Shangri-Las I can Never go Home Anymore Lyrics:
[Marge: (sung)]
I'm gonna hide if she don't leave me alone.
I'm gonna run away.
[Mary: (spoken)]
Don't!!
[Mary: (sung)]
'Cause you can never go home anymore.
[Mary (spoken) with vocal stylings from the the other girls overlaid:]
Listen. Does this sound familiar?
You wake up every morning, go to school every day.
Spend your nights on the corner just passing time away.
Your life is so lonely like a child without a toy.
Then a miracle, a boy.
And that's called "glad."
Now my mom is a good mom and she loves me with all her heart.
But she said I was too young to be in love.
And the boy and I would have to part.
And no matter how I ranted and raved, I screamed, I pleaded, I cried.
She told me it was not really love, but only my girlish pride.
And that's called "bad."
[Backup Singers:]
Never go home anymore.
[Mary: (spoken with vocal stylings from the the other girls overlaid)]
Now if that's happened to you, don't let this:
I packed my clothes and left home that night.
Though she begged me to stay, I was sure I was right.
And you know something funny? I forgot that boy right away.
Instead I remember being tucked in bed and hearing my mamma say,
[End spoken.]
[All:]
"Hush, little baby, don't you cry, mamma won't go away."
[Mary:]
[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/hFT ]Mamma!
[Backup Singers:]
And you can never go home anymore.
[Mary: (shouted)]
Mamma!
[Mary: (sung)]
No, I can never go home anymore.
[Mary: (spoken)]
Listen, I'm not finished.
Do you ever get that feeling you wanna kiss and hug her?
Do it now, tell her you love her.
Don't do to your mom what I did to mine.
She grew so lonely in the end,
Angels picked her for their friend.
[Mary: (sung)]
(Never), and I can never go home (never) anymore.
And that's called "sad."
[I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE]
[Written by: George "Shadow" Morton & Jerry Grimaldi.]
[Performed by: The Shangri-Las [1] [1a] [2] -1965.]
[Appears on: "I Can Never Go Home Anymore" (B-side: "Bull Dog" 45 RPM)-1965,
Murray the Kay Presents-1968*, I Can Never Go Home Anymore (LP & CS)-1978,
Teen Anguish, Vol. 2-1972*, Leader of the Pack-1992, 1999, 2003 & 2007;
Myrmidons of Melodrama-1994 & 2002, The Shangri-Las Greatest Hits-1996 [3] ,
The Very Best of Red Bird & Blue Cat Records-1998*, The Very Best of the
Shangri-Las-2000, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection-2002,
Gold Collection: Memorable Smash Hits-2004*, Girls' Sound-2006*, The
Shangri-Las Remembered-2008, et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)]
[1] Personnel: Identical twins, Mary Anne & Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and
siblings, Mary & Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss
[1a] , formed the original act. Mary
Weiss was the main, lead singer, Betty, however, took lead on "Maybe," and
a number of B-sides and album tracks, Marge Ganser took lead on "I'm Blue"
and Mary Ann Ganser took the lead on "Sophisticated Boom Boom."]
[1a] Because Betty was underage, her mother did not allow her to tour until
1966, when she became 18. As a result she often did not appear in photos,
and many fans believed the Shangri-Las were a trio. Few pictures show all 4
of the girls.]
[2] Covered by: No covers found.]
[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: I can Never go Home Anymore, Shangri-Las [end] 