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Baby, my Dad says that you’re too tough,
That you’re the kinda guy, for his poppit, that’s too rough,
He said that I should only marry a Prince Charming,
Not a guy like you, who’ll leaves me, after he’s had a bit of a
fling one Spring.
Being the apple of m’Daddy’s eye,
Don’t do anything that’ll make me cry.
Honey, when we are together,
We two are really more like one,
Honey, with you, never had so much fun,
You make me giggle more than anyone,
And m’Daddy starts wodnerin’ where we’e gone,
Darlin’, nothin’ much happens when ya’ gone.
Let’s do somethin’ that’ll make m’Dad mad,
Let’s be incredibly, steadily bad.
Darlin’, let’s set off and jet off,
Come on baby, shake ya’ stuff,
But I won’t tell my Daddy, that I’m fallin’ in love.
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Daddy, you know that you’re my tops,
I’ll always be ya’ little girl, but growing up stops.
I met this guy down the coffee shop,
Who tells me he loves me, I really like him, Pops.
I told him, I already, that you’re number one in my life,
That I’m a Daddy’s girl, but I still wanna be his wife.
He got down on one knee, and said,
“Though ya’ Daddy’s little girl, ya’ still can be”,
Let’s make a match in matrimony
(And that he’s gonna love me for all eternity).
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Daddy says I still have to be in by eleven,
That my guy’s a rogue, though he may take me to heaven.
Daddy, when I rolled home about seven - ish,
I guess you was right, this guy’s kinda devil - ish.
Daddy please don’t spoil all my fun,
I still love you more than anyone,
Don’t make it so that I’m always on the run,
Just wanna tell you, I’ve kinds flipped and my head is spun.
Daddy, I’ll try to make amends,
But please don’t stop me from seeing my friends.
… (male solo) … Daddy’s girl, I know, that you’re one of the kinda women,
Who leaves my heart a flutter and my head a’kinda swimmin’,
Please, just know, I love you so,
Tell ya’ Daddy, he shouldn’t tell me when I have to go …
(repeat to fade).
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
What does it take for you to read the signs,
Of my designs ?
Does it take a billboard poster,
Or perhaps to write it on the work’s roster,
Wave it on a flag from a roller coaster.
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If you can’t read the look on my face,
Babe, you should really get out of this place !
Maybe I shout scream and shout,
Telling you, that’s not what love is all about ?
Put it on a badge on my coat ?
Can’t you read the signs, saying that I did love once, but now
I want out.
That the smile on my face, has now fizzled out.
Put it on a message in a bottle, and hope that is can float.
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Can’t you understand, what I’m tryin’ to say,
That where there once was romance,
But now you no longer brighten my day.
Honey, things were once so sweet,
Now, I’m kickin’ you out on the street,
Write it on my computer, then delete.
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Maybe I should paint it in a picture,
Telling you, your love potion is one helluva mixture ?
That I’m left feeling like fittings and fixtures ?
Shout it so loud, you can read it in ricters ?
Should I put it in a letter,
Telling you how to make ya’ love better ?
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Should I paint a message, on the wall,
Telling you I’ve had enough of it all ?
Pin a banner to the house, big, not small,
Write a book all about it, and the pain when you don’t call,
Advertise it in the news, but it won’t be a surprise to know,
That you no longer love me and all you want is for me to go.
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Darlin’, do you hear me ?
What does it take for you to see ?
Should I pin it to a tree ?
Or post flyers around town, absolutely, for free,
Saying that there’s no longer the same passion,
Between you and me … (repeat to fade).
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
When we went walking,
Played hide and seek behind a tree,
But, honey, I guess,
I was hopeless at doing things inconspicuously.
When we went strolling along the street,
And you held my hand,
I had real trouble concealing my affections,
Feelings are so difficult to understand.
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It’s just so obvious,
Can’t hide it at all,
Want to tell you that I love you,
Shout it out and write it on a wall.
When we went playing in a park,
Really, all I wanted was to hide in the dark,
But you lit my fire, just like a spark,
And couldn’t hide my light behind a bushel,
Wanted to sing about it, just like a lark.
When we spent a week on holiday,
Was trying to get said all the things we don’t usually say,
Tried to erase the look on my face, and rub it away,
But, darlin’, my heart still beat fast, and our love lasted
longer than a day.
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When we were washing and ironing our clothes,
Was busy imagining you in absolutely nothing at all,
Brushed my hair, to get ready took an hour,
Even went out to buy you a flower.
When we were together, all afternoon,
My mind drifted off, as I tried to learn this ol’ piano tune,
Spent an hour star - watching and gazing at the Moon,
No wonder that I soon started to croon.
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When you look in the mirror, what do you see ?
I bet you’d see through me, eventually, you see,
If you gaze at the reflection of me in the glass,
Do you see a ghostly image of me, as you pass ?
