Written by Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland
C F C F All day long I hear my telephone ring, C F C F friends calling, giving their advice. C F C F From the boy I love, I should break away, C F C 'cause heartaches he'll bring one day. F G Em Am I lost him once through friends' advice, but it's not gonna happen twice, F G Em Am 'cause all advice ever's gotten me, was many long and sleepless nights. F C F C F C F C F Ooh! But now he's back in my arms again, right by my side. C F C F C F C F I got him back in my arms again, so satisfied. Ooh! C F C F It's easy for friends to say: let him go! C F C F But I'm the one who needs him so! C F C F It's his love that makes me strong, C F C without him I can't go on. F G Em Am This time I'll live my life at ease, being happy, lovin' whom I please, F G Em Am and each time we make romance, I'll be thankful for a second chance. F C F C F C F C F Ooh! But now he's back in my arms again, right by my side. C F C F C F C F I got him back in my arms again, so satisfied. Ooh! C F C F How can Mary tell me what to do, C F C F when she lost her love so true? C F C F And Flo, she don't know, C F C 'cause the boy she loves is a Romeo. F G Em Am I lost him once through friends? advice, but it's not gonna happen twice, F G Em Am 'cause all advice ever's gotten me, was many long and sleepless nights. F C F C F C F C F Ooh! I got him back in my arms again, right by my side. C F C F C F C F I got him back in my arms again, so satisfied. C F C F C F C F I got him back in my arms again, so satisfied.