Spiders And Snakes

I remember when Mary Lou said,
“You wanna walk me home from school?”
And I said, “Yes, I do!”
She said, “I don't have to go right home
And I’m the kind that likes to be alone,
As long as you would . . .”
I said, “Me, too!”

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin’ hole
And she said, “Do what you want to do.”
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said “This frog’s for you!”

She said, “I don’t like spiders and snakes!
And that ain’t what it takes to love me,
You fool, you fool!
I don’t like spiders and snakes!
And that ain’t what it takes to love me,
Like I want to be loved by you . . .”

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, “Hello, baby!”
She says, “Ain’t you cool!”
I say, “Do you remember when,
And would you like to get together again?”
She says, “I’ll see you after school!”

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch-and-smile
Till she said, “Come on over here!”
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin’ to slip down her dress
And she said, “Let’s make this perfectly clear . . .”

She said, “I don’t like spiders and snakes!
And that ain’t what it takes to love me,
You fool, you fool!
I don’t like spiders and snakes!
And that ain’t what it takes to love me,
Like I want to be loved by you . . .”