Don t Mess With Bill:Marvelettes.
#3 on R&B and #7 on BB Hot 100 on
MOTOWN Records in 1966.
INTRO: (x2)
Don t mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don t mess
with Bill.
(Don t mess with Bill)..say it one more time..
(Don t mess with Bill)..
#1.
Now, I know he s a guy who put tears in my eyes,
a thousand times or more.
Oh, but every time he would apologize..I loved him
more than before.
CHORUS:
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
don t mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don t mess with Bill..
leave my Billy alone.
(Don t mess with Bill)..get a guy of your own..
(Don t mess with Bill)..
#2.
Now, there s Johnny, there s Joe and there s Frank and Jim..
just to name a few.
Now, Bill s got me and I ve got him..I m sure there s one
for you.
CHORUS:
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
don t mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don t mess with Bill..
he s mine all mine.
(Don t mess with Bill) I say it one more time..
(Don t mess with Bill)..oh yeah!!
(INTERLUDE:) (x3)
#3.
Though I tell myself he wants no one else cause he keeps
coming back to me.
Now, I m in no position to want competition..I want to be
sure as can be.
CHORUS:
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
don t mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don t mess with Bill..
leave my Billy alone.
(Don t mess with Bill)..get a guy of your own..
(Don t mess with Bill)..cause he s mine all mine.
(Don t mess with Bill) I say it one more time..
OUTRO:
(Don t mess with Bill)..hey-yeah-yeah-yeah!!
(Don t mess with Bill)..hey-yeah-yeah-yeah!!
(Don t mess with Bill)..leave my man alone!!(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.