Rubber Ball

by John Martyn

Pd… Musik & Lyrik: Gene Pitney, Aaron Shroeder …Pd.
Pd… Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you,
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you,
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh.
Pd… I'm like a rubber ball
Baby that's all that I am to you.
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
Just a rubber ball
'Cause you think you can be true to two.
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
You bounce my heart around.
(You don't even put her down)
And like a rubber ball
I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Pd… If you stretch my love till it's thin enough to tear,
I'll just stretch my arms to reach you anywhere.
And like a rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you,
Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you.
Pd… You bounce my heart around (You don't even put her down)
And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
Eee-eee-eee
Pd… I'm like a rubber band
When on my shoulder you do tap
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
Just a rubber band
Because my heartstrings, they just snap
(Bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
You go and squeeze me till I'm all aflame
(She calls you by some other guy's name)
And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you…Pd.
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