The Proud One

The Osmonds

(Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe)



-Peaking at #22 in the summer of 1975, this song

was the last of The Osmonds' top 40 hits.



Livin' is dyin'

'Cause love you've left me cryin'

Now there's no use tryin' to go on



Each night I dream baby, pretendin'

There'll be a happy endin'

Burnin' down deep inside

Got a heartbreak that I can't hide

(Down inside, deep down inside)



Chorus:



I'm not the proud one, I need you

I'm beggin' to you baby, please

You're the proud one, believe me

This poor man is down on his knees



Baby, please



Oh baby, remember

The love we shared so tender

Hoping that forever you'd me mine



I wish you could hear me, oh baby

If only you were near me

I didn't know what I had

Don't ya know that I feel so bad

(Didn't know, I didn't know)



(Chorus)



(Repeat chorus twice, with ad-libs from Donny, fade