She ran away from home with her mother's best coat
Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong
And one dark night he came home from the sea
Levi stubbs' tears run down his face
She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case
She was married before she was even entitled to vote
When the world falls apart some things stay in place
Levi stubbs' tears run down his face
When the world falls apart some things stay in place
"It's you and me against the world, kid", she mumbled to herself
So at least she could get some enjoyment out of being alone
The sort that only laughs at his own jokes
And her husband was one of those blokes
It hurt her more to see him walking out the door
And when there wasn't a war he left her anyway
And when the world falls apart some things stay in place
And put a hole in her body where no hole should be
They left her heart in pieces on the floor
The sort that war takes away
Are here to make right everything that's wrong
Are here to make it all okay with you
Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too
No one could say that she was left up on the shelf
And though they stitched her back together
When the world falls apart some things stay in place
