C - Pop from Linked-list

C - Pop from Linked-list

I've implemented a Linked-List with a Pop function in C:
Node * pop (Node * head) {
Node * temp = head;
printf("Temp is: %s\n", temp->val);
if (head->next != NULL) {
*head = *head->next;
}
printf("Temp is: %s\n", temp->val);
return temp;
}
And the output when I pop would be something like:
Temp is: node1 value
Temp is: node2 value
That is to say that temp is becoming temp->next when I assign *head =
*head->next.
So how can I get the value of the current head and return it while also
moving the head of the Linked-list to head->next?
Doing head = head->next does NOT remove the reference to the first node.
(i.e. When I print the list, the first node is still there).
Thanks.