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Cindy Lyrics by The Temptations

Wish It Would Rain

1968

[Verse 1: David Ruffin]
All my hopes and dreams are forgotten now
All the apples in my barrel are rotten now
Standing on a mountain of misery
Loneliness is my only company

[Chorus: The Temptations]
Oh, when are you gonna come, Cindy?
When will you be homeward bound?
I'm in need of you and the love of you, Cindy

[Verse 2: David Ruffin]
I thought we were birds of a feather now
And we would always be together now
And wherever I would go you would follow me
A life of love with you was my destiny

[Chorus: The Temptations & David Ruffin]
Oh, when you gonna come home, Cindy?
I wanna know When will you be homeward bound?
There's an empty space
Since you left this place, Cindy
Cindy

[Bridge: David Ruffin & The Temptations]
Come back, Cindy, come back
Cindy, you have made a great mistake
Come back, Cindy, come back
But mistakes were sometimes made to save
Come back, Cindy, come back
Cindy love is made of give and take
Come back, Cindy, come back
Let a move be made for love's sake
Come back, Cindy, come back
Come on home, can't you see
I was made for you, you were made for me

[Verse 3: David Ruffin]
People tell me I'm not the same now
I only half respond to my name now
But no one knows it better than me myself, baby
Without your love I never can be myself

[Chorus: The Temptations & David Ruffin]
Ooh, when you gonna come home, Cindy?
I wanna know When will you be homeward bound?
'Cause without you here, I'm lost out here
Cindy
Cindy
When you gonna come home, Cindy?
I wanna know When will you be homeward bound?
Girl, I've been needing you, I'm in love with you
Cindy, Cindy, Cindy, I wanna know
When you gonna come home, Cindy?
Oh, make it home, Cindy, soon
Oh, wen will you be homeward bound?
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"Cindy" appears on "Wish It Would Rain" in 1968.

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