The Originals
The Originals
The Originals
Bobby Taylor
Joe Harnell
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Terry Johnson
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
The Spinners
The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes
Stu Gardner
Stu Gardner
Rare Earth
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Ivy Jo
Ivy Jo
Ivy Jo
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell & Valerie Simpson
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
The Four Tops
The Four Tops
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
R. Dean Taylor
R. Dean Taylor
R. Dean Taylor
The Rustix
The Rustix
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson
The Temptations
The Temptations
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Michael Denton (Rare Earth)
Michael Denton (Rare Earth)
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
The Spinners
The Spinners
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee
The Supremes
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The Originals
The Originals
The Originals
Barney Ales
Rare Earth
Rare Earth
Yvonne Fair
Yvonne Fair
Blinky
Blinky
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
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Diana Ross
Bob & Marcia
Bob & Marcia
The Four Tops
The Four Tops
Buzzie
Buzzie
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
The Temptations
The Temptations
Danny Hernandez
Danny Hernandez
David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin
David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
Hearts of Stone
Hearts of Stone
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
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The Supremes & The Four Tops
Allan Nicholls
Allan Nicholls
Allan Nicholls
Edwin Starr
The Originals
The Originals
The Originals
Rare Earth
Rare Earth
Rare Earth
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
The Crusaders
The Crusaders
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
The Spinners
The Spinners
The Four Tops
The Four Tops
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
(Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
[Verse 1]
Oh, I gotta rock as big as a mountain (Yeah!)
Got a hammer and chisel in my hand (Yeah!)
Gonna carve me a statue of a beautiful lady
I'll be a holy man
Oh, marry her if I can
[Chorus]
Oh, that’s how disgusted I am
With your loving, nothing can stand
I can't be trusted, no ma'am
I’m a desperate young man
Oh yeah (Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
Oh yeah (Desperate young man)
[Verse 2]
I'm gonna carve me a gentle smile on her face (Yeah!)
That only time can erase (Yeah!)
I will use a bicycle rim for a ring (Yeah!)
Put her down again if I can
Oh, and run, get the preacher man
[Chorus]
Oh, that's how disgusted I am
With your loving, nothing can stand
I can't be trusted, no ma'am
I'm a desperate young man
Oh (Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
Oh yeah
[Bridge]
I'll make her lips sugar-coated
Sweeter than your lips
Oh, I'll make her eyes shine
For me all of the time
She, she will have a heart that’s warm
She’ll never, never do me wrong
Yeah (Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
Oh yeah (Desperate young man)
[Verse 3]
Oh, I know she's just a big stone, God (Yeah!)
With no love or life in her heart (Yeah!)
And I know she’ll never, never call my name (Yeah!)
Oh, and never hear a word I said
Never gonna talk of his name
[Chorus]
Oh, that's how disgusted I am
With your loving, nothing can stand
I can't be trusted no more
I'm a desperate young man
Oh (Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
Oh yeah (Desperate young man)
[Outro]
I know she’s just a big stone, God
(I'm a desperate young man)
I know there's no life in her heart
(I'm a desperate young man)
But I'm a desperate young man
(I'm a desperate young man)
Oh yes I am
(Desperate young man)
I know she'll never call my name
(I'm a desperate young man)
Desperate Young Man was written by George Gordy & Allen Story.
Desperate Young Man was produced by George Gordy & Allen Story.
The Originals released Desperate Young Man on Wed Nov 18 1970.