About The Song
“My Guy” is a 1964 hit single by Mary Wells for the Motown label, written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles. “My Guy” was Wells’ last solo recording for Motown, as she left for 20th Century Fox in 1965, marking her departure from the label where she initially rose to fame.
The song expresses a woman’s rejection of a sexual advance and her affirmation of fidelity to her boyfriend, despite his ordinary appearance. Its lyrics are simple yet capture the essence of being deeply in love. The song emphasizes her unwavering loyalty, portrayed in lyrics like “Nothing you could say can tear me away from my guy”.
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Lyrics
Nothing you can say can tear me away
From my guy
Nothing you could do, ’cause I’m stuck like glue
To my guy
I’m sticking to my guy like a stamp to a letter
Like birds of a feather we stick together
I’m tellin’ you from the start
I can’t be torn apart from my guy
Nothing you could do could make me be untrue
To my guy (my guy)
Nothing you could buy could make me tell a lie
To my guy (my guy)
I gave my guy my word of honor
To be faithful and I’m gonna
You’d best be believing
I won’t be deceiving my guy
As a matter of opinion, I think he’s tops
My opinion is he’s the cream of the crop
As a matter of taste to be exact
He’s my ideal as a matter of fact
No muscle bound man could take my hand
From my guy (my guy)
No handsome face could ever take the place
Of my guy (my guy)
He may not be a movie star
But when it comes to being happy, we are
There’s not a man today who can take me away
From my guy
No muscle bound man could take my hand
From my guy (my guy)
No handsome face could ever take the place
Of my guy (my guy)
He may not be a movie star
But when it comes to being happy, we are
There’s not a man today who can take me away
From my guy (what’cha say?)
There’s not a man today who could take me away
From my guy (Tell me more!)
There’s not a man today who could take me away
From my guy