Well now I ain't lookin' for excitement
Baby that's just a fact
If you want to get to her heart
You better let her know just where you're at
Well I say It ain't written in the sky above
Well no fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you love her
Tell her that you need her
And give the girl a great big kiss
Alright, give the girl a great big kiss
Now if you're such a fool you think
It don't matter, baby, what you say
Maybe you better tell her how you're feelin'
It ain't gonna happen any other way
'Cause darlin' it ain't written in the sky above
Well don't you tell her who told me this
You gotta tell her that you need her
Tell her that you love her
And give the girl a great big kiss
You better give the girl a great big kiss
Now baby all I wanna do
Is darlin' make sweet love to you
Danny!
Boss time!
Now I don't know what the meanin' is
Why you wanna hide the things you feel and say
But baby it's just a natural fact
Love was never meant to be that way
And darlin' it ain't written in the sky above
Well no fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you need her
Tell her that you love her
And give the girl a great big kiss
I say give the girl a great big kiss
I say give the girl a great big, great big, great
Now give the girl a great big, great big
You gotta give the girl a great big, great big
You gotta give the girl a great big kiss
Well now darlin' all I wanna do
Is darlin' make sweet love to you
(Give the girl a great big, great big, great big
Give the girl a great big kiss
...)
Baby that's just a fact
If you want to get to her heart
You better let her know just where you're at
Well I say It ain't written in the sky above
Well no fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you love her
Tell her that you need her
And give the girl a great big kiss
Alright, give the girl a great big kiss
Now if you're such a fool you think
It don't matter, baby, what you say
Maybe you better tell her how you're feelin'
It ain't gonna happen any other way
'Cause darlin' it ain't written in the sky above
Well don't you tell her who told me this
You gotta tell her that you need her
Tell her that you love her
And give the girl a great big kiss
You better give the girl a great big kiss
Now baby all I wanna do
Is darlin' make sweet love to you
Danny!
Boss time!
Now I don't know what the meanin' is
Why you wanna hide the things you feel and say
But baby it's just a natural fact
Love was never meant to be that way
And darlin' it ain't written in the sky above
Well no fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you need her
Tell her that you love her
And give the girl a great big kiss
I say give the girl a great big kiss
I say give the girl a great big, great big, great
Now give the girl a great big, great big
You gotta give the girl a great big, great big
You gotta give the girl a great big kiss
Well now darlin' all I wanna do
Is darlin' make sweet love to you
(Give the girl a great big, great big, great big
Give the girl a great big kiss
...)
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NOTES
La version studio de Give The Girl A Kiss a été enregistrée le 10 novembre 1977, au Record Plant Studio (New York, NY), par Bruce Springsteen (voix, guitare), Max Weinberg (batterie), Garry Tallent (basse), Danny Federici (orgue, glockenspiel), Roy Bittan (piano), Steve Van Zandt (guitare, chœurs) et Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussions, chœurs), et retravaillée en 1998 avec une section de cuivres (Ed Manion, saxophone baryton, Mark Pender, trompette, Mike Spengler, trompette, Richie Rosenberg, trombone, Jerry Vivino, saxophone ténor).