Counting teardrops (1960) (video)

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1. Every day I sit here a-bawlin‘, just like a little kid,

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you told me to cry you a river, believe it or not, I did.

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‘Cause I‘ve been counting teardrops instead of sheep,

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(yeah yeah yeah yeah), honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep,

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‘cause I miss (yeah yeah) you so (yeah yeah yeah),

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since you‘re gone, the teardrops flow.

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2. You told me I‘d cry lonely teardrops for treating you so mean,

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all I need to keep me from drowning is a plumber or a submarine.

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‘Cause I‘ve been counting teardrops instead of sheep,

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(yeah yeah yeah yeah), honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep,

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‘cause I miss (yeah yeah) you so (yeah yeah yeah),

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since you‘re gone, the teardrops flow.

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+ Forty days and forty nights I sit here in the gloom, well,

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if you don‘t call or come back soon, I

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I‘m gonna drown in my living room.

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3. Well, I hear tell they got seven oceans up to the present day,

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if you don‘t come back soon, pretty baby, I‘m gonna make it eight.

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‘Cause I‘ve been counting teardrops instead of sheep,

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(yeah yeah yeah yeah), honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep,

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‘cause I miss (yeah yeah) you so (yeah yeah yeah),

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since you‘re gone, the teardrops flow.

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Counting teardrops instead of sheep,

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(yeah yeah yeah yeah), honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep,

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‘cause I miss (yeah yeah) you so (yeah yeah yeah),

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since you‘re gone, the teardrops flow.

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+ Counting teardrops instead of sheep, (yeah yeah yeah yeah),

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honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep, (yeah yeah yeah yeah) !

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Counting teardrops instead of sheep, (yeah yeah yeah yeah),

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honey, honey, I just can‘t sleep, (yeah yeah yeah yeah) ….

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Emile Ford)