Herman's Hermits

The hour is very late
And I can see you're getting worried
Coffee's finished, candle's low
And soon you'll be asleep
Long walk home the night is chilly
And my room is cozy
I've got a feeling you won't be leaving tonight

Never thought to ask you
Why you really came to see me
Was it just the pictures pinned
So neatly to the wall?
Candle light paints shadows
Of your figure on the ceiling
I've got a feeling you won't be leaving at all

I don't try to fight it baby
I see the love light in your eyes
Just hold me tight then baby
You'll see that I'm not telling lies

Never thought to ask you
Why you really came to see me
Was it just the pictures pinned
So neatly on the wall?
Candle light paints shadows
Of your figure on the ceiling
I've got a feeling you won't be leaving tonight
I've got a feeling you won't be leaving tonight

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about science books
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be

Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I know that one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be

Now, I don't claim to be an A student
But I'm tryin' to be
For maybe by being an A student, baby
I can win your love for me

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about science books
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be


But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about science books
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be

Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I know that one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be

Now, I don't claim to be an A student
But I'm tryin' to be
For maybe by being an A student, baby
I can win your love for me

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about science books
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be


But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too
What a wonderful world this would be

Why are these teardrops still falling from my eyes?
You'd think by now I'd be wise
Those words you whispered just won't leave me yet
I still can hear you sighing,
All love will be undying
And I keep trying to forget

Would've been
Should've been
Could've been a wild love

How very clever it must have made you feel
To know your kiss was never real
And though it's over
My heart won't let you go
I hear your sigh and laughter
In every beam and rafter
Forever after I'll still know

Would've been
Should've been
Could've been a wild love

I still can hear you sighing,
All love will be undying
And I keep trying to forget

Would've been
Should've been
Could've been a wild love

Don't bother crying
Don't bother calling
It's all over now
There's no use in stalling
The love I once felt
I don't feel anymore for you
This time I'll even open the door for you
You walked out when I was down
Well now I'm well off
And look, look whose comin' round

Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I need you
Where

You're looking good
It's hard to fight it
But no use explain'
I've already decided
That goin' with you
Is worse than without you
I won't spend a lifetime
Worryin' about you
When things got bad
You disappeared
But I'm back on my feet
And look, look whose standin' there

Where were you when I neeed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where

You were so young
And you were so wild
I knew you were nobody's innocent child
That first day I saw you
You really got to me
I thought I could change you
What could you do to me
When times got rought
Ah, you would't wait
Well now you're trippin' back
And babe, babe it's too late

Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where

Don't bother crying
Don't bother calling
It's all over now
There's no use in stalling
The love I once felt
I don't feel anymore for you
This time I'll even open the door for you
You walked out when I was down
Well now I'm well off
And look, look whose comin' round

Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I need you
Where

You're looking good
It's hard to fight it
But no use explain'
I've already decided
That goin' with you
Is worse than without you
I won't spend a lifetime
Worryin' about you
When things got bad
You disappeared
But I'm back on my feet
And look, look whose standin' there

Where were you when I neeed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where

You were so young
And you were so wild
I knew you were nobody's innocent child
That first day I saw you
You really got to me
I thought I could change you
What could you do to me
When times got rought
Ah, you would't wait
Well now you're trippin' back
And babe, babe it's too late

Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where

(Leckenby-Lisberg-Hopwood)

She's stroking her cat with her silken fingers
A would-be charmer whose life's incomplete
I'm working so hard to try and get to know her
Her parents say who she sees and who she meets

Always on her own
Walking through the city
Doesn't want to know
If anyone should try to pick her up
She'll put them down

She only drinks at the dining table
She's not allowed to stay up late at night
Her only joy is the riding stable
Her parents say what is wrong and what is right

Always on her own
Walking through the city
Doesn't want to know
If anyone should try to pick her up
She'll put them down

The day will come when she'll see the time she's wasted
She's twenty-one and without their guiding light
There's so many things that she's never tasted
Who'll be there to say what is wrong and what is right

Ain't no guy in town
Who would ever try to put me down
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel, whoa-uh-oh

'cause every guy I see
Is a-wishin' that-a he were me
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel (angel)

a-when we're strollin' hand in hand
I'm as happy as can be
Aww, she's the prettiest girl in town
And everyone can see she belongs to me

