She said, "I don't mean to be degrading
But here's the way that it should've went"
When she stood up in the classroom
She said the spellin' was a masterpiece
I understood what she was saying
Waitin' for the bell to ring
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
I love you period
Please, please exclamation point
Please, please exclamation point
I love you period
Right on up to high school
People said, I was a writin' fool
Do you love me question mark?
All my letters became really great
With punctuation that was never late
I got the gist of her sentiment
Then one day I decided
That I would write a little letter
Soon I had 'em all overwhelmed
Do you love me question mark?
Do you love me question mark?
When they heard me talk this way like this
I want to hold you in parentheses
Please, please exclamation point
Do you love me question mark?
I love you period
I had a certain teacher
I would mentally undress her
But I was havin' trouble meetin' girls
Please, please exclamation point
All I did was daydream
I never knew the things to say
The punctuation could be better
I want to hold you in parentheses
I always tried to impress her
