Billy Joe Royal

Burn Like a Rocket

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(Do-de-bop-bop-a-do-de-bop)
(I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-a-do-de-bop)
(I-wanna-ah-ah-ah-ah-I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-a-do)
(I-wanna-do)
Someone wave goodbye (do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)
Come and wave goodbye (do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)
I'll be leaving, won't you hold the door (do-de-bop-bop-a-do)
Well, if I said I loved you, well, I don't love you anymore
(I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-a-do-de-bop)
(I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-a-do-de-bop)

I know it's gonna hurt (do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)
But you treated me like dirt (do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)
I always repay every debt I owe (bop-bop-a-do-de-bop-bop)
Well, if you think you're lucky, well, you're not lucky anymore
(I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-a-do-de-bop)

Well, we burned like a rocket
You said you loved me just like I loved you
But find a dime in your pocket
And you're on the phone to someone new

Well, we burned like a rocket
You said you loved me just like I love you
But find a dime in your pocket
And you're on the phone to someone new

Someone had to break (do-bop-a-bop-a-do)
One of us had to break (do-bop-a-bop-a-do)
Now I do without all the things I need you for (do-bop-a-bop-a-do)
Well, if I said I love you, well, I don't love you anymore (do-bop-a-bop-a-do)
Oh yes, if I said I love you, well, I don't love you anymore

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Cherry Hill Park

Heart's Desire

If the Jukebox Took Teardrops

Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue

Down in the Boondocks -

Well, we burned like a rocket
You said you loved me just like I loved you
But find a dime in your pocket
And you're on the phone to someone new

Well, we burned like a rocket
You said you loved me just like I love you
But find a dime in your pocket
And you're on the phone to someone new

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