Just the voice alone.
Had you hooked and seeking a microphone.
Just the hand motion and the split.
Had you wishing you were apart of them.
Eddie, Otis, Melvin and Paul knew the attention.
That David Ruffin demanded.
David Ruffin shoes is hard to fill.
And that to some is a bitter pill.
Unlike Dennis Edwards, he didn't have to yell.
His vocals alone was a true sell.
From the romantic tune of My Girl.
To his proclaiming I Could Never Love Another.
Make you wants to tell your girl she's special.
We aware no man Ain't Too Proud To Beg.
Especially , if he realize he's losing her to another.
And pretty she might not seems to others.
Except he told us Beauty Only Skin Deep.
A message to the strong and the weak.
He made me wants to state I was a Temptation's forever.
As I look into the mirror.
I just pretend I'm David Ruffin.
A man that for a moment was the best of the best.
Until he was laid to rest.