Can I Get a Witness?

This song was written by the trio of Holland-Lamont-Holland & released as a non-album single by Marvin Gaye on Motown's Tamar label in 1965.

Other significant covers:

• The Rolling Stones on their debut self-titled album in 1964
• Dusty Springfield released it on her EP "Dusty" in 1964 on Phillips
• Stevie Wonder released it on his "I Was Made to Love Her" in 1967.
• Female English singer songwriter Sam Brown on her 1988 "Stop!" album
• The Supremes backed up Gaye on his original track. They recorded their own version of the song in 1966 but it was not released until 1987
• Elton John sang the song at the Live Aid concert in 1985
• Steve ("Little Steven") Van Zandt at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston in 2017.

Ah listen everybody, especially you girls
Is it right to be left alone while the one you love is never home?
I love too hard, my friends sometimes say
But I believe, I believe that a woman should be loved that way
But it hurts me so inside to see her treat me so unkind
Somebody, somewhere: tell her it's unfair!

CF GF CF GF (2x) F - - - / CF GF CF GF / G - F - / CF GF CF GF 

Can I get a witness? Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness? Somebody?
Is it right to be treated so bad when you've given everything you had? 
Even tossing in my sleep 'cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Now, you chicks do agree that this ain't the way love's supposed to be?
Let me hear you, let me hear you say "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

Up early in the morning with her on my mind
Just to find out all night that I've been crying
But I believe a woman's a man's best friend
So I'm going to stick by her till the very end
But she cause so much misery that I forget how love's supposed to be
Somebody, somewhere - tell her it ain't fair

Can I get a witness? I want a witness
Witness, witness - witness, witness
Everybody knows, especially you girls
But love can be sad, but half of a love is twice as bad
Now, all you chicks agree that this ain't the way it's supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

- Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland

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