EVERLOVIN'
(Joe Sherman / Noel Sherman)

recorded by -
The Davis Sisters 1954
Patti Page 1954
Boyd Bennett & his Rockets 1955


as recorded by Patti Page
with Jack Rael & his Orchestra
November 23rd 1954

A one way love is a cryin' shame,
The kinda love that's a losin' game.
You try realhard but it just don't pay,
No matter what I do or say
Because my love is just one way!

Everlovin', everlovin',
Want your lovin', need your lovin',
Everlovin', everlovin',
Pleadin' for your turtle dovin',
Waitin' I'm a-waitin' till you,
It's so humiliatin' waitin'
Just for a kiss from you!

A one way love is a lonesome thing,
Your lips grow cold and your heart don't sing.
You treat him right and you treat him square,
You call him dear,
You want him near,
But all the time he just don't care!

Everlovin', everlovin',
Want your lovin', need your lovin',
Everlovin', everlovin',
Pleadin' for your turtle dovin',
Waitin' I'm a-waitin' till you,
It's so humiliatin' waitin'
Just for a kiss from you!

A one way love is a one way deal,
You can't explain just the way you feel.
I wanna laugh but I gotta cry,
So every night I lie awake
And listen to my poor heart die!

Everlovin', everlovin',
Want your lovin', need your lovin',
Everlovin', everlovin',
Pleadin' for your turtle dovin',
Waitin' I'm a-waitin' till you,
It's so humiliatin' waitin'
Just for a kiss from you!

A one way love is a one way crush,
You give your heart but you get the brush.
You buy new clothes just to catch his eye,
You think he'll make a pass at you
But all he does is pass you by!

Everlovin', everlovin',
Want your lovin', need your lovin',
Everlovin', everlovin',
Pleadin' for your turtle dovin',
Waitin' I'm a-waitin' till you,
It's so humiliatin' waitin'
Just for a kiss from you!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2016)