Well, some boys don't believe that you can have much funnAnd that's why you oughta know about this love of minenSticking with one girl as their only onenAnd that's why you oughta know about this love I havenI want them to throw me a glance, give me a little chancenI'll tell them personally a song about a real romancenI knew I was going to wait for her when I didn't have a signnAnd that's why you oughta know about this love of minennWell some girls don't believe that a boy can staynAnd that's why they oughta know about this love of minenThey think the boy has got to turn around one daynAnd that's why they oughta know about this love of minenThey're gonna think Ah-oh, it won't work, They'll think I'm gonnanlook like a jerknI tried it in the first grade and all I got was hurtnBut I knew I would wait for her when I didn't have a signnAnd that's why they oughta know about this love of minennWell now, Mister Realistic aren't you feeling kind of coldnAnd that's why you oughta know about this love of minenYou've forgotten what it feels to be five years oldnAnd that's why you oughta know about this love I gotnI want you to put down your glass, give me a little chancenI'm gonna sing a song about a real romancenI knew I would wait for her when I didn't have a signnAnd that's why they oughta know about this love of mine