s ?

Can I Get a Witness? was produced by Holland-Dozier & Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland.

When did Marvin Gaye release Can I Get a Witness??

Marvin Gaye released Can I Get a Witness? on Fri Sep 20 1963.

What is the song structure of "Can I Get a Witness"?

“Can I Get a Witness” uses a standard 24-bar blues progression. Thus, the song is divided into four 24-bar verses plus the outro.

The arrangement disguises the “Can I get a witness?” sections as “choruses”, but a cursory musical analysis reveals that those are the first eight bars of the second and...

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