I'm the face, baby, is that clear?
I'm the face, baby, is that clear?
I'm the face if you want it
I'm the face if you want it, dear

All the others are third class tickets
By me, baby is that clear?

I'm the big wheel, baby, won't you roll with me?
I'm the big wheel, baby, won't you roll with me?
So many cats down the scene, honey, yeah they hardly see

Wear Ivy League jackets, wild buckskin shoes
Wear Ivy League jackets, wild buckskin shoes
So many tickets down the scene, honey, they'll likely blow a fuse

I'm the face, baby, is that clear?
I'm the face, baby, is that clear?
I'm the face if you want it
I'm the face if you want it, dear
All the others are third class tickets
By me, baby, is that clear?

Hey fellows have you heard the news?
Yeah, the women in this town have been misused
Yeah, I seen it all in my dreams last night
Girls leaving this town 'cause you don't treat 'em right
Oh, take a train (take a train)
Fly by plane (fly by plane)
Yeah, gettin' tired (gettin' tired)
Sick and tired (sick and tired)

All you fellows better change your ways
Yeah, they're leaving this town in a matter of days
Girls are good, you better treat 'em true
I've seen fellows runnin' round with someone new

Gettin' tired (gettin' tired)
Sick and tired (sick and tired)
Yeah, leaving here (leaving here)
Leaving here (leaving here)
I said leaving here, yeah, yeah, yeah, don't leave here

Oh yeah
Oh yeah, etc.

The love of a woman is a wonderful thing (Oh yeah)
Yeah, the way you treat 'em is a cryin' shame (Oh yeah)
I tell you fellow, yeah it won't be long (Oh yeah)
Before these women they all have gone (Oh yeah)
Oh, gettin' tired (gettin' tired)
Sick and tired (sick and tired)
Yeah, take a train (take a train)
Fly by plane (fly by plane)
Leaving here
Yeah, leaving here
Yeah, leaving here
They're gonna leave us here now
Babe, babe, babe now, please don't leave here!

Note: These are the lyrics as they were sung by Marvin Gaye on the original Tamla release of "Baby Don't You Do It" in 1964. The Who began performing the song contemporaneously with the original release and made a studio demo of it for a Pye Records audition in 1964 (this version now available on Odds And Sods). They revived the song for possible inclusion in the 1971 Lifehouse project. Aa live and a studio version from '71 have been released. Each Who version was performed differently, so the below lyrics may serve as a guide to each Who version (although they never performed it exactly this way).

Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe
Don't break my heart, don't do it babe
Don't break my heart, please don't do it babe
Don't break my heart

'Cause I sacrifice to make you happy
Get nothin' for myself
Now you wanna leave me
For the love of someone else
My pride is all gone, whether right or wrong
I believe, baby, you'd better keep on keepin' on
Girl, I try to do my best
Girl, I try to do my best, don't do it babe
Don't break my heart, oh don't do it baby
Don't break my heart

My biggest mistake was lovin' you too much
And lettin' you know
'Cause now you've got me where you want me
And you're gonna let me go
My heart was made glad, when you strolled, you see
Heartaches and misery, you've been 'causin me
Girl, I try to do my best
Girl, I try to do my best
Don't you do it, don't break my heart

Go down to the river and there I'll be
I'm gonna jump right in, baby, if you don't see by me
Open up your eyes, can't you see I love you?
Open up your heart, can't you see I need you?
I'm no good without you, can't go on without you?
Life's no good without you, what'm I gonna do without you?
Baby don't you do it, don't you break my heart
Don't you do it, baby, don't you break my heart
What'm I gonna do without you?
Got to go on, baby
Baby don't you do it