Reachin' for Something I Can't Have

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The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes were an all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (later Katherine Anderson Schnaffer), Georgeanna Tillman (later Georgeanna Tillman-Gordon), Juanita Cowart (later Juanita Cowart Motley) and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young (later Wanda Rogers) prior to the group signing their first deal. The group was the first major successful act of Motown Records after The Miracles and were its first significant successful girl group on the label's early years after the release of the number-one single, "Please Mr. Postman", one of the first number-one singles recorded by an all-female vocal group and the first by a Motown recording act. more »

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1968

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(Got me reachin', reachin', you got me reachin', reachin') 
Reachin' for somethin' I can't have, though it may cause me pain 
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains 
Standing high on society hill, a voice calls out to me 
From a boy I love & need so much, he says he's not for me 
'Cause I live up & he lives down, on the poor side of town 
But still I'm reachin', reachin'; I can't help reachin', reachin' 
'Cause he tells me he has nothin' & his place is not with me 
His pride keeps him away, but still I love him more each day 
So I'll keep... 

Reachin' for somethin' I can't have, though it may cause me pain 
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains 
He says he cannot give me all the things a rich man can 
"Stay on your hill & don't look down; forget our love began" 
& even though he loves me so, he must let me go 
But still I'm reachin', reachin'; I can't help reachin', reachin' 
For a boy who cannot give me nothin' but his love 
But he's everything I need & I've got to make him see 
So I'll keep... 

Reachin' for somethin' I can't have, though it may cause me pain 
Needing his love so much till only hurt remains 
I need him & I want him & I don't care if he has nothing 
Just to have him close to me, that's all I ever need 

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