THAT'S THE WAY BOYS ARE

(Mark Barkan / Ben Raleigh)


Lesley Gore - 1964



(Hey-ay-ay, hey-ay-ay)


When I’m with my guy and he watches all the pretty girls go by (Hey-ay-ay)

And I feel so hurt deep inside I wish that I could die (Hey-ay-ay)

Not a word do I say, I just look the other way

‘Cause that’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)

That’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)


When he treats me rough and he acts as though he doesn’t really care (Hey-

ay-ay)

Well I never tell him that he is so unfair (Hey-ay-ay)

Plus he loves me and I know it, but he’s just afraid to show it

‘Cause that’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)

That’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)


Oh-oh, when he wants to be alone, I just let him be

‘Cause I know that soon enough he will come back to-a me 


When we have a fight I think that I won’t see him anymore (Hey-ay-ay)

Then before I know it, there he is standin’ at my door (Hey-ay-ay)

Well I let him kiss me there and then, ‘cause I know he wants me back again

That’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)

Yes, that's the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)

Oh, I love him (That’s the way boys are)

Well, now that’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)

I said that’s the way boys are (That’s the way boys are)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2014)