Edit for headphones, May 2022. A memory from my childhood... there was just too much "la la la" & "hey!" going on in this song, I just couldn't resist removing that. (Sorry hard core Buffoons fans, please don't be offended by my playing around with sound.) "Lovely Loretta" charted 13 in Holland in 1968 and was for seven weeks in the Dutch charts.
If the official release was played to Dustin Hofman's movie character Raymond in the film Rain Man, he would have noticed he heard one hundred and fourty one "la"'s... I narrowed it down to eighty... that's sixty one less... (By the way, my wife says this is carnival music, so, to make up for that, I added some pictures of Amsterdam.)
LOVELY LORETTA
(Paul Beuselinck/Ray Randall)
lovely Loretta, I'm goin' to get her
just as soon as she passes my way
I'm gonna say
come on with me and together we'll stay
lovely Loretta don't you feel better
now that the people have all gone away
we're gonna stay
together we'll watch tomorrow meet them today
you getting bolder head on my shoulder
how could you content her you just shook your head
must have been saying
you got to glitter love dreams are all dead
now I made up my mind you're gonna be mine
and here's what I'm going to say
Loretta Loretta is doin' better
I'm glad I found you isn't it right
Loretta, Loretta is doin' better
I'm glad I found you
don't you feel better, better
la lala la lala la lalalala
lala la lalala la la la
when the morning's sunk in this feeling of hunger
the food is in the kitchen but there's nothing to eat
isn't she sweet
brushing so softly every time from my feet
smiling so sweetly she left so discretely
a book on her arm and a bag in her hand
wasn't this planned
she slipped away just like the shift in the sand
now I made up my mind you're gonna be mine
and here's what I'm goin' to say
Loretta, Loretta is doin' better
I'm glad I found you isn't it right
Loretta, Loretta is doin' better
I'm glad I found you
and don't you feel better, better
la lala la lala la lalalala
lala la lalala la la la
la lala la lala la lalalala
lala la lalala la la la
la lala la lala la lalala la
la la la lalala la la la
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