Well I feel so proud
It's as good as walkin' on a cloud
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

<instrumental interlude along with footsteps>

Aww, when we're strollin' hand in hand
I'm as happy as can be
'cause she's the prettiest girl in town
And everyone can see she belongs to me

Well I feel so proud
It's as good as walkin' on a cloud
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

Aww, when I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel
FADE
Yeah, when I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

Ain't no guy in town
Who would ever try to put me down
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel, whoa-uh-oh

'cause every guy I see
Is a-wishin' that-a he were me
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel (angel)

a-when we're strollin' hand in hand
I'm as happy as can be
Aww, she's the prettiest girl in town
And everyone can see she belongs to me

Well I feel so proud
It's as good as walkin' on a cloud
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

<instrumental interlude along with footsteps>

Aww, when we're strollin' hand in hand
I'm as happy as can be
'cause she's the prettiest girl in town
And everyone can see she belongs to me

Well I feel so proud
It's as good as walkin' on a cloud
When I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

Aww, when I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel
FADE
Yeah, when I'm walkin' walkin' with my angel

Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs, mmmm
Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs

Upstairs every night
There's a boy listening to his radio
Downstairs just one flight
A girl waits patiently
Downstairs every night
Sits a girl listening from the floor below
Upstairs just one flight
A boy waits patiently
Each one knowing
That the other is there
Each one hoping
That the other will dare
To climb the first stair

Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs, mmmm
Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs

Upstairs in the night
The boy hears crying from the room below
He goes down one flight
And dries her tear-filled eyes
Upstairs every night
All is quiet in the room above
Downstairs just one flight
There's nothing to be sad
No more lonely
Girl and boy have met
The upstairs room is
Advertised to let
Now these two have met

Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs, mmmm
Upstairs, mmmm
Downstairs

Lynch

Strolling with me mate down Petticoat Lane
I fancied this bird, so I asked her her name
Pointed to her husband - six foot two
Oh, what a surprise

Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling the man he was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes

Strolling with the bird down Bethnell Green
Suddenly find my wife I have seen
Oh what a rumpus, oh what a din
She blacked my eyes with the rolling pin

(I got) Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes

Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes

Two lovely black eyes, oh what a surprise
Only for telling the man he was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes

Two lovely black eyes, oh what a surprise
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes

I got two lovely black eyes
La la la...

Everyone's life is bittersweet
It's a door that opens wide
And no man can call himself complete
'Til he's seen it from both sides

This door swings both ways
It's marked 'in' and 'out'
Some days you'll want to cry
And some days you will shout

This door swings both ways
It goes back and forth
In comes a southern breeze
Or a cold wind from the north

This door swings both ways
Lets in joy and pain
In comes the morning sun
And then the evening rain

This door swings both ways
Lets in dark and light
Every day you make the choice
To let in wrong or right

When shadows fall
You must prepare yourself for sunshine
For everything there is an end
And so my friend you must be brave

This door swings both ways
Which one will it be?
Will we live in happiness
Or dwell in misery?

This door swings both ways
Lets in earth and sky
Make the most of livin'
If you're not prepared to die
Make the most of livin'
If you're not prepared to die

There''s a kind of hush all over the world tonight

All over the world you can hear the sounds of lovers in love

You know what I mean

Just the two of us and nobody else in sight

There''s nobody else and I''m feeling good just holding you tight

So listen very carefully

Closer now and you will see what I mean

It isn''t a dream

The only sound that you will hear

Is when I whisper in your ear

I love you forever and ever

There''s a kind of hush all over the world tonight

All over the world you can hear the sounds of lovers in love

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la

So listen very carefully

Closer now and you will see what I mean

It isn''t a dream

The only sound that you will hear

Is when I whisper in your ear

I love you forever and ever

There''s a kind of hush all over the world tonight

All over the world people just like us are fallin'' in love

Yeah, they''re fallin'' in love

Hush, they''re fallin'' in love

Hush

Someday I'm going to write
The story of my life
I'll tell about the night we met
And how my heart can't forget
The way you smiled at me

I want the world to know
The story of my life
The moment when your lips met mine
And that first exciting time
I held you close to me

