My Eyes Adored You Lyrics by Valli Frankie

My Eyes Adored You

-peak Billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1974-75
-Words and Music by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
[chorus]
My eyes adored ya
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored ya
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya
So close, so close and yet so far
Carried your books from school
Playin' "make-believe you're married to me"
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walkin' home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways
[chorus]
Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind
[chorus]

[My eyes adored ya]
All my life I will remember
[Though I never laid a hand on you]
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
[Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya]
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
[So close, so close and yet so far]
I know I won't ever forget ya, my childhood friend
[My eyes adored ya]
[Though I never laid a hand on you]
[My eyes adored ya]
[Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya]
FADE
So close, so close and yet so far