End of the Road

"End of the Road" is a 1992 number-one hit recorded by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, it is Boyz II Men's most successful single and replaced The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" as the most successful single ever released on Motown. It was the last Motown single to reach #1 on the UK singles chart.

Originally recorded as a soundtrack song for the Eddie Murphy picture Boomerang, the song (themed about a breakup where the man really doesn't want the woman to go) topped the charts from August 15 through November 7, 1992, setting a record for most weeks at number one with thirteen, besting Elvis Presley's eleven-week hold with "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel".

However, two weeks after "End of the Road" left the top spot, being displaced by The Heights' "How Do You Talk to an Angel", Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" reached number one, and would stay there for fourteen weeks, one week longer than "End of the Road" had lasted. Their next single ("I'll Make Love to You"), however, would tie Houston's record.


Released : 1992
Format: CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Genre: R&B
Length: 5:49
Label: Motown
Writer(s): Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons
Producer: Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons
Certification: Platinum

Girl you know we belong together
I have no time for you to be playing
With my heart like this
You'll be mine forever baby, you just see

[ verse ]
We belong together
And you know that I'm right
Why do you play with my heart,
why do you play with my mind?

Said we'd be forever
Said it'd never die
How could you love me and leave me
And never say good-bye?

When I can't sleep at night
without holding you tight
Girl, each time I try I just
break down and cry
Pain in my head oh I'd rather be dead
Spinnin' around and around

[ Chorus: ]
Although we've come to the End Of The Road
Still I can't let you go
It's unnatural, you belong to
me, I belong to you
Come to the End of the Road
Still I can't let you go
It's unnatural, you belong to
me, I belong to you

Girl, I know you really love me,
You just don't realize
You've never been there before
It's only your first time

Maybe I'll forgive you, hmm
Maybe you'll try
We should be happy together
Forever, you and I

Can you love me again like
you loved me before
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And baby just don't let me,
don't let me down

[ Chorus ]

[ spoken ]
Girl I'm here for you
All those times of night
when you just hurt me
And just run out with that other fella
Baby I knew about it, I just didn't care
You just don't understand how
much I love you do you?
I'm here for you

I'm not out to go out and
cheat on you all night
Just like you did baby
but that's all right
Hey, I love you anyway
And I'm still gonna be here
for you 'till my dying day
baby
Right now, I'm just in so much pain baby
Coz you just won't come back to me
Will you? Just come back to me

(Lonely)
Yes baby my heart is lonely
(Lonely)
My heart hurts baby
(Lonely)
Yes I feel pain too
Baby please

This time instead just come to my bed
And baby just don't let me go

[ Chorus ]

[ Chorus (a cappella) ]