A Little Bit of Soap

The Jarmels

Words and Music by Bert Berns (a/k/a Bert Russell)



Peaked at # 12 in 1961

This popular oldie was later covered as minor singles by Garnet Mimms in 1965, by The

Exciters in 1966, by Paul Davis in 1970, and by Nigel Olsson as a Top 40 hit in 1979.



A little bit of soap will wash away your lipstick on my face

But a little bit of soap will never never never ever erase

The pain in my heart and my eyes as I go through the lonely years

A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears



Mmm, a little bit of soap will wash away your powder from my chin

A little bit of soap will never never never ever begin

To take away the hurt that I feel as I go through the lonely years

A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears, mmm, mmm, mmm



Have you heard when love begins to die it leaves someone to cry night and

Day?

Like a bird, you left your robin's nest and-a just like all the rest you flew away



Mmm, a little bit of soap will take away your perfume eventually

But a little bit of soap will never wash away the memory

Of your name in the night that I call through the lonely years

A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears



I'll never lose the memory of your name in the night that I call through the lonely years

A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears

Mmm, a little bit of soap-a will never wash away my tears

FADE

Mmm, it's gonna never, never, never, uh-huh, wash away my tears