Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
“Abraham, Martin, And John” was written in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Also mentioned is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as well as that of John F. Kennedy. All four of these individuals had a large impact with civil rights issues, and their dea...
[Verse 1]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 2]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Verse 3]
Has anybody here seen my old friend John
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone
[Chorus]
Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good in you and me?
And we'll be free
Someday soon it's gonna be one day
[Verse 4]
Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham and Martin and John
Abraham, Martin and John was written by Dick Holler.
Abraham, Martin and John was produced by Smokey Robinson.