There you go tellin' me no again
There you go [There you go], there you go
I wanna be [No, no, no, no, no] more than just your friend
Don't you know, don't you know

There you go tellin' me no again [Ooh-wee, ooh-wee]
There you go, there you go [Keep tellin' me no, no, baby]
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know, don't you know [Ooh…ooh…]

Please be mine, oh, girl [I want you , oh, baby]
Because I really, really, really wanna be yours [All to myself]
Every time I ask you, oh, you give me your love
You tell me you're not ready, tell me, girl [You keep tellin' me no]
Why, oh, why do you wanna keep holdin' on

There you go tellin' me no again
There you go [There you go, there you go, baby], there you go
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know [Mmm, hmm], don't you know [I wanna know, baby]

There you go tellin' me no again [And there you go, girl]
There you go, there you go [Tellin' me things I really don't wanna hear]
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know, don't you know [Oh…oh…]

I've been searchin' all my life [Searchin']
Oh, baby, and I will, I will find somebody just like you [Somebody-body just like you]
And now that I think my search is over, yeah, baby
Can't you see, can't you see, girl, what I'm goin' through, why

There you go tellin' me no again
There you go [I know we're supposed to be together], there you go
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know [I wanna be more than just your friend, girl], don't you know

There you go tellin' me no again
There you go [There you go], there you go [There you go, no, no]
I wanna be more than just your friend [Ooh]
Don't you know, don't you know

You know sometimes [Sometimes] I start thinkin', girl
How good it would be if you were mine
This sadness [Sadness] fills my whole world
Said you would not, said you know would not be my girl, whoa…ho…

There you go tellin' me no again [There you go, girl]
There you go [There], there you go [There you go]
I wanna be more than just your friend [Can't you understand]
Don't you know [How much I need you], don't you know

There you go tellin' me no again
There you go [There's nothin' I], there you go
[There's nothin' in the world I would rather have than you, girl]
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know [Don't you know], don't you know [I need to be loved by you, girl]

There you go tellin' me no again [I need to be held by you]
There you go, there you go [I need, I need somebody just like you, girl]
I wanna be more than just your friend [yeah]
Don't you know, don't you know [There you're just tellin' me no, no, no, no, no, no]

Girl, what would it take
What would it take for me to win your love
What would it take, girl
What can I do, there you go tellin' me no, no, no, no again

There you go tellin' me no again [There I]
There you go, there you go
I wanna be more than just your friend [I don't know what I'll do if I don't have you]
Don't you know, don't you know [Girl, there you go tellin']

There you go tellin' me no again [Don't tell me no]
There you go [Please], there you go
I wanna be more than just your friend
Don't you know