I Promise to Wait My Love

About I Promise to Wait My Love

"I Promise to Wait My Love" is a 1968 single recorded by girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas), released on the Gordy label. The third release from the group's Ridin' High, it was another single given to them by producer Richard Morris with co-written credit to Sylvia Moy. Produced under a Memphis soul sound similar to soul singer Aretha Franklin, the song has the narrator (lead singer Martha Reeves) promising to wait for her love as he fights in Vietnam, although the song does not overtly reference the war, disguising it as the war being another woman saying that she will love him "even though (he does her) wrong". This song was the group's first single to miss the top 40 on the pop singles chart peaking at number 62, while it netted a top 40 entry on the R&B singles chart peaking at number 36 on the chart. more »

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2009

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I promise to wait, my love, right here till you return 
With a love that's weak and a heart that sadly yearns 
Yearns because you've left me all alone and blue 
And to another I know I just can't be true 
I know that you'll come back home 
But hurry up, don't take so long 
'Cause I love you, need you 
Even though you've done me wrong 
I promise to wait, my love, until you finally find 
The love you're sharin' now is not as real as mine 
Her love is like a diamond only worth a dime 
But my love for you is strictly genuine 
I know that you'll come back home 
But hurry up, don't take so long 
'Cause I love you, need you 
Even though you've done me wrong 
How I miss you; I long to hear you call my name 
And since you've been gone, baby, 
You don't think this ain't been the same, no 
I promise to wait, my love, right here till you return 
With arms that want you, baby, & flames that forever burn 
I cry for your tender love & ever-lovin' kiss 
And your tight embrace is what I really miss 
I know that you'll come back home 
But hurry up, don't take so long 
'Cause I love you, need you 
Even though you've done me wrong 
Gonna stay right here, my love; ain't goin' away 
Gonna wait for you, baby

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Martha Reeves

Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941 in Eufaula, Alabama) is an American R&B and Pop singer and former politician, and was the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. During her tenure with The Vandellas, they scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Nowhere to Run", "Jimmy Mack", and their signature "Dancing In The Street". From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected councilwoman for the city of Detroit, Michigan. more »

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