JOHN R. BLACK

A GIRL NAMED PAULA
©1962 – music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 42nd Street Music Seattle

(Chorus:)

A girl named Paula doesn’t know it,
But she’s got a secret love
A girl named Paula doesn’t know it,
But she’s got a secret love
A girl named Paula doesn’t know it,
But she’s got a secret love

Oh my darling Paula
I want you to know that
Your tender love
I never will forget
I will hold you in my arms
Love you tenderly
Then my darling Paula
Forever mine you’ll be

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Oh, my darling Paula
I dreamed this secret love affair
Alone deep in sleep
Oh oh will you ever care
Can’t you ever catch my eye
When I stroll on by
Can’t you ever see me smile
How hard I always try

 

(Chorus)

 

(Words spoken:)
Paula, even though you don’t know
Who I am, I love you
And I hope that someday, somehow,
You will love me too
But until that day
I will always have your memory
And you will always be, you’ll always be, my Paula….Oh, my darling Paula
 

Graduation’s soon
Will we ever make love
‘Neath that crescent moon
Don’t you feel my heartache
Can’t you feel my pain
Will you ever marry me
Will all things stay the same

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