Too Many Fish In the Sea - The Marvelettes

Oh, fish in the sea Won't you listen to me? My wife needs a wish From the magic fish Oh, fish in the sea Won't you listen to me My wife needs a wish From the magic fish See I don't have no money of my own Been trying to pay rent with this alone And things are getting harder everyday Every day See I don't have no time to be creative Struggling from nine to five Oh, we do it to survive Oh, this ain't no way to get by Just trying to get over Dreams are falling by the wayside Just trying to get over Dreams are falling by the wayside The more I think the less I know That's just the way it goes And you can't let go Reaching for the feeling Higher than the ceiling It's just the way it goes And you can't let it go Tried to make her happy Tried to get her what she needs The sun in the sky, still not satisfied So I guess I'll have to leave Plenty more fish in the sea Soon as you find your feet It's closer than it seems Go back to your dream Just the once dreamed We are walking, pom-pom, hmm-hmm We are walking, pom-pom, hmm-hmm We are walking We are walking We are walking, hmm-hmm We are walking, hmm-mm In the evening, when the sun has set Come to me, by the water's edge Say the words oh, say them loud and clear And the worries, all your worries will disappear Gon' disappear Gon' disappear Gon' disappear Gon' disappear

Too many parties, and too many pals Will break your heart someday Too many boyfriends, and sociable sals Will drive your sweetheart away Gentlemen of the jury, the judge's speech began The scene was a crowded courtroom And the judge a sterned old man This prisoner here before you is a social enemy A lady of the evening and you know the penalty Her eyes reflect the nightlife Her cheeks, they're red with paint But I knew her mother gentlemen Why, her mother was a saint Now, I know that she's not like her And yet she might have been If it hadn't been for pettin' parties Cigarettes and gin We took the nightlife off the streets And brought into our own homes While girls beat time with lipstick And the streaks of saxophones We opened up the underworld To the ones we loved so well So tell me gentlemen Is it right to send her to a cell? If she drinks while you taught her And if she smokes, you showed her how So gentlemen, do you think it's right to go and condemn her now? And when you're in that jury room Just remember there and then That for every fallen woman Well, there's a hundred fallen men And before you render a verdict On what this girl has done Just remember, there's a man to blame And that man might be your son Now gentlemen, that's my story, my testimony stands This girl is my own daughter, and the case is in your hands Those Broadway roses and prevalent sounds At too many parties and too many pals

Said to the man at the railroad station I want a ticket, just for one He said Well, if you insist But where you wanna go, a miss? Destination anywhere East or west, I don't care You see my baby don't want me no more This old world, ain't got no back door He looked at me with a funny face and said Are you sure you wanna go just anyplace? I said, If you ever loved someone, the way I loved that man Surely Mr. ticket agent, you could understand Destination anywhere East or west, I don't care You see my baby don't want me no more This old world ain't got no back door 'Cause if it did, it would swing both ways And we'd go on back to happy yesterdays When he loved me tenderly And all he needed was me As I stared through the window of the train I thought I heard my baby call my name But it was just the conductor saying Which stop would you prefer? Oh, destination anywhere East or west, I don't care You see my baby don't want me no more This old world, ain't got no back door Destination anywhere East or west, I don't care Destination anywhere East or west, I don't care Destination anywhere East or west, I don't care