Just Because

<br>By Lloyd Price<br> <br> <br>&quot;AH, REMEMBER THIS?<br>WHY, I MUST HAVE BEEN THIRTEEN WHEN THIS CAME OUT!<br>OR WAS IT FOURTEEN?<br>OR WAS IT TWENTY-TWO?<br>I COULD HAVE BEEN TWELVE ACTUALLY.&quot;<br> <br>JUST BECAUSE YOU LEFT AND SAID GOODBYE,<br>DO YOU THINK THAT I WILL SIT AND CRY?<br>EVEN IF MY HEART SHOULD TELL ME SO,<br>DARLING, I WOULD RATHER LET YOU GO.<br> <br>JUST BECAUSE I WANT SOMEONE WHO`S KIND,<br>WITH A HEART AS GOOD AND PURE AS MINE.<br>BUT MAYBE I AM ASKING FOR TOO MUCH,<br>DARLING, PLEASE DON`T EVER BREAK MY HEART.<br> <br>I KNOW YOU THINK YOU`RE SMART,<br>JUST RUNNIN` AROUND BREAKING LOVERS HEARTS.<br> <br>JUST BECAUSE YOU LEFT AND SAID GOODBYE, HEY!<br>DO YOU THINK THAT I WILL SIT AND CRY?<br>EVEN IF MY HEART SHOULD TELL ME SO,<br>DARLING, I WOULD RATHER LET YOU GO.<br> <br>UH-UH-UH -<br> <br>&quot;THIS IS DOCTOR WINSTON O`BOGGIE SAYING GOODNIGHT<br>FROM RECORD PLANT EAST, NEW YORK.<br>WE HOPE YOU HAD A SWELL TIME!<br>EV`RYBODY HERE SAYS &quot;HI&quot;.<br>GOODBYE.&quot;<br> <br>JUST BECAUSE YOU LEFT AND SAID GOODBYE,<br>DO YOU THINK THAT I WILL SIT AND CRY?<br>EVEN IF MY HEART SHOULD TELL ME SO,<br>DARLING, I WOULD RATHER LET YOU GO.<br> <br>UH-UH-UH, GOODBYE!<br>UH-UH-UH, SO LONG!<br>BEEN A LONG YEAR!