Build me up Buttercup

Build me up, Buttercup (1966) (video) (midi)

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Why do you build me up (build me up), Buttercup, baby,

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just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around.

C E

And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby,

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when you say you will (say you will) but I love you still.

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I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'

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you know that I have from the start,

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so build me up (build me up), Buttercup,

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don't break my heart.

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1. "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again,

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but you're late, I'm waitin' 'round and then

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I run to the store, I can't take any more

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without you, you let me down again.

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(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find

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(Hey, hey, hey!) a little time, and I'll make you happy

(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home,

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I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, ooh.

+ CHORUS

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2. You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore,

if you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah).

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Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more,

why do you treat me so.