Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Song Lyrics

  • Written by Motown writers Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland
  • Originally performed by The Temptations
  • Whitfield also produced the tune. He had Temptations singer David Ruffin sing above his normal range, resulting in the pained vocal that went with the lyric
  • A # 13 Top 40 hit from 1966, it also spent 8 weeks at #1 on the R&B charts
  • Remade in 1974 by The Rolling Stones, it hit # 17
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Other Temptations songs performed by Oracle:

I know you wanna leave me,
But I refuse to let you go,
If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy,
I don't mind 'cause you mean that much to me.

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.
Ain't to proud to plead, baby baby,
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.

Now I've heard a cryin' man, is half a man,
With no, sence of pride.
But if I have to cry to keep you, I don't mind weepin'
If it'll keep you by my side.

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.
Ain't to proud to plead, baby baby,
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.

If I have to sleep on your doorstep, all night and day,
Just to keep you from walkin' away,
Let your friends laugh even this I can stand,
Cause I wanna keep you, any way I can.

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.
Ain't to proud to plead, baby baby,
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.

Now I've got a love so deep, in the pit of my heart,
And each day it grows more and more,
And I'm not ashamed to come, and plead with you baby,
If pleadin' keeps you from walkin' out that door.

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.
Ain't to proud to plead, baby baby,
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go.
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Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band, who perform throughout the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC area. 

In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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