Betty Jean, you done it again,
I thought that we were more than friends.
You promised me we'd never part,
You're runnin' around, you're breakin' my heart.
You played the game that I can't win,
Betty Jean, you done it again.

You build me up, you let me down,
(Wo-oh-oh.)
You slander my name all over town.
(Wo-oh-oh.)
You say you love me like I love you,
(Wo-oh-oh.)
How come you do you do me like you do?
(Wo-oh-oh.)
Now, lell4 a-me, why must you be so mean?
(Doop-doop-doo-wah.)
Betty Jean, Betty Jean.

Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Tell a-me, why must you be so mean?
(Doop-doop-doo-wah.)
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean).

Instrumental break.

Betty Jean, you done it again,
(Wo-oh-oh.)
Tell 'em that we'll not ever end.
(Wo-oh-oh.)
Come on back home where you belong.
(Wo-oh-oh.)
I'll give you anything you ever want.
(Wo-oh-oh.)
Tell a-me, why must you be so mean?
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/iR8J(Doop-doop-doo-wah.)
Hey, hey, Betty Jean.

Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean),
Tell a-me, why must you be so mean?
(Doop-doop-doo-wah.)
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (Betty Jean).

Hey, hey, Betty Jean (wo-oh-oh),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (wo-oh-oh),
Fade.
C'mon, C'mon, Betty Jean (wo-oh-oh),
Hey, hey, Betty Jean (wo-oh-oh)...

BETTY JEAN
Written by: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer & C. Kaplan1
Performed by: Freddy "Boom Boom2" Cannon-1963
Appears on: 45 RPM (Swan #S-4139-N)-19633, Freddy Cannon Steps Out-1963
& Bang On/Freddy Cannon Steps Out...Plus (Double Album)-2002.

1The team, Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer wrote several populars songs in
the 1960s. In the '70s they moved more into production and dubbed
themselves, FGG Productions. I can't find any other sources that name C.
Kaplan as a composer except on the label of the 45 RPM, which I own and
which reads, "Feldman-Goldstein-Gotteherer-C. Kaplan."

2Freddy Cannon was dubbed "Boom Boom" because of his thundering musical
renditions.

3Transcribed from this record.

4Freddy says "lell" by mistake here. He means "tell," which he says
correctly in following recurrances of the same line. I have no idea why it
was left that way.