Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love
(backup scat singing)
Why do they say that we're too young to go steady?
Don't they believe it, that I love you already?
Gee the moon is shining bright
Wish I could go out tonight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Why do they always try to keep us apart?
Why do they laugh at what I feel in my heart?
Gee the stars are shining bright
I wish that I could hold you tight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?
(instrumental)
Gee the stars are shining bright
I wish that I could hold you tight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?
Yeah yeah, why?
Oh oh oh oh, why?
Oh oh, why?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?
...& fade
I Wonder
(The Crystals sang this song also; text in blue is in their version
only. Red text is for Ronettes version only.)
Mama said before I'm grown
I'll find somebody I can call my own
So when the stars are shining bright
I dream about the boy who's gonna hold me tight
CHORUS:
& I wonder who he'll be
Wonder if he'll be good to me
Wonder, gosh oh gee
Wonder if he'll love me forever
CHORUS:
& I (wonder, wonder who he'll be)
Oh & I wonder (wonder, wonder who he'll be)
Will he be good to me? (Wonder, wonder who he'll
be)
(Wonder) if he'll love me forever & ever
Every night I close my eyes
& there is something that I visualize
I hear a voice say "I love you"
I picture all things that we're gonna do
(chorus)
Every day I love him more
Than I did the day before
I will try to make him see
Just how much he means to me
We will meet & fall in love
& make a promise to the stars above
& we will talk & get home late
Oh I can see it now, I can hardly wait
(chorus)
I hope we'll never make each other cry
I pray we'll never ever say goodbye
(instrumental)
(chorus)
(repeat & fade):
I wonder (& ever)
I wonder (forever)
(repeat & fade):
(Wonder, wonder who he'll be)
I have a boyfriend; he says I'm his only one
We wanna get married, but we're so young
(So young) so young (so young)
Can't marry no one
They say our love is just a teenage affection
But no one knows a heart's direction
(So young) so young (so young)
Can't marry no one, no one, no one
I'm, I'm, I'm so young
Yea yea yea, so young
I'm, I'm, I'm so young
Can't marry no one, no one
(So young) Gotta go now, cry myself to sleep
This lovin' baby who lies next to me
(So young) so young (so young)
Can't marry no one, no one, no one, oh
(So young)
When I saw you, that's when I knew
I'd lose my mind over you
When I held you, that's when I knew
I'd lose my mind over you
When I saw you, I realized somethin'
I didn't realize
You've got somethin', you've got somethin'
That makes me say "Child, child, child"
When I saw you, that's when I knew
I'd lose my mind, lose my mind
I'd lose my mind over you
Do I want you for my baby?
Do I want you by my side?
Do I wanna run & kiss your lips
& say you're my lovin' guy?
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
Do I need your arms around me?
Do I live my life for you?
Do I always feel so warm each time
I look in your eyes of blue?
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you) oh oh
& do I need you every minute of the day?
& would I die if you should ever go away?
& does it mean so much to feel your tender touch?
Do I love you? Do I love you?
Oh I swear I'm gonna get you
If it takes me all my life
I'll hope & pray & dream & sleep
'Cause I'm gonna be your wife
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
(repeat & fade):
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
You know I've been wanting you my whole life through
& now that you're my guy
I'm gonna live & die for only you
Baby, baby, now you're gonna know
All the ways I've had to throw you so
You're gonna see there's a lifetime of love in me just for...
CHORUS:
You, baby; you, baby; ooo baby, just for you, oh oh only you
...Could've made me wait this long wanting your kiss
But now you're really mine
I think of all the time you made us miss
Baby, baby, now that it's all right
I'm gonna hug & kiss you every night
You're gonna see that I saved all the love in me just for...
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(repeat chorus & fade)
How does it feel when you're left sitting out in the cold?
How does it feel when you don't have nobody to hold?
I wanna know, does it really really hurt you so?
Are you crying? Are you dying?
Do you want her like I wanted you before?
How does it feel to just stare at the ceiling all night?
How do you feel knowing someone is holding her tight?
Please tell me true: are you really really feeling blue?
Do you miss her, wanna kiss her?
Do you need her like I needed you before?
When you walked out on me, I felt like you're feeling now
But I'd take you back again 'cause I still love you anyhow
(instrumental)
I wanna know, does it really really hurt you so?
Are you crying? Are you dying?
Do you want her like I wanted you before?
The moment I saw you, my heart knew it was forever
You touched me & I swear I vowed then & there that I'd never
No I'd never want somebody else to hold me
Let another's arms enfold me
Never never want nobody but you
& then you kissed me & whispered tenderly
"Darling I love you, I love you, I love you"
& I knew we were born to be together
We were born to be together
Baby, we were born to be together
I never said a word, but I know you heard me sighin'
You held me to your heart & I almost started cryin'
Almost cryin': Baby, I'm so glad you found me
Keep your lovin' arms around me
Say you want me just the way I want you
& then please kiss me & softly answer me
"Darling I love you, I love you, I love you"
I know we were born to be together
We were born to be together
Baby, we were born to be together
Baby, we were born to be together
...& fade
Is This What I Get For Loving You
There's been a lot of talk around
That you've been seen with a certain party
& now I'm so afraid I'm losing you, oh baby
Don't tell me you don't want my love
I couldn't give it to just anybody
Baby won't you tell me it's not true?
