Be My Girl

Be My Girl

Day comes, night comes, on and on, it rolls along
Darling I can hardly find the heart to keep going on
Rise up, lie down, on and on, round and round, 
Never getting even til you leave it all on the line
We've been fightin' and crying through the tragedies of somebody else's world
But I can see something in your eyes
And if you just try to be my girl, you might be surprised


Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Too many cold and old-feelin' the lonely, lonely, long nights alone

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Come on and hold the only lovin' lonely lover that you'll ever know
If you'll be my girl

Dog days, white nights, on and on, it rolls along
Morning coming on me like a warning from the other side
Downtown, uptown, on and on, round and round
Every evenin' I can find believin' in another lie
We been  fightin' and flyin' in the face of this lying, racin' world
But I can see something in your eyes
And if you just try to be my girl, you might be surprised

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Too many cold and old-feelin' the lonely, lonely long nights alone

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Come on and hold the only lovin' lonely lover that you'll ever know
If you'll be my girl

Darling I can hardly find the heart to keep going on

Love comes, love grows, on and on, the loving flows
Running like you're coming to the lovin' from a hungry time
We've been fighting and trying to get by in this madman mixed up world
But I can see something in your eyes
And if you just try to be my girl
You might be surprised

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Too many cold and old-feelin' the lonely, lonely long nights alone

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
I just want you to be my girl
Come on and hold the only lovin' lonely lover that you'll ever know
If you'll be my girl

Theresa's comments

Jamie gets first writing credit because he came up with the chorus, "Can't you see, can't you see, I just want you to be my girl" which is the hook.

Kevin wrote all of the other lyrics and sang the song but it wouldn't have existed without Jamie coming up with that hook.

There is no bridge and not much of an outro (about the same outro as in “And I Love Her”, see previous post).

I think that's why Kevin left off a first line on the third verse, for a bit of a change up, because otherwise it's just verse/chorus times three.