She tells me that there’s a full tank of gas in the car.
As I pick up my keys and I start to leave,
She yells, “Don’t go very far!”
Suddenly it occurs to me. It’s my car. It belongs to me

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What do you do when you love a girl like that?
What do you do when you love a girl like that?
You want to love her and never leave her.
You want to hold her. You want to squeeze her.
She’ll jump down, turn around, take a plane and leave you.
What do you do when you love a girl like that?

Well I’m standing there beside her just to admire her flair.
She says, “You’re a pain in the…” “I’ll see you later”,
I say as I get out of there.
Suddenly it occurs to me. It’s my house. It belongs to me.

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Well money’s no object. Now that’s an obvious fact.
When you live just to work so she can go away
And you don’t know if she’s ever coming back.
Suddenly it occurs to me. It’s my life. It belongs to me.

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When I’m all alone and I hear the telephone do its number.
And I hear, “I love you. I miss you. I’ll be home soon” in my slumber.
Suddenly it occurs to me. It’s all coming back to me.

What do you do when you love a girl like that?
What do you do when you love a girl like that?
You better love her and never leave her.
Always hold her, but never squeeze her.
She’ll jump down, turn around, take a plane
And come back to be with you.
That’s what do you do when you love a girl like that.
That’s what do you do when you love a girl like that.
When you love a girl, when you love a girl like that.

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What can I say? The beat is around wherever I go.
What can I do? It comes and surrounds both me and you too.
Even the big daddies are doin’ it too.
What can I say? Tell me darlin’ now what can I do?
What can I do? What can I do?

It’s a New Wave baby. And like all waves it’ll come. It’ll go.
Frankly speakin’ darlin’ I see no difference from Rock and Roll.
They take a beat here and they move it there. Well I don’t know.
When I was a kid, we just called that Rock and Roll.
Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll.

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Folk Wave starts somewhere in my head.
Then it works it’s way to my heart on to my soul.
And then I’m startin’ to dance. No I can’t stop. No. no heaven knows.
Heaven knows. Heaven knows.

Well you got your doo-doo-doo-doos and your da-da-da-da-da-da-das.
That’s just an evolution of the old shoobie-do-wah.
Well Folk Wave rocks and then they roll. You knw they got to go.
Folk Wave Rock. Look out. Stop. No. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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What can I say? The beat is around wherever I go.
What can I do? It comes and surrounds both me and you too.
Even the big daddies are doin’ it too.
What can I say? Tell me darlin’ now what can I do?
What can I do? What can I do?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Johnny came lately. Tell where did you go?
I cruised on down to see the picture show.
Tell me Johnny, tell me what did you see?
I saw Pete’s Lilly staring back at me.
C’mon Lilly and Lizzie too
Tell me where’d you get those dancin’ shoes?
Got ’em right here boy. Right on the street.
But they said, You don’t need no shoes boy. Use your feet.
I said go Johnny go. Go Johnny go. You’re still goin’ for me.

Back a little ways. Seems like way back when.
Back when rainbows painted the FM.
Children were laughin’. They were dancin’ around.
And I swear their feet never touched the ground.
I said go Johnny go. Go Johnny go. You’re still goin’ for me.

Here come the judge and here come his wife.
Some of us are leadin’ just a regular life.
Well, I don’t know if we’re just growin’ old.
But I see no reason to break that mold.
I said go Johnny go. Go Johnny go. You’re still goin’. You’re just growin’.
Keep on goin’. Keep on growin’. Keep on goin’ for me.

I see a lot of children dancin’ when they’re young.
Just diggin’ on music when they just begun.
It seems to me we’re still doin’ our part.
“Cause rock and roll love is a very good start.
I said go Johnny go. Go Johnny go. You’re still goin’ for me.
I said go Johnny go. Go Johnny go. You’re still goin’. You’re just growin’.
Keep on goin’. Keep on growin’. Keep on goin’ for me.

I call up some girl on the telephone.
I say how about Saturday night?
She says well I ain’t got nothin’ better to do.
Well I guess it’s ok, well, yeah, alright.
It seems to me we had a mighty fine time.
And here I am walkin’ her to her door.
I say plant that sweet little goodnight kiss on me honey.
She says, uh-uh. Dates over. No more.

That’s when I miss her. I miss her all the time.
You know I miss her. I miss her all the time.
Come back to me honey. Come back to me mama. Come back to me.

Now a bachelor’s life ain’t all fun and games.
Contrary to popular belief we don’t wake up with a different girl everyday.
And I’m a man who needs a certain kind of exercise.
And if I don’t get it I go out of my mind.

That’s when I miss her. I miss her all the time.
You know I miss her. I miss her all the time.
Come back to me honey. Come back to me mama. Come back to me.

Now there’s one thing in old world I’ll never undrstand.
And that’s the ways of a cheatin’ man.
Well here’s a dude cheatin’ on his old lady most all of the time.
When poor guys like me got to stay home with our mine all mine.

That’s when I miss her. I miss her all the time.
You know I miss her. I miss her all the time.
Come back to me honey. Come back to me mama. Come back to me.

Now I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to say.
I don’t want to change your mind. I don’t want try to make you stay.
But you’re leavin’ me standin’ here and I feel like such a fool.
I’m trying hard to tell you honey, I’m so in love with you.

That’s when I miss her. I miss her all the time.
You know I miss her. I miss her all the time.
Come back to me honey. Come back to me mama. Come back to me.
Come back to me.