Sweets For My Sweet
The Searchers
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman; released as a single with "It's All
Been A Dream" as the B-side, and on the album "Meet The Searchers".
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Sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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your sweet kiss thrills me so,
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Sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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I'll never e - ver let you go.
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wanted that star that shines so brightly
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to match the stardust in your eye, Darling,
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I will chase that bright star nightly,
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and try to steal it from the sky. And I would bring
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sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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your sweet kiss thrills me so,
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Sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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I'll never e - ver let you go.
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wanted a dream to keep you smilin',
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I'd tell the Sandman you were blue, And I'd
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ask him to keep that sand a-pilin'
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until your dreams had all come true. And I would bring
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sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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your sweet kiss thrills me so,
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Sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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I'll never e - ver let you go.
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And if you
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wanted a love to last forever, darlin',
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I would send my love your way, And my
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love'd not on- ly last for e - ver,
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but fore - ver and a day. And I would bring
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sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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your sweet kiss thrills me so,
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Sweets for my sweet, su- gar for my ho - ney,
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I'll never e - ver let you go.
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oo - oo- oo - oo- ooh
