Cherish:The Association. #1 in 1966. #1. Cherish is the word I use to des...cribe.. all the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside. you don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you.. you don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you.. you don't know how many times I've wished that I could mould you.. into someone who could cherish me as much as I, cherish you. #2. Perish is the word that more than app...lies.. to the hope in my heart each time I real...ize.. that I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams.. that I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes.. that I am not gonna be the one to share what seems to be the life that you could cherish as much as I do, yours. Oh, I'm beginning to think that man has never found, the words that could make you want me.. that have the right amount of letters, just the right sound, that could make you hear, make you see, that you are driving me out of my mind. #3. Oh, I could say I need you, but then you'd realize that I want you, just like a thousand other guys who'd say they loved you, with all the rest of their lies when all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands and gaze into your eyes. #4. Cherish is the word I use to describe.. all the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside. You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you.. you don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you.. you don't know how many times I've wished that I could mould you into someone who could cherish me as much as I, cherish you.. and I do, cher..ish you...and I do, cher..ish you... cherish is the word.(fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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