Abraham Martin and John

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Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »


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2004
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Has any body here,
Seen my old friend Abraham,
Can you tell me, where he's gone.
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the Good die young
I just looked around,
And he was gone.
Has anybody here,
Seen my old friend John, 
Can you tell me where he's gone.
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good die young
I just looked around 
And he was gone.
Has any body here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me, where he's gone
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good die young
I just looked around 
And he was gone.

Has any body here
Seen my old friend bobby.
Can you tell me
Where he's gone.
You see he freed a lot of people, 
But the good they die young yeah
I just looked around
And he was gone.
Oh I just looked around
And he was gone!

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