The boys were singing shing-a-ling The summer night we met You were tan and seventeen O how could I forget When every star from near and far Was watching from above Watching two teenagers fall in love
The way we danced was not a dance But more a long embrace We held on to each other and We floated there in space And I was shy to kiss you while The whole wide world could see So shing-a-ling said everything for me
And O the poor old old folks They thought we'd lost our minds They could not make heads or tails Of the young folks' funny rhymes But you and I knew all the words And we always sang along to O sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
So after years and after tears And after summers past image: http://static.urx.io/units/web/urx-unit-loader.gif
The old folks tried to warn us How our love would never last And all we'd get was soaking wet From walking in the rain And singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again
And O the poor old old folks They smile and walk away But I bet they did some Sham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day I bet that they still close their eyes And I bet they sing along to O sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
O those sweet old love songs Every word rings true Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too And it means that right here in my arms That's where you belong And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong