Many years ago at school I made myself look such a fool
Everybody laughed (Everybody laughed)
I said that I would marry her, that pretty girl in the lower year
(Everybody laughed)
She wondered what the fuss was all about
And because she could not work it out
I wrote a letter on a page
And put it in her bag one day
And a voice said

Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking
They don't feel that my chances are high
They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me
All the same I just have to try

Then it came, I had my chance to talk to her at the local dance
Everybody laughed (Everybody laughed)
'Cause all the local Romeo's were trying to put on a show for her eyes
(Everybody laughed)

She wondered what the fuss was all about
And because she could not work it out
I had to let her know there
And so I whispered in her ear
Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking
They don't feel that my chances are high
They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me
All the same I just have to try

She said she'd already made up her mind
To forget about all those old, old-fashioned seat abides
But she waited 'till the laughter all subsides
And tell that awful crowd that she'll be mine
Well, everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking
They don't feel that my chances are high
They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me
All the same I just have to try

Paparooopapooopa....

Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking
They don't feel that my chances are high
They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me
All the same I just have to try

Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking
They don't feel that my chances are high
They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me
All the same I just have to try

Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking