(Words & music: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller)
Don’t, don’t, that’s what you say
Each time that I hold you this way,
When I feel like this and I want to kiss you,
Baby, don’t say don’t.
Don’t, don’t, don’t leave my embrace
For here in my arms is your place
When the night grows cold and I want to hold you,
Baby, don’t say don’t.
If you think that this is just a game
I’m playing
If you think that I don’t mean
Ev’ry word I’m saying
Don’t, don’t
Don’t feel that way
I’m your love and yours I will stay
This you can believe
I will never leave you
Heaven knows I won’t
Baby, don’t say don’t
Recorded: 1957/09/06, first released on single