She Hated Me at First Sight…

Sha-la-la, sha-la-la, doo-wah, doo-wah She hated me at first sight But she loved me all my life I came rolling in from the city lights With my old suitcase and my shoe shine bright Moved in next door on a Sunday afternoon She watched me from her porch like I was trouble too soon She looked at me like I was trouble in town Like I was too slick and too proud to settle down I tipped my hat, she turned away And every porch on the street had something to say They said, boy, don't you worry, just give it time That girl's got thunder but her heart's got shine And every time she tried to walk on by I saw a little fire hiding in her eyes She hated me at first sight Wouldn't even say goodnight But everybody in that little town Could see the sparks were flying bright She hated me at first sight Oh, but fate was working right She gave me trouble in the morning Then she loved me all my life She hated me at first sight She loved me all my life At the soda fountain she sat with her friends I dropped a nickel in the jukebox again I played a love song just a little too loud She rolled her eyes but she smiled at the ground At church on Sunday she was two pews ahead I heard her whisper something I'd never forget He thinks he's something, doesn't he? But her best friend laughed and said, just wait and see I tried to help her with a paper bag She said, I don't need help from a city brag But when the peaches rolled across the floor She laughed with me by the five and dime store She hated me at first sight Wouldn't even say goodnight But everybody in that little town Could see the sparks were flying bright She hated me at first sight Oh, but fate was working right She gave me trouble in the morning Then she loved me all my life She hated me at first sight She loved me all my life Then Johnny told me, son, she likes you more than you know And he told her I was lonely walking home He set us both up at the county fair By the Ferris wheel with the summer air She said, I heard you've been talking about me I said, only since the day you wouldn't speak She tried to frown, but the moon was bright And we both started laughing under carnival lights She said, I judged you wrong when you came to town I said, I liked you then even when you turned me down She said, maybe I was scared of what I knew I was already gone the day you looked away She hated me at first sight Wouldn't even say goodnight But everybody in that little town Could see the sparks were flying bright She hated me at first sight Oh, but fate was working right She gave me trouble in the morning Then she loved me all my life She hated me at first sight She loved me all my life Now the girl next door who pushed me away Still holds my hand at the end of the day And every time our grandchildren ask us why We just smile with that old twinkle in our eyes She hated me at first sight She loved me all my life