Don't Treat Me Like A Child:Helen Shapiro.
#3 on UK Charts on COLUMBIA Records in
1961. (She was only 14 yrs. old when she did this.)
INTRO:
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Yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..
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yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh..
#1.
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Well, just because I'm in my teens and I still go
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to school.
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Don't think that I dream childish dreams, I'm nobody's
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fool.
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Don't mother me, that makes me wild, and please don't
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treat me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
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(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
#2.
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It's often said that youngsters should be seen and not
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be heard.
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But I want you to realize, that's quite absurd.
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Don't wanna be so meek and mild..so, please don't treat
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me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
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(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
CHORUS:
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Gonna be my own adviser, cause my mind's my own.
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Then I will be much the wiser..my own point of view has
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got to be known.
#3.
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The best years of my life, I know, are those when I am young.
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And since I'm sure that this is so..gonna have my fun.
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So, if I feel, like running wild..well, please don't treat
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me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
Db Ab Ab
(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
CHORUS:
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Gonna be my own adviser, cause my mind's my own.
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Then I will be much the wiser..my own point of view has
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got to be known..(aaahhhhhhhh.)
#4.
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The best years of my life, I know, are those when I am young.
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And since I'm sure that this is so..gonna have my fun.
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So, if I feel, like running wild..well, please don't treat
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me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
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(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
OUTRO:
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Don't ever treat me like a child..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
