Come & Get These Memories

Notable recordings of this Holland-Dozier-Holland song:

• The first recording was in 1963 by Martha & the Vandellas on the Motown Records' Gordy label. It reached #29 on the Billboard Top 100 pop singles & #6 on the R&B singles chart.
• The Supremes recorded their version (featuring Mary Wilson on lead vocals) on their 1966 The Supremes A' Go-Go album.
• Kim Weston (another Motown recording artist) recorded it much earlier but it was not released until 2 Motown anthologies in 2005.
• Bette Midler recorded it on her 2014 album It's the Girls!.

(Intro) Lover, you've gone from me
And left behind so many memories

Here's your old friendship ring
I can't wear it no more
Here's your old love letters
I can't read them any more

Lover, you've gone from me
And left behind so many memories

Here's that old teddy bear (Come & get it)
That you won for me at the state fair
Here's some old Valentine cards (Come & get 'em)
Give them to your new sweetheart

Here's our old favorite record (Come & get it)
I can't stand to hear it anymore
Here's some old lingering love (Come & get it)
It's in my heart & it's tearing it apart

(bridge) Because of these memories
I never think of anybody but you
So, come on & get 'em
'Cause I found me somebody new

(outro) Come and get these memories, come on (Come and get 'em)
(Since you've gone out of my life)
So my mind and my heart can be at ease, come (Come and get 'em)
(Since you've gone out of my life - Give them to your new love, give them to your new love)
So come on and get these memories, come on (Come and get 'em)
(Since you’ve gone out of my life)
So my mind and my heart can be at ease, come (Come and get 'em)

- lyrics by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland

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