The Foundations: Build Me Up, Buttercup

Soms zit je met een num­mer in je hoofd, en dan moet het er gewoon uit. Het orig­i­neel van The Foun­da­tions uit 1969 is best ok, maar ik kies toch liev­er voor de iets grap­piger cov­er op ukelele door Julia Nunes.

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Why do you build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you nev­er call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than any­one, dar­lin’
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, don’t break my heart

“I’ll be over at ten”, you told me time and again
But you’re late, I wait around and then (bah dah dah)
I run to the door, I can’t take any more
It’s not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A lit­tle time, and I’ll make you hap­py
(Hey, hey, hey!) I’ll be home
I’ll be beside the phone wait­ing for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you nev­er call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than any­one, dar­lin’
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, don’t break my heart

You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore
If you’d just let me know (bah dah dah)
Although you’re untrue, I’m attract­ed to you all the more
Why do I need you so

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A lit­tle time and I’ll make you hap­py
(Hey, hey, hey!) I’ll be home
I’ll be beside the phone wait­ing for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you nev­er call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than any­one, dar­lin’
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, don’t break my heart

I‑I-I need you-oo-oo more than any­one, baby
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) But­ter­cup, don’t break my heart