Bridge:
Don't leave me, baby
Don't tell me it's over
After I trusted you
& did my best to make you happy
Is this what I get for lovin' you, baby?
Is this what I get for lovin' you, baby?
There was a night when you held me tight
& you said you'd always love me
You said you'd never hurt me
What would there be left for me?
It's such a cruel world to be alone in
I always needed you to look out for me, oh baby
I'm gonna miss your loving arms
They're the only arms I feel at home in
Don't you know how lonely I'm gonna be
(bridge)
(chorus)
Don't leave me baby
(chorus, to fade)
There is a land I know where lovers go
& flowers grow forevermore
Where time is standing still & lovers fill
The quiet places by the shore
We will cross the rainbow
To a place where we'll be free
Where he'll give his love to me
So I'll wait for the day when he takes me away to...
CHORUS:
(Paradise) He'll take me by the hand to
(Paradise) We'll walk along the sand in
(Paradise) A never never land
(Paradise) Wo wo wo
We'll build a castle there so we can share
The happiness we've waited for
While white flamingos fly way up high
Way above the ocean's roar
We will climb a mountain
To see our wonderland
Maybe now you'll understand
Why I've waited for the day when he takes me away to...
(chorus)
(Stand by him) I'll stand by him
(Do right by him) Do right by him
& I swear that I would die for him, die for him
(repeat chorus)
Here I sit, broken hearted
Fell in love, but now we've parted
Couldn't see the writing on the wall
Here I sit, my head in hand
Trying hard to understand
Pity me, I used to have it all
Since he left, my nights are long
& everything I do is wrong
& when they play our favorite song
Too late, he's gone; too late, he's gone
CHORUS (x4):
(Ron- Ron- Ronnie, don't you run-run, girl)
Here I sit, broken hearted
It was through before we started
I didn't know that it was our last call
Here I sit, my head in hand
Trying hard to understand
Oh too bad, for now the tears must fall
Since he left, it's just no good
& I can't do the things I should
& now I cry, I knew I would
Too late, he's gone; too late, he's gone
(chorus x4)
Here I sit, broken hearted
Don't you know? I'm broken hearted
I feel I'm broken hearted
Oo-ee I'm broken hearted
Can't you hear me? I'm broken hearted
...& fade
I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Baby, do you know what you did today?
Baby, do you know what you took away?
You took the blue out of the sky
My whole life changed when you said goodbye
& I keep cryin', cryin'
CHORUS:
Oh baby, oh baby
I wish I never saw the sunshine
I wish I never saw the sunshine
'Cause if I never saw the sunshine
Baby, maybe I wouldn't mind the rain
Every day is just like the day before
All along 100 miles from shore
All of my dreams I dreamed with you
Now they will die & never come true
& so I'm cryin', cryin'
(chorus)
There wouldn't be this pain
& I know there wouldn't be cloud dots over me
Everywhere I go
(chorus)
I wouldn't mind the rain
Oh that pain
Oh the rain
...& fade
Everything Under The Sun
(Bob Crewe/Gary Knight)
("Sh-doop, sh-doop, sh-doo-be-doo-be-doop" by backup singers heard throughout song)
If there's any more living to live
The life that's left in me, I'm ready to give
& if there's anything more I can do
Tell me now, my love; I'll do it for you
CHORUS:
'Cause you're my everything, everything under the sun
You're my everything, heaven & earth rolled in one
& if I can't have you, I want nothing at all
'Cause you're my (everything) I do believe in
(My everything) the air I'm breathing
Everything under the sun
Now I see the world I've waited for
I see it through your eyes, not like before
Everywhere I go, all that I see
United, blessed until you go to me
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(repeat & fade):
You're my everything, everything under the sun
You're my everything, heaven & earth rolled in one
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered
I didn't have a care or worry
I wasn't in the slightest hurry
To fall in love & give my heart away, oh baby
So hurt many times before
That I said this time for sure
I was locking up the door, then baby...
CHORUS:
Ooo you came, you saw, you conquered all the love in me
Oh baby, you came, you saw, your turned your lovin' right on in me
Wo oh wo oh oh
My enemy was warm desier
He shot me down with lips of fire
I ran for cover straight into your arms, oh baby
Footloose, fancy free
Nobody could get a hold of me
Then you kissed me tenderly, & baby...
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Goodbye, heart of mine
Hello, sweet ties of love that bind
I'll try love just one more time, 'cause baby...
(chorus)
(instrumental, fading out)
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