Lyrics:

YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
MARY WELLS

THAT DAY, I FIRST SAW YOU PASSING BY
I WANTED, TO ASK YOUR NAME BUT I...WAS MUCH TOO SHY
BUT I WAS LOOKING AT YOU SO HARD
THAT YOU MUST HAVE HAD A HUNCH.
SO YOU CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED ME MY NAME.

YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
THAT TIME
YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
YES YOU DID.

AFTER, I HAD KNOWN YOU FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG, LONG TIME
I WANTED, WANTED TO ASK YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE, PLEASE BE MINE
WHENEVER YOU CAME AROUND, MY HEART WOULD POUND
SO YOU MUST HAVE HAD A HUNCH.
SO YOU CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED ME TO BE YOURS.

YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
ONE MORE TIME
YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
YES YOU DID.

SINCE I LOVED YOU
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE TRUE
AND LOVE ME TENDER
SO I LET MY HEART SURRENDER
TO YOU, YES I DID.
BUT I FOUND OUT
BEYOND A DOUBT
ONE DAY, BOY
YOU WERE A PLAYBOY
WHO WOULD GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME
BLUE.

SO I AIN'T GONNA WAIT AROUND FOR YOU TO PUT ME DOWN
THIS TIME I'M GONNA PLAY MY HUNCH
AND WALK AWAY THIS VERY DAY.
AND BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH
YES I WILL
I'LL BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH
THIS TIME.