Love That Can Never Be - Smokey Robinson, The Miracles

Oh baby, I love you and I know you love me

But our love is a love that can never be

Too late you’ve come my way

I’ve promised another to love and to wait

No I can’t, no no, I can’t hurt her soul

My love for you she must not know

Oh baby, I love you and I know you love me

But our love is a love that can never be

My heart will always belong to you

Even though this makes me through

She’s treated me kind, our love for so long

Now I can’t do her wrong

(Never be, never be)

(Never be, never be)

Oh baby, I love you and I know you love me

But our love is a love that can never be

Darling, this is goodbye

Promise me, you won’t cry

It hurts me so that we must part

But I can’t break her heart

Oh baby, I love you and I know you love me

But our love is a love that can never be

I know I’m gonna feel real bad

I know I’m gonna be real sad

But our love is a love that can never be

I know that this is gonna hurt me so

And I know I’m gonna hate to see you go

But our love is a love that can never be