Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Marvelettes
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
BRIAN HOLLAND
Composer
Lamont Dozier
Composer
Edward Holland Jr.
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
BRIAN HOLLAND
Producer
Lamont Dozier
Producer
Lyrics
I'm putting up my guard
I'm locking up my heart
Telling the Cupid to pass by me
'Cause all love ever brought me was a misery
Hello loneliness, goodbye love
I'm tired of being abused and being misused
I've had my share of romance, no more for me
I'm locking up my heart and throwing away the key
Locking up
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
Said I'm gonna throw away the key
(Throw away, throw away the key)
I'm locking
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
'Cause all love ever brought me was misery
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
(Ah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't want (Don't want) Nobody to love me
Leave me alone and let me be lonely
This way I'll know just where I stand
(Where I stand)
I'll never have to worry about love again
Locking up
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
Said I'm gonna throw away the key
(Throw away, throw away the key)
I'm gonna save myself from all this misery
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
(Locking up, locking up my heart)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Ah)
Locking up
(I'm locking up my heart)
Said I'm gonna throw away the key
(I'm locking up my heart)
I'm locking
(I'm locking up my heart)
I'm locking
(I'm locking up my heart)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I'm locking up my heart)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I'm locking up my heart)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I'm locking up my heart)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I'm locking up my heart)...
Written by: Brian Holland, Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier