Author: rdoggett@villandio.net

Hey, where did we go?
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow
Playin’ a new game
Laughin’ and a-runnin’, hey, hey
Skippin’ and a-jumpin’
In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping and you
My brown-eyed girl
And you, my brown-eyed girl

And whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow?
Going down the old mine with a
Transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hiding ‘hind a rainbow’s wall
Slipping and sliding
All along the waterfall with you
My brown-eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing?
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da
Just like that
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da, la-tee-da

So hard to find my way
Now that I’m all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometimes I’m overcome thinking ’bout it
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown-eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing?
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin’ high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ’neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
“Rip down all hate,” I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

Girls’ faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

A self-ordained professor’s tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
“Equality,” I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

Before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too, 
I’m so happy when you dance with me.

I don’t wanna kiss or hold your hand,
If it’s funny, try and understand,    
there is really nothing else I’d rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

I don’t need to hug or hold you tight,
 I just wanna dance with you all night,
 In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
  ‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
I’ve discovered I’m in love with you, oh, oh,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you, oh oh,
 oh oh, oh.

Byrds version

There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life i’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When i think of love as something new

Though i know i’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them
In my life i love you more

Though i know i’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

I  love you        ’cause you tell me things I want to know
And it’s true      that it really only  goes to show
That I know  That I I I I  should never never never be blue
            
Now you’re mine      my happiness still makes me cry
And in  time        you’ll understand the reason why If I cry 
It’s not because I’m sad   But you’re the only love that I’ve ever had
I can’t believe   it’s happened to me I can’t conceive   of any more misery 

Ask me  why   I’ll say I love you    And I’m always thinking of you                       
I love you,      ’cause you tell me things I want to know      
goes to show That I know 
That I, I, I, I should never, never, never be blue

Ask me why, I’ll say I love you 
And I’m always thinking of you 
I can’t believe   it’s happened to me  
I can’t conceive   of any more misery 

Ask me  why, I’ll say I love you 
And I’m always thinking of you 

You, You, You, You

Before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.
I don’t wanna kiss or hold your hand,
if it’s funny, try and understand
there is really nothing else I’d rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

I don’t need to hug or hold you tight,
I just wanna dance with you all night,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
I’ve discovered I’m in love with you, oh, oh,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you, oh oh,
oh oh, oh.

(orig. = capo 4th) (The Beatles)

Well, she was just seventeen
You know what I mean
And the way she looked
Was way beyond compare
So how could I dance with another
Ooh, when I saw her standing there?

Well, she looked at me
And I, I could see
That before too long
I’d fall in love with her
She wouldn’t dance with another
Ooh, when I saw her standing there

Well, my heart went “boom”
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine

Oh we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long
I fell in love with her
Now I’ll never dance with another
Ooh, since I saw her standing there

Well, my heart went, “Boom”
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine

Oh, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long
I fell in love with her
Now I’ll never dance with another
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Yeah, well since I saw her standing there