You Beat Me To The Punch:Mary Wells.
#9 in 1962.
#1.
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That day, I first saw you (whoa, whoa) passing by..
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I wanted, to know your name, but I...was much too shy.
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But I was looking at you so hard,
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that you must have had a hunch.
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So, you came up to me and asked me my name.
CHORUS:
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You beat me to the punch..that time..
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You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
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You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
#2.
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After..I had known you, for what seems like a long, long, time.
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I wanted, wanted to ask you would you please, please, be mine.
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Whenever you came around, my heart would pound,
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so, you must have had a hunch.
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So, you came up to me and asked me to be yours.
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CHORUS:
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You beat me to the punch..one more time..
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You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
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You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Yeahhh...
#3.
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Since I loved you, I thought you would be true and love
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me, tender.
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So, I let my heart surrender..to you, yes I did.
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But I found out, beyond a doubt..one day, boy,
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you were a playboy..who would go away and leave me, blue.
#4.
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So, I ain't gonna wait, around for you to put me down.
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This time I'm gonna play my hunch..and walk away this very day.
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And beat you to the punch, this time.
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I'll beat you to the punch, yes, I will.
OUTRO:
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I'll let you know, now..how great it feels...(Fade.)
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