Inside, my head just went “BOOM !”,
And all around, the planets I started to zoom,
Throughout all of this, I thought of you,
Floating around the universe, as around Jupiter, I quickly
flew.
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You can try to hide behind a shield,
Even run away across a field,
But, it’ll be hopeless, the love I have for you, cannot be
concealed,
I’m so thoroughly in love with you,
Yet, all you do is tell me that we’re through. (repeat to
fade)
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Honey, been knockin’ on your door,
Tryin’ to get you catch you in,
Do you live at number four ?
Really don’t know where to begin,
So, decided to send you a letter,
Telling you what state I’m in …
Darlin, come and make me better,
I’ve been through thick and thin.
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Didn’t want forever to be so lost,
Came to your house, with a Valentine’s to post,
Rat - a - tat - tat, is the key on your mat ?
I’m sat at your door, along with your cat,
Honey, tell me, are you in ?
Went around the backyard, but tripped into the bin !
Tried to keep as quiet as a pin,
Then cried out at the top of my voice “Babe, are you in ?”,
You’re leavin m’head in a real, darn spin.
Shall I come at nine or ten ?
I always pass by your gate, every now and then.
You said … please come by my house at six,
Now, I’m sat like a cat on hot bricks,
So very nervous that I’m almost sick,
Knockin’ and knockin’, my hand almost sticks,
Just thinking of your performing some of your magic tricks …
Then tried ringing your doorbell, as well,
Are you upstairs or downstairs, I really can’t tell !
Please don’t reply, through the letterbox “Go to hell !”.
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All I want is to catch a glimpse of you,
Of you passing by your window,
Should I come around two ?
Are you in ? Should I call out ?
Maybe, the neighbours will wonder what all the shouting is about …
Honey, if the police let me, I’d break down you door,
If I thought you didn’t want me anymore,
But I guess, I’d be left wondering what I’m coming round for …
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Honey, are you in ? only with you can I really win ! (repeat to
fade)
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Honey, you’re the only reason, that I go to school,
I study physics, so I won’t be such a fool.
I also study history, too,
So when I get old, I won’t age always be loved by you.
In the morning, when I get out my books,
I even study cookery, with a hundred and one cooks,
And the only reason for this, I know,
Is so we can dine together, it looks, does it show ?
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The science of love is a difficult thing to learn,
But if I study oh ! so hard,
Perhaps, soon it will be my turn.
Can’t stand anymore being goody - goody,
Honey, be my study buddy,
Don’t want to be forever lonely,
Want to study with you and all about you, only.
When we get together, we can share,
The burdens of a lifetime, in our underwear.
At night, I study geography, just so,
I can find my way to your door, in one go,
I study chemistry, so our love potion matches,
I only hope that this love bug catches.
At one or two o ‘ clock, when I’m tossing and turning,
I open my study books - about you I am learning.
And if in class, I find that I’m fainting,
It’s because you were the subject of the portrait I was
painting.
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I study maths, so you’re my number one,
I want things to add up with you, more than anyone,
I study astrology, so I can throw my cares to the Sun,
Thinking of you, so very much, can’t seem to get my
homework done.
Maybe, if I study all about art,
I’ll find that perhaps, we won’t be so much apart,
If I study diff’rent languages, too, I’ll be able to say,
Honey, I love you, in each and every way … (repeat to
fade).
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Aren’t you sorry that you hurt me so ?
Or do you really not care whenever you go ?
If love means never having to say you’re sorry,
Perhaps you won’t leave me in quite such a hurry.
So we’ll find love in the middle, with a little less worry.
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Meet me halfway,
Say all the things you want to say,
Darlin’, you really take my breath away,
Do to me, a million things, but never once have to say sorry, today.
If love means never having to say you’re sorry,
Why do you do things that leave me in such a flurry ?
You said that you’d give me sanctuary …
Do things extra - ordinairy, bring me magic just like a fairy …
But then you break my heart and forget to say you’re sorry.
Love is really quite fantastic,
So just make magic, don’t be sorry about it,
Love means never having to say you’re sorry,
So, darlin’, just be yourself, be extra - ordinairy,
Really so splendoured, so adored,
The love I have for you, is out - poured (repeat to fade).
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© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Saint Bernard once made a famous sermon, in which he said, “Qui me amat, et canem meum”, which means “Whoever loves me, loves my dog”. Well, since that time, Saint Bernard has been known as one who brings rescue to the needy … are you ready ?
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Qui me amat ?
To the man who rescues me,
Qui me amat ?
That’s what that is, for you and me,
Qui me amat ?
Love is all that it can be.
When life gets to be oh ! so hard,
Darlin’, be my Saint Bernard.
Who loves me, I really don’t know,
Been looking so long, now,
My heartache’s beginning to show.
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Met so many men,
Some of them friendly,
Some not so nice, now and then.
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Even looked around the world once or twice,
Finding love’s like a game of dice,
It’s just like a game of cat and mice.
