With the money from her accident   She bought herself a mobile home   So at least she could get some enjoyment out of being alone   No one could say that she was left up on the shelf   "It's you and me against the world, kid", she mumbled to herself      When the world falls apart some things stay in place   Levi stubbs' tears run down his face      She ran away from home with her mother's best coat   She was married before she was even entitled to vote   And her husband was one of those blokes   The sort that only laughs at his own jokes   The sort that war takes away   And when there wasn't a war he left her anyway      When the world falls apart some things stay in place   Levi stubbs' tears run down his face      Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong   Are here to make right everything that's wrong   Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too   Are here to make it all okay with you      And one dark night he came home from the sea   And put a hole in her body where no hole should be   It hurt her more to see him walking out the door   And though they stitched her back together   They left her heart in pieces on the floor      When the world falls apart some things stay in place   She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case      And when the world falls apart some things stay in place   Levi stubbs' tears