Roy Orbison - Almost eighteen
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Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart.
Too bad, because it's a good song.
(Acoustic guitar.)
INTRO: C
#1.
CAlmost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.
Almost Feighteen with an angel Cface.
She says I'm Gher kind of guy..
and if I Fleave her she'll die..uh, Ghuh.
#2.
CI'll flip upside down and all the way around.
I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,
the Fcream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..
I'll go on Clovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, Gnow.
CHORUS:
FFull skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..
Dpin slips, two lips that Gnever sing the blues.
#3.
Almost Ceighteen, a ribbon in her hair.
Almost Feighteen, my baby's young and Cfair.
Uh-uh, I'll Gnever let her go..because, Foh,
I love her so, oh-Goh.
#4.
She's gonna Chave her birthday then we'll run away.
We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
Gonna FHoneymoon all through the month of June..
darlin' Cwe'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, Gyea.
CHORUS:
FWedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.
DI love her, she loves me, our Glove'll live forever.
#5.
Almost Ceighteen, she's a swingin' queen.
Almost Feighteen, oh, what a lovely Cdream.
Until the Gend of time my baby's Fmine, all mine, uh-Ghuh.
Almost CEighteen..
OUTRO:
CAlmost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.