A Silent Partner In A Three-Way Love Affair - Smokey Robinson

Nothing I can say against the man you love

Nothing I can say, 'cause I don’t blame you

For feeling like I do

Your man happens to be my best friend, no, no, no

The only hang-up is I love you too

So I’m just a silent partner

In a three-way love affair

A silent partner in a three-way love affair

Mmm-hmm-hmm, mmm-hmm, mmm, yeah

Vividly I can remember when he and I were boys

'Cause that was when he gave me my very first clue

While rapping about the woman

Who would share our future lives

We both painted a picture that is you

So I’m just a silent partner

In a three-way love affair

A silent partner in a three-way love affair

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh…

It could have been worse

I mean, what if a stranger had found you first

Since it wasn’t me, then I’m glad it was him

'Cause to know you this way is better

Than never to know you at all

A thousand times I’ve asked myself

If I’d take you if I could

But I’m sworn to silence by the unspoken oath

If we three could talk about it

It might do me some good

But I fear to speak might make me lose you both

So I’m just a silent partner

In a three-way love affair

I’m a silent partner in a three-way love affair

Silent partner, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah

A silent partner in a three-way love affair

A silent partner in a three-way love affair

Silent partner

Silent partner

Silent partner

Silent partner

Silent partner

A silent partner in a three-way love affair