Roy Orbison - Almost eighteen
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Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart.
Too bad, because it's a good song.
(Acoustic guitar.)
INTRO: A
#1.
AAlmost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.
Almost Deighteen with an angel Aface.
She says I'm Eher kind of guy..
and if I Dleave her she'll die..uh, Ehuh.
#2.
AI'll flip upside down and all the way around.
I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,
the Dcream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..
I'll go on Alovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, Enow.
CHORUS:
DFull skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..
Bpin slips, two lips that Enever sing the blues.
#3.
Almost Aeighteen, a ribbon in her hair.
Almost Deighteen, my baby's young and Afair.
Uh-uh, I'll Enever let her go..because, Doh,
I love her so, oh-Eoh.
#4.
She's gonna Ahave her birthday then we'll run away.
We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
Gonna DHoneymoon all through the month of June..
darlin' Awe'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, Eyea.
CHORUS:
DWedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.
BI love her, she loves me, our Elove'll live forever.
#5.
Almost Aeighteen, she's a swingin' queen.
Almost Deighteen, oh, what a lovely Adream.
Until the Eend of time my baby's Dmine, all mine, uh-Ehuh.
Almost AEighteen..
OUTRO:
AAlmost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.