[Spoken:]
I always dreamed the boy I loved would come along.
(Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.)

And he'd be tall and handsome, rich and strong.
Now that boy I love has come to me,
But he sure ain't the way I thought he'd be.


[Sung:]
(Sha-la-la-la-la, yay-yay-yay.)

(Sha-la-la-la-la, yay-yay-yay.)
(Sha-la-la-la-la, yay-yay-yay.)
(He's sure the boy I love.)


[Backup repeats, "Sha-la-la-la-la, yay-yay-yay,"
over the first 3 lines of all the verses:]


[Verse 1:]
He doesn't look like a movie star.

He doesn't drive a Cadillac car.
He sure ain't the boy I've been dreamin' of,
But, he's sure the boy I love.

Let me tell ya now,

[Verse 2:]

He' never be a big business man.
He' always buys on the installment plan.
He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,

But, he's sure the boy I love.

[Chorus:]

When he holds me tight everything's right,
Crazy as it seems.
I'm his, whatever he is.

And I forget ah-all of my dreams,
And everybody knows,


[Verse 3:]
He doesn't hang diamonds 'round my neck, wo-oh.
And all he's got's an unemployment check.

He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,
But he's sure the boy I love.


[Instrumental break featuring saxophone
and rhythmic hand clapping.]


[Chorus:]
When he holds me tight everything's right,
Crazy as it seems.

I'm his, whatever he is.
And I forget ah-all of my dreams,
Wo-oh-oh-oh-oh.


He doesn't hang diamonds 'round my neck.
And all he's got's an unemployment check.

He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,
But, he's sure the boy I love.


Wo-oh-oh, yeah.
(He's sure the boy I love.)
Wo-oh-oh, yeah.

(He's sure the boy I love.)
[Fade.]
Wo-oh-oh, oh-yeah.

(He's sure the boy I love.)
Wo-oh-oh, oh-oh-yeah...