Paper Doll

Paper Doll

music and lyric by Johnny S. Black

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own,

A doll that other fellows cannot steal.

And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes,

Will have to flirt with dollies that are real.

When I come home at night she will be waiting,

She'll be the truest doll in all this world.

I'd rather have a paper doll to call my own

Than have a fickle minded real live girl.

I guess I had a million dolls, or more;

I guess I've played the doll game o'er and o'er.

I just quarreled with Sue, that's why I'm blue,

She's gone away and left me, just like all dolls do.

I tell you, boys, it's tough to be alone,

And it's tough to love a doll that's not your own.

I'm through with all of them!

I'll never ball again!

Say boy, watcha gonna do?

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own.

A doll that other fellows cannot steal.

And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes,

Will have to flirt with dollies that are real.

When I come home at night, she will be waiting,

She'll be the truest doll in all this world.

I'd rather have a paper doll that I can call my own,

Than have a fickle minded real live girl.