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Why a man should love you instead of me,
Need a telescope, to look for a mermaid in a sea,
I guess if I look hard enough, eventually, I’ll find true love.
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Babe, this is the happiest day of my life,
The day when I carried you over the threshold and made you my wife.
Held your hand as we walked to bed, stair by stair,
In the twilight, the magic of you is everywhere.
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As the candle - glow dimmers, it’s you who shimmers,
In the candlelight, your lipstick glimmers.
Shimmerin’, glimmerin’, that is you,
No - one quite sparkles remarkably, like you do.
Find a quiet spot, where no - one else can go.
Turn the lights down low, make the music slow,
By my side, your shadow starts to glow.
Then, as we start to undress, never felt such happiness,
It’s ‘cos of your amazing beauty, I guess.
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As the two of us rock the bed,
Even the curtains are shimmering,
Thank God we are wed.
Wishing we were on a desert island, instead,
Where, in the bay, there waves would be shimmerin’, glimmerin’ on the sea -
bed.
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Then, in the morning, when the dawn begins to break,
Your eyes start shimmerin’ and glimmerin’, as we slowly start to wake.
Havin’ as much fun, as a couple can possibly make,
Look from the window, and there’s shimmerin’ and glimmerin’ on the lake.
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Shimmerin’, glimmerin’, flimsy and flimmerin’,
Trying hard to be a saint, but I begin sinning again,
Feeling the heat, the Sun makes everythin’ simmerin’ (repeat to fade)
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
You said that you loved me, but au contraire,
When I came to your house,
Couldn’t find you anywhere.
You said that you would always be mine,
But au contraire, when we got together,
Had to find somewhere to draw the line.
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Why do you do things that you don’t mean ?
Why do you do things so very mean ?
Don’t you realise this is the best love affair that’s ever been ?
Just that the sparkles hidden, our liaison needs a polish to sheen.
Some things are simply best left unsaid,
No wonder that things spin around in my head, make me see red.
Rather than climbing the walls, au contraire, let’s be wed and go to bed.
You said that you would buy me a porsche,
But au contraire, I find I’m still riding to your house on a bus, of course,
And sometimes it’s late, even worse.
You said that I’m your very best friend,
But au contraire, now I find, you want things to end,
And I’m still wondering whether just a card, of flowers I should send.
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You said that you’d buy me a diamond ring,
But au contraire, it’s only trouble you bring,
Honey, can’t you make something permanent out of our fling ?
You said that you’d wait, that I could take my time,
But au contraire, I’m treated like I’ve committed a crime,
All because my love poem to you doesn’t rhyme.
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You said that you’d love me forevermore,
But au contraire, now I’m left wondering what love is for ?
With a broken heart and so much more.
You said that we’d be in it together,
But au contraire, now there’s only stormy weather,
When ya’ in love, shouldn’t have a heavy heart, only one as light as a feather.
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You said that you’d make me feel alright,
But au contraire, now I find I’m awake half the night,
Should be doing things with passion, not out of spite.
You said that you’d love only me,
But au contraire, now I’m in a relationship with three,
Instead of the happiest marriage that there could ever be.
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© Jacqueline Richards 2008
Always wondered if we were,
Heading off in the same direction,
Are we hand in hand,
Or am I alone, in rejection ?
Need to find a way out,
But haven’t got a map for inspection.
Though the route may seem difficult and narrow,
Our load seems much lighter, though my boots become tighter.
Whenever we hear the birdsong of a sparrow,
If you set off, I will follow …
Where will we end up, tomorrow ?
Do you know where you are heading ?
Or as you just as lost on the way to Reading ?
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Walking on the same path as you,
Sometimes steep, sometimes flat.
Walking the same path as you,
Sometimes jogging and racing, too.
On the path, I much prefer it when we chat,
I guess that life’s a bit like that …
Just like a cobweb, that weaves in and out,
Sometimes life takes us the wrong way round a roundabout.
Our paths cross, every now and then,
Don’t see you for a while,
Then we meet up again.
Walking the same path as you, I’m a little in your shadow,
Though the Sun still shines through, the sky remains blue.
Really, want to be by your side, and sit a while,
Not be travelling down the wrong road, for a mile.
The road is winding and sometimes stoney,
Often, whilst traversing, I feel a little lonely.
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But, thankfully, you come to guide me, show me the way,
We stop for a drink, and then soon we’re away.
Walking on the same path as you,
Is really quite a privilege, when we share a laugh or two.
Sometimes, I feel in rather a muddle,
If there’s a rain shower, I step in a puddle,
But walking on the same path as you, can hardly feel the rain at all,
In the distance, there’s a rainbow, and snowdrops by the side, white and
small.
Step after step, we headed up and downhill,
Our feet, needless to say, become sore,
But I can hardly tell, when I’m with you.
Though, I sometimes need to rest,
I’m quickly back on the same road as you, heading West.
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
