Marvin Gaye — Distant Lover Live at the London Palladium 1977

[Intro] Well, it appears — yes, go ahead, Leslie, it's alright, I'm sure it is To sing for you now a little bit of "Distant Lover" I'm gonna sing a little bit of "Distant Lover" for you tonight Baby, oh baby baby Lord, when you lose the one you love, it's a cold, cold hard feeling Whenever it come over a man You see, a man ain't supposed to cry When I lost my baby, hey, and I tried to be strong Come home from work, baby, I had to face a lonely room And the four walls began to close on me, all around me And I began to think my baby, said, "Baby, why'd you leave me, baby?" Well, and then, I didn't wanna cry, baby I broke down on my knees and screamed "Oh baby, ahh" [Verse 1] Distant lover, lover (Lover, lover, lover) Ooh, so many miles away Please, Heaven knows that I long for you Every night, every night, every night And sometimes I yearn through the day Distant lover, ooh, lover (Lover, lover, lover) You should think about me Say a prayer for me Please, please, ah please Think about me sometimes Think about me here Here in misery Save me, baby, save me [Bridge] As I reminisce through our joyful summer together The promises we made, all the daily letters Then, all of a sudden, everything seemed to explode Now, I gaze out my window down a lonesome road, ooh [Verse 2] Distant lover, oh baby (Lover, lover, lover) Oh, oh, how can you treat my heart so mean and cruel? Didn't you know every moment that I spent with you I treasure it like it was a precious jewel Ooh, save me, baby, Lord have mercy [Outro] You see, you know, I said Oh, I beg you, baby, baby, baby, please, don't leave me, don't go I said, baby, come back, baby Somethin' I wanna say When you left you took all of me with you Now baby, I wonder Would it help if I pleaded and screamed, plead? Well, please, oh please, come back home, girl Ah baby, oh, oh baby, please, darlin', oh girl, woo Come back home, home, home Yeah