Yeah, I thought I'd reminisce once more



The other day I heard a record on the radio
that sweet record
"The Wedding Bell Blues". It brought me back to the summer
I started to think about the summer of 1969
It's funny how you remember the summers by the records
and two records stood out for me that year
there was "The Wedding Bell Blues"
and "Leaving On A Jet Plane"


We used to walk on those hot nights to a pub
just off Oxford Street, called "The Grapes"
We were both 16, they were sweet, warm nights
and it's a fond memory now. We decided
we should adopt a song, a song that was current
She wanted "I'll Say Forever, My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin
I wanted it to be "Lola" by The Kinks
We seemed to hear those two records everywhere we went
The two I mentioned previously were predominant songs
on the radio at that time, I'd hear them in the mornings
when I was having my breakfast
getting ready to go to work
Well, she won. It was never really acknowledged
but "I'll Say Forever" became the song

I'll say forever my love

Some nights I'd walk her home along the Edgware Road
experiencing for the first time this warm friendship
and not wanting to be anywhere else
It didn't last, and it happened
that my feelings changed before her's
but I'll always remember those days

I'll say forever my love. I'll say forever my love
Woah-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
I'll say forever my love. I'll say forever my love
You were asking me... I care, Baby. (Anyway...)