Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans

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Come A Little Bit Closer: Jay And The Americans.
#3 in 1964.

#1.
            
In a little ca

            
fé just the ot

              
her side of th

       
e border.
            
She was just s

              
itting there g

         
ivin' me looks

 that
              
made my mouth 

     
water.
    
So, I started 

walking her wa

y..she belonge

d to bad man, 

José.
      
And I knew, ye

s, I knew I sh

ould leave
              
when I heard h

         
er say, yeah..

CHORUS:
            
Come a little 

            
bit closer..yo

            
u're my kind o

  
f man,
            
So big and so 


strong.
              
Come a little 

          
bit closer..I'

       
m all alone,
              
And the night 

         
is so long..

#2.
         
So, we started

              
 to dance..In 

            
my arms, she f

            
elt so invitin

  
g.

And I just cou

ldn't resist
            
just one littl

            
e kiss so exci

      
ting.
       
Then I heard t

he guitar play

er say..Vamoos

e, José's on h

is way.
       
Then I knew, y

es, I knew I s

hould run,
              
then I heard h

         
er say, yeah.

CHORUS:
            
Come a little 

            
bit closer..yo

            
u're my kind o

  
f man,
            
So big and so 


strong.
              
Come a little 

          
bit closer..I'

       
m all alone,
              
And the night 

          
is so long..

(INTERLUDE:)

#3.
         
Then the music

              
 stopped..When

            
 I looked, the

            
 café was empt

  
y.
            
Then I heard J

              
osé say, Man y

            
ou know you're

            
 in trouble pl

     
enty.
   
So I dropped m

y drink from m

y hand, and th

rough the wind

ow I ran.
            
And as I rode 

              
away, I could 

              
hear her say t

        
o José, yeah..

CHORUS:
            
Come a little 

            
bit closer..yo

            
u're my kind o

  
f man,
            
So big and so 


strong.
              
Come a little 

          
bit closer..I'

       
m all alone,
              
And the night 

         
is so long..

OUTRO:
       
La, la, la-la.

       
.....La, la, l

   
a-la..(x3)(Fad

e.)


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