The sorrow in our love was breakin' up
The mem'ry of a broken heart
But later on, the joy of makin' up
Never never more to part

There's one thing left to do
Before my story's through
I've got to take you for my wife
So the story of my life
Can start and end with you

The sorrow in our love was breakin' up
The mem'ry of a broken heart
But later on, the joy of makin' up
Never never more to part

There's one thing left to do
Before my story's through
I've got to take you for my wife
So the story of my life
Can start and end
Can start and end
Can start and end with you

I thought everything was groovy in my own little world
Now i find my eyes were closed until the day i met this girl
But the moment i caught site of her
The light of her
The bright of her
I could she would be
The most beautiful thing in my life

Where she walks, the earth is greener
And the clouds all run away
And she brings a little sunshine
Into everybody's day

You know everytime she's close to me
She glows to me
Arose to me
A shining star, she is by far
The most beautiful thing in my life

And when she gives me a smile or a touch
Who'd ever think little things mean so much

Yesterday belongs to someone else
Today belongs to me
I guess that it's my turn at last to know
How sweet that love can be
It's thrilling love
A chilling love
An ever-warm phorphilling love
And in time, she will be mine.
The most beautiful girl in my life, in my life
The most beautiful girl in my life

I thought everything was groovy in my own little world
Now i find my eyes were closed until the day i met this girl
But the moment i caught site of her
The light of her
The bright of her
I could she would be
The most beautiful thing in my life

Where she walks, the earth is greener
And the clouds all run away
And she brings a little sunshine
Into everybody's day

You know everytime she's close to me
She glows to me
Arose to me
A shining star, she is by far
The most beautiful thing in my life

And when she gives me a smile or a touch
Who'd ever think little things mean so much

Yesterday belongs to someone else
Today belongs to me
I guess that it's my turn at last to know
How sweet that love can be
It's thrilling love
A chilling love
An ever-warm phorphilling love
And in time, she will be mine.
The most beautiful girl in my life, in my life
The most beautiful girl in my life

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world
When you don't love me anymore?

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
And I can't understand, no I can't understand
Why life goes on the way it does

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars shine above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world
When you don't love me anymore?

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
And I can't understand, no I can't understand
Why life goes on the way it does

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars shine above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

A one-way love can hang you up awful bad
And before I met you that's the only kind of love I had
So right at the very start, I'm laying it on the line
You gotta tell me Girl, tell me that you're really mine
(Tell me that you're really mine)

A one-way love can hang you up awful bad
And before I met you that's the only kind of love I had
So right at the very start, I'm laying it on the line
You gotta tell me Girl, tell me that you're really mine
(Tell me that you're really mine)

A one-way love can hang you up awful bad
And before I met you that's the only kind of love I had
So right at the very start, I'm laying it on the line
You gotta tell me Girl, tell me that you're really mine
(Tell me that you're really mine)

A one-way love can hang you up awful bad
And before I met you that's the only kind of love I had
So right at the very start, I'm laying it on the line
You gotta tell me Girl, tell me that you're really mine
(Tell me that you're really mine)

Take love, get love
You never give any in return
Baby, how you'll have to learn

You're really hurtin' me
With your two-way love affairs
Baby, I don't even care

So you've gone and left me, I don't mind
There are many more around like you
Baby, don't deceive me, I'm not lyin'
Now I know exactly what to do

And I will take love, get love
And I won't give any in return
Baby, how you'll have to learn

So you've gone and left me, I don't mind
I will find another girl like you
Do you think you'll make me break down and cry?
I will let you go without even a sigh

And then I'll take love, get love
And never give any in return,
Baby, how you'll have to learn
Baby, how you'll have to learn

Take love, get love
You never give any in return
Baby, how you'll have to learn

You're really hurtin' me
With your two-way love affairs
Baby, I don't even care

So you've gone and left me, I don't mind
There are many more around like you
Baby, don't deceive me, I'm not lyin'
Now I know exactly what to do

And I will take love, get love
And I won't give any in return
Baby, how you'll have to learn

So you've gone and left me, I don't mind
I will find another girl like you
Do you think you'll make me break down and cry?
I will let you go without even a sigh

And then I'll take love, get love
And never give any in return,
Baby, how you'll have to learn
Baby, how you'll have to learn