PLEASE MR. PLEASE
(Bruce Welch / John Rostill 1974)

Olivia Newton-John 1975


In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox
With the best of country music old and new
You can hear your five selections for a quarter
And somebody else's songs when yours are through.

I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter
And my friends around to help me ease the pain
'Til some button-pushin' cowboy plays that love song
And here I am just missing you again.

Please Mr. please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever want to hear that song again

If I had a dime for every time I held you
Though you're far away you've been so close to me
I could swear I'd be the richest girl in Nashville
Maybe even in the state of Tennessee.

But I guess I'd better get myself together
'Cause when you left you didn't leave too much behind
Just a note that said 'I'm sorry' by your picture
And a song that's weighin' heavy on my mind.

Please Mr. please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever wanna hear that song again.



(Transcribed by David Story - June 2013)