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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Four Tops
Performer
Levi Stubbs Jr.
Vocals
Abdul Fakir
Vocals
Renaldo Benson
Vocals
Lawrence Payton
Vocals
The Andantes
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Hardin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
BRIAN HOLLAND
Producer
Lamont Dozier
Producer
Lyrics
If I were a carpenter & you were a lady
Now would you marry me anyway? (would you marry me anyway)
Would you have my baby? (would you have my baby)
If I take on a tinkers trade, would you still find me?
Oh carryin' the pots I made (carryin' the pots I made)
Followin' closer behind me (followin' behind me)
(Save my love through) lonliness (save my love for sorrow)
Cause I have given you my ownliness, give me part of your tomorrow
If I work my hands in wood (yes I work my hands in wood)
Would you still love me?
Ah, answer me babe, yes I would
(Yes I would babe anyway)
I'd raise you high above me
If I was a miller at a mill wheel grindin'
Now would you miss your color box?
(Would you miss your color box)
& Your soft shoes shining? (& your soft shoes shining)
If I were a carpenter & you were a lady
Girl, would you marry me anyway? (would you marry me anyway)
Want you have my baby? (would you have my baby)
If I were a carpenter & you were a lady
Now would you marry me anyway
Won't you have my baby?
Writer(s): Tim Hardin
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