Anyone know this song? I know it`s not a big hit, but i think it`s one of his most beautiful songs, and that says a lot.
It`s from The Master Cd-box.



Father stop
Criticizing your son
Mother please
Leave your daughters alone
Don't you see that's what wrong
With the world with world today
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

We all talked about Candice
But it's only only a word
Brother turned on a sister
In this cruel cruel world today
That's what's wrong
With all in this world today
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Somebody to play with
Wanna to mold you, mold you
Shaker your love baby
Wanna to do their thing

Children are told
To give not just to take
If we were all children
You know the world
Will be a better place
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
We should all love each other
Love and take one another
We should love each other
Love and not hate, oh

Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
True everybody wants somebody
To mold them, shape them own way
Everybody wants somebody
Try to make it
Or do their, do their thing
Everybody wants take somebody
Got to make it do their thing
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

I just got the box. Listening to that track now, haven't ever heard it before. It's gorgeous.

Loving "Pretty Little Baby" too. Surprised no one's sampled that opening riff yet.

MendesCity said:

I love this box to pieces. A lot of rare tracks, and a wonderful booklet. Nobody can sing "yesterday" like Marvin Gaye...

Icicle said:

I have that box set... I should check this particular track out again.

I love this song to bits!

Definitely one of his best - beautiful gospel feel, and thoughtful lyrics (that probably only Marvin could get away with singing without sounding silly....!). I have it on the soundtrack to the movie Phenomenon, but maybe I need to get the box set, as there seem to be a few other tracks from that early-70's period that I don't have....

(Incidentally, whilst I'm sure Candice is a lovely girl 'n' all, the line is "we all talk of kindness".... heehee!)