Welcome me, love (~1961) (video)

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1. In the hours before the morning, walking home I pass her door,

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and I send a special prayer, up to the room on the second floor.

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For my mind is in there with her, but my body takes me home,

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and I need to have a love, because I've been too long alone.

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So won't you welcome me, love, my name is lonely,

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tell that girl that I think of her only,

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I wanna do it right, so help me light the light in her heart.

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Welcome me, love, I know you don't know me,

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take my hand, there's a lot you can show me,

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I wanna do it right, so help me light the light in her heart.

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2. I'll try to make her happy, and I promise I'll be good,

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I'll play it by the rules, just like every lover should.

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And times that I will fail her, and we'll let each other down,

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but I'm sure that we can make it, just as long as you're around.

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So won't you welcome me, love, my name is lonely,

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tell that girl that I think of her only,

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I wanna do it right, so help me light the light in her heart.

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Welcome me love, I know you don't know me,

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take my hand, there's a lot you can show me,

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I wanna do it right, so help me light the light in her heart ...

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Johnny Maestro and the Crests)