It Was I

Skip and Flip

Written by Gary Paxton



Songwriter Gary "Flip" Paxton and Clyde "Skip" Battin's first and biggest

charted single. This recording was originally an outtake from a session they had

originally recorded as "Clyde and Gary" back in their native Phoenix.

Paxton later was the lead singer for the Hollywood Argyles on their "Alley-Oop."



Peaked at # 11 in 1959



Intro: "singing" the song's tune with "Na"s like "Na-na-na na na na na"



You're tellin' everybody I'm the one

To blame for all the wrong that you have done

The day that you walked out and left, didn't say goodbye

Who was home alone to sit and cry?

It was I, it was I-I-I-I-I



I gave you all the love I ever had

The only things I got from you were bad

The times you didn't show up, the times you didn't call

Who was left alone through it all?

It was I, it was I-I-I-I-I



My love was always yours to treasure and to hold

But when you let a love grow idle it will soon grow cold

Temptation is too strong to hide, are you really satisfied

With my love the way it is? Let me tell you how it is



Please come back and try to start anew

I know that it's the proper thing to do

Darling, if we make up I know we'll never break up

Then I know it's only me and you-ou-ou-ou

Me and you-ou-ou-ou-ou



(Fade out singing "Na-na-na" to the tune)



TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Despite repeated listening, I could never quite figure what

the two syllables are at * *.